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Portugal. The Man unveil new live version of ‘Feel It Still’ – and discuss the track’s origin and lyrics

September 25, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(Photos by Zach Spangler & Julia Simone Paul)

(from nme.com)

Portugal. The Man have unveiled a new stripped back live video for their breakthrough track ‘Feel It Still’. Bassist Zach Carothers talks about the track’s origin, lyrics and meaning.

Recorded on a rooftop in London, the new rendition strips the track down to its bare essentials to allow the true class of the songwriting to really shine. To date, the song has been streamed over 90 million times. (MORE HERE)

Before they released the previously mentioned version, they performed it here in the Lounge. Maybe this inspired them?

NEW ON NETFLIX IN OCTOBER

September 25, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from chicagotribune.com/redeye)

Grab some Eggos, your world is about to be turned upside down. “Stranger Things 2” premieres on Netflix next month. The streaming site is also blessing us with some great comedies, like “Tommy Boy” and “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” If you find yourself trying to get hyped for Halloween, well, there’s always “Cult of Chucky.” In terms of titles leaving the site, lend us your ear so we can tell you to binge all seasons of “The Wonder Years,” “30 Rock,” “One Tree Hill” and “Friday Night Lights” because they’ll be gone before you can say “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.” (MORE HERE)

Happy belated birthday, Jim Henson

September 25, 2017 | Marconi🍕

No one person inspired me to create more than Jim Henson. He was amazing!

Here’s another couple of great pieces about the brilliance of Jim Henson… click HERE and HERE.

Brian & Lou 09.25.17

September 25, 2017 | Nicci

What Ya Missed, Broke Ass Meals, Whats The Worst Thing Your Kid Has Said To You, Is It Florida, Woman Mad About Service Dog, Lou Tucked A Napkin In His Shirt

A Truck Full of Pumpkins Catches Fire . . . and Explodes

September 25, 2017 | Nicci

Here’s an early Halloween NIGHTMARE for you.

A 44-year-old female truck driver was hauling a load of PUMPKINS on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Florida on Friday when she hit the guard rail . . . and the truck caught on fire. Then it EXPLODED . . . and flaming pumpkins flew everywhere.

Fortunately, no one was hurt including the driver. READ MORE

Dwayne Wade is done with the Chicago Bulls

September 24, 2017 | Kevin

Tonight ESPN is reporting that Dwayne Wade and the Chicago Bulls have agreed to a buy-out on his contract. Wade will compete in his 15th NBA season coming up , after averaging 18.3 points, 3.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds last year in his first season with his hometown team, the Bulls. Wade prior to his NBA career which saw him win championships with the Miami Heat, attended Richards High School in Oak Lawn, IL and he had a standout performance for Marquette University during the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

It is believed that Miami, Cleveland, and San Antonio are possible suitors for Wade. It has been widely reported that both Wade and the Bulls agreed to the buyout. The rumors around Wade’s Bulls exit and where he could end up next have been running since August. Many basketball insiders expected this move after fellow Bulls star Jimmy Butler was traded since the Bulls finished their season.

TMZ Sports caught up Wade who addressed the speculation in late August in this video.

For The Lover of Hops & Barley, A Hot Tub of Beer

September 24, 2017 | Eric

Now this is a spa treatment that I can fully endorse as a no-nonsense manly man (who may or may not occasionally get a pedicure).

The foreign language and subtitles make it all the more enjoyable! — [eric]

Make a selfie into 3D for free

September 23, 2017 | Kevin

Artificial Intelligence is all the rage in tech right now with car companies in a race to get autonomous vehicles on the road, which is still pretty scary to many people looking into the future. Before we have to worry about a driver-less semi truck cutting us on the Stevenson, we can play with this new AI engineered software that let’s you upload a jpeg image of a face and you get a free 3D. YEAH, IT’S FUN! Try it out here.

Yes, i am aware there is other things like this but I have not seen one that is so interactive in just a few clicks.

Here is a breakdown of how the tech works and how it produces these really fun images.

Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong play ‘Ordinary World’ on ‘Tonight Show’

September 23, 2017 | Kevin

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong warmed up for today’s Global Citizen Festival in New York with a solo acoustic of the ballad ‘Ordinary World’ on Friday’s episode of ‘Tonight Show’. The song which was originally recorded for Armstrong’s independent movie of the same name but was re purposed to close out the band’s ‘Revolution Radio’ album. “After all of the chaos that’s on the album, whether it’s pop culture or whatever new apps we’re using, everything gets so complicated. At some point you want something simple. That’s sort of what ‘Ordinary World’ is about,” said Armstrong in an interview with Rolling Stone.

