1. Red Hot Chili Peppers -Aeroplane
2. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. Portishead – Sour Times
4. Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
5. Dramarama – Anything Anything
6. Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
7. Folk Implosion – Natural One
8. R.E.M. – Man On The Moon
9. The Cure – Close To Me
10. My Bloody Valentine – Sometimes
11. Goldfinger – Here In Your Bedroom
12. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
13. Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last
1. Pearl Jam – Wishlist (Live)
2. Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
3. Soup Dragons – Divine Thing
4. Live – I Alone
5. Depeche Mode – Walking In My Shoes
6. U2 – Two Hearts Beat As One
7. Shades Apart – Valentine
8. The Cure – Lovesong
9. Porno For Pyros – Pets
10. Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love
11. Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl
12. Haircut 100 – Love Plus One
13. The Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away
The robot kings of dance Daft Punk made their return to the stage last night performing with the Weekend at Grammys, but they were also busy in Los Angeles this week opening up a pop-up shop with classic memorabilia and exclusive merchandise for fans. Several media outlets are reporting that the French duo made a rare appearance at a private party at the shop outside of their signature helmets. The store is almost a museum to the world-conquering team who have sold millions of songs, currently still riding high the success of 2013’s ‘Random Access Memories’ which won the 2014 Album of the Year award at the Grammys.
DP’s cult-like fans have been flocking the pop-up shop this week which is only open until February 19th. The walkthrough video has been video over 500,000 times since being posted on February 10th shortly before the temporary store opened. Other EDM luminaries like Skrillex have been drawn to the pop-up, check out an IG video of him doing a DJ set there below.
The Daft Punk Pop Up Shop is located inside Maxfield’s Gallery at 8759 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles.
So it turns out there was a very good reason for Twenty One Pilots accepting their first ever Grammy in nothing but their underwear.
You already know WHY if you watched them accept the award. But for those who missed it, here’s the transcript (from Buzzfeed) — and the reason:
The story, it starts in Columbus, Ohio, and it is a few years ago, and it was before Josh and I were able to make money playing music. And I called him up, and I said, “Hey, Josh, you want to come over to my rental house and watch the Grammys?” And he said, “Yeah, who is hanging there?” And I said, “A couple my roommates coming to watch the Grammys with us.” And as we were watching, we noticed every single one of us was in our underwear. And seriously, Josh turned to me — and we were no one at that time — and he said, “If we ever go to the Grammy, if we ever win a Grammy, we should receive it just like this.”
So, not only is this amazing, but I want everyone who is watching at home to know that you could be next. So watch out, okay. Because anyone from anywhere can do anything. And this is that.
Congrats to Tyler & Josh! Now put some pants back on…you’re award winning musicians now! — [eric]
Well, sorta. Maybe this is the more experienced, refined, mature way of trash talking.
The Golden State Warriors broke the NBA record for wins in a season last year with 73, besting the MJ-led 1995-96 Chicago Bulls squad by one game. Only…they didn’t win the one that counts: Game 7 of the NBA Finals, and ended up conceding the title to Cleveland.
In an interview with a San Francisco radio station this past week, Warriors owner Joe Lacob said that Jordan, now owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, seem to point out over dinner that winning that extra game was meaningless without a championship.
“People were drinking, having a good time and all that. But there was a moment where [Jordan] said, ‘You know, 73 don’t mean …” Lacob said before trailing off … “He did it. Michael Jordan did that. And I looked at him, and I just decided not to, you know, make a big deal of it. I said, ‘You know, you’re right? We didn’t win it. We had to get better.’
He’s still got that killer instinct, Chicago.
And don’t forget, the new radio home of the Bulls are our friends right down the hall, WLS-AM.
So let me be the first to stand up and say — NO SELFIES AT FUNERALS. (Someone had to do say it.)
While on the subject of mobile phone etiquette, lets cover Eric’s Undisputed Rules Of Mobile Phone Usage:
DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE: Have you ever witnessed someone pulling it off successfully? No, no you haven’t. You are more likely to have someone want to make contact with you using a closed fist rather than an raised open palm. So don’t do it. That means EVERYONE. ALWAYS.
DON’T HOLD A CONVERSATION ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: No one cares that – like – your mother – like – ALWAYS sucks the fun out of life and – like – that’s the reason why you can’t deal, Stephanie. NOBODY.
