What Ya Missed – When Idiots Attack – Clive Davis – Justin Timberlake Is Headlining The Super Bowl Halftime Show – Football Picks – Josh Wolf – Harland Williams – Ric Flair Says He’s Banged Ten Thousand Women.
WATCH: Name That Song Challenge with Jared Leto
Jared Leto and Jimmy go head-to-head trying to correctly guess random songs The Roots are playing one instrument at a time.
Gorillaz to release another ‘surprise’ new album?
(from nme.com)
Damon Albarn has revealed that he wants to release another ‘surprise’ Gorillazalbum, much like they did with 2010’s ‘The Fall’.
While the band are currently on a world tour in support of their acclaimed 2017 album ‘Humanz‘, Albarn is already planning out their next record. In December 2010, Gorillaz fourth album ‘The Fall‘ was released with just five days notice as a free download. Now, it looks like they could catch their fans off guard once again. “I really like the idea of making new music and playing it live almost simultaneously,” Albarn told Q. “It will be a more complete record than ‘The Fall’, but hopefully have that spontaneity.” (MORE HERE)
Every Pop-Culture Reference (So Far) in Season Three of ‘Rick and Morty’
(from vice.com)
You don’t need a degree in quantum physics to enjoy Adult Swim’s popular sci-fi sitcom Rick and Morty, but a healthy appetite for pop culture enhances the trope-filled show’s satirical flavor. As promised, the show’s third season of adventures with depressed, alcoholic, super-genius sociopath Rick Sanchez and his awkward grandson Morty are darker than ever. This season also offers a veritable masterclass in film and television trivia to those with a careful eye and a lot of time on their hands. (MORE HERE)
The Rick & Morty mobile was in Chicago in June. 101WKQX was on the scene and we have a FB LIVE video to prove it!!
Bill Murray in talks to play Joe Maddon in Cubs World Series movie
(from wgntv.com)
Nothing is official yet, but Deadline has reported that Bill Murray is negotiating to play Cubs manager Joe Maddon in a film about the World Series champs.
The big-time Cubs fan has not confirmed the report but he is well known for his love for the team.
The website reports that Shane Abbess, an Australian film director, is on board for the film titled “Teammate.” The movie will center around the team’s first World Series team since 1908.
Video of Bill Murray the moment it finally happened. Thanks to our pal Craig Gass (watch below)
Was September 1991 the best month ever for albums?
(from bbc.co.uk)
In terms of great musical eras, the early 90s were an amazingly fertile time for music, with the new heroes of alternative rock ruthlessly overthrowing the old guard, hip hop coming of age and rave culture leaving its grinning stamp on musicians across the spectrum. As a result, September 1991 yielded an incredible crop of killer albums – several of which changed music forever. (MORE HERE)
Nirvana – Nevermind (September 24)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (September 24)
Reddit Asks The Question: ‘What is the Most Ridiculous Rule in Your Place of Work?’
(from pajiba.com)
Who doesn’t love a good arbitrary workplace rule?! Reddit recently asked the question: ‘What is the Most Ridiculous Rule in Your Place of Work?’ Here is the full thread, but below are some highlights.
Freaks and Geeks Documentary Coming in 2018
(from geektyrant.com)
The 1999 series Freaks and Geeks was a perfect storm of greatness. It was an amazing coming of age series from Judd Apatow and Paul Feig that helped launch the careers of several high-profile creative talent in Hollywood. Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps, Samm Levine, Martin Starr to name a few. Unfortunately, it was canceled way too soon. (MORE HERE)
Jon Lester Is Not Amused With #NachoMan
(from chicagoist.com)
It was all pretty cool, and at least so far, we didn’t even go and Ken Bone the whole thing up by elevating Nacho Man, as he will forever be known henceforth, into some modern-day folk hero.
But Cubs starting pitcher and chief lieutenant in the No Fun Police Jon Lester was not amused by the tomfoolery.
“Great effort. But I don’t understand the other stuff,” Lester told the Sun-Times. “A guy fell into him and got nacho cheese on his arm and now he’s taking pictures and signing autographs. It shows you where our society’s at right now with all that stuff.”
Yes, the culture has dutifully given Gudermuth his 15 minutes, but have we really memed him, ironically or not, to the point of grotesque, ouroboros-like megastardom? That, or maybe Jon Lester is kinda cranky. Cheer up, dude, your magic number is one!
WE NEED TO TALK – Jessica & Chris
Chris thinks he’s way more handy around the house than he is…
Brian & Lou 09.27.17
What Ya Missed – Weird Teachers – Psychopaths Like Rap – We Need To Talk – Fake Outrage Over Fixer Upper
Twitter doubling the length of tweets to 280 characters
Twitter has been the social media standard for brief posts with it’s longstanding 140 character limit, but that all changes today as the platform has announced it will expand to a new bigger 280 character limit for tweets. The company clarified the change today in blog post why this huge change is being done. “We understand since many of you have been Tweeting for years, there may be an emotional attachment to 140 characters – we felt it, too. But we tried this, saw the power of what it will do, and fell in love with this new, still brief, constraint. We are excited to share this today, and we will keep you posted about what we see and what comes next.,” said the post. The move from 140 to 280 is not official just yet but is being tested with some users.
