Brian & Lou 07.06.17
What Ya Missed, Big boob problems, Fake Outrage over NPR tweet, Rob Kardashian sent out revenge porn, Godfrey and Chad Zumock in studio
NPR’s Declaration of Independence Tweets Leave Some Confused and Angry
NPR calling for listeners to overthrow the government definitely would have made for an interesting Independence Day.
But the public radio network wasn’t calling for a revolution, and it wasn’t calling the President a tyrant. NPR was just doing what it has done for years on the Fourth of July: Reciting the Declaration of Independence. READ MORE
We decided to do our own experiment and tweet out the Bill of Rights and people are reacting just like we thought they would.
This is completely ridiculous! This is why I don’t listen to your station anymore. Unbelievable https://t.co/SDS2PCgG5f
— Chad Zumock (@chadzumock) July 6, 2017
Men Don’t Get What’s Wrong with This Pool Float, But Women See It Immediately
Someone posted a photo this week of an inflatable pool float Sam’s Club has been selling. And it’s trending online, because guys don’t see what’s wrong with it . . . but women see it immediately.
The thing looks EXACTLY like a giant maxi pad. It’s white with a little bit of blue, and the design even makes it look like it’s quilted.
Someone posted a photo on Reddit. Then it blew up after a romance novelist named Jillian David shared it on Twitter with a caption that said, “This could have been avoided with ONE focus group of women.”
Focus group. This could have been avoided with 1 focus group (of women). pic.twitter.com/C76lv5ji33
— Jillian David (@JillianDavid13) July 3, 2017
Wolf Alice in The Lounge
Queued Up #234
1. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
2. Death From Above – Freeze Me
3. 78RPM – Unbreakable
4. The Lumineers – Angela
5. Palaye Royale – Get higher (Queued up Artist Showcase 7/13)
6. Spoon – Can I Sit Next To You
7. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – So Close
8. Dirty Heads – Vacation
9. Nothing But Thieves – Amsterdam
10. Fall Out Boy – Champion
11. Beth Ditto – Fire
12. Cage The Elephant – Whole Wide World
13. Alvvays – In Undertow
14. Arcade Fire – Creature Comfort
1. Irontom – Be Bold Like Elijah
2. Joywave – It’s A Trip
3. Vinyl Theatre – 30 Seconds
4. J. Roddy Walston and The Business – The Wanting
5. DJ Shadow/ Run The Jewels – Nobody Speak
6. Phoenix – Ti Amo
7. Kacy Hill – Hard To Love
8. The Picturebooks – I Need That Oooh
9. Lorde – Perfect Places
10. Rag N Bone Man – Skin
11. St. Vincent – New York
12. George Ezra – Don’t Matter Now
13. Papa Roach – Periscope
14. Mondo Cozmo – Automatic
15. Lo Moon – This Is It
Indie-Pendent Dance Party – 7.1.17
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
The Bravery – An Honest Mistake
Cold War Kids – Miracle Mile
The Aces – Touch
Ok Go – Here It Goes Again
The Killers – Mr. Brightside
Le Tigre – Deceptacon
TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
Vampire Weekend – Diane Young
The Chain Gang of 1974 – Wallflowers
BØRNS – Seeing Stars
Phantogram – You Don\’t Get Me High Anymore
Matt and Kim – Hey Now
The Orwells – Who Needs You
The Strokes – Last Night
Tokyo Police Club – In A Cave
Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – S.O.B.
Bleachers – Don\’t Take The Money
Foster The People – Houdini
Haim – The Wire
The Virgins – Rich Girls
Edward Sharpe – Home
MGMT – Kids
Grouplove – Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix)
Portugal The Man – Purple, Yello , Red and Blue (Passion Pit Remix)
Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Hey Champ Remix)
Rapture – Out of the Races and Onto The Tracks
Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control
Black Keys – Gold On The Ceiling
Black Kids – I\’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (Twelves Remix)
Penguin Prison – Never Gets Old (Solidisco Remix)
Santigold – The Keepers (The Knocks Remix)
Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire (richard Sharkey And Peter Sar Remix)
Kid Cudi – Pursuit Of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix) – Clean
WATCH: HOW TO MAKE HOT DOG BURGERS
(from youtube.com/gracehelbig)
Grace Helbig is one of my favorite YouTubers. Cool human and generally hilarious. Check out this video where she creates Hot Dog Burgers.
