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We’re Bored With Pumpkin Spice . . .
There are approximately 270 million pumpkin spice foods and drinks on sale right now. You’d think that would mean we’re all buying more of them than ever. But we’re not.
According to a research company, the sales numbers on pumpkin spice products have flattened out . . . and that may be a sign that we’ve gotten BORED with them.
There are 49% more pumpkin spice products out this year than last year, but sales are only up 21%. That means we’re not really buying what they’re selling.
A spokesperson says, quote, “Brands are putting pumpkin spice into everything from cereal to yogurt to coffee. We may be at peak spice.”
So what have we moved on to? The leading candidate is . . . MAPLE.
There are 85% more maple products available right now than there were a year ago.
Jim Henson’s Newly Discovered Journal Reveals The Muppets’ Fascinating Backstory
(story found on clickhole.com)
Jim Henson’s estate released previously unpublished journals that include the backstories to all of the beloved Muppets. And they are fantastic. See below
Jim Henson is still and always will be the MASTER OF PUPPETS!! (MORE HERE)
Queued Up Artist Showcase with The Aces
Photos: Julia Simone Paul
WATER-SLIDE BASE JUMP OFF A CLIFF VIDEO, bruh!
Yeah, Bruh! It’s as sic as it sounds, dude. This rad bruh slaps on the GoestProest on his dome and slides down this water slide and OFF A CLIFF into a base jump. Yeah, bruh. Yeah, dude. Tell me about your weekend again, bruh!
In all seriousness, this is insane. I thought I was a wimp for not wanting to get on a rollar coaster at Six Flags, and then this….he does’nt even have a coaster!
FALL OUT BOY HURRICANE HARVEY RELIEF TEE
This is a Pre Order. Orders will start shipping September 30. If you order other items with this tee, your entire order will be held to ship at one time. No Refunds, No Exchanges.
Watch Portugal. The Man play Oasis’s ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’
Portugal. The Man still riding high on their massive hit ‘Feel it Still’ and their latest successful album ‘Woodstock, posted a wonderful cover video on their Youtube today with a rousing cover of the Oasis classic ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. The video performance sees the band perform the song in a stripped down set up in a studio, lending to the intimate nature of the song’s lyrics. This cover has been a highlight from PTM’s recent tours so it’s sweet to hear it put to tape.
The song which was first heard on Oasis’s ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory’ album in 1995, has regained attention recently with UK rock fans using it as a uniting anthem for the victims of the Manchester arena terror attacks in May 2017. Meanwhile the Gallagher Brothers Liam and Noel are active with separate solo acts and persistent speculation of the band reforming. Liam Gallagher plays the Rivera on November 21st, get your tickets here.
PTM brought their Portland swagger to the Lounge recently. Check that out here.
Man protest court with ‘RETURN MY BONG’ sign
An Ontario man is protesting a local court for not returning his bong, and he’s doing in style. He’s doing in nothing but a bright green speedo and some noteworthy signs that declare ‘RETURN MY BONG’ and ‘RETURN MY MARIJUANA’. Yes, this is a story you needed today getting back to work.
“I have a legal medical marijuana card. Five months after I got it, I was arrested for possession of marijuana, but I had my card on me. So two days later, I went back and smoked marijuana on the front lawn of the police station,,,Again they arrested me. I went to jail for the first time. They held me there for 16 hours. And that charge, ironically, has already been dropped and this is the very bong they returned to me. They refuse to return the other one because they haven’t dropped that marijuana charge.” said the man named Jeremey Shavers, who spoke with therecord.com. The article added that Shavers was smoking pot during his entire interview.
Shedd Aquarium offering free days to IL residents this month
Staring Wednesday September 6th, Illinois residents with valid I.D. a valid ID will receive free admission to the museum, the Shedd announced this week. You got a big window to take advantage of the deal., it runs until September 30th. The admission includes all permanent exhibits in the museum, and the Stingray Touch exhibit. Admission to the 4-D Experience admission is a $4.95 upgrade for all guests. There is a $3 transcaction fee, but it’s still pretty big savings.
Now here is the Shedd’s adorable otter Mari playing with a puzzle.
Does Some Music Give You The Chills?
Some people experience more intense emotions while listening to music. If you get goosebumps while listening, science says you may have a unique brain.
Matthew Sachs, a PhD student at USC, published a study last year investigating people who get the chills from music. The study found that people who get goosebumps from music actually have structural differences in the brain.
They have a higher volume of fibers that connect their auditory cortex to the areas associated with emotional processing, which means the two areas communicate better.
“The idea being that more fibers and increased efficiency between two regions means that you have more efficient processing between them,” he said. More from Neuroscience News HERE.
Does music affect you this way? What song or artists in particular? Tell me on facebook.
