VIDEO: Bob Odenkirk scars your soul with auto-tuned ‘Take Me Out the Ballgame’
‘Better Call Saul’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ star Bob Odenkirk has an issue with ‘Late Late Show’ host James Corden not having him featured in his signature segment, ‘Carpool Karoke’ and he demanded he get to opportunity to audition. So of course, he doesn’t know the words to any songs besides “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” so he sings that, but he actually can not sing so he uses auto-tune. Plus Odenkirk has to update it with a “Euro-disco” vibe, and what happens might give you “nightmares” as Spiltsider put it.
The Second City alum does know how to really sing the Wirgley Field anthem, he did it last season in June.
Holy Holland! Pitcher Brings Fun To White Sox Clubhouse
After the White Sox completed their morning workout yesterday, pitcher Derek Holland made his way around the team’s training complex in a Batman suit! Apparently, he has TWO!! “You want to keep it loose,” said Holland, who signed as a free agent in mid-December. “When you play the game loose and you have fun, you’re going to be pretty successful.” READ MORE
FAKE OUTRAGE ALERT: Store Pulls ‘Walking Dead’ T-Shirt After Complaints It Is ‘Fantastically Offensive’
From empowering statements to iconic TV and film quotes, slogan T-shirts have become a style staple of late. But Primark has been forced to remove one of its own tees from shelves after some called it “fantastically offensive.”
The shirt with a bloodied baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire and the words “Eeny Meeny Miny Moe” received complaints from some shoppers, who called out the saying’s racist origins. The phrase and image refer to the fictional character Negan from cult hit show The Walking Dead, who utters the children’s rhyme before attacking his victims with his bat, Lucille. READ MORE
20 Restaurants Open 24 Hours to Satisfy Chicago-Size Hunger Anytime
(chicago.eater.com)
Arturo’s Tacos
Arturo’s has been capping off fun nights with their sopes, tamales, and huge fajitas since 1988. Whether it is 6 p.m. or 6 a.m., you can eat good Mexican food at any hour in Bucktown.
Griddle 24
A new spot from the owners of Hollywood Grill and White Palace Grill, Griddle 24 is a River North diner that is open 24 hours and serves a wide array of breakfast items, burgers, chili, salads and boozy milkshakes. The boozy shakes are a great way to end your night or begin your morning. No judging here, just enjoy.
20 might seem like a lot of 24 hour eateries, but for a city the size of Chicago, it really isn’t. The issue for me and my friends many times is after a night out we all seem to start looking for food late at night and it’s not always available or easy to find. It would be great even if bars offered pizza by the slice, tacos, burgers, hot dogs OR if there were a few food trucks for bar goers. Don’t get me wrong I’m not a hater of what we DO have. I just think it might be time to revolutionize the Chicago late night food scene.
Chicago is named one of the healthiest cities in the US
Yeah I know, I don’t how to feel about this either. Last week the health orginization CityHealth gave our fair city of large portioned meals Chicago a “gold medal” in several fields of health. Our city was one of the few to receive the gold medal standard. I would think we would have been disqualified once the judges saw a slice of deep dish or an italian beef sandwich, but apparently it’s more complex than that.
We got the designation on the following general health standards based on article from WTTW,
- Paid sick leave
- High-quality, universal pre-kindergarten
- Affordable housing/inclusionary zoning
- Complete streets
- Alcohol sales control
- Tobacco 21
- Clean indoor air
- Food safety and restaurant inspection
- Healthy food procurement
Well, I guess that’s good.
Honestly, this is surprising when we think our prestigious traditions of eating like we have endless bellies. Here is an example of Second City characters portrayed on SNL. It’s healthy to laugh at our own city right?
Queued Up #215
1. The Wrecks – Favorite Liar
2. American Authors – I’m Born To Run
3. Lo Moon – Loveless
4. Incubus – Nimble Bastard
5. Spoon – Hot Thoughts
6. All Time Low – Dirty Laundry
7. Marian Hill – Down
8. The Heydaze – Hurt Like Hell (Queued Up Artist Showcase 3/1)
9. Jimmy Eat World – Get Right (PIQNIQ 5/20)
10. Skip Marley – Lions
11. The Maine – Bad Behavior
12. LP – Lost On You
13. Sjowgren – Seventeen
14. The Head and the Heart – Rhythm & Blues
15. Depeche Mode – Where’s The Revolution
1. Kings Of Leon – Reverend
2. Future Islands – Ran
3. Linkin Park – Heavy
4. The Orwells – They Put A Body In The Bayou (Local)
5. Grouplove – Good Morning
6. Declan Mckenna – The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home
7. Cage The Elephant – Cold Cold Cold
8. K.Flay – Black Wave (PIQNIQ 5/20)
9. Biffy Clyro – Howl
10. The Shins – Name For You
11. Day Wave – Something Here
12. Coin – I Don’t Wanna Dance
13. Judah and the Lion – Suit and Jacket
14. Minus The Bear – Last Kiss
15. Glass Animals – Pork Soda
16. Run The Jewels – Down feat. Joi
Hugh Jackman’s last ride as Wolverine ‘Logan’ is getting great reviews
Will the last Wolverine movie to feature Hugh Jackman playing the Marvel mutant deliver on the grave teases we have seen online? It looks like yes. Fans of the X-Men movies and comics have been salivating with the trailers and the R-rating news which promises the most violent and dark version of Weapon X that has ever been portrayed on the big screen. ‘Logan’ hits theaters on March 3rd. Don’t worry, no spoilers here!
