If you had a bad long weekend due to the Thanksgiving break, you should probably watch this video below! Trust me, all your worries will go away!
VIDEO: Final trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’
The final trailer for the anticipated ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ hit the web today to give us one last savory tease of the epic spinoff/prequel coming out on December 16th. The story involves a rag tag crew put together by the Rebels to steal information of the construction of the Death Star, putting the movie chronologically before the original ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ film. This latest trailer shows more of a light-hearted look at the team of central players as well as the droid K-2SO, wild X-Wing dog fights in outer space, and some new fun action scenes with giant robots flinching from missile strikes. The trailer does hit the member-berry feels with a scene involving a mother telling her daughter to “trust the force” which throws back to the core battle of good and evil that has resonated through the entire series.
There has been overzealous fan freak-outs over the recent reveal that ‘Rogue One’ will not have the standard scrolling text prologue that fans have been familiar with at the start of all previous SW films, but Star Wars executive producer Kathleen Kennedy told Variety “We felt that’s so indicative of what those saga films are. Initially, we probably will begin the film in a way that is traditional, with just the title.” And that makes total sense, so fear not Jedis, this movie looks like it’s going to be pretty cool.
VIDEO: CUTE ALERT! Weiner Dog Races ON ICE!
Yes this is as cute as it sounds.
BEHOLD WIENER DOGS RACING ON ICE! Kudos to the Tri-City Storm for putting on this adorable doggy event with these weiner dogs wiggling their butts as fast as possible.
If that is not enough hockey meets cute dogs action for you, here is a Crusoe the “celebrity daschund” in a hockey uniform paling around with a fellow hockey fan dog.
Fence-jumping music festivals may have become a thing of the past
Jumping over a fence to sneak into a festival is pretty dumb. It does’nt support the bands performing or help the people who worked to put on the show for everyone involved. We have heard tall tales of people sneaking into Grant Park during Lollapalooza, but ‘fence-jumping’ a fest might have gotten much harder to pull off due to new technology being implemented by an Australian music festival.
The Event Agency, promoters behind the upcoming Arcadia Australia festival are using a special non-drying lubricant ink to fencing for the the concert which will make it harder to climb in without a ticket. The same ink will stain the clothing of fence-jumpers for up to three weeks, which makes it easy to identify them. The promoters said in an article with iq-mag.net they want to make “an impenetrable barrier”,
So I guess these concert-going criminals will have to get crafty with a second set of clothing? No matter what you think, this new ink idea is quite clever and sounds effective.
Black Friday Diminishing In Importance?
Anyone else getting the feeling that Black Friday…has lost its punch?
To me, it started when Cyber Monday came on the scene. Then, in the last couple of years, Black Friday sales started to impinge upon Thursday. And people don’t want things messing with their turkey.
So when you start to see news reports or articles on either the apparent success or failure of Black Friday and the kickoff of the holiday sales season, take it with a grain of salt. Actually, you will probably end up ignoring them altogether after reading this article from FiveThirtyEight. They spell out a number of reasons why the data you hear about this weekend is dead wrong.
For instance, MasterCard says the busiest shopping day last year…way above Black Friday. So way to go, slackers.
How do you get it done? —->
It seems the importance of Black Friday as a shopping day is diminishing. How do you do holiday shopping? — @erickristensen
— 101WKQX (@101WKQX) November 25, 2016
The Lumineers Are Up To Something
The Lumineers posted a very interesting photo on Facebook yesterday:
Do you think the music videos for Cleopatra, Angela and Sleep On The Floor are all connected in a timeline?
There is definitely some strong evidence that suggests it! Check out all 3 of the videos down below and let us know what you think!
Florence Henderson, TV Mom Carol Brady, Dies At 82
When you have earned the title of America’s TV Mom, there is no doubt you have had incredible reach across generations.
Florence Henderson, who played matriarch Carol Brady on the sitcom The Brady Bunch, passed away yesterday from heart failure at the age of 82.
The show only ran for five years on TV, but it found a larger and longer life by reaching people like you and me…in long running syndication. In fact, The Brady Bunch was such an enduring success that since its first re-airing in September 1975, an episode of the Brady Bunch has been broadcast on a television somewhere in the United States and abroad every day of the year. Every day.
NPR has the first great look into Henderson’s greatest character, plus the rest of her life and career. Read it here.
“The Onion” – Top 10 Thanksgiving Edition
Welcome to Thanksgiving. Hopefully the celebration with family and/or friends is a joyous, relaxing time of year. For the rest of you, however, the satirical news deliverers over at The Onion likely provided a much needed laugh. (And for those who have no problems with the holiday, you are welcome to laugh along, too.)
On this Thanksgiving 2016, lets look back at The Onion’s Top 10 takes on turkey day:
1: Siblings Gather Around PowerPoint To Hash Out Off-Limits Topics For Thanksgiving
2: Grandma Concerned About Dinner Roll Count
3: Thanksgiving By The Numbers
4: Reporter Investigates Claims He Ruined His Family’s Thanksgiving Dinner
5: 26-Year-Old To See Every A&$hole He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving
6: Domino’s Introduces Thanksgiving Feast Pizza
7: Only College Student Staying On Campus Planning Saddest Thanksgiving Meal Of All Time
8: Americans Enjoying Thanksgiving Tradition Of Sitting Around At Airport
9: Nation’s Uncles Enter Last Stage Of Prep For Thursday’s Thanksgiving Debates
10: Pope Francis Canonizes Single Turkey In Annual Vatican Tradition
ABC7 anchor Linda Yu signs off after a long career in Chicago TV
For 37 years she has graced the TV screens of Chicago, reporting the news and doing so with a natural endearing quality but today was Linda Yu’s last day with ABC7 Eyewitness News. Yu immigrated to the United States from China knowing very little English,then climbed her way up the media ladder and delivered quality news reporting every step along the way. She has been on air in Chicago since 1979, first with NBC5 before starting her long run with ABC7 in 1984. Yu became the first Asian-American journalist to be on TV in Chicago.
