We were in pursuit of FRESH CONTENT, we found it in sampling of all of the foods from various eateries from all over the city. Chicago you taste delicious!! – Marconi
Young The Giant
The boys just released this trippy animated video for Something To Believe In. I love this song so much!
And if you have been having YTG withdrawals since PIQNIQ, they are coming back to Chicago playing the Aragon with Ra Ra Riot November 4th, and we have a hook up on tickets HERE
Can’t wait!! <3 @laurenoneil
New ‘Game of Thrones’ jewelry line gets us a little closer to being Khaleesi
(from mashable.com)
Game of Thrones sadly doesn’t return until 2017 and we need a way to keep the show’s spirit alive. So, in the meantime, treat yourself to some Daenerys Targaryen-inspired jewelry.Game of Thrones costume designer Michele Clapton and jewelry designers Yunus Ascott and Eliza Higginbottom recently teamed up to launch MEY Designs, which sells, “jewelry seen on and inspired by the hit HBO series.” (MORE HERE)
If you buy this for your GF you’re allowed to wear it sometimes too right? Because DRAGONS!! Asking for a friend. – Marconi
Stalking Blink 182
Mark Hoppus and Matt Skiba were making the Chicago rounds this weekend.
Seeing the important Chicago sights
Making history
Taking in a Cubs game
Jamming out to Blink 182 at the same Cubs game (click for video)
Celebrating at the top of the ‘Cock
Even riding the El (click for video)
Blink 182 are playing Summerfest in Milwaukee tonight, hitting the stage @ 7p info HERE
And back with A Day To Remember and All-American Rejects at the Hollywood Casino Ampitheatre on 9/9, hook-up free pit tickets HERE
<3 @laurenoneil
Queued Up #183
1. Blink 182 – Sober
2. Bob Moses – Tearing Me Up
3. Kungs – This Girl
4. IAMDYNAMITE – Bloom
5. Two Door Cinema Club – Are We Ready
6. The Avett Brothers – Ain’t No Man
7. M83 – Go!
8. Run River North – Run Or Hide (Queued Up Artist Showcase – 7/19)
9. Miike Snow – My Trigger
10. Foals – What Went Down
11. BØRNS – American Money
12. Switchfoot – Float
13. Finish Ticket – Color
14. The Last Shadow Puppets – Aviation
1. The Wombats – Be Your Shadow
2. The Moth & The Flame – Red Flag
3. The Joy Formidable – Liana
4. The Struts – Put Your Money On Me
5. Banks & Steelz – Giant
6. Night Riots – Contagious (Queued UP Artist Showcase – 7/19)
7. New Beat Fund – No Type
8. Weathers – Happy Pills
9. CHVRCHES – Bury It (w/ Haley Williams)
10. The Hunna – You & Me
11. The Strokes – Threat of Joy
12. Pierce The Veil – Circles
13. 888 – Critical Mistakes
14. Jake Bugg – Bitter Salt
15. Radiohead – Decks Dark
7.3.16 – Alt_Backspace
1. X – 4th Of July
2. Tripping Daisy – I Got a Girl
3. Jane’s Addiction – Stop
4. Radiohead – (Nice Dream)
5. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
6. Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
7. Soul Asylum – Black Gold
8. The Cure – Close To Me
9. Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last
10. The Replacements – I’ll Be You
11. Violent Femmes – American Music
12. Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours
13. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
14. Poe – Angry Johnny
15. Soundgarden – My Wave
1. 311 – Don’t Stay Home
2. The Jam – Modern World
3. R.E.M. – Fall On Me
4. Save Farris – Come On Eileen
5. Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
6. Hole – Doll Parts
7. Split Enz – Six Months In a Leaky Boat
8. Goldfinger – Here In your Bedroom
9. Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now
10. Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
11. Modest Mouse – Paper Thin Walls
12. Psychedelic Furs – The Ghost In You
13. Smashing Pumpkins – Glynis
14. Hum – Stars
15. Morrissey – Suedehead
Fake Animal Fact posters at the Los Angeles Zoo
The funniest thing you may ever you see at a zoo is not what the animals are doing but this genius prank played by a comedian Jeff Wysaski, the comedian behind Obvious Plant who posted these fake ‘Animal Fact’ posters around the Los Angeles Zoo. He is an American hero. Can he get a show on Discovery now? @kevkellam
FIREWORK FAILS: Don’t do any of this
For some running around with a playful sparkler or watching professional pyro technicians put on an extravagant show for huge crowds is not enough,. You know sonmeone who has had a replaced squirt gun fight by shooting off Roman candles at each other. The guy who wants to see if he can shoot a bottle rocket off from inside his nose. Hey, we didn’t say it was smart, did we?
