(from sherryboswell.com)
Ingredients:
1 package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup blue cheese dressing
1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce
1/2 cup blue cheese
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
Cook chicken and shred well. Mix cream cheese, blue cheese dressing, and buffalo wing sauce. Add in 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese and shredded chicken.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips.
(from chicago.cbslocal.com)
Ross is joining ESPN as a baseball analyst, according to ESPN.com’s Jesse Rogers. One of the most media-friendly and insightful players in the game, Ross takes on this new role after he retired following the Cubs’ championship this past November. “I’m excited to dive right in and start talking baseball with my new colleagues at ESPN,” Ross said in a statement posted to ESPN.com. “It truly is the worldwide leader in sports, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to join this incredible team. We’re going to have a lot of fun this season.” (MORE HERE)
He can still come back and run for mayor of Chicago though right?
I was in Wrigleyville today at a coffee shop chatting with my friend Abby and she asked me what my top television shows were. After careful consideration over an oatmeal and a drinkable, Swedish yogurt I decided to choose the first 5 shows that popped into my head that I watched an episode of and enjoyed over the weekend.
Disclaimer: I love television! These shows are just the tip of the iceberg of television shows I watch and enjoy. I tend to gravitate toward shows that create a world with characters that I could see myself comfortably living in. I watch a lot of ensemble shows made up of people that I think would be interesting, fun and artistically fulfilling to work with. All of these shows feature ethnically diverse casts with forward thinking writers/producers that try very hard to break stereotypes.
Honorable mention aka shows I’ve watched an enjoyed within the past couple of weeks: The Walking Dead, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Fresh off the Boat, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Black Mirror, Community…
The always-outspoken UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor held a live Q&A with fight fans this past week in England, where the Notorious one continued to stir buzz for a massive fight with boxing main eventer Floyd “Money” Mayweather. The fight has been rumored for months with both fighters saying they want it to happen, but many saying it may be hard to pull off with McGregor’s current status in MMA and the sheer size of pulling off such a huge bout. McGregor though cleared the air, and saying they are still trying to make it happen according to a report from Rolling Stone.
“Me and Floyd have got to get together and talk to figure it out, the same way him and Manny [Pacquiao] figured it out…Once we come to a set number that I’m happy with and he’s happy with, then we go to the customers, then we go to the promoters, the buyers, then we get it done. So that’s next. I’ll go to Vegas, we’ll figure the situation out and we’ll come to a dotted line and then we’re going. This is happening.” said McGregor.
Mayweather who is 49-0 in his pro boxing career, is keeping the hopes up for the billion-dollar battle himself, appearing before a boxing match this weekend on Showtime. Mayweather in this brief interview, also makes it clear that “the fans want this fight” and let’s give them what they want to see.
The real challenge in all of this, if it even happens, is how does McGregor make the arduous leap into the sport of Boxing against not just any boxer, but the boxer. Only time will tell if this can actually happen if it does, it could break the money mountain records of the 2015 fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. On top of that this could delay any other major UFC fights that McGregor could have in the foreseeable future.
Congrats to Neal from Hammond, Indiana for winning our 64 player tournament! But did he have what it takes to beat Tyler from Twenty One Pilots, in front of thousands at the United Center? Big thanks to Headquarters Beercade for letting us live out our Mario Kart 64 dreams!
Perhaps you have the greatest cable/satellite system known to humankind — if you do, you see everything first….we get it. But for the rest of us in the United S of A, here is the CBCMusic’s Backstage Pass with The Strumbellas from earlier this month.
Oh…and at 101WKQX, we have our own special performance venue – The Lounge. Check out The Strumbellas, plus two dozen more acts! — [@erickristensen]
Looks like another amazing night for Twenty-One Pilots and their faithful ‘clique’ who sold-out the United Center. Here are some cool stuff posted from last night show across the social media tubes.
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It’s one thing to do a cover of a band you admire, it’s another thing to do this cover in the style of another band you admire. That’s what we saw this week when Cameron Hurley of We Are The In Crowd posted a cover of the 1975’s “Girls” in the style of Enema of the State Blink 182. The track has gotten love from Matt Healy of the 1975 and Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 who tweeted each other about the exceptional cover. Shout-out to AltPress.com for turning us onto this.
