Foo Fighters played a pop-up show in Napa Valley, CA at the Blue Note. The Blue Note only holds 150 people, so talk about a small show to warm up for tonight at BottleRock! Check out some footage below!
Conan O’Brien is no match for Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman kicks into movie theaters, so Conan O’Brien thinks he can kick…but he can barely get his foot up without cracking a joke. Coco’s best comedy comes from him riffing outside of the studio and this sketch is no different, as he learns combat skills from Amazonian superhero herself Gal Gadot. The fake muscle suit puts it over the moon too.
‘Wonder Woman’ comes out June 2nd.
Here is look at early reviews of the anticipated DCU movie.
Check out lucky winners playing SUM 41 in Connect 4 backstage at PIQNIQ
Cars stuck in wet cement on Southport Avenue
Summer in Chicago may not feel like it’s here just yet, but when it’s close to summer, it’s really just construction season. These traffic-creating projects are popping up all around the city and the suburbs, and a project on Southport Avenue on the Northside has put some not-to-patient people in an unfortunate situation. The pics made their way around Twitter courtesy of the blog Southport Corridor show some sad drivers who put their cars two tires deep into wet cement. I mean I would understand if they pulled over and just wrote their name in the wet cement so people remember them but now these pics are on the internet forever. That is just as a permanent as writing your name in cement but it’s not nearly as fun.
This particular construction project on Souhtport between Belmont and Addison has been extended to the end of June. DNAInfo has more.
Southport Avenue Water Main construction now lasting until the end of June (fingers crossed)https://t.co/u6huV01J7v pic.twitter.com/q1Fi4f9jAK
— Southport Corridor (@SouthportCor) May 26, 2017
‘Price is Right’ Supefan wins our heart and wins big
‘The Price is Right’ is one of the best game shows of all time, and it’s still got that instant winner glory but when it’s clear a superfan of the show gets to be on the show….and win, well that’s awesome. It all went down big with a contestant named Ryan who made it clear he’s been watching the show his whole life as he keeps repeating “YEAH!” and “Oh my god!” as he miraculously got called up to play and then proceeded to win a near maximum amount of $31,000 just a few minutes later. The Penn State student scored the best record on the game show’s classic Plinko challenge. You can not help but root for him during the entire video, it’s like there is Ryan in all of us up there in the game of life.
http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_gxbx271w
Trump with Absurdly Long Ties
I don’t know why this is so funny, but 3 pages of Trump with really, really, ridiculously long ties is VERY amusing.
Check out some more huge tie pics here: and on twitter @TrumpTies
WATCH: PIQNIQ Painting Party with WARPAINT
I want to put all of these up on my fridge.
Fun Fact: Warpaint was the first band to ever play in the Lounge. Watch their performance below.
WATCH: Sum 41 playing Connect Four with fans at PIQNIQ
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 said he’d never played Connect Four before this. YEAH RIGHT!!
Blood Drive Birthday Party TODAY
Elena and Vanessa are a couple of my best friends and every year they hold a blood drive for their birthday party, to give back for all the transfusions that have saved Elena’s life. If you are able, please stop by and donate a little life today <3
Beautiful article on Elena from the Northwest Herald
I love this girl so much <3
Hope to see you at Galati’s today!
<3 @laurenoneil
Chicago’s Best Celebrity Chefs Are Bringing Their Dishes To Wrigley Field
(from chicagoist.com)
The team announced a new rotating Chef Series, set batter-up starting early next month—and the lineup is a murderer’s row of Chicago’s culinary talent. Rick Bayless, recently-crowned Iron Chef (AND part of BADASS48 ) Stephanie Izard, Matthias Merges, Graham Elliot and Jeff Mauro will each serve up signature dishes for limited runs at select home games.
Here’s the foodie batting order:
Stephanie Izard (Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner) – June 2 to 11
Matthias Merges (Yusho, Billy Sunday) – June 19 to 21, July 4 to 6 and July 7 to 9
Jeff Mauro (Pork & Mindy’s) – July 21 to 25
Rick Bayless (Topolobampo, XOCO) – Aug. 1 to 6
Graham Elliot (his late, lamented eponymous spot; Grahamwich) – Aug. 14 to 20 and Aug. 28 to Sept. 3
MY DREAM TEAM!!! I just want to learn that thing they do where they flip the food inside the pan over heat. I don’t know what I would do with it, but it looks really cool.
Custom Drum Kit of Pots & Pans + World-Famous Drummers
(from blog.williams-sonoma.com)
Last year, drummers Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters appeared on BottleRock’s Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage alongside chef Michael Voltaggio in a demo called “Drummers from Another Mother.” When Smith and Hawkins arrived on stage they were surprised to find custom replicas of their own drum kits—created entirely out of pots and pans. They immediately recognized their places on stage, sat down, and began an epic cookware “drum off.” The crowd went wild as the two legendary drummers played and, eventually, as they threw and kicked their drumsets around stage in a rockstar-worthy grand finale. (MORE HERE)
No fair!! I thought I was the king of kitchen drumming!! Thanks a lot Taylor Hawkins, Tre Cool and Chad Smith. Just weren’t happy enough being amazing rock stars, had to be incredible at kitchen drumming too didn’t you!?!!
