Father’s Day is Sunday, but not so sure some of these guys should be expect a gift.
Smashing A Glass Bridge With Sledgehammer To Prove It’s Safe ??
I won’t even go up in the Skydeck at the Sears Tower. There’s no way I’m getting on this bridge regardless of how safe it is!! – @marconibologna
Garbage making headlines for PIQNIQ this Saturday
So we are almost there, like a roller coaster clicking up to it’s big drop off, we’re about to throw our collective hands up and yell ‘WOOOOOO!’ because PIQNIQ is this Saturday at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater! If you don’t have tickets yet, get them here.
Garbage who close out this year’s PIQNIQ lineup, made some headlines with the Daily Southtown this week. Guitarist Duke Erikson talked in-depth about their new album “Strange Little Birds” (out now), what it took to make the album, and how they add to follow a scary goth band in Europe.
One of the more revealing parts of Erikson’s chat with the Southtown was why Garbage took such an extensive break in the past. “One reason we took such a long break a while back was just being fed up with the whole system, the business side of things. It wore us down and we felt like we were trying to please people other than ourselves. We were not really feeling good about the hoops we had to jump through. Exhaustion was another reason we had to take a break. But now this is right for us, to do this on our own because we’re in total control. That’s very liberating and more fun.”
The article is also worth a read as you get some insight from our 101WKQX Program Director Troy about how the Piqniq lineup gels together and how this festival fits in with the summer concert season. Below you can check our Not Ready For Broadcast Podcast with Troy where he talks about the future of alternative music and where our fun little radio station fits into all that.
@kevkellam
‘Hey Arnold’ movie details revealed
We’ve heard the rumors but it’s really happening. ‘Hey Arnold’ will return in a TV movie called ‘Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie’ with almost all the original voice actors returning except Arnold. With the original voice actor Lane Toran aging out of the role, child actor Mason Vellcotton who you may know as Bobby Draper on the AMC drama series ‘Mad Men’, will handle the ‘football’ headed duties. Toran will still be involved in some undisclosed way.
The two-hour movie set to debut in 2017, also promises to pick up where the show left off in 2004 and reveal what happened to Arnold’s parents. Craig Bartlett who created the series, will write the movie and be it’s executive producer.
If Nickolodeon is rebooting all their classic shows, does this mean get an R-rated update of ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’? Whatever happens hold onto your containers of Gak, see what the original voice of Arnold looks like now in this video below. Spoiler: he’s supposedly a total hunk.
@kevkellam
New 5.5 Billion Dollar Disneyland opens in China
pic: insidethemagic.net
The ever-expanding entertainment empire of Disney grows into Asia today with the opening of the long-in-development Shanghai Disneyland. The amusement park and resort has been dubbed ” “the most technologically advanced Disney park yet.” by Disney CEO Bob Iger. This park should be everything it’s billed to be for it’s gigantic 5.5 billion dollar price tag. The park located near one of China’s largest cities has been in the works since 2001 and is Disney’s third park venture into Asia after Disneyland Hong Kong and Disneyland Tokyo. The motto of the park has been “Authentically Disney, Distinctly Chinese” and it really seems true as none of the ‘magic’ is lost in translation but it still wholly Chinese in it’s grand scale and language.
The park has been open to invite-only guests for a month now so the more than 10,000 employees (or ‘cast members’) could prepare for the wave of guests once the public gets past through it’s gates. This allowed for a lot of video footage of the park to come out, which you can see below. That TRON light cycle ride looks like the stuff of dreams, and Disney has been able to make really cool stuff from people’s dreams for their entire existence.
Shanghai Disneyland is laid out similar to Magical Kingdom and has it’s own version of several long-running attractions from the Orlando area park but with massive expansions, additions, and alterations. The Pirates of the Caribbean ride is now expanded into it’s own ‘land’ called Tresaure Cove. Rides and attractions featuring characters from Toy Story, Peter Pan, and other popular films in the Dis catalog.
Here is a point-of-view look at the impressive TRON light cycle ride which is one of the launch rides at Disneyland Shanghai. If you want more, simply scroll through the #shanghaidisneyland Twitter posts here from opening day.
Here is a Disney produced video about the making of the new mega-park.
If you like this happy fun adventure but want something a little darker and twisted, check out these videos from this abandoned amusement park that looks like a zombie Disney park.
@kevkellam
Four new Ghostbusters reboot videos: MARSHMALLOW MAN!?
It may be the most debated genre film in ages but the hype machine continues to churn for the new Ghostbusters film due in theaters on July 15th. The debate for some is whether the movie which plays off the 1984 original classic that sparked the idea of blending the genres of scifi and comedy is even funny or if the detractors of the film are simply opposed to it on sexist terms because of it’s cast featuring four strong female comedic talents. No matter what the debate is, you can see that GB originals Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray support it in this appearance recently on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’, Now let’s see if the debate gets settled with these 4 new TV spots which features more special effects and few solid jokes that has not already been revealed in the much-maligned trailer.
@kevkellam
John Cena on Maya & Marty
You can now retweet yourself on Twitter (DON’T DO IT!!)
