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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2.19.17 – Alt_Backspace
1. Blur – There\’s No Other Way
2. Concrete Blonde – Joey
3. Tripping Daisy – I Got A Girl
4. Meat Puppets – Backwater
5. The Smiths – Heaven Knows I\’m Miserable Now
6. Hole – Miss World
7. Face To Face – Disconnected
8. O.M.D. – If You Leave
9. Pearl Jam – Glorified G
10. Beastie Boys – Body Movin\’
11. Bush – Glycerine
12. The Replacements – I Will Dare
13. Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Coming Home)
1. Alice In Chains – No excuses
2. R.E.M. – Fall On Me
3. Letters To Cleo – Here And Now
4. Cracker – Get Off This
5. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
6. Radiohead – Just
7. Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again (cool cover)
8. Wall Of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
9. Weezer – El Scorcho
10. Lo Fidelity All Stars – Battle Flag
11. Presidents Of The USA – Peaches
12. INXS – This Time
13. The Police – So Lonely
Will You Be My Friend?
Making friends as a grown ass adult is hard! It’s awkward and makes you feel like you’re in High School again…
Here a some tips on how to do it – OR you can be weird like me and go around asking strangers to be your friend.
The Evolution of Twenty One Pilots in Piano
Check out how cool this sounds! It’s the evolution of Twenty One Pilots in Piano and it sounds amazing!
Celebrate Kurt Cobain’s 50th birthday with the last Nirvana song recorded
On a day that would have been Kurt Coban’s 50th birthday, let’s remember the final song recorded by Nirvana “You Know Your’re Right”. The track was released in 2002 for a greatest hits collection by band after a lawsuit over the rights to iconic band’s music was settled between Kurt’s wife Courtney Love and the surviving members of the band Dave Grohl and Krist Noveselic.
The song which carries all of the biting elements that Cobain was known for with hissnarky lyrics, loud riffs that hang with you, and Grohl’s drum vibe that hits you in the chest. It was written in 1993 and through bootlegs online you can hear Nirvana play the song on their final Chicago show at the Aragon in October 1993. It was also a successful song, earning Nirvana their first song to top Billboard’s Mainstream Rock and Alternative charts. As a fan of the band, this track slides in perfectly with their best songs which is pretty amazing when you think it came out so long after their big run.
Rolling Stone unearthed this bootleg recording from Nirvana’s final concert in 1994 in Munich, Germany.
If you are looking for even more, Cobain and NIrvana nostalgia, seek out “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”, a wonderfully crafted about Cobain’s life and battle with drugs and depression.
VIDEO: Odd but True Presidential Facts, NOT “Alternative Facts”
Did George Washington actually have wooden teeth? Was Abraham Lincoln a good fist fighter? Was any President ever a bachelor in office? What President got stuck in a bathtub in the White House? What President won 2 Grammy Awards? All these ridiculous Presidential facts are true, not “alternative facts” as we’ve been hearing about recently. The fine and lovable folks at Good Mythical Morning at laid out all these brain-buzzing trivial questions in this topical episode from 2013.
Here are some absolutely 100% FAKE PRESIDENTIAL FACTS I thought would be fun to type out…
- Richard Nixon declared the Moon the 51st State in 1969, proclaiming Astronaut Neil Armstong the Moon’s first Governor.
- Theodore Roosevelt knocked out a bear once with a single punch…That sounds real. Really crazy stores about Teddy here.
- Bill Clinton would play Madden on Super Nintendo and get really mad when he lost, throw down the controller, and proclaim the game “CHEATED!”
- For brief period, it was mandated that all Presidents must grow mutton chops to be considered to be elected,
Here are even more REAL Presidential Facts including what POTUS is on the $1,000 Dollar Bill
VIDEO: Woman gets locked inside a store, Awkward
You are on your way home late at night, you go to the store to pick up some items, and before you can leave you find out you are locked inside the store. That happened to this woman Christine Hathaway, who got locked inside a pharmacy by the staff who left her locked inside before she could checkout. It sounds like a premise for one of those clever low-budget horror movies, right?
Don’t worry, she get out out of the store safely about an hour later.
The video story above mentions that the gang from ‘Saved By the Bell’ hid inside a store overnight to buy U2 tickets the next morning. Sleeping in a tent with Screech sounds like an extra penalty they can add to your prison sentence.