DON’T WALK WITH YOUR HEAD BURIED IN YOUR PHONE: Ladies…eyes up here!
DITCH THE PHONE AT DINNER: Answer a text from the babysitter? Sure. Glance at a sports score? Absolutely. Scroll Facebook conversations while you could be having a REAL conversation with REAL friends? Do you see the problem here?
DON’T BROWSE TINDER IN PUBLIC: BRUH. Swipe later.
NO REALLY…DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE!: Listen, I know you think you can handle this, but you simply cannot deal. Ditch the phone.
GROWN UP? USE A GROWN UP RING/TEXT TONE: This should go without saying, but flatulence alerting you to a new message stopped being funny in 2002.
YOUR PHONE IS NOT MADE FOR PORN: While the internet is for porn, do you think your 5.6″ mobile phone screen is the best option? This also avoids the embarrassment of unintentionally pulling up your last RedTube session in front of the crowded Brown Line train. We don’t all need to know what trips your trigger.
The biggest night in music is tonight with the Grammys on CBS at 7pm CST, but what do alternative music fans have to look forward in a show that will mention Drake at least 1,004 times in the first hour? Well a lot actually. There is nothing with Drake or any other artist outside the realm of ‘alt’ music but here are some tastey nuggets to look forward to.
Twenty-One Pilots, Panic! At the Disco, Cage the Elephant, Radiohead and Blink 182 are all up for several awards. The late great David Bowie is also nominated for some Gramophones for his last album ‘Blackstar’. Here is a full list of official nominees.
We talked about the annual marquee collaborations at the Grammys on this week’s Not Ready for Broadcast, and this year’s show from Los Angeles is no different. Foo Fighter’s Dave Grohl was scheduled to perform a team up with alt-rap icons A Tribe Called Quest but that got nixed for some unclear reason over the weekend. The Weekend and Daft Punk are set to play their track ‘Starboy’ tonight, hopefully this can the robots back on the road and playing live shows again. while pop queen Lady Gaga will have a collaboration with the kings of metal Metallica. Yes, that is happening. It may not be the exact performance you could be looking forward to, but it will be something people will be talking about.
The thing I am most looking forward to the most on tonight’s Grammys show is the host, James Cordan who you may know from delightful hilarity on ‘the Late Late Show’. The musically-inclined comedic personality has earned millions of views for his popular ‘Carpool Karaoke’ series with some of the biggest names in music.
If you can’t wait for Infinity War to come out, maybe this behind the scenes look will calm you down for the time being! We can’t wait for this film to be released!
If you are unfamiliar with the comedy of The Gregory Brothers then you should start with this gem. This is a song by a Japanese yodeler called, “Chicken Attack.” The video is set to go straight to the song and if you’re interested in watching the behind the scenes of how such a ridiculous song came to be continue watching and the playlist should keep going.
They came from the Midwest and have been a vets of funny game ever since. This Saturday they take over Lincoln Hall with a stand up special taping for Seeso. So let’s go all Buzzfeed on the lovable twins, Randy and Jason Sklar.
Dumb People Town
This new spin-off podcast which features the pride of Rochelle and former Marshall Field’s security guard Dan Van Kirk documents the hilarity of people doing very dumb things around the world.
Sklarbro Country
Randy and Jay have been taking people to proverbial intersection of their interests in comedy, sports, and alternative rock with this podcast which has featured a who’s who of comedic stars as guest. If you’ve ever heard someone randomly yell “HENDERSON!” at a sporting event and you don’t know why, well that person likely heard it on this podcast.
Cheapt Seats
Think Mystrey Science Theater 3000 style sports? Two great comics riffing over knock-off sports footage like bad pro wrestling and oddball sports like roller derby. Yes, they are ripe fruits of ridiculousness and the Sklars peel it all open in their ESPN Classic series.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLE STAND UP COMEDIANS
They have been hilarious in various Comedy Central shows and multiple stand up albums since the mid-90s and they are still evolving keeping their act fresh. They are not tired or regressive, they are not up there doing hacky Monica Lewinksy bits. They know what it means to deliver real exciting and truly unique laughter in 2017, when we really need it.
