A couple in Russian started raising this orphaned bear 23 years ago. Now, he’s basically a 7ft dog. He hangs in te house, on the couch, even at the table. And, like most bears, he likes to watch TV.
Inside Saved By The Max!
I was SO EXCITED to be able to check out Saved By The Max, the Saved By The Bell themed pop-up diner and bar in Wicker Park Sunday night, and it was everything I hoped and dreamed it would be! One caveat with the soft opening; no phones and no pictures inside the diner. I gladly handed mine over and witnessed (and experienced) REAL HUMAN INTERACTION. It was glorious. Therefore, the only picture I have to show you from Sunday is this:
Thankfully for you, Vogue published a full spread and you can see Saved By The Max in all it’s glory HERE.
📷: David Miller
Everything was so well done, there is even a recreation of Principal Belding’s office! The grand opening is tomorrow night, book your reservation HERE and make sure you order the Kelly Kapowski and AC Sliders – they are the jam. #IWasSavedByTheMax
<3 @laurenoneil
Queued Up #178
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway
2. 888 – Critical Mistake
3. The Faint – Young & Realistic
4. The Strokes – Oblivious
5. Panic! At The Disco – Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time
6. Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin’
7. Weezer – King of the World
8. Coast Modern – Guru
9. Nothing But Thieves – Wake Up Call
10. PVRIS – You and I
11. Beach Slang – Anything Anything
12. Mutemath – Used To
13. Switchfoot – Float
14. Radiohead – Burn The Witch
1. Glass Animals – Life Itself
2. Augustines – Are We Alive
3. The Shelters – Rebel Heart
4. Brand New – I Am A Nightmare
5. BØRNS – American Money
6. Spring King – Detroit
7. Wild Belle – Throw Down Your Guns
8. Run River North – Run Or Hide
9. Beware Of Darkness – Dope (PIQNIQ)
10. New Beat Fund – No Type
11. The Strokes – Threat Of Joy
12. Foals – What Went Down
13. The Hunna – You & Me
14. Tegan & Sara – Stop Desire
5.29.16 – Alt_Backspace
1. Pearl Man – Rearview Mirror
2. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
3. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
4. Aztec Camera – Jump
5. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
6. Blondie – One Way Or Another
7. Simple Minds – (Don’t You) Forget About Me
8. School Of Fish – Three Strange Days
9. Dinosaur Jr. – Feel The Pain
10. The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
11. Bjork – Human Behavior
12. The Tubes – Talk To Ya Later
13. Sublime – Badfish
1. Garbage – I Think I’m Paranoid (PIQNIQ)
2. The Smithereens – A Girl Like You
3. Big Audio Dynamite II – Rush
4. Morrissey – Interesting Drug
5. Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
6. Gravity Kills – Guilty
7. Violent Femmes – American Music
8. Modern English – I Melt With You
9. Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes
10. 311 – Don’t Stay Home
11. Devo – Whip It
12. Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic
13. Oasis – Subsonic
Lollapalooza Aftershows
Are HERE!!! Some of which are technically Lolla PRE-shows.. but I digress 😉
Bastille @ The Vic Wednesday, July 27th 18+
free tickets for you in Area 101 HERE
Jane’s Addiction @ METRO Wednesday, July 27th 18+
free tickets for you in Area 101 HERE
The Arcs with Mariachi Flor de Toloache @ Park West
Wednesday, July 27th 18+
free tickets for you in Area 101 HERE
Cherub with The Noisy Freaks @ Park West
Thursday, July 28 18+ only
free tickets for you in Area 101 HERE
M83 with Soffi Tuckker @ The Vic
Thursday, July 28 18+
free tickets for you in Area 101 HERE
The Struts @ Bottom Lounge
Thursday, July 28th
Miike Snow @ Concord Music Hall
Thursday, July 28
Wolf Alice @ Lincoln Hall
Friday, July 29th
Nothing But Thieves @ Schubas
Friday, July 29th
St. Lucia with Muna @ Park West
Friday, July 29 18+
X Ambassadors @ Bottom Lounge
Friday, July 29th
Two Door Cinema Club @ The Vic
Friday, July 29 18+
Third Eye Blind with Dreamers @ The Vic
Saturday, July 30th 18+
Saint Motel @ Lincoln Hall
July 30th 18+
Halsey @ Aragon
Thursday, July 30 All Ages
Tickets for all aftershows go onsale Friday @ 10a:
Full list courtesy of Lollapalooza HERE
What’s New on Netflix: June 2016
(from vulture.com)
At the beginning of (and during) every month, Netflix adds new movies and TV shows to its library. We figure you might want to know about them. For more comprehensive coverage of the best titles available on Netflix and elsewhere (READ MORE HERE)
Welcome back to Litchfield: Orange Is the New Black (Season 4)
Every month I feel like Netflix keeps getting better and better. OITNB is one of my favs. Can’t wait to see what’s up this season. I just hope it doesn’t break my heart like Game Of Thrones so far. – @marconibologna
Mini Airbnb in Boston
The artist that created this 25 square foot box is offering it up on Airbnb in Boston for $55 a night. It comes complete with a drawer full of litter for a toilet. There’s more info and a few more pics HERE.
It was actually part of a movie he created called “The Smallest House in the World.”
Paying Traffic Ticket in Pennies
A guy in Texas was caught doing 39 in a 30 and paid his $212.00 fine in pennies. 22,000 of them. He actually over paid by $7.81, too. Yahoo has more of the story.