The response to it has been mixed with many divided on Twitter about the new character limit and how it may make the idea of tweeting less focused and concise. And because it’s Twitter it also garnered it’s fair share of jokes as well.
Yeah, because this site needs people talking MORE…#280characters
— Matt Drufke (@IHateMattDrufke) September 26, 2017
Twitter: Bigger is better baby!
People on Twitter: Uh … you sure?#280characters pic.twitter.com/T5NGMqkxWm— JustNotSports (@JustNotSports) September 26, 2017
In 2016, Twitter allowed users to post GIFs and photos in their tweets while it didn’t count towards their 140 character limit. This allowed for a lot more memes and playfulness on the platform. It’s certainly made it easier to send that silly eyeroll gif when needed.
Watch Royal Blood crush this cover of the Knack’s ‘My Sharona’
The two-man rock powertrip that is Royal Blood just keeping bad ass. Today BBC uploaded the English duo destroying it with this special fuzzed-out cover of the 80’s power pop classic ‘My Sharona’ from the Knack.
RB had a stand out set at this year’s Lollapalooza set with many saying they stole the weekend, check out photos from that here. Lauren chatted with Ben and Mike backstage in our ‘Cool Vibes Tent’ about their quick rise to success, their Lolla experience, NOT being a fan of deep dish pizza, and then Glass Animals interrupt the whole thing in a fun way.
Royal Animals? Glass Blood? Either way Royal Blood and Glass Animals in one interview! #101WKQXLolla
Posted by 101 WKQX on Saturday, August 5, 2017
Chicago comedians join NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live announced three new cast members for their 43rd season set to premiere on September 30th, and the fresh additions include two members of Chicago’s exciting comedy community.
Chris Redd has been quickly ascending in showbiz for a while now with a starring role in the Andy Samberg comedy ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’, FOX’s ‘Empire’, and a recent role in the Netflix pot comedy series ‘Disjointed’. His stand up has been blowing up recently as with headlining live shows around the country including Second City’s UP Theater. Redd is featured this season on Comedy Central’s ‘Stand-Up Presents’. I was lucky enough to work with Chris years ago on the pilot taping of ‘Fourstar Standups‘, watch his entire killer set from that here. And now he joins the cast of the most prestigious comedy TV show.
Last year it was briefly reported that Redd would join SNL before it’s highly rated season with massively successful satire of the 2016 Presidential Campaign but this time it seems official.
Whew, it's real this time. This feels better.
— Chris Redd (@Reddsaidit) September 26, 2017
Luke Null is another Chicago hire for ‘SNL’ whose improv and musical comedy chops were honed at iO Theater. Null performed in the film ‘The Heart: The Final Pulse’. Watch Null lay down some hilarious tunes on the ‘Chill as F*** Show’.
Actress Heidi Gardner comes from the Bryan Cranston’s animated series ‘SuperManison’ and she will star in upcoming Melissa McCarthy-penned movie ‘Life of the Party’. She cut her teeth on the stages on Los Angeles’s Groundlings.
The first episode of SNL Season 43 airs on September 30th with Ryan Gosling hosting and musical guest Jay-Z.
Netflix streaming on planes in 2018
Flying in a plane can be a hassle with new fees for baggage and smaller seats on some airlines, but today brings good news for travelers as Netflix has announced their video shows will be streaming on planes. Yes, hundreds of movies and TV shows will be streaming for passengers on Virgin Airlines in the near future. Here is the official announcement.
Netflix users onboard Virgin America’s new ViaSat WiFi-equipped aircraft will be able to stream the best programming available in the skies, including hit Netflix series House of Cards, Narcos and Orange Is The New Black, along with the full Netflix catalogue right to their phones, tablets, and laptops at no cost through March 2, 2016*
This will make it easier to deal with that kid who can’t stop kicking back of your seat for a three hour flight, right?
- CNN Money has more on this story and how you can use it.
- Check out what new shows are coming to Netflix in October
Check out Tuesday’s Brian & Lou with What Ya Missed – Most Haunted Place In Chicago – Crap Sandwich – We Spend More Time on The Toilet than Exercising – Pay It Forward
Arctic Monkeys growing new music and beards
According to NME, Artic Monkeys are recording new music. The report states that drummer Matt Helders told a fan of the band that they should expect this fresh crop of songs before the end of the year. Photos of the band growing new material in the studio have floated around for a while now, and on top of that lead singer/guitarist Alex Turner has grown a beard.