We asked a lot of questions of Green Day and we got answers…some of them gave us more information than we were expecting in our exclusive ‘press conference’ with Billie, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool before their massive show at Wrigley Field in August. Watch it here for stories about a stripped joining the band on stage and all the weird things Tre will eat.

Watch Luke Wilson’s must-see impression of Millennials at the airport

September 23, 2017 | Kevin

Appearing on ‘CONAN’ this week, actor Luke Wilson made a pretty hilarious observation on the Millennial generation and their lounging habits at an airport. “They’re just sprawled out to where it looks like a Civil War battlefield,” the star of ‘Old School’ said. Conan O’Brien seemd to agree referring to Millennials when their comfortable as “gelatinous” but whole segment goes over the top when Wilson lays on his back and pantomimes a text with an invisible phone. He also quipped about their unique ability to find an outlet to charge a phone in almost any situation.

Meanwhile Conan continued to break new ground with another international special this week from Israel, where joked in the streets of Tel Aviv and of course sang with an Elvis impersonator on a beach to middle aged men in speedos.

Don’t Throw Snowballs At City Workers

September 23, 2017 | Russell

Liam Gallagher Blames You For Him Making Tea!

September 23, 2017 | Russell

Liam Gallagher making tea is the best thing you'll see today. As you were. pic.twitter.com/JaAB0p6Qr2

— BBC Three (@bbcthree) September 20, 2017

James Iha Plays Guitar On Two Of Billy Corgan’s New Songs

September 22, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from stereogum.com)

Last year, the former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha rejoined his old band onstage in Los Angeles. It was his first time playing with Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan in 16 years, and since the two didn’t exactly have the best split, it was a nice surprise. It also led to all sorts of speculation that we’d be getting a classic-lineup Smashing Pumpkins reunion. While that hasn’t yet happened, Iha and Corgan are, it turns out, working together. Corgan says that Iha plays guitar on two of his new songs. It’s their first time recording together since the Smashing Pumpkins’ 2000 album Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. (MORE HERE)

Still one of my favorite Pumpkins songs is “Drown”. Watch this 1994 performance below

How Chicago comedy prepared Jordan Klepper for Comedy Central

September 22, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(chicagoreader.com)

Thanks in large part to Jordan Klepper, from 2005 to 2007 Chicago comedy connoisseurs had their Saturday-night plans locked down. They’d go to a party or check out an art show, then hurry over to the iO Theater, then located in Wrigleyville, just in time for the midnight performance of The Late Night Late Show. The weekly talk show featured local improv luminaries in character, guests such as Hoop Dreams director Steve James, and a lot of unabashed absurdity in the service of meticulously crafted conceits, such as an evening in which the show was hijacked by Russians.

Its host was the magnetic, deadpan, unflappable Klepper, whose new Monday-through-Thursday program The Opposition With Jordan Klepper debuts on Comedy Central on September 25. Occupying the time slot following The Daily Show, on which Klepper was a correspondent for the past three years (MORE HERE)

This previously unreleased STP demo was scrapped after Brandon Lee was killed

September 22, 2017 | <3 Lauren

Earlier this year, Stone Temple Pilots announced a massive reissue box set for their debut album Core.

In addition to a remastered album, it comes with lots of goodies including unreleased demos and live recordings, One of those unreleased tracks is “Only Dying,” a demo originally intended to be on the 1994 soundtrack for The Crow but was scratched after Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee) was killed on the movie set.

I love this song but could do without the creepy clown music around the 3:40 mark…

And I wonder if the reissue will have lyrics as to what Scott is whispering around the 3:48 mark…

The Core reissue is due out September 29.

<3 @laurenoneil

OBJECTified: Hulk Hogan unveils the highs and lows that make up his life.

September 22, 2017 | Marconi🍕

OBJECTified reveals how Hulk Hogan overcame the low point of his life when he put a gun in his own mouth. SUNDAY on @FoxNews, 8p ET / 5p PT

He’s a legend. An icon. At one time he could do know wrong. He was beloved. Then a sex scandal + audio tapes surfaced of him using racial slurs and most of us were like, NOPE!! Hulk Hogan was close to ending his life, but decided not to. He believes he can be a better person. Honestly I don’t know if his heart has changed but this show looks interesting enough to check out.

How to Customize Your iPhone or iPad’s Control Center

September 22, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from howtogeek.com)

Starting with iOS 11, you can now customize the Control Center you see when you swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone or iPad’s screen. You can remove shortcuts you never use, add new shortcuts, and rearrange the shortcuts to make the Control Center your own. (MORE HERE)

Still trying to find out how to have my work email and gmail use different notification sounds like they did before I updated. 🙁 Anyone else have this issue?

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