Photos: Julia Simone Paul
Green Day making an ‘American Idiot’ movie with HBO
Green Day has made their mark as a seminal band in alternative rock music in several memorable ways, including the high-concept 2004 album ‘American Idiot’ which scored the East Bay band some of their biggest success. That album which has been adapted into a Broadway stage musical in 2010, is getting even another platform to continue the tales of the Jesus of Suburbia and St. Jimmy in new grand visual heights with HBO green lighting a feature film. The movie which has been rumored as far back as 2011 with Tom Hanks being attached to it at the time as a producer, but the film is now a go according Billie Joe Armstrong himself.
“That’s the plan right now, yeah,” Armstrong says to NME. “We’ve got a green light from HBO, and the script is currently going through a couple of rewrites here and there, so I’m not sure when exactly we’re going to start shooting, but it’s definitely all systems go at the moment.” Armstrong will play the role of St. Jimmy in the yet-to-be-shot film, which he played on stage on Broadway for the musical.
As if that was not enough, Green Day are already busy touring in anticipation of ‘Revolution Radio’ which is due out later tonight at 12am worldwide and you can catch them on NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’ tonight as well. Want to see them at their sold-out Chicago show at the Aragon on 10/23? ENTER TO WIN HERE
While we’re all GD at the moment, here is their latest lyric video for their upcoming album ‘Revolution Radio’ due out October, this emotive track is ‘Still Breathing’.
WATCH: Empire of the Sun on Fallon
If you missed it, Empire of the Sun played “High & Low” on The Tonight Show last night. New album “Two Vines” is out on the 28th.
Giordano’s is “Flying the W”
To celebrate the Cubs playoff run Giordano’s is bringing back the “Fly the W” pizza. You can get your hands on it at all Giordano’s starting tomorrow.
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Guy Gets Crazy Excited to See a Road Rage Incident
Dude gets WAY too excited to see some road rage going down.
Chicago Schools Named In Clown Posts
(nbcchicago.com)
Several Chicago Public Schools have apparently been named in the kind of threatening clown-related Facebook posts that have popped up all over the country, parents were warned Wednesday. (MORE HERE)
Every video I see related to these so-called clowns has looked REALLY fake!! It won’t go well if anyone attempts to prank our schools. Also REAL clowns are “funny” !! Instead of terrifying people why not do something fun like take selfies to be redeemed for free pizza or even doughnuts!! All I can say NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING IF BOZO WAS AROUND!! – Marconi
Animate Yourself with Phantogram
Yes Phantogram will be part of night number 1 of The Nights We Stole Christmas but now with the Giphy Cam app you can add them to your GIFS too!! My personal favorite is the animated Leroy The Good Boy.
KONGOS in The Lounge
“Stranger Things” Kids Recreate Classic Movie Scenes
Can’t wait for “Stranger Things” season two? Well, you’ll have to, but the kids from ST did recreate a bunch of classic movie scenes.
High-five to BuzzFeed UK for this!
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New Mac Scented Candle
Who knew people wanted their house to smell like a computer. But, apparently they do and a company called Twelve South has answered the call. They created this candle that will give off the aroma of a new Mac Book Pro. Which, if you didn’t know, is a blend of mint, peach, basil, lavender, mandarin, and sage. It’s gonna run you $24. Currently they’re sold out, but are in the process of making more. You can get your’s HERE.
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Switchfoot
Missed the show? You can still snag your tickets to The Nights We Stole Christmas to see them rock the Aragon!
Photos: Julia Simone Paul
Win Tickets to TNWSC from Saint Xavier University
Enter here for your chance at a pair of tickets to one night (winner\’s choice) of The Nights We Stole Christmas! Be sure to check out Saint Xavier University\’s \”All Graduate Open House\” on October 26th from 3:30pm to 7:30pm.
Click here to learn more and register now!
Jake “The Snake” Roberts in Studio
Jake the Snake Roberts stopped by with comedian Alex “Koolaid” Ansel to talk DDP Yoga, Alex wrecking DDP’s truck and Andre The Giant letting one rip in the middle of a match. Check it out below.
New Phantogram Track “Calling All”
Phantogram giving us another track off or their upcoming album, “Three.” The album is out Friday, but they’ve already leaked out about half of the tracks.
We’ll see them for The Nights We Stole Christmas, December 1st at the Aragon. Ticket hook up HERE.