This will be Artic Monkey’s sixth album following up 2013’s ‘AM’ which featured the hits “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?”, “R U Mine?”, and “Do I Wanna Know?”
Marconi and Lauren chatted with Alex Turner when he played Lolla in 2016 with the side project, the Last Shadow Muppets.
The Last Shadow Puppets live at Lolla
Posted by 101 WKQX on Thursday, July 28, 2016
Turner and Helders talked with Walt backstage at Lollapalooza in 2014.
Queued Up #246
1. The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful
2. Black Pistol Fire – Lost Cause
3. AJR – Sober Up
4. Walk The Moon – One Foot
5. Welshly Arms – Who We Are (Queued Up Artist Showcase 10/4)
6. Brand New – Can’t Get It Out
7. Phoenix – Ti Amo
8. The National – The Day I Die
9. Odesza – Line Of Sight
10. Kings Of Leon – Around The World
11. Slothrust – Sex and Candy
12. Grouplove – Remember That Night
13. The Neighbourhood – Roll Call
1. Royal Blood – I Only Lie When I Love You
2. Ballyhoo – Mixtape
3. Alex Lahey – I Haven’t Been Taking Care Of Myself
4. New Politics – Color Green
5. Morrissey – Spent The Day In Bed
6. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Little Thing Gone Wild
7. U2 – You’re The Best Thing About Me
8. Wild Cub – I Fall Over
9. Manchester Orchestra – The Gold
10. Paramore – Fake Happy
11. Honors – All My Life (Queued Up Artist Showcase 10/4)
12. PUP – If This Tour Doesn’t Kill You, I Will
13. Sleeping With Sirens – Legends
14. K.Flay – Giver
15. The Killers – Some Kind Of Love
Taking Back Sundays – 9.24.17
1. Blink-182 – Josie
2. Paramore – Now
3. All Time Low – Something’s Gotta Give
4. Alien Ant Farm – Movies
5. Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom
6. Box Car Racer – I Feel So
7. A Day TO Remember – We Got This
8. Minus The Bear – Pachica Sunrise
9. Dashboard Confessional – Hands Down
10. Relient K – Be My Escape
11. Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We’re Going Down
12. Say Anything – Baby Girl, I’m A Blur
13. Royal Blood – Figure It Out
14. My Chemical Romance – Helena
15. All-American Rejects – It Ends Tonight
9.24.17 – Alt_Backspace
1. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. The English Beat – Tears Of A Clown
3. Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
4. Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
5. O.M.D. – So In Love
6. School OF Fish – 3 Strange Days
7. The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think You\’ve Heard This One Before
8. Breeders – Cannonball
9. Husker Du – Could You Be The One?
10. Bush – Comedown
11. The Cure – Fascination Street
1. Pearl Jam – Corduroy
2. The Clash – I Fought The Law
3. Bjork – Army Of Me
4. Nirvana – Lithium
5. U2 – Trash, Trampoline And The Party Girl
6. Depeche Mode – I Feel You
7. Urge Overkill – Sister Havana
8. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
9. The Flys – Got You (Where I Want You)
10. Paul Westerberg – Dyslexic Heart
11. Sublime – Badfish
12. Psychedelic Furs – The Ghost In You
13. The Housemartins – Happy Hour
Indie-Pendent Dance Party – 9.23.17
Bones UK – Pretty Waste
Arcade Fire – Creature Comfort
The 1975 – The City
Sofi Tukker featuring Nervo, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno – Best Friend
TR/ST – Bicep
Busy P Featuring Mayer Hawthorne – Genie
Mute Math – Break The River
New Respects – Future
The Ramones – Rockaway Beach
FIDLAR – West Coast
Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
Circa Waves – T-Shirt Weather
Wavves – King oF The Beach
Len – Steal My Sunshine
Ghost Beach – Miracle
Bit Funk feat Nefe – Destination Sunrise
Third Eyed Blind – Semi Charmed Life (Kasum Remix)
Panama Wedding – Feels Like Summer
Architecture In Helsinki – Livin In The Future
Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Viceroy Remix)
Viceroy – Chase Us Around
VHS Collection – Waiting on The Summer (Penguin Prison Remix)
The Cure – Just Like Heaven (The Penelopes Remix)
Gentlemen Hall – Sail Into The Sun (Lenno Remix)
Empire of The Sun – Walking on A Dream (Marc Scout Remix)
Fekix Cartel – Get What You Give (New Radicals Cover)
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Two Door Cinema Club – Bad Decisions (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
RAC – Cheap Sunglasses (Viceroy Remix)
The Knocks – Classic (Discotech Remix)
Amber Mark – Heatwave
Magician – Sunlight
Penguin Prison – Never Gets Old (Solidisco Remix)
Sunday Girl – Love You More (RAC Mix)