New Hotness: Dating Ads On Chicago’s Bus Shelters
I’ve played fantasy football going on….twenty years now? If you aren’t familiar with the culture, it may come as no surprise there is usually a cash prize for finishing first. If you finish last, however, your league typically shames you. Say for instance…putting your face on the side of a bus shelter in Chicago:
That’s Ryan. While he is the only two-time champion of his league, he finished at the bottom of the standings this year. And after reading more about him (by way of the Tribune), he and his longtime girlfriend/fiancee split a few months back. So his friends decided to take out a “singles ad” in Wicker Park (Milwaukee, North, & Damen) — one of the hotbeds of single ladies here in the city. Its been up for a few days and will run for a month.
His friends were kind enough to list his attributes: respected educator (he’s a social studies teacher)
His friends were also kind enough to list his cons: fantasy football loser…and that he “perspires ambitiously.”
With friends like those…who needs enemies? Or Tinder? — [eric]
Can We Go To Mars Yet?
SpaceX has another successful landing of their rocket that deployed supplies to the ISS. Can we just go to Mars yet? Check the cool video of the landing below!
Well, That’s One Way To Beat Traffic
We don’t deal with HOV lanes here in Chicago. But Washington is one of the places that have put in express lanes for cars with more than one occupant. And how one driver tried to skate ahead of traffic is either laughable. Or commendable. Or both.
Tacoma Trooper catches a HOV violator driving 81mph in the HOV lane with this young lady as the violators passenger. pic.twitter.com/fDykwS4IYF
— Trooper T. Bartolac (@wspd1pio) February 17, 2017
As you can see, Washington State Troopers weren’t fooled. CLEARLY THIS NICE YOUNG LADY IS WEARING A BLOND WIG.
He was ticketed for two offenses: speeding and reckless safety device placement on an inanimate object. — [eric]
23 ways to tell a real vs. fake Chicagoan
(timeout.com)
Chicago is a proud city, and its residents know how to spot one of their own. If you’re a real Chicagoan, you will find many of the items on the following list a familiar source of frustration. If you’re not a real Chicagoan but someday hope to be, don’t feel ashamed. There are ways to earn city status but fair warning, it won’t be easy. Consider this your introduction and please take notes. One day, you may even find yourself looking down on posers with the rest of us. (MORE HERE)
I thought it was just ask them “what is that big tall building over there?” and if they say “Willis Tower” they have to move to California.
Mondo Cozmo in The Lounge
Run The Jewels Interview on Walt’s Vault
Killer Mike and El-P talk about their incredible rise, major music influences, and the diversity of their crowds.
‘Star Wars’ Cantina Song is a SEX JAM? / 5 Alternative Get-it On Jams
Australia is an odd nation in that it has many poisonous dangerous animals while also having wonderful tourists destinations, and rich diverse culture, but the Aussies went for the weird this week when they voted the ‘Cantina Song’ from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope at their number 1 sex jam. Yep, that’s the song they get down to, the one that saw creepy aliens play space clarinets and Han Solo shoot a lazer into Greedo. Australia’s Gizmodo made the discovery and it’s not just something silly, it is based in actual facts.
That data was collected by mining playlists created by Australian users that contain the words “Valentine’s Day”, “Valentine’s”, “love,” or “sex,” meaning that either a lot of Australians ended their Valentine’s Day sleeping on the couch…. They also like Marmite down there, though, so take this advice with a grain of salt.
So just remember what goes down at the Mos Eisley Cantina, STAYS at the Most Eisley Cantina.
Songs by alternative favorites Kings of Leon also made the list along with R&B and pop favorites like Frank Ocean, Rihanna, and others. You can read more here.
What are some other awkward sex jams for you to put on to either ruin or increase the mood? Well here are 5 silly selections (in no apparent order) from the wide world of alternative to help you out.
Rag’n’Bone Man on Fallon
Rag’n’Bone Man made his US television debut on Jimmy Fallon last night with the song that is one of the most requested songs on 101WKQX and has topped the charts in 33 countries. Watch ‘Human’ and TRY not to get goosebumps.
I love this man’s voice and these backup singers add such an amazing dimension to the live performance. Hope he comes to Chicago soon!
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