Couch-apalooza

Lolla Live

You can still have a solid Lolla weekend, even if you don’t set foot in Grant Park. The fest will be streaming on Red Bull TV. Three channels going each day. No lines, cheap beer and clean bathrooms! Not a bad way to watch. Check it out HERE

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This is the thing nightmares are made of

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How creeped out would you be if you saw someone watching you sleep for 15 minutes? Check out this security cam footage from a Bucktown home. The couple is asleep on the couch. Keep your eye on the upper right corner. Sweet dreams!
-wALT

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Radiohead With A Surprise

Last night at Madison Square Garden was the first show of their US tour and Radiohead busted out ‘Let Down’ off OK Computer live for the first time in a decade.

I hope we hear it on Saturday!!  Still need last minute passes?  Text SABRA to 312101!!  mmmm Sabra Hummus 😍

See you in Grant Park!

<3 @thelaurenoneil

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Lolla Pop-Up Shop

Lolla Shop

If you’re planning on grabbing some Lolla merch, but don’t feel like lugging it around the fest, you might want to swing by the Lolla Pop-Up Shop at 535 N. Michigan Ave (Across from Nordstrom). There’s more info on the shop HERE.

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Get Ready for Lolla!

Lolla tips

Lollapalooza weekend is upon us! Four long days of awesomeness this year and you need to be ready. Goldbond, old shoes and a poncho are a must, but here are a few links with more info that can help make your weekend easier.

Lollapalooza Tips for the Weekend page can be found HERE

What can you bring in? What will you be forced to ditch at the gate? All of that is explained HERE.

A must have, the official Lolla app! Andriod version,  iPhone version.

You’ll want to follow Lollapalooza on Facebook, TwitterInstagram and Snapchat. If there is any kind of an emergency or severe weather info those will be the best places to check for info.

And so you know exactly where you need to go…

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Stay safe and have a blast this weekend!

@TheLouLombardo

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What’s streaming on Netflix: August 2016

 

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(from redeyechicago.com)

Do you you need something to binge? Because the 17th season of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is coming to Netflix in August and that could probably occupy you for the rest of your life. The streaming service is also giving us “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” a Louis C.K. comedy show and “The Wedding Planner,” the best J. Lo movie ever. So maybe just make plans not to make plans this August.

Aug. 1
The American Side (2016)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
APEX: The Story of the Hypercar (2016)
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011)
Big Daddy (1999)
Black Widow (1987)
Critical Condition (1987)
Deadfall (2012)
Destination: Team USA (2016)
Funny or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie — Netflix Exclusive
The Family Man (2000)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Final Destination 3 (2006)
From the Terrace (1960)
Holding the Man (2015) — Netflix Exclusive
How To Win The US Presidency (2016)
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
ISIS: Women Unveiled (2016)
Masha and the Bear: Season 2 — Netflix Exclusive
Memoria (2015)
The Naked Prey (1966)
NCIS: Season 13
Pay It Forward (2000)
The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Roseanne Collection: Collection 3
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Teacher’s Pet (1958)
The Verdict (1982)
The Wedding Planner (2001)
What Women Want (2000)
Young@Heart (2007)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

(MORE HERE)

I just want more episodes of Stranger Things!! – marconi

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Local H

Ryan Harding, drummer for Local H, posted this video for the first recording of The Misanthrope made by Hayden Scott, drummer for Filter, using his compiled footage from their tour together in 2014.

I love this band, I love this song and this footage is awesome since Chicago didn’t get a Local H, Helmet, Filter tour date that year.

But we did get Local H at PIQNIQ…


And some shakey footage of The One With Kid shot by James Gwynn at PIQNIQ:

The boys are on break from tour at the moment… will we get another Scott Lucas Lollapalooza drop by?

We shall see.  See you in Grant Park!  <3 @laurenoneil

Double Dare at Comic-Con

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Double Dare returned for one day only at Comic-Con last week and it looked as awesome as ever! Nerdist had someone actually take part in the game. Here’s some video of the experience.

 

CNET has more on what went down HERE.

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@TheLouLombardo

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Daniel Stern’s Still Not a Fan of Spiders

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In case you need more proof that the 90’s are returning; Daniel Stern (Marv from Home Alone) is still screaming about spiders. Looks like he caugt a BIG on in his garage.

Not bad. But, as far as screams go, this one is pretty high on the list…

@TheLouLombardo

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STRANGER THINGS CREATORS TALKS FUTURE SEASONS FOR THE SHOW

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(from nerdist.com)

The highlight of summer 2016 hasn’t been any blockbuster movie, at least so far. Nope, it’s the pleasant surprise that is the new Netflix series Stranger Things, which dropped its eight-episode first season on July 15. The horror/mystery series and Amblin throwback, which stars Winona Ryder and Matthew Modine, and is set in 1983, is the story of what happens in a small Indiana town when a little boy suddenly goes missing. This mystery eventually leads into an even larger, far more bizarre one. (MORE HERE)

I loved this series so much. Very great. Everything 80’s and so much more. If you haven’t watched it yet you must!! Trailer below. – marconi

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Queued Up #186

1. Foals – What Went Down
2. St. Lucia – Physical
3. Dreamers – Sweet Disaster
4. Radiohead – Decks Dark
5. Silversun Pickups – Cradle (Better Nature)
6. Wild Belle – Giving Up On You (Queued Up Artist Showcase 8/26)
7. Drowners – Luv, Hold Me Down
8. Bloc Party – The Love Within
9. The 1975 – Somebody Else
10. Frightened Rabbit – Get Out
11. LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls
12. Local Natives – Fountain of Youth
13. Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin’
14. Haim – Forever

