What Ya Missed, Bush Lounge, Pregaming for Sex and Fake Outrage Alert!
Fidget Spinners Are Good
(from gizmodo.com)
We all fidget. We swing our headphones, we peel twigs and tear cardboard coasters, we flip pens around our thumbs and split the ends of our hair. Do we really need to explain, rationalize and lend science to the newest fidget toy? Sure, you’ll feel like a dumbass while you play with it. But here’s the thing: Fidget spinners are fine. They are a children’s toy. Everyone’s got an opinion on the spinner. This weekend, people wanted you to know that there’s no science proving it helps with ADHD. Like every toy fad, some schools have banned them, and teachers hate them. Others have even decided to analyze its controversial origin story.
Stressed out – Twenty One Pilots Vocals Only
Isolated vocals are very revealing. When you know a song well you can still hear the music in your head. In this case twenty one pilots singer Tyler Joseph still sounds great on minus the music on ‘Stressed Out’
Stressed out – Twenty One Pilots Vocals Only pic.twitter.com/ZsszvVpMO5
— Vocals Only (@OnlyVocal) May 11, 2017
Did you know that in 2012 Twenty One Pilots played side stage at PIQNIQ? Yep. See the full schedule and get tickets for 5/20 (HERE)
BURGERING – NEW KUMA’S IN WEST LOOP + WAHLBERGER IN CHICAGO SOON
(chicagoist.com)
Devil Horns Up: New Kuma’s Corner To Open In West Loop Next Wednesday
The grills are primed to be lined with those massive patties, and the figurative back door is ready begrudgingly allow for wayward hippies: the West Loop location of Kuma’s Corner, Chicago’s very own iconic metal burger bar, will officially open its doors next week, on Wednesday, May 24. (MORE HERE)
I really hope they bring the Pizza Mac-n-Cheese back for their Grand Opening!!! Hint, hint…
(from chicago,eater.com)
Mark Wahlberg and Brothers Finally Bringing Wahlburgers to Chicago
As if Chicago doesn’t have enough burger places, celebrity/actor Mark Wahlberg stands poised to finally bring his chain to the city. Ownership didn’t share the address where they plan on opening a Wahlburgers, but they did tell Crain’s to expect a 2018 opening somewhere in River North. The burger chain’s Chicago arrival has been rumored for years. Construction should start in June, according to the report. (MORE HERE)
Queued Up #227
1. Bleachers – Hate That You Know Me (PIQNIQ 5/20)
2. The Wrecks – Favorite Liar
3. Ride – All I Want
4. Green Day – Revolution Radio
5. LCD Soundsystem – Call The Police
6. The 1975 – A Change Of Heart (PIQNIQ 5/20)
7. Made Violent – Basement Ghost
8. Bishop Briggs – The Way I Do
9. Arkells – Knocking At The Door (Queued Up Artist Showcase 6/9)
10. Sylvan Esso – Die Young
11. Jimmy Eat World – Get Right (PIQNIQ 5/20)
12. Milky Chance – Blossom
13. Baio – PHILOSOPHY!
14. Highly Suspect – Little One (PIQNIQ 5/20)
1. Phoenix – J-Boy
2. The Greeting Committee – She’s A Gun
3. The National – The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
4. Joywave – It’s A Trip
5. Irontom – Be Bold Like Elijah (Queued Up Artist Showcase 6/9)
6. Haim – Want You Back
7. Billy Raffoul – Driver
8. Third Eye Blind – Alright Caroline
9. K.Flay – Giver (PIQNIQ 5/20)
10. Welshly Arms – Legendary
11. Dreamcar – All Of The Dead Girls
12. Warpaint – So Good (PIQNIQ 5/20)
13. Royal Blood – Lights Out
14. Catfish and The Bottlemen – Twice
15. Gorillaz – Andromeda (feat. D.R.A.M.)
Visual Effects Artist Creates Epic Video To Sell His Old Car, And Now 2 Million People Want To Buy It
(boredpanda.com)
For most of us, selling a used car generally involves placing an advert on a popular website or in the classifieds section of a local newspaper. But when it came to selling his old SUV, Eugene Romanovsky decided to take things to a whole new level by creating the most spectacular advertisement for his 1996 Suzuki Vitara. (MORE HERE)
5.14.17 – Alt_Backspace
Indie-Pendent Dance Party – 5.14.17
LCD Soundsystem – Call The Police
Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
Bloc Party – Banquet
Louix XIV – Finding Out True Love Is Blind
Portugal The Man – Feel It Still
Struts – She Makes Me Feel
Strokes – Modern Age
Vines – Get Free
Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (Mike D Remix)
Jungle Giants – Feel The Way I Do
In The Valley Below – Peaches(Passion Pit Remix)
Atlas Genius – Trojans (Lenno Remix)
Grimes – Kill Vs Maim
Killers – Mr. Brightside (Thin White Duke Remix)
Phoenix – 1901 (Mike Balance Re-Rub)
Bleachers – Rollercoaster
Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
Lucky Boys Confusion – Hey Driver
Highly Suspect – Vanity
Jimmy Eat World – Call It in The Air
Joywave – Somebody New
The 1975 – The City
Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (RAC Remix)
Sum 41 – Fat Lip
Stabbing Westward – Nothing
Bleachers – Don\’t Take The Money
Stabbing Westward – Save Yourself
Highly Suspect – 23
Lucky Boys Confusion – It\’s After Midnight
Joywave – Tongues (Ft Kopps) RAC REMIX
Warpaint – New Song
The 1975 – The Sound
K Flay – So fast, So Maybe (Ryan Crabtree Remix)
K Flay – Blood In The Cut
Taking Back Sundays – 5.14.17
1. Coheed and Cambria – A Favor House Atlantic
2. Plain White Ts – Hey There Delilah
3. Sum 41 – Still Waiting (PIQNIQ 5/20)
4. Jimmy Eat World – The Middle (PIQNIQ 5/20)
5. The 1975 – Somebody Else (PIQNIQ 5/20)
6. Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We’re Going Down
7. Head Automatica – Brooklyn Is Burning
8. Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
9. Paramore – The Only Exception
10. Relient K – Sadie Hawkins Dance
11. Twenty One Pilots – Fairly Local
12. We The Kings – Check Yes Juliet
13. Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue
14. My Chemical Romance – Famous Last Words
The xx Interview: “Writing Process/Recording Process”
The xx Interview: “Finding Each Other/The Name The xx”
Brian & Lou 05.15.17
Worst Mothers Day, David Ross, Is It Florida and What Ya Missed
WATCH: Tyler of Twenty One Pilots Sneaking In To A Karaoke Night
Imagine you, minding your own g.d. business, mowing down on some pizza during karaoke night at some bar in Anywhere, U.S.A. Someone chooses to sing “Stressed Out” from Twenty One Pilots…and you’re thinking…that sounds an awful lot like Tyler. And then you look up and realize it IS him:
Is it poor form to sing your own song at karaoke? — [eric]