Anthony Michael Hall
Brian & Lou 05.26.17
What Ya Missed, Brian’s going to a baby shower, Fake Outrage over an all female screening of Wonder Woman, Eat Travel Rock and Anthony Michael Hall
Eat Travel Rock 05.26.17
It’s what all Chicagoans fantasize about all year long while we’re hibernating like bears or hiding like hermit crabs… patio season! I promise you, the weather will be beautiful soon… and these patios will be just what you’ve been dreaming about…and then it’ll be too hot and we’ll all be complaining about THAT… READ MORE
WATCH: A Little Girl Just Wants Some Time To Chill By Herself
A little girl in a car seat is totally bummed-out because she wants to be left alone so she can chill. Her dad asks what she’s been doing and she says, quote, “Playing this whole time and I just want some time to chill with nobody.”
Star Wars Sings Smash Mouth
This was on Fallon earlier this month. What a great cut up. -wALT
Tom Cruise confirms ‘Top Gun 2’ is happening
Tom Cruise while overseas promoting his upcoming film ‘The Mummy’, Tom Cruise confirmed there will indeed be a sequel to the 80’s classic. The film which starred Cruise as a young fighter pilot dealing with a rival in his class called ‘Iceman’ played by Val Kilmner.
WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE: @TomCruise just confirmed that Top Gun 2 is happening! "I’m gonna start filming it probably in the next year". #sun7 pic.twitter.com/X17xvxz4Q4
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) May 23, 2017
The movie oozed the time that produced it with synthesizer-driven soundtracks, badass actions, and over-the-top fun.
Cruise recalled the memories of making the film and how he had to fly the infamous Blue Angels fighter pilots to prepare for the intense role.
Vicky Cornell’s Beautiful Letter To Chris
To My Sweet Christopher,
You were the best father, husband and son-in-law. Your patience, empathy and love always showed through.
You had always said I saved you, that you wouldn’t be alive if it were not for me. My heart gleamed to see you happy, living and motivated. Excited for life. Doing everything you could to give back. We had the time of our lives in the last decade and I’m sorry, my sweet love, that I did not see what happened to you that night. I’m sorry you were alone, and I know that was not you, my sweet Christopher. Your children know that too, so you can rest in peace.
I’m broken, but I will stand up for you and I will take care of our beautiful babies. I will think of you every minute of every day and I will fight for you. You were right when you said we are soulmates. It has been said that paths that have crossed will cross again, and I know that you will come find me, and I will be here waiting.
I love you more than anyone has ever loved anyone in the history of loving and more than anyone ever will.
Always and forever,
Your Vicky
📷: Reuters: Danny Moloshok
More from Billboard here
Details on Chris Cornell services here
</3 @laurenoneil
WEEZIE & her goslings leave Chicago hospital for Lake Michigan
For the past three years, the staff at Weiss Hospital in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood have seen an annual tradition take place. A female geese they have dubbed ‘Weezie’ landed on the roof of the hospital’s six floor parking garage in April for the third year in a row, where she laid her eggs in a nest, and then when ready she waddles the entire adorable parade down six floors and out to their new home, Montrose Harbor. It’s just the cutest thing you will see all day. Enjoy this year’s “Weiss Waddle” captured on video this past week. We wait until Weezie comes back to repeat the cycle next year.
U.K. Airport launches indoor navigation system to help passengers find their way
(from thenextweb.com)
Serving the London region, Gatwick Airport is the UK’s second busiest airport, after London Heathrow. As you’d expect, it’s a gargantuan place, and getting around its two massive terminals can be a nightmare.To ameliorate this, Gatwick has taken the unusual step of installing 2,000 bluetooth-powered beacons that tell passengers where they are in the airport’s two terminals. The beacons are the product of a collaboration with London startup Pointr, and are accurate to three meters — so pretty dang accurate. The first incarnation of the system shows travelers where they are on a digital map, with their location visualized as a blue dot. Gatwick eventually intends to introduce an augmented reality system that guides users with turn-by-turn directions, using real-world visual data. (MORE HERE)
That’s cool, but I just want an app that shows me where all the good food spots are at in the airport, also napping places. I mean if you don’t have those two things you’re just wasting everyone’s time.
WATCH: Paramore perform “Told You So” on Corden
(from consequenceofsound.net)
Paramore returned earlier this month with their fifth studio album, After Laughter, which they promoted with a two-song performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Last night, they were back on late night, this time on the Late Late Show with James Corden. With each member dressed head to toe in red, they ran through a lively rendition of “Told You So”. Catch the replay above.
See Paramore at Riot Fest in support of their new album After Laughter this summer
