Although Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff has been busy with his band promoting their album Gone Now.
The big story around the time of Antonoff’s tour launch was his plan to bring his childhood bedroom on the road with him. And now he’s released a four-minute documentary about that endeavor called “Can’t Take It With You.” It features Antonoff’s parents and sister, a bunch of Bleachers fans who were excited to dig through his possessions, and Antonoff himself, who admits the whole ordeal is “a study in OCD.” The video is exclusive to Apple Music, so if you’re a subscriber, watch here.
Jack’s bedroom was supposed to be on display this year at PIQNIQ but sadly due to weather a decision was made to postpone allowing fans to see it here in Chicago. Promising to bring it back soon. Hopefully that will be at Bleachers November, 11 show at The Riv with Bishop Briggs!!
Watch highlights from Jack Antonoff’s Backstage Performance at PIQNIQ below
Fresh off their successful live tour which included a sold-out show at the Vic, comedy weird kings Tim & Eric have made a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT today: they are running for President. They are, or rather just Tim Heidecker is running for President with Eric Wareheim as his “Viss President” whose “name will be in a smaller font”. This video should give you a nice reprieve than the news feed of um, of news stuff.
Meanwhile, the duo will return to Adult Swim for a Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! 10th anniversary special that will air August 27th at midnight ET. They shared a ridiculous teaser of the special last week that features a nutball new wave song called ‘Tiny Lamborgini’ which features poorly green screen tiny Italian sports cars and adult men in undersized driving jackets. Yes, this is fun.
Many people may be excited over the new episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’ but HBO is having a tough time with hackers, who recently over took the premium cable channel’s Twitter account. Andrew Wallenstein of Variety caught screen shots of the hacker’s post before they were removed.
A separate hacking collective last month stole a massive amount of data from the company’s private servers which included scripts for future shows, video files of complete unreleased episodes, and even the personal information of cast and crew of various productions. Those hackers are demanding millions in ransom and slowly leaking out chunks of data, getting so bold as post scripts of future ‘GoT’ episodes on August 8th. The reported figure they are asking for is $6 million. Slashflim has a comprehensive timeline of the hack and how it has progressed since the beginning of this month.
Youtube channel PopTrigger lays it all out and compares it the well-documented hack of Sony Pictures and it appears this HBO hack is much bigger and could be more devastating especially with the potential for the finale of ‘GoT’ to be released illegally online. Beware there is some NSFW language.
Fox Business reports it’s believe an inside source and how HBO is dealing with the situation.
As if HBO was not having enough issues with protecting their precious data, they mistakenly posted the latest episode of their breadwinning series ‘Game of Thrones’ four days early for European subscribers. It was up for an hour to watch on demand, before being removed but has already been pirated. For more on that story go here.
During Lolla Emporium’s temporary concept with Killer Mike and El-P’s Run The Jewels pop-up bar was a huge success. Next up a Stranger Things inspired transformation into the Upside Down on Friday, August 18. How will you be able to hold beverages in there?
Queens of the Stone Age have given us the video for “The Way You Used to Do.” Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, the video features Josh Homme winking and dancing his way likely servants of Satan.
Watch the entire video on Apple Music. Non-subscribers (like myself 😢 ) are able to watch the first 90 seconds, below.
Here’s a preview of the video.
“The Way You Used to Do” is the first single from QOTSA’s new Mark Ronson-produced album Villains, due out August 25 and they will be at Riot Fest September 15! Still need 3-day passes? CHECK THIS OUT.
Broken Lizard wrapped production on Super Troopers 2 last week!
Steve Lemme sat down for an interview with Seven Days and when asked about the release he told them he isn’t allowed to say, but goes ahead and does it anyway. Lemme explained;
“There is, but I can’t tell you what it is. Here’s what I can tell you: It’s springtime and there’s a very obvious date, which happens to fall on a Friday this year.”
With the game tied at six in the ninth inning, Ben Zobrist was hit on the foot while trying to bunt runners on base to second and third with no outs. As Zobrist walked down to take first base, the umpires ruled that Zobrist made a bunt attempt at the pitch and hence it was a strike.
Livid at the call, Maddon stormed out of the dugout and immediately got in the face of Blakney. He was thrown out within 15 seconds and continued to voice his displeasure vocally to a few of the umpires before finally going back to the dugout. READ MORE
A pet owner saved his drowning tortoise’s life after giving it the kiss of life for an hour. John Fletcher found 45-year-old Freda at the bottom of his garden pond limp and looking dead.
Mr Fletcher started performing CPR – and gave the animal mouth to mouth resuscitation. Middle-aged “big lady tortoise” Freda lives with her owner at his home and has free rein of the back garden.
The amateur astronomer has built an observatory in his back yard in Gloucester, and often spends hours gazing at the stars.
888 first won over the alternative world with the hit single ‘Critical Mistakes’ in 2015, and the Denver based band who previously played in metal bands deliver a heavy groove over lush keyboard lines and swagger drums. The lyrics apparently allude to people hiding their everyday sturggles and saddness while trying to save face and not be vulernable or at least, that’s how I took it. You may have heard it today on 101WKQX in Walt’s Vault IN 3PM hour.
For more new music, check out Queued Up every Sunday 7-9pm with two hours new music discovery from bands you know and bands you need to know. Here is the latest episode.