1. Two Door Cinema Club – Are We Ready
2. Bob Moses – Tearing Me Up
3. Big Jesus – SP
4. Miike Snow – My Trigger
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Go Robot
6. The Last Shadow Puppets – Aviation
7. The Front Bottoms – 2YL
8. X-Ambassadors – Low Life
9. Xoe Wise (Local) (Queued Up Artist Showcase 8/26)
10. Nothing But Thieves – Ban All The Music
11. Frank Turner – Next Storm
12. M83 – Go!
13. Wavves – Way Too Much
14. Wolf Alice – Giant Peach

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1. Radiohead – Just
2. The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
3. INXS – Don’t Change
4. Sonic Youth – Bull In The Heather
5. R.E.M. – Superman
6. Elastica – Connection
7. Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
8. Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
9. Nirvana – Drain You
10. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Head On
11. Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
12. Blur – Tender
13. Jane’s Addiction – Mountain Song

1. Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon
2. Cracker – Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
3. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
4. Primus – Jerry Was a Racecar Driver
5. The Cure – In Between Days
6. Buffalo Tom – Sodajerk
7. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Kiss Them For Me
8. Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again
9. Husker Du – Could You Be The One?
10. Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin
11. The Pretenders – Message Of Love
12. Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
13. Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane

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Thom Yorke = Satan?

Catching up on what I missed over the last week, and some Christian ministry twitter posted this over the weekend:

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P.S. some of the reply comments are gold

I’m not sure if they are saying Thom Yorke IS Satan or that Thom Yorke is a slave of Satan but I really hope there is some kind of Radiohead vs Satan rock off Pick of Destiny style showdown at Lollapalooza Saturday night.

P.P.S. there are naughty words in this video if you are new to Tenacious D

P.P.P.S. If you need Lolla tickets we are blowing them out all week, cheat sheet HERE

In more Satanic news, Thom’s new 45-minute “Radiohead Bedtime Mix”  includes his live solo version of “Bloom” from the Pathway to Paris charity concert last year HERE

<3 @laurenoneil

“Drunk History” Going Alternative

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Looks like “Drunk History” on Comedy Central will be showing some love to alternative artists. Dave grohl, Billie Joe Armstrong and Ben Folds are all in for season four of the show! The new season premieres September 27th!

If you’ve never seen it,..

Variety has more HERE.

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Comic Con trailers for Justice League, Wonder Woman, Luke Cage, and More

Let’s look all the exciting trailers and teaser videos coming out of SDCC. It’s like going to Comic Con without having to diet to fit into a Batman costume, travel to Californi  or waiting in all the lines for celebrity autographs, or it’s nothing like that at all. Who cares, let’s dig in here.

The superhero goodies keeping out of this year’s San Diego Comic Con with the release of the teaser for upcoming Marvel series ‘Luke Cage’. It shows off there mega-strong  Cage  storming through thug’s headquater. wrapping a car door around a foe, and ripping through a wall like it was a bag of potato chips. It’s just super-powered fun that shows off this cool-under-fire character who you may remember as Jessica Jone’s love interest in the last year’s first Marvel series on Netflix. For those attending SDCC, this Cage trailer is getting rave reviews and some are calling the best trailer to be rolled at this year’s Con.

Now Cage may not be the most popular superhero, so here is WatchMojo to exclaim in nerdtastic introduction to the ‘Hero for Hire’ ‘Power Man’ Luke Cage and how he came to be.

A long time associate in crime-fighting the Iron Fist is also getting the upgrade from the comic pages to a Netflix series, the Iron Fist. This teaser has less footage but lays out the origin for this abandoned kid turned martial art master who comes back to NYC for revenge. It does not elicit the ‘feels’ that the Cage trailer did, but it certainly seems like a character you can build on.

Much like the Marvel films of a few years ago, these two series will play together to form the Defenders, a team series which will also include other Marvel featured on Netflix with Daredevil and Jessica Jones. So yet another reason that Netflix is taking over your life, and also this incredible thing that may change Netflix in a big way.

And just a few hours since being uploaded after presentation at SDCC, DC gets it’s hat in the superhero game with a engaging trailer for Wonder Woman, who is easily the most beloved female hero in all of comics. Played by Gal Gadot and featured in the recent ‘Batman v Superman’, this movie will show Wonder Woman’s origin while retaining her fierce abiliy to take down anyone in her way. This looks legit. If you know a female friend whose into more female-focused fantasy/sci-fi shows like ‘Vampire Diaries’, get them to see this.

Right now a ton of movie and comic fans just typed the words ‘OMG’ online while they watched this teaser for Justice League which was especially prepared for SDCC. This footage was not announced in advance so it benefits from being a huge surprise. In it Bruce Wayne/Batman goes on the hunt for ‘warriors’ to take on an impending threat. Cut to the DC Cinematic debuts of the Flash (different from the CW TV show) and Aquaman who apparently likes drinks whiskey while he controls fish with his mind. It strikes that same ‘they are all together’ tone that Avengers gave fans some years ago, let’s just hope it can deliver on it’s promise.

Last month Warner Bros Studios released a synopsis of ‘Justice League’: “Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes — Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and the Flash — it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.”

 

@kevkellam