Sometimes you’re just in the mood for something different. Maybe one night you feel like getting dressed up and hitting the town while heading out to a swanky spot, while other times you want to cozy up at your friendly and delicious neighborhood trattoria. Kelly Rizzo has 3 spots to appease whatever your mood may be.
Brian & Lou 08.18.17
Lou’s eyebrows, What Ya Missed, Brian crosses his legs like a girl, Pete Holmes and Getting misdiagnosed
NEW MUSIC ALERT! Weezer ‘Mexican Fender’
Wow, we are really ringing the New Music Alert quite a bit today. Here is the latest music video for a new song from the alt nerd kings WEEZER. You can throw the dub up for this brand new track from the upcoming ‘Pacific Daydream’ which comes out October 27th. You can preorder it here.
NEW MUSIC ALERT! LCD Soundsystem “tonite”
LCD Soundsystem have one of the most anticipated alternative releases of the year in the upcoming album ‘American Dream’ and yesterday they posted this fresh funky tongue-in-cheek dance track called “tonite”. The song oozes a groove by a drum machine beat, thick synthesizers lines, and satirical lyrics about modern hipster music culture that James Murphy has made a career out of it. It’s got this great progression, the second the song starts you are on the LCD Soundsystem ride and your hips will shake, your head will bob right away.
- WATCH LCD SOUNDSYSTEM ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IN MAY 2017
- ENTER TO WIN TO SEE LCD SOUNDSYSTEM SOLD-OUT SHOW AT THE ARAGON IN NOVEMBER
Check out our weekly new music discovery show QUEUED UP with Walt Sundays 7-9pm on 101WKQX or listen to the podcast.
STAR WARS: Obi Wan Kenobi getting his own solo movie
Variety reported today that Disney is in development on a new Star Wars standalone movie to feature Obi Wan Kenobi, the Jedi master who has been featured 6 Star Wars movies. The mentor character was played by Alec Guinness in Episodes 4-6 and then by Ewan McGregor in Episodes 1-3. Kenobi is the Jedi knight who trained Anakin Skywalker (before he became Darth Vader) and would later train Luke Skywalker. Sources in Variety’s report claim it’s not clear if this will be the next standalone SW film.
It’s not clear where the story will take place chronologically but director “Billy Elliot’s” Stephen Daldry has already be set to handle the production.Disney has been developing more SW films that act outside of the ongoing series allowing them to do prequels like last year’s ‘Rogue One’ and the upcoming Han Solo film before the next big ‘Episode’ movie is released.
Ewan McGregor was asked about whether or not he would return to the role of Kenobi, and he expressed that he would love to do something that would involve the bridge between Guiness’s Kenobi and his Kenobi in the chronology. In this video interview from March of last year, McGregor teased that he was “very interested” in doing it and he could not openly say whether or not he was speaking with Disney executives about the possible film.
Jack Antonoff’s Short Film About Taking His Childhood Bedroom On Tour
(from stereogum.com)
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
Tim & Eric are running for President and “Viss President”
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.
HBO social media gets hacked, Game of Thrones episodes leak early
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.
BREAKING: Yet another hack problem for HBO tonight…this time to it's social media accounts https://t.co/oCRuBsqx1e pic.twitter.com/AM1g7dHL0E
— Andrew Wallenstein (@awallenstein) August 17, 2017
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.
Next Emporium pop-up bar is an homage to ‘Stranger Things’
(from timeout.com)
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?
New Queens of the Stone Age video
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.
See you in the pit.
<3 @laurenoneil
Super Troopers 2
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.”
Hmm….
Perfect. <3 @laurenoneil
Brian & Lou 08.17.17
What Ya Missed, What animal would you give CPR to, Calling Mom by her first name and Dr Grace from Adler
Furious Joe Maddon lets loose on umpires, gets ejected after 9th-inning call
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
VIDEO: @CubsJoeMadd gets ejected and is likely to be suspended for making contact with multiple umps multiple times. @Cubs #CubsTalk pic.twitter.com/hKcInEFg06
— Billy Krumb (@ClubhouseCancer) August 17, 2017
A Pet Owner Gave Mouth-To-Mouth To A Turtle For An Hour
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.
NEW MUSIC ALERT! 888 ‘Creepers’
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.
Fall Out Boy want a very popular female singer their next album
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 Best Burger In Chicago
I have just spent the better part of my afternoon drooling over pictures of Chicago’s best burgers.
Chicagoist conducted a *highly scientific 30 day bracket challenge and have determined the best one of all, as voted by us readers.
The *best burger in Chicagoland comes from… Big Guys Sausage Stand.
📷: Big Guys Sausage Stand facebook page
“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 confirms he’ll return to James Bond
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’.
Brian & Lou 08.16.17
What Ya Missed, Movie Pass, Brian’s getting handy, We Need To Talk and Daniel Craig