Mate have you heard this I'm in love @markhoppus https://t.co/XQUW7kwiQR
— matty (@Truman_Black) January 27, 2017
This has been brought to my attention. @the1975 I think we should cover our/your/his song.https://t.co/4q2VaJLcJZ
— Mark Hoppus (@markhoppus) January 28, 2017
Listen to it here
Charles Martinet is a Hollywood actor with decades of work under his belt, working in theater and film but you likely don’t know him from any of his on screen roles but you have heard his voice in many of the biggest video games of all time. Martinet has been the playful voice of Mario from the ‘Super Mario’ video game series, and this interview with Great Big Story, shows off the familiar plumber adventurer’s voice in all of it’s over-the-top glory. There is an odd disconnect when you actually see the voice from the Nintendo games just coming out of a real person mouth, but it’s really neat to see the craft of bringing this character to life.
Get the lowdown on the first Mario game for mobile devices, ‘SUPER MARIO RUN’ here
We are on such an Nintendo kick this week. This past Thursday at Headquaters Beercade in River North, Neal from Hammond won our massive Mario Kart N64 tournament to win the opportunity of a lifetime to compete against Tyler from Twenty-One Pilots at the United Center on stage.
(from chicago.eater.com)
The West Loop is getting an all-day restaurant that will serve gourmet toasts in the mornings and sling from a selection of 170 whiskies at night. The unusual combo has an apropos name: Slightly Toasted. It should open by the end of the month inside the former Mila One space at Clinton and Madison, according to Crain’s. Slightly Toasted is what the crew behind Oak + Char have been preparing for since their River North restaurant closed over the summer. They want to attract Metra commuters from nearby Ogilvie Transportation Center with counter service for coffee and pastries. But they 90-seat space will host a more formal atmosphere on Saturdays when they’ll serve from a prix fixe menu for a single nightly seating. (MORE HERE)
Love this idea, ALL but this part – “will serve gourmet toasts in the mornings and whiskey at night”. I thought I would finally have a home for two of my favorite things TOAST and WHISKEY. WHY CAN’T THEY BE SERVED TOGETHER??? WHYYY???
The Juggalos are marching on Washington, I REPEAT the Juggalos are marching on Washington, D.C.! Yes, this is 2017 and not a comedy sketch on TV.
Rap group Insane Clown Posse and their faithful “Juggalo” fans are set to march in Washington on September 17th, to protest the band’s fans being labeled as a “loosely organized hybrid gang” by the FBI in 2011. Since the group gained the dubious designation, it has failed in court to have the tag dropped. ICP continued to release music, tour, and produce their annual ‘Gathering of the Juggalos’ festival which has a reputation for being an anticipated wild event under the Psychopathic Records banner.
The march’s official website clarifies what the planned event’s purpose is saying “This march is a serious, peaceful public demonstration, organized for one purpose — to deliver a message to the world showing how Juggalos have been unfairly stigmatized and discriminated against simply for identifying as being part of a particular music-based subculture. The golden rule of the march for participants is simply this: If you’re not serious about being there, just stay home.”
ICP rappers Joseph “Violent J” Bruce and Joseph “Shaggy 2 Dope” Utler will be present. The march will also feature a free concert with Vanilla Ice and 2 Live Crew in Brisbow, Virginia not far from D.C.
Looking at this story from a far, I have honestly felt bad for ICP fans for getting collectively painted with a broad brush of negativity. No matter what you think of the music or it’s fans, this will be interesting.
This though was a fun piece of music comedy spoofing ICP’s Gathering from SNL in 2010.
1. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
2. Moose Blood – Knuckles
3. Spoon – Hot Thoughts
4. Phantogram – Same Old Blues
5. The Shins – Name For You
6. The XX – Say Something Loving
7. Cage The Elephant – Cold Cold Cold
8. The Wrecks – Favorite Liar (Queued Up Artist Showcase 1.26.17)
9. Glass Animals – Pork Soda
10. The Orwells – They Put a Body In The Bayou (Local)
11. The Strumbellas – Young and Wild
12. Bastille – Blame
13. The Hunna – Bonfire
14. Morgxn – Home
15. Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Lullaby
1. Sundara Karma – She Said
2. Hembree – Holy Water
3. Jon Bellion – All Time Low
4. Kings Of Leon – Reverend
5. Bleeker – Highway (Queued Up Artist Showcase 1.26.17)
6. Declan Mckenna – The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home
7. Silversun Pickups – Latchkey Kids
8. Ocean Park Standoff – Good News
9. Lewis Del Mar – Painting (Masterpiece)
10. American Authors – I’m Born To Run
11. Cemetery Sun – Fake Love
12. Frank Turner – The Real Damage
13. Sigma – Find Me (feat. Birdy)
14. SWMRS – Palm Trees
15. Night Riots – Nothing Personal
I appear to be a pretty tough guy. I shave my head. Some might say I cast an imposing presence. And as I type this wearing my vintage Tool sweatshirt and various other clothing items of black, I’m immediately brought back to the innocence of childhood with news about Mr. Fred Rogers.
Hey, we all have our soft sides…
A petition is circling Change.org calling to rename the Pittsburgh International Airport after the host of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, a staple of public television and childhoods for generations of kids. Later in life, I heard interesting things about Mr. Rogers:
With all this tension in today’s politically charged climate — maybe a good reminder from our past? – [eric]
(from http://news.mcdonalds.com)
McDonald’s USA will be giving away 10,000 limited edition bottles of beloved Big Mac Special Sauce on January 26 at participating restaurants nationwide. Customers can find Big Mac Special Sauce bottles in their market by downloading the Big Mac Special Sauce Finder iMessage app that highlights the nearest restaurant where the limited edition bottles will be available.* (MORE HERE)
Here are the locations in Illinois
1313 N State St, Belvidere, IL 61008-2002
4623 State St, Rockford, IL 61108-2118
4403 Harrison Ave, Rockford, IL 61108-7927
616 E Green St, Champaign, IL 61820
627 N Western Ave, Peoria, IL 61604
1156 Vaughn Rd., Wood River, IL 62905
With all the issues that Chicago needs to work on, I don’t think we need another. Especially when it involves…unexpected pornography. But here we are.
DNAinfo recounts one woman’s experience at Harold Washington Library: sitting there, minding her own business, using the internet for the convenience of filling out online forms. Her neighbor, however, was using the computer for that other thing the internet provides: porn. Specifically, said patron took off the privacy screen….did not use headphones…and was using his smartphone to record honest-to-goodness, hardcore pornography.
When she brought this to the attention of the security guard, they basically threw up their hands. Because it turns out there’s a tricky balance between the First Amendment….and….well, you know. In other words, its perfectly legal to watch porn at the library as long as people aren’t being….lewd. And if they are being overly disruptive with their…umm…content, library officials might move those with the prurient interest in sex to another computer.
But as one librarian was quoted from the article, “it’s not my business what they look at. Some people read dirty books.”
So…yeah.
My thought: if you are using a smartphone to record something off the internet…well….you get it. — [eric]
(from chicago.eater.com)
Anyone who doesn’t love nachos is probably “nacho” friend. And perhaps anyone that doesn’t love cheesy jokes is in the same boat — maybe. Often reserved as an appetizer to hold you and your friends over until the main attraction arrives, nachos have grown into an attraction of their own. (MORE HERE) I’ve been wanting to take a Nacho Tour of Chicago!! Now I have a map!! I love this city!!
(from chicagoist.com)
Starting this summer, Chicago will get its latest parade of animal-related public art. Some 200 dog statues will be on display downtown, primarily along Michigan Avenue, as part of a collaboration between the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation and PAWS Chicago.Dubbed K-9s for Cops, the initiative aims to honor police officers who died or were injured in the line of duty. (MORE HERE)
Love this kind of thing. Is it okay to pet these statues or are they considered to be on duty like the real police K-9s??
