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Superman will fly again in a planned solo movie

August 8, 2016 | Kevin

Henry Cavil will fly again as Superman in an upcoming solo Superman movie according to a report this week by the Wrap. If you saw ‘Batman vs. Superman’ in theaters, you may be wondering why this is happening but check out the spoilers here. DC Extended Universe of films will go on with ‘Justice League’ film which was confirmed by director Zack Snyder to feature Superman join Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Flash, and Cyborg as they take on evil in 2017. ‘Man of Steel’ the 2013 Superman movie featuring Cavil in the role, was a reboot for the character and despite some mixed response, garnered $668 million at the global box office.

Hollywood writer and director Max Landis delivers a thought-provoking rant about ‘Man of Steel’

It will be a long wait for this new adventure with Clark Kent’s alter-ego as next year will have the release of ‘Justice League’ as well as ‘Wonder Woman’ with Gal Gadot reprising the role. 2018 will see the release ‘Aquaman’ and a solo Batman movie with Ben Affleck has been development for some time. Warner Bros. the studio behind the DC movies, has yet to comment on the story.

As a fan of Superman, it would be fun to finally see him tangle with one of his more underrated foes in Brainiac. He’s a highly intelligent villain whose used his powers to put Supes in some challenging scenarios in the comics.

@kevkellam

Steve Aoki has his way with Soundgarden

August 8, 2016 | <3 Lauren

I give you, the Steve Aoki remix of Soundgarden’s Spoonman.

What do you think?

<3 @laurenoneil

Queued Up #188

August 8, 2016 | Web Team

1. Local Natives – Fountain Of Youth
2. NEEDTOBREATHE – Great Night f. Shovels Rope
3. Warpaint – New Song
4. Barns Courtney – Fire (Queued Up Artist Showcase 9/1)
5. The Moth & The Flame – Red Flag
6. Big Jesus – SP
7. Banks – Gemini Feed
8. Bleeker – Highway
9. Kungs w/ Cookin’ On 3 Burners – This Girl
10. The Shelters – Rebel Heart
11. Xoe Wise (Local) (Queued Up Artist Showcase 8/26)
12. Awolnation – Run (Beautiful Things)
13. The Joy Formidable – Liana
14. Panic! At The Disco – Bohemian Rhapsody

1. The lumineers – Cleopatra
2. Lewis Del Mar – Painting (Masterpiece)
3. Two Door Cinema Club – Bad Decisions
4. Honne – Someone That Loves You
5. The Hunna – You & Me
6. Miike Snow – My Trigger
7. Judah And The Lion – Take It All Back
8. Zipper Club – Going The Distance
9. Wild Belle – Giving Up On You (Queued Up Artist Showcase 8/26)
10. The Wombats – Be Your Shadow
11. The Interrupters – By My SIie
12. Night Riots – Nothing Personal
13. Coin – Talk Too Much
14. Bad Suns – Disappear Here
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway

8.7.16 – Alt_Backspace

August 8, 2016 | Web Team

1. Smashing Pumpkins – I Am One
2. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
3. Paul Westerburg – Waiting For Somebody
4. Split Enz – I Got You
5. INXS – The One Thing
6. Radiohead – My Iron Lung
7. Pavement – Cut Your Hair
8. The Fixx – Red Skies
9. They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse To Your Soul
10. Nirvana – Sliver
11. Stereo MCs – Connected
12. Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
13. Plastic Bertrand – Ce Plane Pour Moi
14. Talking Heads – And She Way
15. Pearl Jam – Wishlist (Love)

1. New Order – Regret
2. Tones On Tail – Go!
3. The Smithereens – A Girl Like You
4. The Lemonheads – Luka
5. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses
6. Our Lady Peace – Clumsy
7. X – Johnny Hit and Run Pauline
8. The Cure – Pictures Of You
9. The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
10. Catherine Wheel – Judy Staring At The Sun
11. U2 – I Will Follow
12. Depeche Mode – Walking In My Shoes
13. Morrissey – Interesting Drug

Jared Leto used David Bowie for inpsiration to become the Joker

August 8, 2016 | Kevin

Suicide Squad despite some critical flak is a box office smash with one of the biggest August openings in years, and one of the highlights is 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto portraying the Joker. He’s the first to do so on film since the iconic performance of Heath Ledger in ‘the Dark Knight’. So meeting this heavy task of being the new Clown Prince of Crime meant digging deeper for Leto who chatted with DC Comic insiders and found inspiration in a surprising yet effective source: rock legend David Bowie.

