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California Has A Problem

July 27, 2017 | <3 Lauren

In addition to wildfires and water shortages, California has another major problem…

THEY HAVE TOO MUCH POT.

Seriously.

“A leader of California’s marijuana industry warned Wednesday that the state’s cannabis growers produce eight times the pot that is consumed in the state so some will face “painful” pressure to reduce crops under new state regulations that will ban exports after Jan. 1.” More from the LA Times HERE.

Fellow Illinoisians, I think our mission is clear. Not all heroos wear capes….

Some show up with a bong. 🔥

<3 @laurenoneil

P.S. just for good measure… (NSFW)

Brian & Lou 07.27.17

July 27, 2017 | Nicci

What Ya Missed, Trump is banning Transgender people from the military, Kev Week continues and what’s the dumbest argument you’ve had?

Chicago’s Third Boozy Taco Bell Coming off the Mag Mile

July 26, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from chicago.eater.com)

— America’s first booze-serving Taco Bell opened in Wicker Park less than two years ago — and soon Chicago alone will have three. The third is slated to open a block from the Magnificent Mile at 205 E. Ohio St. in late August or early September, DNAinfo reports, joining a Loop location at 407 S. Dearborn St. that’s slated to open around the same time. Boozy bells have since opened in other cities, including San Francisco and Las Vegas.

(MORE HERE)

INTERVIEW: Trent Reznor – Nine Inch Nails

July 26, 2017 | Marconi🍕

Trent Reznor chats with wALT about new music, Defiant Ones on HBO, Jimmy Iovine, Riot Fest and more… (listen below)

What is Tom DeLonge Trying To Tell Us?

July 26, 2017 | Marconi🍕

In a very vague Facebook post, Tom DeLonge eludes to something. What it is…??

Maybe he’s opening a pizza chain in Chicago? Perhaps he’s delving into the world of fast-casual dining?

I guess we’ll have to wait?

Hello, my name is Tom DeLonge and I created the band blink-182 years ago with a couple buddies. But I have something…

Posted by Tom DeLonge on Friday, July 21, 2017

A Malört 5K will allow you to take shots before (and after) you run

July 26, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from timeout.com)

If you’re a fan of pounding the pavement and enjoying (or at least tolerating) a few shots of Chicago’s premiere wormwood liqueur, a new road race in North Center is combining one half of the Chicago Handshake with good, old-fashioned exercise. The Chicago Fire Soccer Club supporters group Section 8 is hosting a Malört 5K race on Sunday, August 20, welcoming runners from across the city to indulge in the bitter liquid while raising money for the group’s 20th anniversary celebration. (MORE HERE)

Trevor Noah To Bring ‘Daily Show’ To Chicago

July 26, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from chicagoist.com)

Trevor Noah is bringing the Daily Show to Chicago this fall for four tapings of the comedy-focused news show.

Yes, we’re still a little salty over Noah’s comment, early on in his tenure as Daily Show host, that he would not visit Chicago because “I don’t want to die.” But Noah’s more than made up for it in our eyes with incisive commentary, particularly on Philando Castile’s senseless killing. (MORE HERE)

Brian & Lou 07.26.17

July 26, 2017 | Nicci

What Ya Missed, High Chicago Man Chops Off His Unit, Facial Hair at Work , We Need To Talk and Kev Week

NSFW: Naked Chicago Man ‘High on Drugs’ Cuts Off His Manhood

July 26, 2017 | Nicci

A video has gone viral of a Chicago man who is allegedly high on drugs bleeding heavily from his genital area. It happened Monday evening near the intersection of Grace Street and Drake Avenue in the Irving Park neighborhood.

The video appears to show the man shouting and swearing at residents in the area. Once police arrived on the scene, video shows the man charging at officers who then tase him. The person who shot the video can be heard saying, “Oh my God, bro. Shoot his a**. Shoot that mother f****r. This is a time when you shoot people!”

The man’s condition is currently unknown.

Here’s the video – but be warned its graphic and a bit disturbing.