Taking Back Sundays – 7.2.17
1. We The Kings – Check Yes Juliet
2. Paramore – Now
3. Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American
4. Taking Back Sunday – Cute Without The E
5. New Found Glory – My Friends Over You
6. Head Automatica – Brooklyn Is Burning
7. My Chemical Romance – Teenagers
8. Hawthorne Heights – Saying Sorry
9. Rise Against – Swing Life Away
10. Papa Roach – Scars
11. Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom
12. AFI – Girls Not Grey
13. Good Charlotte – Little Things
14. Me First and the Gimme Gimmies – Rainbow Connection
15. Fall Out Boy – Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
NEW UNEARTHED VIDEO: Nirvana plays in an empty Radioshack in’88
Clips of it have floated around the web, but today SPIN unearthed a full 17 minute video of this then-upcoming band called Nirvana on January 24th 1988, performing in an empty Radioshack store in Abderdeen, Washington. The video technically does not feature bassist Kris Novaselic and guitarist/singer Kurt Cobain playing, as they are syncing up their movement with audio from a demo recording they had made the previous day.
It’s also worth noting that Dave Grohl is not on drums in this video, it’s Dale Crover who played on the band’s January ’88 demo. Crover also performed with fellow Seattle grunge veterans , the Melvins for many years. Crover contributed to several Nirvana tracks around this time, which would later go on to be released in various compilations and the first album ‘Bleach’.
This may have been done as simply as a video demo for the band to seek out more recording opportunities and shows. It’s intriguing to see Nirvana in this very raw uninfluenced form. You can see more retro Nirvana fun with this video bootleg of the band performing in Chicago in 1989 here.
Cinderella Boy Is Opening a Caddyshack Restaurant
Looks like the rumors are true! Bill Murray and his brothers are planning to open a Caddyshack themed restaurant in the Crown Plaza Hotel in Rosemont. It’s not expected to open until December so no word on decor or menu but you can be sure it will house plenty of Caddyshack memorabilia. Oh, and a “gold simulation experience.” I’m in. -wALT
7.2.17 – Alt_Backspace
1. Oasis – Supersonic
2. The Alarm – The Stand
3. Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
4. Soundgarden – My Wave
5. Gary Numan – Cars
6. Radiohead – Just
7. Hole – Malibu
8. The Smithereens – A Girl Like You
9. Charlatans UK – The Only One I Know
10. 311 – Don\’t Stay Home
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friends
12. The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
1. Pearl Jam – In Hiding
2. The Clash – Rock The Casbah
3. Beastie Boys – Body Movin\’
4. Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last
5. Suzanne Vega – Luka
6. Cake – Sheep Go To Heaven
7. Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again
8. Blur – Parklife
9. The Afghan Whigs – Debonair
10. Third Eye Blind – Graduate
11. X – 4th Of July
WATCH: Foo Fighters Perform New Song “Dirty Water” In Paris!
New Foo Fighters album Concrete and Gold isn’t due out until September, but they performed a future track, Dirty Water in Paris on Monday night. Watch below
Emily Ratajkowski Can’t Get Acting Work Because Her Boobs are Too Big
You know EMILY RATAJKOWSKI as the chick with the big boobs in ROBIN THICKE’s “Blurred Lines” video, or as the chick with the big boobs in the movie “Gone Girl”. And that’s the problem . . . those big boobs.
Because they’re preventing Emily from getting work in Hollywood. She tells “Harper’s Bazaar“, quote, “There’s this thing that happens to me: ‘Oh, she’s too sexy.’
“It’s like an anti-woman thing, that people don’t want to work with me because my boobs are too big. What’s wrong with boobs? They’re a beautiful feminine thing that needs to be celebrated. Like, who cares?
“They are great big, they are great small. Why should that be an issue?”
We Need To Talk – Laura vs. Deshawn
Laura was pissed because Deshawn spoiled a TV show for her… that ended in 2013!
Alan Alda 07.05.17
Brian & Lou 07.05.17
What Ya Missed, Stealing from bars, Fireworks mishaps, Alan Alda, We Need To Talk, Is It Florida and Drunk Dials
A Woman Casually Walks Away With a Giant TV From a Buffalo Wild Wings
I’m impressed with this woman’s upper body strength AND her cajones. Lady cajones.