Here is a collection of fun firework fails culled across from the ‘tubes of the internet.
Be safe out there. Just eat a hot dog and chill.
@kevkellam
AMERICA: Moon Race Champions FOREVER!
The 4th of July is a celebration of America as a country and our accomplishments as a free country but for me it’s not about looking up at the sky oooing and aaahing at fireworks, the ultimate awesome American accomplishment to this dreamer kid is the NASA Apollo 11 mission which put two of our own on the Moon. The United States of America were crowned Moon Race Champions FOREVER on July 20th 1969. It was a very turbulent time in our country;s history at least we had the overall communal expierence of watching two human beings conqueror the thing in our sky that has teased us since we crawled up from the primordial ooze of Earth. The Moon landing is one of the most amazing scientific endeavors in history.
NASA continues to push the boundaries of the beyond today with climax of a 6 year mission to the planet Jupiter as the Juno spacecraft prepares for a 53 days orbit of the ‘Gas Giant’..
Here is long form live coverage from CBS of the Moon landing as it happened. it’s moving to see the world as we know stand still and watch everyone, experience in real time. It doesn’t hurt that acclaimed TV news authority Walter Cronkite is hosting it all either.
This is a neat video which shows off the video game I have always wanted, the Apollo 11 VR. I wan this really bad, Santa if your reading this, Get me this.
I Scream For Ice Cream!
We all remember running down the street when we heard those magical tunes coming from what looked like a broken down truck. Yes you guessed it, I am talking about chasing those amazing Ice Cream Trucks that had all of our favorite summer treats on board. I bet you can still name them all, the sundae cone, strawberry bars, the baseball glove on a stick, the chocolate taco, the list goes on and on. There were so many treats to try to in such short amount of time, that we would always resort back to our favorites and not try any others.
Due to that lack of time that we had when we were kids, a group has been so kind to do all the tasting for us and rank the top 12 Ice Cream Truck Treats that one could want. Of course some of us may disagree on how they ranked the essentials, because I was shocked to see my favorite, the ice cream sandwich, come in at #5! If you want to see how they ranked the other 11 essential Ice Cream Truck treats, click HERE!
Once you see how they ranked them, go ahead and let us know what flavors would be in your top 12!
Trending Now: #CHICAGOIN4WORDS let’s hear your four words
It is summer time when we are annually reminded that Chicago i wonderful when it’s not winter, and this joy has apparently sparked the trending hashtag that is tweeting up a storm: #CHICAGOIN4WORDS
Here are some of the best one’s we have seen so far today
#ChicagoInFourWords It’s Sears, not Willis — childish braydeno (@braydenpoe8)
“not enough street festivals”
“deep dish is bad”
“ketchup on hot dogs”
“bears do not disappoint”
“i like the mayor” #chicagoinfourwords— josh terry (@JoshhTerry)
Cooler by the Lake #ChicagoInFourWords— MM of LB (@MMoeling)
Lou. Mal. Na. Tis.— Careless Katie (@Careless_Katie)
Want Giardiniera on that?— Jim Graziano (@JPGraziano)
you goin outside today?— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper)
“I’m Peter Francis Geraci” pic.twitter.com/qX0R4WyQEY — Ethan McDonald™ (@EMcD14_)
it’s April and snowed — Tricia (@Tricia_AR25)
Former Politician Now Incarcerated #ChicagoInFourWords — @TimRivard
Dessert hummus challenges everything you know about the chickpea
(from mashable.com)
Give milk a break and try dipping your cookies in hummus. While the combination of cookies and hummus would normally sound pretty unappetizing, Delighted By has taken chick peas to a whole new level by creating an intriguing line of dessert hummus. (MORE HEAR)
This LOOKS like cookie butter or raw cookie dough, but IDK??? I feel like this is a trap! – Marconi
Chicago festivals this weekend: July 1-3
(from redeyechicago.com)
What kind of dance does a bun do? Abundance. And with the abundance of music festivals happening this weekend, your buns better be ready to move. For endless house tunes, head to the Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic. International Festival of Life celebrates world music genres, from reggae to R&B. Get down and dancey in the sand at Mamby on the Beach, and for cover bands with a side of barbecue, hit Windy City RibFest. (MORE HERE)
Looks like some great summer shows. Check out my vlog from PIQNIQ from a few weeks ago to see some fun behind the scenes cameos from bands and general tom foolery. – Marconi
Where to Watch Fireworks
Happy Birthday, America!