Celebrating The Life of Chester Bennington

July 25, 2017 | <3 Lauren

Thank you to everyone who joined in the celebration of Chester Bennington’s life during The Lockout today. Thank you to Dr. Drew for all of the amazing insight and stories about Chester, to everyone who called and/or texted in, and to Linkin Park for the incredible making music that we will have forever. If you missed it or would like to listen again, please do and share with anyone who loves this man and this band.

<3 @laurenoneil

NEW MUSIC: Cage the Elephant perform ‘Rubber Ball’ with a choir & acoustic setup

July 25, 2017 | Kevin

Today Cage the Elephant shared this performance of ‘Rubber Ball’ from their upcoming new LP ‘Unpleeled’ which sees the band do different versions of previously released tracks in a live setting with acoustic versions. These were recorded on the band’s ‘Live & Unpeeled’ tour across the U.S. The band with Kentucky origins, is known for wild loud raucous shows which we’ve seen in person on the Nights We Stole Christmas and Lollapalooza, so see them softer and more intimate is a solid shift yet one they appear to be doing gracefully as ever. The album due out on this Friday is 21 tracks of reworkings of previous songs with covers of The Stranglers’ “Golden Brown” and Daft Punk’s “Instant Crush”.

EVERYTHING LOLLAPALOOZA: Enter to win tickets for the fest and after-shows here

Here is another track off ‘Unpeeled’ called ‘Whole Wide World’ which is cover of Brittish new wave artist Wreckless Eric

GAME (NOT) OVER: Nintendo NES Mini is available

July 25, 2017 | Kevin

One of the hardest to find items over the 2016/17 holiday season was the Nintendo NES Mini Classic, a retro gaming console with HDMI outputs with 30 classic games pre-loaded. It sold out in retail and digital stores with some of them being sold for hundreds of dollars online. According to TIME.com, the console was a surprise success on it’s planned short-term run selling 2.3 million copies. Nintendo then discontinued the NES Mini in April, while also having big success with the launch of their modern console the Switch.

The slim chance of getting the NES Mini has been reintroduced by ThinkGeek today with a sale that will not last long. The bundles with the console and special add-ons vary between $140-220. These will sell-out very quickly.
The Japanese-based video game company is not letting the big success to passed up, and our soon going to roll our a retro console retake on Super NES, which was their 16-bit 90’s console. Find out what games are coming out on the the Super NES Classic Edition. And if that was not enough Nintendo fun, they are building theme parks with Universal Studioes, video teasers for that here.

Here is something that might aggrevate some of you about the upcoming Mario Kart game.

Customer tries to return butternut squash that he thought was cheese and man live tweets it

July 25, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from mashable.com)

Returning an accidental purchase can be a frustrating endeavor. But this man’s return attempt just might be one of the most unbelievable grocery store fights yet.

A man named James Dator found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time (or perhaps the right place at the right time) when he went to the grocery store recently. Instead of your typical shopping trip, Dator found himself listening to one very confused man trying to return butternut squash because he thought it was a giant box of cubed cheese. (MORE HERE)

Brian & Lou 07.25.17

July 25, 2017 | Nicci

What Ya Missed, Kevin at the Cubs/Sox Game, Mayo on a hot dog, would you get chipped and Ed Kowalczyk from LIVE

Queued Up #237

July 24, 2017 | Web Team

1. Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete The Kisses
2. Dan Croll – Bad Boy
3. Linkin Park – One More Light
4. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself
5. The Academic – Bear Claws
6. Rostam – Bike Dream
7. Portugal. The Man – Live In The Moment
8. Declan McKenna – Humungous
9. Sleeping With Sirens – Legends
10. Green Day – Revolution Radio
11. Alice Merton – No Roots
12. J. Roddy Walston and The Business – The Wanting
13. Lo Moon – This Is It
14. Nine Inch Nails – The Background World