Around 6:30 A.M. on Sunday, a woman walked up to a Buffalo Wild Wings in Nitro, West Virginia . . . headed onto the patio . . . unhooked a large TV . . . and then casually walked off, carrying it above her head.
Then she walked across the entire parking lot, loaded it into a Kia Soul, and drove off.
The cops are trying to track her down.
Lunchtime Is Coming…
Hodor lives! OK, maybe not, but Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn is certainly keeping the character’s memory alive in his new commercial for KFC.
The ad, titled “Lunchtime Is Coming…,” is meant to promote new “Ricebox” offerings at KFC locations in the U.K. It kicks off with Nairn standing behind the fast food counter nervously anticipating hoards of hungry customers barging through the store’s doors as the clock strikes noon. Patron after patron orders “chicken and fries,” “chicken and fries,” forcing the Irish actor to repeat the phrase “hold the door”-style until it no longer means anything. Eventually, the phrase evolves into “chicken and rice.” READ MORE
8 “Alternative” Songs For Independence Day
Warning. This list won’t be without its controversy, but should that be any surprise? The connection between music and politics is one of the great themes of music. So for those who yearn for the more middle roads of “This Land Is Your Land” and “Born In The USA,” this playlist might not be their cup of tea. (And you might want to look up the true origins of those songs, while you’re at it. 😉 But for the rest of us, a more complex look at music for the 4th of July.
Soundgarden – 4th of July
And we start with the “title track.” Clearly the dark, sober tone and lyrics of this make the “4th of July” a euphemism for the apocalypse rather than a reference to eye-pleasing fireworks. But it’s Soundgarden. And I like it. So it made the list. So there.
Rise Against – Hero Of War
Why I dislike this song? In my opinion, its message could still be ridiculously powerful having focused on an actual soldier’s experience rather than spinning out the worst “horror stories” we’ve heard told about warfare. Why I LOVE this song? Its recognition of how unprepared young people can be going in and how PTSD can change the lives of those who serves our country. But hey, that’s art, right? Sometimes mixed emotions make for powerful musical experiences. For me, this definitely an example of that.
Pavement – No More Kings
Remember Schoolhouse Rock? When Saturday morning cartoons were a thing, we got a little education through these vignettes. This Alt_Backspace artist covered the tale of the beginnings of America, from the pilgrims journey to America right up to the Boston Tea Party protest. If you are looking for patriotism, this is your huckleberry right here.
Pearl Jam w/ Neil Young – Rockin’ In The Free World
When I first got into this business, my Uncle Mike would call me up and ALWAYS request Neil Young. I would usually laugh it off, but chalk that up to being a young man in need of some serious music education. Neil Young is the “godfather of grunge.” This song came out just after the politics of the 1980s and just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, two events to which this song is tied. Pearl Jam grabbed this song in 1992 and have been running with it ever since, sometimes with Young joining them on stage.
311 – Homebrew
Nothing like a song about trippin’ on acid during Independence Day. And it just happens to be my favorite song from my favorite 311 album.
Green Day – American Idiot
There is no in between: you either hate or love this song. But I would argue this song is patriotic as f#&%. Three guys, screaming that they don’t like the direction their country is headed. The fact that we’ve been able to shout at our government for hundreds of years is one of the best qualities of the United States. It comes with a price, however: one might not always agree with what is being said.
Portugal. The Man – So American
I’ve seen a number of different interpretations of the lyrics to this song. One felt it was about the children of immigrants. Another thought it was about the growing undertones of nationalism. But frontman John Gourley said the idea came about after a discussion on politics with a German. He’s what he told Spinner magazine: “I’ve been to Germany nine or 10 times and know so little, if not absolutely nothing, about the country’s politics. It’s just so funny because the way we [Americans] are is pretty relaxed, like, ‘Do what you want. I’m not going to be a part of this.’ And I thought it’s so American to just let things go and say whatever and just let it happen.”
Violent Femmes – American Music
Likely the least controversial entry into this list today. And why not? If this song doesn’t at least invoke a toe-tap from you, check your pulse and your soul. And crank it up this Independence Day, which I hope you enjoy. — [eric]