Looking for fireworks this weekend? ABC7 broke down the displays you can catch by county. Have fun and be safe!
DuPage, Kane and DeKalb Counties
Lake, Illinois and McHenry Counties
Lake and Porter Counties, Indiana
“Ghostbusters” performed by WALK THE MOON
Ghostbusters is coming out in a few weeks and along with the movie, people are talking about the soundtrack. Walk the Moon’s cover of theme isn’t too bad. – Marconi
Prophets of Rage are going to bring it!
Prophets of Rage (Rage Against the Machine with Chuck D or Public Enemy and B Real from Cypress Hill) just released a video of Killing In The Name from their show at the Palladium in Hollywood a month ago. Safe to say, they still bring it!
Watching the crowd writhe reminds me of the first ever Stabbing Westward show we played after getting signed… opening up for Rage in NYC. Biggest pits I ever saw!
Prophets of Rage will stop at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater on September 3rd. Tix still available. -wALT
Jingle Me This
Riot Fest is great and all, but it really needs something… a JINGLE! Great news, they are running a contest for one. Write a great 30 second jingle and perform it ONSTAGE AT RIOT FEST!
For 30 seconds.
10 minutes after the gates open on Friday.
More info HERE
Now if you will excuse me, I am off to grab my cowbell and get this jingle knocked out.
<3 @laurenoneil
AMERICA CONQUERORS OUTER SPACE: Weezer loves NASA, so they wrote a tribute song
Weezer continues to be happy doing only things they can do like writing a trippy tribute to NASA and the American conquests of our galaxy. The band with collaborator Atticus Ross were asked to pen a song by NASA, in honor of the 4th of July orbit of the planet Jupiter by the Juno spacecraft. The patriotic song “I Love the USA” features some naughty words repeatedly and is overall a fun lighthearted song but has this soaring guitar solo with layered background vocals that make it all really fulfilling. Sample lyric : “I love the USA/ F*c*k yeah, this place is great!”
Other songs for the Jupiter 4th of July occasion were commissioned by NASA and Apple Music. The most notable other contribution comes from Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor who worked with Ross on the track simply called “Juno”. The airy song features actually recordings of the planet Jupiter ‘singing’. You can get it on iTunes.
The one-off single comes weeks after the release of ‘the White Album’ and helps remind us they will soon be in our ‘universe’ at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater with Panic at the Disco and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness on July 10th. So of course we are giving you a shot at FRONT-ROW tickets to the show here.
As someone is deeply fascinated with space travel and loves to throw the ‘W’ finger symbol up when possible, this is a great combo. It’s like peanut butter and chocolate coming together for the first time. It would be neat to see Rivers Cuomo and company perform this in outer space?! oh wonder if they are going to headline PIQNIQ 2076 …ON THE MOON! Yes, the Moon it just seems inevitable that we’ll be putting on shows on the 51st State of USA.
@KEVKELLAM
Roomba Beer Pong!
Need Someone to Cuddle?
If you need a good cuddle, there’s a service out there that can help. For $80 and hour someone will come to your home and get cozy with you. There’s no way this doesn’t get awkward, right? Cuddlist.com has more.
Fist bump to BaracoftTV for the video.