1. Linkin Park – Talking To Myself
2. Banners – Someone To You
3. Jet & The Bloody Beetroots – My Name Is Thunder
4. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
5. Spoon – Can I Sit Next To you
6. Magic Giant – Window
7. Cage The Elephant – Whole Wide World
8. The Aces – Stuck (Queued Up Artist Showcase 8/31)
9. The Struts – One Night Only
10. In The Valley Below – Bloodhands
11. Charly Bliss – Glitter (Wicker Park Fest 8/30)
12. Armstrongs – If There Was Ever A Time
13. Misterwives – Coloring Outside The Lines
14. Death From Above – Freeze Me
15. Linkin Park – Leave Out All The Rest

Indie-Pendent Dance Party – 7.22.17

July 24, 2017 | Web Team

The Drums – Kiss Me Again (RAC Remix)
Baauer – Temple (Feat M.I.A. & G-Dragon)
Muse – Panic Station
Spoon – Hot Thoughts
Cheat Codes & Evan Gartner – Adventure
Capital Cities – Safe and Sound
A-Trak Ft. Jamie Lidell – We All Fall Down
Lorde – Supercut
Atlas Genius – Trojans (Lenno Remix)
Cage The Elephant – Punchin Bag
The Killers – Somebody Told Me
Bishop Briggs – Wild Horses
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels
Foster The People – Doing it For The Money
Andrew McMahon in The Wilderness – High Dive
Kaleo – Glass House
Phantogram Ft Joey Purp – You Don\’t Get Me High Anymore (A-Trak Remix)
Tegan and Sara – Walking with A Ghost
Crystal Castles – Crimewave
Little Dragon – My Step

Alt-J – Left Hand Free
Glass Animals – Gooey (Gilligan Moss Remix)
Chance The Rapper – All Night
Sylvan Esso – Radio
Warpaint – New Song
Banks – Beggin For Thread (Gryffin & Hotel Garuda Remix)
The XX – Islands – Strobes Remix
Royal Blood – Where Are You Now?
Highly Suspect – Lost
Sofi Tukker – Drinkee
Milky Chance – Stolen Dance
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Grouplove – Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix)
Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends
Charli XCX – Break The Rules
Tove Lo – Talking Body (Panic City Remix)

Taking Back Sundays – 7.23.17

July 24, 2017 | Web Team

1. Lit – My Own Worst Enemy
2. Good Charlotte – The Anthem
3. Papa Roach – Scars
4. Goldfinger – Counting The Days
5. We The Kings – Just Keep Breathing
6. Jack’s Mannequin – The Mixtape
7. My Chemical Romance – I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
8. Finch – What It Is To Burn
9. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Face Down
10. Panic! At The Disco – I Write Sins Not Tragedies
11. Box Car Racer – I Feel So
12. Blink-182 – Up All Night
13. Jimmy Eat World – Pain
14. Mayday Parade – Miserable At Best
15. All-American Rejects – It Ends Tonight

7.23.17 – Alt_Backspace

July 24, 2017 | Web Team

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
2. Police – So Lonely
3. The Breeders – Divine Hammer
4. Jane\’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
5. Morrissey – Every Day Is Like Sunday
6. Bad Religion – 21st Century Boy
7. Jimmy Eat World – Lucky Denver Mint
8. R.E.M. – Can\’t Get There From Here
9. Bush – Glycerine
10. James – Born Of Frustration
11. Live – Selling The Drama
12. The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
13. Goldfinger – Here In My Bedroom

1. Social Distortion – Story Of My Life
2. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
3. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
4. Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
5. Haircut 100 – Love Plus One
6. Pearl Jam – Daughter
7. Local H – Eddie Vedder
8. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
9. Cracker – Teen Angst
10. Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be
11. Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
12. Love And Rockets – No New Tale To Tell
13. Sublime – What I Got

Linkin Park’s letter to Chester

July 24, 2017 | <3 Lauren

Linkin Park has shared a letter to their late singer and friend, Chester Bennington…

The website is beautiful, with sentiments about Chester from all over the world.

Please join me tomorrow to celebrate the life of Chester Bennington with an hour of Linkin Park songs, your calls, words and insights from friends and collegues starting at noon on The Lockout.

<3 @laurenoneil