Speaking with NME in promoting the super-villain film, Leto said “We discussed David Bowie a bit — not necessarily the music of David, but his class, his elegance, his timelessness.”

Bowie is well established as one of the more influential rock stars of all time, with a penchant for being a charismatic outsider with flashy outfits and ability to change art in weird directions. Those characteristics though they don’t inhibit the unbridled evil of the Joker, show off the characters peculiar nature. Oddly this connection makes sense.

There has been widespread reports of Leto getting very into the role of the Joker on the set of the ‘Suicide Squad’. Including sending a live rat in a box to co-star Margot Robbie, yep a rat. That’s something the Joker would do, so he did it. The former Jordan Catelano continued this playfullness when he pulled a similar prank when he appeared on ‘The Tonight Show’, you can see that here.

Oh and if he was not busy enough being one of the biggest super-villains in movies, he’s supposedly prepping a new album from 30STM.

@kevkellam

Ouch!

August 8, 2016 | Lou

French gymnast, Samir Ait Said broke his leg after landing wrong on Saturday, in Rio…

(From Everything Sports on YouTube)

To make it worse, the paramedics DROPPED HIM!

Mais noooooooooon…. pic.twitter.com/rO7kahG690

— David Arrieta (@arrietadavid1) August 6, 2016

@TheLouLombardo

Pumpkin Spice Cheerios

August 8, 2016 | Lou

Pumpkin spice season is upon us. Looks like Cheerios is trying to get an early jump on the awfulness. Bloomberg.com has more on it HERE.

Delightful Des Plaines Guy has made homemade horror movies for 25 years

August 7, 2016 | Kevin

Some movies are bad.Sometimes they are good, but sometimes it does not matter when the person behind them is simply so charismatic,whimiscal, and wonderfully weird.

Such is the case with Des Plainnes film maker David ‘the Rock’ Nelson. He’s made homemade horror movies like ‘the Devil Ant’ , ‘Miss Werewolf’ and ‘The Giant Horny Toad Monster’ on a cam corder since the 80’s. Nelson gets the films out by duplicating them himself and mailing them out of his house. With production values that look like literal shoe strings holding up monsters and store bought costumes, he enthusiastically performs most of the parts himself. If you live next to him, seeing the Rock (No, not Dwayne Johnson) running around his yard in a mummy costumes is just another day but for him it’s another movie to make. Nelson who and has no problem mugging it up on camera occasionally for WGN Chanel 9 and promoting his madcap movies himself at various fan conventions. But his lovable off-the-wall personality is on full display in this June episode of ‘Outsider’ a documentary web series by VICE covering the minds behind the odd world of B-movies, watch it below.

The episode entitled “On the Road with the World’s Most Hyperactive Horror Director” does make it clear that going on a cross country trip with Nelson can be challenging, considering he never has an ‘off’ switch but you can’t deny the guy is a genuine character who shows it’s great to just be yourself.

Plus You got to love that Chicaaaaaaago accent. Congrats to the Rock on his success at legitimately making fun stuff for over 25 years.

@kevkellam

New innovative bus that drives above traffic in China

August 7, 2016 | Kevin

China may have us beat with mass transit innovations. Earlier this week, a 300 passenger 72 ft long ‘straddling bus’ that operates above traffic of smaller vehicles was tested. Just look at the lounge-like cabin, imagine a CTA bus like that? Are we looking at our transit future or we going to deal with more announcements like “[BING! BONG!] We are currently experiencing signal traffic ahead…” on our next Blue Line ride to O’Hare? These questions can only be answered with time. Kudos to the designers for this clever idea that could legitimately make life easier in packed cities around the world.

– Kevin

Decision On Double Door Boot-Out Date Delayed By Judge

August 5, 2016 | Marconi🍕

(from chicagoist.com)

The long and tangled Double Door eviction case hit another delay on Thursday. Judge Orville Hambright, Jr. was expected to name a date by which the fabled music club must vacate its Wicker Park home; but the judge delayed his decision in order to allow further review of Double Door’s scheduled bookings. (MORE HERE)

Looks like the judge got the pizza and beer I sent him!! Hope he likes doughnuts too!! – m

Your Own Stage At Riot Fest!!!

