FOO FIGHTER’S SPECIAL GUEST ON NEW ALBUM: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and Paul McCartney

September 6, 2017 | Kevin

It has been reported for over a month that the Foo Fighters new album ‘Concrete & Gold’ (due out September 15th) will feature a ‘huge pop star’ singer, with Dave Grohl and company keeping it secret until today. Star of many ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch, the only member of boy band N’SYNC that your sister cared about, Justin Timberlake will contribute a vocal performance on the album according to a report today by Rolling Stone. “We’d drink whiskey in the parking lot,” Grohl says. “He was really, really cool. Then the night before his last day, he says, ‘Can I sing on your record? I don’t want to push it, but—I just want to be able to tell my friends.’ ” He just wanted to be able to tell his friends?! I want to tell my friends I have a condominium on the Moon but I can’t just have it!

No matter what your feelings are on Timberlake, he has an undeniable sly voice and has proven in his solo album a sophisticated take on pop music. It will be interesting to see how he figures into the soulful fracas of fun that is  the Foos who now have a keyboardist in veteran player Rami Jaffeee. The band’s sound has never stayed dormant , it’s almost always challenging yet still true to the band’s ethos to do all things that rock in one way or another.

Oh yeah, there is this obscure English musician Paul McCartney is going to be on the album as well. Excuse me, cough …cough, let me clear my throat.

PAUL McCARTNEY FROM THE BEATLES?! Yes, that has been known for some time with Grohl letting it slip a while back. McCartney will reportedly contribute some drums on the album.  Grohl texted Sir Paul and simply asked him to which the living legend responded to with “You’re crazy, man!”. When your Dave Grohl you can just text titans of music and he responds like that, you are legit.

They are not done with the guest stars, R&B standouts Boys II Men are also doing something on the album.

Party On. The ‘Saturday Night Live’ Exhibit Is Coming To Chicago Next Month

September 6, 2017 | Marconi🍕

Many talented people in Chicago have been swept up by SNL so it seems very fitting that we would get the SNL The Experience exhibit here in town.

“Saturday Night Live: The Experience” opens Oct. 21 at the Museum of Broadcast Communications (360 N State State) and is expected to run to December 2018. Tickets ($25) go on sale Friday.

See the NYC version below. It looks pretty awesome.

 

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Brian & Lou 09.06.17

September 6, 2017 | Nicci

What Ya Missed, Inappropriate Places to have a conversation, move over pumpkin spice and We Need To Talk

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We’re Bored With Pumpkin Spice . . .

September 6, 2017 | Nicci

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.

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WATER-SLIDE BASE JUMP OFF A CLIFF VIDEO, bruh!

September 5, 2017 | Kevin

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!

 

Watch Portugal. The Man play Oasis’s ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’

September 5, 2017 | Kevin

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

September 5, 2017 | Kevin

PHOTO: THE RECORD 

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

September 5, 2017 | Kevin

 

FREE SHEDD AQUARIUM DAYS! 

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?

September 5, 2017 | <3 Lauren

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!!

September 5, 2017 | Marconi🍕

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)

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Green Day doing a special livestream show for Hurricane Harvey

September 5, 2017 | Kevin

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.

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. 

 

 

 

 

The Best Chips In The World, According To The Masses

September 5, 2017 | Nicci

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.

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New Study says Women are happier when their partner is less attractive than they are

September 4, 2017 | Kevin

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, Verena von Pfetten dished the secrets of the whole scneario on why this dynamic exists. 

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?!

September 4, 2017 | Kevin

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

September 4, 2017 | Kevin

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.

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