(from redeyechicago.com)
Twitter’s ongoing effort to upgrade it’s service, which recently includes tinkering with the timeline to show tweets based on “importance” rather than chronology, scrapping limits on direct messages and unveiling changes to the 140-character limit, the social media giant announced that starting Tuesday, users can retweet themselves. Yes, you read that right. You can now retweet your own bad jokes, observations and abbreviated political rants to your unsuspecting followers who really deserve better. (READ MORE HERE)
Just because you CAN doesn’t mean you should. Also Twitter still no edit feature or ability to embed photos from instagram or a way to create edible ham tweets? COME ON!! – @marconibologna
Skittles Expands Production to Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs
(from nbcchicago.com)
Production of Skittles candy will begin in suburban Yorkville this week. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the Chicago-based makers of the colorful treat and a subsidiary of Mars, said the plant where the Skittles will be made has been two years in the making. After a $50 million expansion that revamped the space to be 145,000 square feet larger and an addition of 75 new workers for the Skittles line, the production is ready start rolling out the fruit-flavored candy. Skittles were previously created in Waco, Texas along with the company’s other popular brands Starburst and Snickers. The expansion to Chicago’s southwest suburbs is to help keep up with demand. (READ MORE HERE)
Can this fill the void left by Oprah. Probably not but this could bring me closer to realizing my dream of jumping into a swimming pool of Skittles!! – @marconibologna
Physicists finally explain why your earphones are always tangled.
As usual I posted a dumb joke on twitter.
When I write jokes I’m not saying things in search of an answer, but this time I got one that was pretty interesting.
(from blogs.discovermagazine.com)
“It is well known that a jostled string tends to become knotted; yet the factors governing the “spontaneous” formation of various knots are unclear. We performed experiments in which a string was tumbled inside a box and found that complex knots often form within seconds. We used mathematical knot theory to analyze the knots. Above a critical string length, the probability P of knotting at first increased sharply with length but then saturated below 100%. This behavior differs from that of mathematical self-avoiding random walks, where P has been proven to approach 100%. Finite agitation time and jamming of the string due to its stiffness result in lower probability, but P approaches 100% with long, flexible strings. We analyzed the knots by calculating their Jones polynomials via computer analysis of digital photos of the string. Remarkably, almost all were identified as prime knots: 120 different types, having minimum crossing numbers up to 11, were observed in 3,415 trials. All prime knots with up to seven crossings were observed. (READ MORE HERE)
Either way even now that I know why, I still spend half my life untangling them! Thanks for your response Hunter Rogers. – @marconibologna
Wrigley Field’s New Plaza Will Face Labyrinthine Beer Regulations
(from chicagoist.com)
When Wrigley Field’s outdoor plaza opens at long last, it will serve beer and wine at hyper-specific and varied hours, according to a Sunday announcement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Rahm and Ald. Tom Tunney (44th), Wrigleyville’s alderman, have both put their support behind this plan, enshrined in a labyrinthine new package of regulations going up for a vote in City Council this month. “This agreement is a win for the Chicago Cubs and their fans, and a win for the neighbors who live near Wrigley Field,” Rahm said in a statement.
In other words, it’s a compromise between locals (who don’t want Wrigleyville to get too rambunctious, even though that ship has frankly sailed) and the Ricketts family, owners of the Cubs and the plaza (who want to sell booze basically all the time, because… money). (READ MORE HERE)
Nothing mentioning a reduction in beer prices but…there’s always next year? Wait, what? – @marconibologna
Saved By The Max Extended!
Originally, it was to be open for only a month. When tickets for Saved By The Max, the pop up diner based on The Max from Saved By The Bell sold out so quickly, it was extended to the end of the August. With all three months sold out and demand still high, the diner’s run has been extended through the end of the year! If you go, you gotta try the Mac & Screetch! You can get more info here. -wALT
Pictures: Tame Impala at UIC Pavilion
The Spoon Chronicles
Niall Brady spent almost a WHOLE YEAR trying to get a spoon in a cup. This is the result. (NSFW language)
I have never wanted a spoon to go into a cup SO BADLY :O
Now if you will excuse me, my mission is clear. <3 @laurenoneil
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM IS COMING BACK!!
“In the immortal words of Julius Caesar, ‘I left, I did nothing, I returned.’” – Larry David
📷: HOB
No details on a Season 9 premiere date or additional casting have been announced at this time. The show hasn’t aired new episodes since 2011, but back in 2012, HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler told reporters at the annual Television Critics Assn. press tour that David “essentially has carte blanche with us … And when he wants to come back and do ‘Curb,’ we’d be thrilled.”
More from Variety HERE
“You said no matter what…this is the ‘what!’”
Damn you HBO, I was just getting okay with the idea of cancelling you 🙁 <3 @laurenoneil
31
The first official trailer for Rob Zombie’s 31 is here!
What do you think? I am getting some clown-type vibes that are messing with my emotions…
<3 @laurenoneil
Red Hot Chili Peppers Carpool Karaoke
James Corden jumped into the carpool with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday night.
Kaleo on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Kaleo stopped by Seth Meyers on Monday night to do “Way Down we Go.”
R2D2 Translator
Here’s how to kill the rest of your day. Just punch in what you want him to say at R2D2Translator.com and hit enter.
Bill Murray Gives Jake Arrieta a Gift
(from nbcchicago.com)
Being the ace pitcher for the Chicago Cubs comes with a lot of perks, and Jake Arrieta experienced one of the ultimate benefits on Saturday night after his start in Atlanta. Arrieta, who has a 10-1 record and helped the Cubs beat the Braves in that game, ended up hanging out with actor (and major Cubs fan) Bill Murray after the game. Not only did Arrieta get to rub shoulders with the legendary movie star, but he also received a 2 1/2-hour massage, at Murray’s insistence, from one of his friends in the Atlanta area. (READ MORE HERE)
Reading this story sort of made my day. Bill Murray is the best!! Think I need to watch ‘What About Bob’ tonight. – @marconibologna