August 5, 2016 | <3 Lauren

It would be my life’s dream to have a stage at Riot Fest named after myself. But enough about me, this is about YOU.

Actually, they are naming two stages, maybe one for you and one for me?!

ENTER HERE

#RiotFestSucks

<3 @thelaurenoneil

X Ambassadors and Tom Morello

August 5, 2016 | <3 Lauren

We were treated to a huge surprise Saturday afternoon at Lollapalooza… Tom Morello, the pride of Libertyville, jumped onstage with X Ambassadors to perform a new song called Collider:

And now they have released the official music video for the song!

A match made in sonic heaven

<3 @laurenoneil

Who’s Ready to Medal?

August 5, 2016 | Lou

The opening ceremonies are happening tonight and BuzzFeed knows it has a lot of potential to be boring. But, a drinking game makes everything more enjoyable! They put together a great drinking game you can find it HERE.

Fist bump to BuzzFeed for the image!

Filing Cabinet Smokers are Apparently a Thing

August 5, 2016 | Lou

Obsessed with brisket and looking for a project this weekend? Well, you’re all set. Build your own file cabinet smoker!

Here’s a sit that can walk you through it: Instructables.com

@TheLouLombardo

Facebook’s new anti-clickbait algorithm buries bogus headlines

August 4, 2016 | Marconi🍕

(from techcrunch.com)

Facebook Pages and websites that frequently withhold, exaggerate or distort information in their link headlines will disappear from News Feed thanks to a new anti-clickbait algorithm that’s now rolling out.

Facebook manually classified tens of thousands of headlines with a clickbaitiness score to train the new algorithm. Now it can detect headlines like “When She Looked Under Her Couch And Saw THIS… I Was SHOCKED!”; “He Put Garlic In His Shoes And What Happens Next Is Hard To Believe”; or “The Dog Barked At The Deliveryman And His Reaction Was Priceless.”

Rather than just assigning a binary “Yes, clickbait” or “not clickbait,” each story gets a score about how egregious it is. The algorithm primarily looks for phrases often used in clickbait headlines but not in legitimate headlines, similar to email spam filters. (MORE HERE)

Thanks for checking out this article. I don’t understand FB algorithms. Maybe one day I will but I doubt it. Meanwhile, until then check out my vlog from behind the scenes at Lolla this year.

‘Star Wars’ live action TV series in the works

August 4, 2016 | Kevin

The Force will awaken in a whole new way if ABC has their way, when the TV network’s executive recently revealed that ABC is working on making a series based on Star Wars characters a reality at today at Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour in Beverly Hills, California. ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey responded to a question on if the network was interested in doing a series with the Star Wars property which is owned by ABC’s parent company Disney, she responded that their is ongoing talks to develop a show in the epic world which is still mega-popular in film and other mediums.

“The conversations with Lucas, we have had conversations with them and will continue to have conversations with them. I think it would be wonderful if we could find a way to extend that brand into our programming.” said Dungey according to EW. She noted that there is no exact expected time frame to produce the series, and furthermore the show’s story will be kept under wraps until it airs. “That company exists under a big shroud of secrecy. If you feel Marvel’s secretive, [Lucasfilm] takes it to a whole other level … [Talks] are ongoing. We don’t have an official timeline yet.”

The challenge of making Star Wars live action show for TV is quite big, as fans expect a high level of production and special effects. This is not like other big sci-fi shows like Star Trek which got the beefed up when they made the jump from TV to Movies, so the potential SW series will need to sustain the magic. Plus you have to consider how these shows compliment or play into the stories of the new Star Wars films like ‘the Force Awakens’ and the upcoming prequel ‘Rogue One’.

Disney also owns Marvel and has already utilized Marvel characters for ‘Agents of S.H.E.I.LD’ and ‘Agent Carter’ as dramatic series. ‘Carter’ got cancelled but ‘Agents’ still continues with a fourth season coming soon. Meanwhile Marvel shows with interwoven stories on Netflix like ‘Luke Cage’, ‘Jessica Jones’ and ‘Daredevil’ have seen success. When asked if ABC’s Marvel series would go the same route, Dungey responded “ we have talked a little bit about that, yes.”

Here is an idea. Jedi Master Yoda in a hilarious sitcom where he opens up a yogurt shop with comedic results. Yeah, I know bad idea.