I have always noticed this about myself, and lately any time I listen to Chris Cornell my whole body changes. Goosebumps, posture change, different breathing and almost a slowing of function, as if my body is depressed.
Thanks for listening to 101WKQX and giving us the opportunity to give you goosebumps.
<3 @laurenoneil
P.S. Science also says going to concerts makes you a happy person 🙂
ARCADE GAME SOFAS ARE A THING!!
I’ve already started a gofundwe for this. JK, but it is seriously tough not to find a way to save money to purchase something this glorious. Could you imagine all the naps you could take on one of these. If you’re a gamer or not. They even have graffiti sofas!!
The only thing that would make this cooler is if Chicago graffiti artist JC Rivera added The Bear Champ to it!!
(photo: urban vinyl daily)
Check out (MORE HERE)
Green Day doing a special livestream show for Hurricane Harvey
Green Day like several other bands, are stepping up to the help out those affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Today, the band will be holding a livestream on Facebook at 3PM CST with Americares, which is currently on the ground in Texas working on helping people get back to their lives after devastating flooding. According to AltPress, there will be a donate button available, or by texting HERO to 20222, you can donate $25 to Americares, which helps to provide disaster relief.
Help #HurricaneHarvey survivors + join our Facebook Live performance tomorrow @ 4pm EST to support @Americares https://t.co/BhpePnp7si pic.twitter.com/xQAhCcAu0U
— Green Day (@GreenDay) September 5, 2017
If you can not catch the performance live, we will post it later on today right here on this page and all the appropriate links to where you can donate.
UPDATE 2:26pm CST: Green Day has started the help parade early with NME reporting the Bay Area legends have donated $100,000 to Americare’s Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
Here are other ways you can contribute to the efforts to help TX.
Green Day came to the Lounge prior to their epic Wrigley Field show this week for an exclusive ‘press conference’ with 101WKQX and contest winners to answer all the big questions about their career, their early roots touring in Chicago, a stripper named Dimitri, what you can’t eat before you go on stage, and so much more. It’s a fun ride into the minds of Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, and MIke Dirnt with laughs, insight, and joy shared for all. Here is a full recap of the best social media from the Green Day at Wrigley.
This could help you find your luggage faster…And scare small children
(from headcase.com)
This is pretty hilarious and slightly disturbing, but if you’re a shy person or aren’t quite the LOOK AT ME type, maybe a picture of your cat will do?
Is Your Sexual Fantasy NORMAL? Fetishes Broken Down BY ASAP SCIENCE
I love ASAP Science. They help explain everything. Even foot fetishes.
The Best Chips In The World, According To The Masses
Ranker asked people to name their favorite chips and after almost 100,000 votes, here are the 10 most popular . . .
1. Cheetos.
2. Cool Ranch Doritos.
3. Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream.
4. Lay’s Barbecue.
5. Pringles Sour Cream and Onion.
6. Lay’s original.
7. Lay’s Sour Cream and Onion.
8. Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar.
9. Pringles original.
10. Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili.
New Study says Women are happier when their partner is less attractive than they are
If you are a woman and your partner is less attractive than you are, that may mean you are happier according to a new scientific study that was brought to light this week by Maxim. Yeah, you have seen it. The lady whose a total knockout and the guy who looks like a McLovin from ‘Superbad’. This does make sense, but it looks like something that guys are not supposed to be totally aware of.
In an HuffPo article covering the same topic in 2014,
These high-school hotties are used to having the sort of unadulterated, fawning adoration that the symmetrically blessed always get in high-school, but the problem is that it doesn’t do them any good. In fact, it’s fair to say that it categorically does them harm. Am I making a sweeping generalization? No doubt. Can the same argument be used against women? Sometimes. But I find that women are much more inclined to date with their emotions – to pick a man that is funny, comforting, kind, and generous – and they’ll often pick one or all of those traits over his looks.
Wait, I am FUNNY, COMFORTING, KIND, and GENEROUS?! Oh no, this can’t be!
Super Mario no longer a Plumber?!
Yeah, I know he’s been jumping down pipes for as long as I can remember but apparently Mario of ‘SUPER MARIO BROS’ fame in the Nintendo video games is no longer a plumber. You know, the job that we thought he had when he was not jumping on turtle shells, saving Princesses, or throwing banana peels at you from a go-kart. The Japanese website for Nintendo apparently just let it slip like it was not a big deal. Video game blog Kotaku got wind of it.
It was bittersweet weird fun to watch the 80’s Saturday Morning cartoon ‘Super Mario Bros Super Show’ for the live action version of the Brothers (DA BRUDHAS!) walking around with a laugh track and dubbed in SFX dubbed into their plumbing office. So I guess Mario did not want to crank the pipes in the real world anymore, I mean when you eat a mushroom that makes you huge why would you keep doing that?