Speaking to Billboard this week on their upcoming album ‘M A N I A’ , Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz expressed a desire to have several exciting guest to collaborate on the album or future music and the one big name he dropped was quite ‘big’: Rihanna. Yes, that very popular singer whose been at the top of the charts for over a decade. Wentz has wanted to collaborate with the ‘Umbrella” singer for a long time, but he also mentions he would like to work with Nigerian singer WizKid and other younger artist to give FOB a fresher perspective. You can read the whole interview here.
‘M A N I A’ was originally scheduled to be released for September 16th but has been delayed to January 19th.
Check out the new singles from FOB here. The power pop anthem ‘Champion’ and the electronic dance influenced ‘Young and Menance’. Both these songs that show this band that started out playing VFW Halls in Arlington Heights is still evolving over 15 years into their career.
“The contest came down to Big Guys Sausage Shop vs. Fatso’s Last Stand, and Big Guys won 53 percent to 47 percent. More than 15,000 votes were cast in this round alone, meaning our readers love their burgers.”
Do you agree? If not, WHO has the best burger in Chicago? Tell me!
Daniel Craig resurrected one of the greatest film characters of all time in James Bond, bringing it back to a must-see movie success, but there was speculation after Craig publicly stated he “would rather slash his wrist” than come back to 007 after wrapping filming on ‘Spectre’. Last month the New York Times reported that the English actor was coming back to the Bond series. Would Craig pass on the secret agent mantle or give it another go?
On last night’s ‘Late Show’ while promoting the redneck heist film ‘Logan Lucky’, Stephen Colbert popped the big question: Is he returning to play Bond? He responded “Yes” to a loud roar from the studio audience. It gives great relief to fans of the series who hold Criag in high regard, with some believing he’s the best actor to play the role. Craig also clarified that this upcoming Bond adventure will be his last run in the tuxedo, saying he wants to “go out on a high note.”
In the same interview you can watch above, Craig revealed how he talked his way into a role in the Star Wars flick, ‘Force Awakens’.
A new subscription service is breaking open a new way to see movies at the theater: Moviepass will allow subscribers to see one movie per day in their local theater at the economic cost of $9.95 a month. Moviepass has been in existence since 2011, but a new CEO Mitch Lowe who previously worked with RedBox and Netflix has prompted the radical change citing the “risk of seeing a bad movie is high”. When you consider that just seeing a standard definition movie in the theaters is around $10 (and even more if it’s in IMAX or 3D) that price point is really a radical change that gives leverage to the consumer. It’s made convenient in the obvious form of an app on your phone. It’s available in the Apple store and Google Play. No one is paying me to type this, but it sounds like a something that gives you all the blockbuster for your buck.
Now there are limitations and maybe some unforeseen issues at this new eye-catching price. IMAX and 3D movies will be exempt right now, but Moviepass intends to roll out a separate subscription to let users see those movies in the future. You have to use a debit card on the service, which for some is annoying. Another critical caveat found by LifeHacker is that you can only get your ticket for an individual movie the day-of the screening you are going to see, so that may make it challenging to get tickets for the opening weekends to some more popular releases. The way Moviepass is limited could also change based on the theater chain you use it at like AMC, Marcus, or others.
Lowe in a CNBC interview you can watch above, states that Moviepass will give millennials and younger people a fresh reason to go to the movie theaters and let the theater industry be a “social experience” again. He noted during his tenure with Netflix, they saw users watching movies they would never watch before if they had to subscribe to them on Netflix. Think about about how many different movies you can see in a month? How much money you could save? How much more you would be willing to risk to go see that indie comedy that you are just not that sure about? The days of ‘ Oh, I will just wait for it on Netflix or Hulu’ are gone, because if you really want to see it, you could go see with less risk.
Some of these sounds will trigger fond memories, others might make you anxious that your mom just pulled in the driveway and you have seconds to stop drop and act as though you’ve been completing household chores or getting homework done the whole time and NOT playing games or chatting online. Maybe that was just my childhood? Watch the video below and I’ll watch out for your mom…(not a mom joke, swear)
Game of Thrones is one of the most expensive TV shows ever produced, but even the crew of the hit HBO series isn’t above using an humble IKEA hack behind the scenes. According to Mashable, the fur capes won by Jon Snow and other members of the Night’s Watch on the show are actually sheepskin rugs sold by the home goods chain.
The story behind the iconic garment was first revealed by head costume designer Michele Clapton at a presentation at Los Angeles’s Getty Museum in 2016. “[It’s] a bit of a trick,” she said at Designing the Middle Ages: The Costumes of GoT. “We take anything we can.” (MORE HERE)
AP reported this week in the small German town of Neustadt this past weekend, that thieves stole 22 metric tons of Chocolate from a delivery trailer. The big haul included such sweet varieties like Kinder Surprise eggs, Nutella hazelnut-chocolate cream and Valparaiso chocolate fruit pearls. The candied caper reported is worth an estimate between 50,000-70,000 euros ($59,000-82,000). A local Police spokesperson said they “don’t know what their motive was.” UM, IT’S CHOCLATE, IT TASTE GOOD.
Now let’s escape reality with Homer Simpson dancing through a dream where he’s transported to a German ‘land of Choclate.’