The team at ABC7 gave her a tremendous sendoff on her last day.
Here is a retrospective look at Yu’s prolific career which started first on the West Coast and has taken her all over the world bringing the news back to Chicago.
Gooble Gobble giggle giggle: Adam Sandler’s ‘Thanksgiving Song’ from SNL
Before he was getting into fights with Bob Barker in ‘Happy Gilmore’ or playing a man child sent back to grade school in ‘Billy Madison’, Adam Sandler was one of the star players in 90’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ and this 1992 ‘Thanksgiving Song’ sketch on ‘Weekend Update’ was one of his first hits on the show. Yes , it doesn’t have to make sense to be funny, it just is funny because of how silly and delightful it is.
Happy Thanksgiving, hope you have avoided all the awkward conversations about politics but also ate all the pie. – Kevin
It’s My Favorite Holiday Of The Year… Again. RDSBF
Friday is one of my favorite holiday of the year…again (it happens twice a year). It’s Record Store Day… Black Friday Edition! Check out all of the special releases you’ll find at your local independent record store! -wALT
http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases
OK Go Gives Us The One Moment… In Slow Motion
I love these! Chicago’s OK Go have delivered another incredible video! -wALT
Tyler Glenn – “Love Of His Parents/Coming Out”
Tyler Glenn reflects on how coming out to his parents made them the biggest supporters of not only him but for the LGBT community. Encourages people to trust themselves.
Tyler Glenn – Midnight
Tyler Glenn, from Neon Trees, performs “Midnight” from his new solo album, Excommunication, during a 101WKQX intimate session in The Lounge.
The 1975
Photos: Julia Simone Paul
BEHOLD THE PIZZA SQUIRREL of CHICAGO!
Yes, he has appeared once again. The rare, elusive, and apparently hungry Pizza Squirrel has been spotted again! Reddit user NASA_Wifi posted this awesome pic of the fuzzy thick-thighed guy munching on an entire slice of pizza in a tree in the Whicker Park area. Note the slice is almost as a long as his body. Imagine eating anything let alone a pizza the length of your body?! Now the hard to answer question is what pizza place made this slice because I am pretty sure this endorsemnet from this critter could be a marketing home-run right?
Our local sauce-loving squirrels have been seen snacking like this before, as most recently as this past May in the Ukrainian Village area. The Pizza-eating squirrel is not a completely new trend, there is an entire Reddit dedicated to it .
A piece of viral internet gold like this will remind many of us of the Pizza Rat who made waves online in a video filmed in a New York City subway station. That video went viral in a massive way, but it’s worth noting that the rat left his slice and scurried off somewhere. Thus proving once and for all, that Chicago pizza is the superior pie in the never-ending Pizza Battle between Chicago and NYC that has raged through the ages. It’s done, it’s science! @kevkellam
The 1975 – “Passionate Fans”
Ever wonder what passionate fans send The 1975? Matty has seen some pretty interesting stuff. He also talks about his interaction with Jared Leto.
Riot Fest!
Before you blow all your money on other people, Christmas presents, Black Friday and whatnot, blow it on yourself!
Grab your Riot Fest Holiday Presale tickets HERE, and enjoy a little Christmas Vacation Riot Fest style:
See you in Douglas Park next year!
<3 @laurenoneil
Cars 3 Trailer Is Here!
“From this moment, everything will change.”
Jeez. Kinda hits you right in the sads, like the beginning of Finding Nemo or Bambi…
Still, can’t wait for Cars 3 opening in theatres in 3D June 16, 2017.
<3 @laurenoneil
Instagram introduces Live Video
The ‘Gram is going live. Instagram will soon activate a new live video feature, confirmed in an announcement yesterday from the picture-driven social media app. It’s not available to all users yet, i=but is currently in testing.
When someone you follow starts a live story, you’ll see “Live” under their profile photo in the stories bar. During the broadcast, you can comment and like as much as you want. You can also check out new live stories on Explore. Tap “Top Live” to see exciting live stories happening at that moment and swipe right and left to easily skip around.
Live video on Instagram Stories and Explore will be rolling out globally over the next few weeks. – Instagram’s official announcement on November 21st.
And yes, it’s a lot like Facebook Live and Periscope (did we all forget about Periscope already?), in that it works on mobile devices and is easy to turn on. There are some key differences though on how the video itself is viewed by others on IG. Instagram Live videos disappear from the app after their initial live broadcast ends, unlike Facebook where those live videos remain to be watched later. This could be meant to make the experience more intimate and allow people to make the content more passive.
IG also announced in this update yesterday another new feature in direct-message video to allow users to send video direct to one another. Just like direct video on Snapchat, the video is only watchable twice. It’s not the only move that IG has made recently that seems a very similar to Snapchat, as in August they introduced ‘Stories’ which has 100 million users each day already. It’s worth noting for tech novices that Facebook should not feel to threatened by this move by IG, as they are Instagram’s parent company. Lord Zuckerberg’s empire grows and grows.
Don’t worry Snapchat is not sitting on their yellow laurels, they too are introducing new features to stay hot in the social video universe with their first piece of hardware, ‘Spectacles’. Check out video of them here.
The tech insiders of the Verge really break down IG’s new video changes and how they match up to other apps even more, read that here.