They understand the Chicago perspective
The Sklars have long been enamored with the ChiCAAAAgo accent working it into their podcasts from time to time, and get what it’s like to have that Midwestern chip on your shoulder as they grew up die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fans. For you Cubs fans that may be a no-no, but for this Sox fan it’s a go-go. I am sorry for the corniness of that last sentence.
Yes, the level of cuteness witnessed here is immeasurable. This video made it’s way around Facebook recently thanks to our pals at Consequence of Sound, it shows off Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkin’s son playing along with his dad just off stage while the band performs the track “White Limo”. It is just heartwarming to see that rock music is apparently becoming the family business.
The video from the Reading Festival in 2012, so imagine how good that kid is at drums now?!
Foo Fighters are set for several festival dates this summer in Europe and the Bottle Rock Fest in California. The Foos are also expected to record a new album at some point in 2017. More on that here.
In South Carolina, Orange is the New Alligator. A local community has been posting all over social media about an orange alligator that has been living in a nearby retention pond. The gator which has earned the names “Rusty” and “Trump-a-Gator” according to UPI, does not have a natural color for a gator, so how did this happen? Local animal experts are attributing the orange hue to a possible environmental effect from a possible pollutant in the water.
Hopefully these gators are not damaged by this. Don’t we wish this all happened because they got crazy inside a truck full of Cheatos ?
John Wick might be one of the coolest movie characters of all time. We all loved his dog in the first film and with John Wick coming out soon, someone decided to make a spoof of what his dog would do if they reversed roles! Check this out down below!
(from wired.com) IN THE MID-20TH century, when the LP was the medium of choice, massive hydraulic-powered vinyl pressing machines—manufactured by long-forgotten companies like SMT, Lened, and Toolex—pumped out the endless stream of grooved discs that became the lifeblood of the booming post-war music industry. When CDs emerged in the mid-1980s, most of those aging LP presses ended up in landfills and warehouses. The rest of the plot unspools like a stale Wes Anderson ensemble. Fueled by millennials feeling nostalgic for something they never experienced, vinyl enjoyed a stunning revival and, defying all pundit predictions, became more than a passing format fad. Smelling money, the Big Three labels rereleased their legacy acts on hot wax, Technics started making SL-1200 turntables again, and vinyl got its own global holiday. (MORE HERE)
I love listening to vinyl, and my cat does too. She mostly just likes to jump on the turntable and go for a merry go ride. I must admit I get a little jealous. IT LOOKS LIKE FUN!! Though it doesn’t create a pleasant listening experience. I’m not worried that she’ll leave me for a club DJ career anytime soon.
(photo: my cat Nahla, aka The Creme Puff, aka DJ Creme Puff)
Earlier this week, Politico reported that Trump didn’t like Melissa McCarthy’s impression of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live — not due to the content of the sketch, but because he didn’t like that he was played by a woman. Someone suggest O’Donnell play Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist. And so, she volunteered for service. (MORE HERE)
This is awesome but I feel bad for the SNL cast member that played Bannon (or that skeletor death thing) a few weeks ago. Nobody ever thinks about those people. Like the guy that was playing Trump before Alec Baldwin took over. 😐 That was probably his biggest break on the show. Although, now I can’t think of anyone else playing Trump. Hope they do a Bannon sketch with Rosie.
No longer will we have to brave a trafficky L desert to see the Bulls, Blackhawks, Twenty One Pilots or the Game of Thrones orchestra. The CTA is slated to announce a new L station at United Center on Thursday, according to reports. The Green Line station is slated for Damen and Lake, less than two blocks north of United Center, and is scheduled to open in 2020. Construction on the station will start in the latter half of 2018.The city will pay for it with roughly $50 million in Tax Increment Funding (TIF). (MORE HERE)
I hope they have a family train AND a train for sweaty, shirtless, drunk dudes covered in body paint!! I just don’t want to see my mom get into a fight with a surly shirtless fan wearing a wig.
This is not what Leogs were intended for right? Law enforcement officials have confirmed a massive weed growing operation was hidden just outside the Legoland theme park in England this week. The accused men behind the weed farm hidden in a small cabin not far from the toy-based park, could face 14 years in prison. Complex News has more in the video above.
In more positive Lego related news, here is the latest trailer for the upcoming ‘LEGO Batman Movie’ featuring Will Arnett voicing the cartoon comedic take on the Caped Crusader.