One of my favorite YouTube movie reviewers Christ Stuckman gave it a detailed and positive review after an early screening. Stuckman digs the Western vibe of this movie that plays up an old and broken Logan on his last hurrah with the always wonderful Patrick Stewart reprising the role of Professior X. He gives it an “A-“.
Beyond the Trailer’s Grace Randolph could not hold back dirty words in her review of ‘Logan’ saying this the closest depiction of Wolverine in a movie to his original form in the comic books. She notes that with the fighting, emotional depth, and bleakness of the story are “perfect on every level.” Randolph also notes that this movie has a lot of good comparisons to the acclaimed action classic ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’. Plus she reveals we get the purely emotive music of American treasure Johnny Cash music in the credits! All the feels come out, with claws and tears?!
Taking Back Sundays – 2.19.17
1. Paramore – That’s What You Get
2. The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
3. Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
4. My Chemical Romance – Teenagers
5. Gym Class Heroes – Cupid’s Chokehold
6. All Time Low – Something’s Gotta Give
7. Simple Plan – I’d Do Anything
8. Taking Back Sunday – You’re So Last Summer
9. New Found Glory – Head On Collision
10. Minus the Bear – Pachica Sunrise
11. Saosin – Voices
12. Refused – New Noise
13. Super Deluxe – Emo Trip
14. Brand New – Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades
15. Story Of The Year – Until The Day I Die
President of Iceland announces that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping
The president of Iceland threw a political bombshell into one of the national conversation today when he took sides in one of the more contentious debates of our times: The “pineapple as a pizza topping” debate. Today Guðni visited a high school in the town of Akureyri in North Iceland. He was then asked about his opinion about pineapples as a pizza topping. Guðni answered that he was fundamentally opposed to putting pineapple on top of a pizza. Then he went one step further, announcing that he would pass a ban on pineapple as a pizza topping if he had the power to pass laws on his own. MORE
Would You Want to Know When and How You’ll Die?
Would you want to know when and how you’ll die? According to a new survey, only 1% of people would want the ability to find that out . . . and see the rest of their future too. The majority of people don’t want ANY spoilers about their future. READ MORE
This Lego collector’s house is a world of stackable plastic bricks
(chicagoreader.com)
One factor is how anal you get with your sorting,” explains Alysa Kirkpatrick, a highly experienced Lego builder and ambassador for ChiLUG, the Chicago Area Lego Users Group. “If you’re constantly organizing your Lego, you’re probably pretty dedicated.” Which brings her to another determining factor: whether you pluralize the word “Lego.” If you’re a pro, you know “Legos” aren’t a thing—only Lego pieces, or bricks. (MORE HERE)
More of this in the world please!! Thank you.
Cubs Photo Day reveals…Trouble in paradise??
(from twitter.com/cubs)
I can’t believe it’s been almost 4 months since “IT HAPPENED”. I’m glad these guys are still having fun.
"I should argue with an umpire wearing these." – @CubsJoeMadd pic.twitter.com/g4qTq6aesc
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) February 21, 2017
College Student grades ex-girlfriend’s apology letter, gives it a D-
Florida college student Nick Lutz had an apparent bad breakup with an ex-girlfriend where she felt compelled to write him an apology letter, so Lutz did the real 2017 thing by posting it to Twitter but he also took out the red pen and graded it. Yep, he did that and spoiler, she did not do well. Lutz gave her a 61 out of 100, earning a grade of D-. Maybe he’s grading on a curve compared to other relationships he has been in?
Savagery in the grandest degree.
When your ex writes you an apology letter so you grade it to send it back pic.twitter.com/MczdjcCiil
— Nick Lutz (@NickLutz12) February 17, 2017
The Twitter post has truly gone viral in astronomical way over the weekend with over 105,000 re-tweets along with media coverage from Cosmopolitan and numerous international news outlets. So even if Lutz’s ex is r sorry for whatever vague thing she did this now-over relationship, she likely regrets writing this letter right it now.
This is a pretty savage move that we disect on the upcoming episode of Not Ready for Broadcast with Marconi and myself. We don’t have the same stance on whether or not this was the right thing to do. That episode will hit the webs later this week. Our debate about this, gets to be pretty heated and silly at the same time. Listen to our most current episode here. Subscribe on iTunes and share the chatty fun.
You can acquire Jimmy Chamberlin of Smashing Pumpkins drums
Ready for drum porn?
You can buy all this stuff and more! Jimmy Chamberlin is unloading 200 pieces from his personal percussion collection. All used by the man himself.
The shop goes live tomorrow, preview HERE
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