Queued Up #196
1. Blink 182 – She’s Out Of Her Mind
2. Twin Atlantic – No Sleep
3. Sundara Karma – Loveblood
4. Glass Animals – Youth
5. The Moth and The Flame – Red Flag (Queued up Artist Showcase 10/19)
6. Saint Motel – Move
7. Lewis Del Mar – Painting (Masterpiece)
8. FIDLAR – West Coast
9. Capital Cities – Vowels
10. Holy White Hounds – Blind
11. The Strumbellas – We Don’t Know
12. Knox Hamilton – Washed Up Together (Queued up Artist Showcase 10/19)
13. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – Fire Escape
14. CRX – Ways To Fake It
15. The Joy Formidable – Radio Of Lips
1. Warpaint – New Song
2. Third Eye Blind – Company Of Strangers
3. Bishop Briggs – Be Your Love
4. Highly Suspect – My Name Is Human
5. Christine and the Queens – Tilted
6. 888 – Critical Mistakes (Queued up Artist Showcase 10/19)
7. The 1975 – Somebody Else
8. The Fame Riot – Heart Stray
9. Young The Giant – Silvertongue
10. Kaiser Chiefs – Hole In My Soul
11. Colony House – You & I
12. Kongos – The World Would Run Better
13. Bleeker – Highway
14. Night Riots – Nothing Personal
15. Moby & The Void Pacific Chorus – Are You Lost In The World Like Me?
10.2.16 – Alt_Backspace
1. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
2. INXS – Don’t Change
3. Paul Westerberg – Waiting For Somebody
4. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
5. U2 – I Will Follow
6. Blur – Girls and Boys
7. The Posies – Dream All Day
8. The Cure – Close To Me
9. Sinead O’Connor – Mandinka
10. Alice In Chains – Got Me Wrong
11. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
1. Oasis – Some Might Say
2. New Order – Blue Monday
3. Liz Phair – Supernova
4. Pearl Jam – Nothingman
5. R.E.M. – Can’t Get There From Here
6. Rancid – Ruby Soho
7. Buffalo Tom – Sodajerk
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Passenger
9. Radiohead – (Nice Dream)
10. School Of Fish – 3 Strange Days
11. Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth
13. Nirvana – Been a Son
Taking Back Sundays – 10.2.16
1. Taking Back Sunday – What’s It Feel Like To Be a Ghost?
2. Panic! At The Disco – Don’t Threaten Me with a Good Time
3. My Chemical Romance – Famous Last Words
4. Blink 182 – All The Small Things
5. All Time Low – Something’s Gotta Give
6. Good Charlotte – Little Things
7. Something Corporate – I Woke Up In a Car
8. Jack’s Mannequin – The Mixtape
9. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – Cecilia And The Satellite
10. Paramore – The Only Exception
11. We The Kings – Say You Like Me
12. All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
13. Twenty One Pilots – Fairly Local
14. Fall Out Boy – Centuries
15. Alkaline Trio – Stupid Kid
Watch ‘SNL’ kill it with Presidential Debate sketch
Last night ‘SNL’ reminded everyone in America, no matter where you stand in the upcoming Presidential Election, we can laugh about it. And the performances of recent Emmy-winner Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton and American showbiz treasure Alec Baldwin delivered on a promoted opening sketch spoofing the highs and lows of this past week’s real debate between the candidates. It’s easily one of the funniest sketches on this NBC comedy institution in years.
McKinnon playing this over-zealous exaggeration of Clinton just made it all fun. It was just such a solid percussive beat that McKinnon set to bounce the comedy ball back and forth with Baldwin. The way she worked in the shoulder-shimmy shake was just a cherry on top of a cake.
The announcement last week to make Baldwin who has been one of the most effective guest host in SNL’s 42 seasons may have taken some casual fans of the show by surprise, but if you got a grasp of his range you could see this being a slam dunk before it aired. The writing for his Trump was spot-on with his delivery and aggressive mannerisms. Baldwin deserves recognition as one of the all-time SNL greats for performances like this. It makes it exciting to see where else they’ll go with future satires in the coming weeks of the campaign season.
Kudos to the makeup and hair team at SNL as well, Baldwin looked like a perfect clone of the Donald. McKInnon didn’t need to be done up, as she just takes any character for a full ride.
Switchfoot – Float
Switchfoot perform “Float” during a 101WKQX intimate session in The Lounge.
Switchfoot Interview – “Bus Issues/New Album”
Switchfoot talks about how they have had terrible luck with buses on their current tour. They also talk about what the new album means to them as they go around the country.