CUBS & SOX : Jake Arietta injured in game, Adam Engel with an amazing catch
Jake Arrieta leaves today's game in the 3rd inning with an apparent right leg injury.
We'll update as information becomes available.
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 4, 2017
Cubs star pitcher Jake Arrietta left today’s game today with what is believed to be a hamstring injury in the 3rd inning. The Cubs confirmed the injury but did not declare it’s severity. According to CSN Chicago, team trainers continued to work on Arrietta to determine if it was a cramp or something more serious. The timing of the issue could not be more critical as the defending World Series Champions attempt to charge once more into the playoffs.
Meanwhile the White Sox had a striking highlight from outflieder Adam Engel with one of the craziest catches you might see all year. This bit of surgar helped swallow the bitterness of a 5-3 loss to Cleveland. The Sox did not leave the game without their own bumps, as pitcher James Shield got nailed in the right knee with a line drive.
An Engel in the outfield. pic.twitter.com/gbEGTE3hVa
— MLB (@MLB) September 4, 2017
Shields hit by comebacker, exits https://t.co/omTNL8x6Tf
— francis B. pujols N. (@francis_52) September 4, 2017
The (NOT) WikiHow Guide To Labor Day Grilling
Hope you are enjoying your day off. Perhaps you are out of practice in how to Labor Day (as a verb). I humbly present this guide on putting together a grilling extravaganza — based upon the the ever questionable, laughable, or just odd illustrations that come from the WikiHow website. — [eric]
Step 1 – Stock Up
Let’s be honest. No party is a party if grilled tofu-infused, black-bean, couscous-drizzled seitan patties are on the menu. (Just listen to the word — seitan. It sounds likes something that comes from the seventh level of hell.)
*NOTE: And if you are of the vegan/vegetarian variety, turnabout is ABSOLUTELY fair play. You make those animal killers bring their own dead carcasses and sizzle slabs in which to cook them on. Your house, your rules! The “No Bitchin’ Kitchin” is open for service — closed for criticism.
Step 2 – Proper Beer Presentation
This illustration exists. For real. FML.
Step 3 – Preheat Grill
Turn that thing up to “11.” Full blast. If you aren’t cooking with evil gas, then dump a few hundred gallons of diesel fuel on your smelly briquettes. Light the match. What could go wrong?
Step 4 – Call The Fire Department
Labor Day isn’t the time to be connecting with your inner fire bug. Just be an adult and gently coax a bit of heat from your cooking apparatus, Ronald. The fire doesn’t have to look at you.
Step 5 – SERIOUSLY — No Salad…
The only acceptable kind are the ones drowned in mayonnaise. (Also, on the wall —- what IS that and how did IT happen? Autostereogram photos are about as 1980s as that dude’s blue jacket.)
Step 6 – Proper Preparation & Planning
Marinate your meat in the blood of the unwashed. Don’t let things bake in the sun before you cook them on the grill. And if you haven’t mastered multi-tasking and only know linear cooking, your guests won’t be eating until 9:47PM. Get your s#^@ together, have a plan, and be. the. host.
Step 7 – Plan Needless Activities For Janet, The Neighbor That Never Knows When To Stop Talking
Seriously, who invited Janet? Keep her busy collecting firewood for the s’mores roasting that will never happen later that night.
Step 8 – Avoid Temptation To Use Objects Inappropriately
While sharp enough and incredibly agile, a meat thermometer should never be used as a shiv. Remember, YOU invited Janet. YOU put up with her.
Step 9 – Cook Thoroughly, But Not…(What’s The Word I’m Looking For)…Overwrought-ly?
Heat your pink gelatinous substance to the appropriate temperature. But don’t overdo it….or people might actually mistake it for chicken.
Step 10 – Provide Adequate Condiments & Sides
Nothing goes with grilled meats quite like the floating, disembodied heads of humans.
Step 11 – Clean Up, You Slob!
Always make sure to brush your grills’ teeth twice a day. Otherwise, you end up like Flava’ Flav.
Step 12 – Don’t Do Drugs, Kids
Dropping acid whilst hosting a Labor Day party is a bad idea. Otherwise, you turn into Toby Maguire trying to convince himself that the images of the Power Rangers he sees — aren’t there.
Chicago Art with an Addictive Quality
“Man turns trash into art with near 9,000 dime bags found in Humboldt Park
Ben Kurstin collected everything from the very small crack bags to the very big for marijuana. Most bags had some sort of residue in them, whether it be heroin cocaine or marijuana. Occasionally a pill, or a little bit of dust that he assumed was meth or crack.
For nearly two years, the 32-year-old collected up to 8816 bags in 150 designs that would become a collection of art pieces, like an eight foot Richard Nixon comprised of 4,000 bags. Kurstin made American flags, beautiful mosaics, all subjects tied to the war on drugs.”
Check out the video and the full article HERE