Dan Akroyd praises the new Ghostbusters reboot
So there is a lot of nerdy unrest across the web over the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot with an all-female ‘busting team. The first trailer released on Youtube a few month gained a record-breaking amount of ‘thumb down’ votes, sparking a debate of whether the outrage over the film is it’s content or a sexist response to the female cast. The stink for the new movie continued with a fan-made cartoon of the original film’s boss monster the Stay Puff Marshmellow Man having a not-so-favorable response the reboot. You might say that this type of ‘busting does not make him feel good. The second trailer came out last week and the debate is still flaming up, you can see that new trailer here.
Well one of the original Ghostbusters Dan Akroyd who participated in the upcoming movie, threw an insightful stance on the movie up on his Facebook this weekend.
“As originator of the original: Saw test screening of new movie. Apart from brilliant, genuine performances from the cast both female and male, it has more laughs and more scares than the first 2 films plus Bill Murray is in it! As one of millions of man-fans and Ray Stantz, I’m paying to see that and bringing all my friends!” – Dan Akroyd
Will this endorsement from Ray Stantz himself ease fears of this reboot being a dud or will it simply aggravate more people? What do you think of the new Ghostbusters movie due out in theaters on July 15th? Tweet us at @101WKQX and let us know.
@kevkellam
I Want To Go Fast!
The Cincinnati Zoo had an extra GoPro hanging around so they decided to attach it to a Cheetah! I knew that Cheetahs were fast, but man I didn’t know they were that fast! Check out the video below!
I think it’s safe to say they have been laying off those cheese flavored snacks! Who would win in a race, Bear or the Cheetah?
You can call a number & apply to join the X-Men!
So this weekend sees the release of the mutant-powered blockbuster ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ which takes place in the 1980’s and sees Professor Xavier lead a group of his students of ‘School For Gifted Youngsters’ against the mega-evil monster Apocalypse. Since the school pushes a bit of ’80s nostaglia 20th Century Fox posted a faux commercial for this school a few weeks including a 1-800 number just like the ones used to sell anything back in the day. Now it’s gets better when over 75,000 voice mails poured into the number, Fox put together a highlight video. The results are quite fun and hilarious for comic book geeks and just the novice fans of the ‘X-Men’ movies. Deadpool makes an appearance where asks for Jean Grey’s number. Check out both videos posted below. @kevkellam
Jimmy Fallon, Maya Rudoplh, & Martin Short in a silly Chicago PD spoof
On last night’s ‘Tonight Show’ host Jimmy Fallon with comedy legend Martin Short and SNL alum Maya Rudoplh shared a fake flashback to an 80’s Chicago-based cop drama ‘The Windy City Blue’ that never really existed but was pretty funny none the less. These are the type of sketches Fallons pulls off the best, the tongue deep in the cheek and showing how much fun he is having with fellow TV pals.
As someone who grew up in a Chicago Police family, I am pretty sure officers don’t get grow their hair that long or deal with that much silly string on a daily basis.
‘Marty & Maya’ a new variety comedy show with Short & Rudoplh will debut on Tuesday 9pm with special guests Tom Hanks, Larry David, Miley Cyrus, and Fallon returning for the fun. If this video is any type of teaser, this show will be a hoot. – @Kevkellam
Enjoy laughing with us? Check out our behind-the-scenes podcast Not Ready for Broadcast
Goodman Theatre Sign On Fire!
So just another Sat at 5am. The Goodman Theatre sign blew up while walking into radio station… Don’t worry, I had called 911. ****Sherman
Pictures: No Dough Show with The 1975
Next level love achieved! Guy proposes to GF with Super Mario Bros
If you don’t get moved by this video showing a very clever gamer proposing to his soon-to-be wife with his own custom created level of the Nintendo classic ‘Super Mario Bros’ , well you are just a koopa troopa. Yeah, I said that!
Leave it to a timeless classic like ‘Mario Bros’ to be a part of this proposal, you could not do this with ‘Call of Duty’ right? if you could, i don’t want to see it. Congratulations to Youtuber Retro Shanerator and his lovely bride-to-be! -@kevkellam
THE FUTRE OF 101WKQX?? (PODCAST)
On the season finale with 101WKQX Program Director Troy Hanson. Topics include: PIQNIQ, THE FUTURE OF THE STATION, + #AskThePD questions you tagged us in.
Chicago Farmer’s Markets!!
Excuse me while I hippy-out on you… but I LOVE farmer’s markets! A farmer’s market is like my superbowl. I love shopping for local produce and meeting the men and women who grew it.
When I first moved to Chicago I had some harrowing experiences trying to find farmer’s markets but Tanveer Ali with DNAinfo.com put together an amazing resource with all the markets listed AND you can find them by location using the map! Can you tell I’m excited?!?! Now let’s get out there and stock up on some kale!!
Full list HERE See you out there!! <3 @laurenoneil
Alex Turner Calls In
The enigmatic frontman for Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets calls in from Dublin to chat about how after 8 years TLSP were kickstarted by a single harmony, the new album Everything You’ve Come To Expect, the key to style, what music brings out of him, Lollapalooza and his romantic feelings about Chicago. Enjoy! <3 @laurenoneil
The infamous James Corden shirt comment:
And Miracle Aligner on The Late Late Show:
Dez Bryant Spelling Bee Celebration
The National Spelling Bee co-champ celebrated with the Dez Bryant, X move. And after spelling a crazy word like “gesellschaft” he deserved to.
Nihar throwing up the Dez Bryant “X” #electric#Nihar2016#ScrippsNationalSpellingBeepic.twitter.com/0CHvbw8dmz
— AJ Schied (@aj_schied27) May 27, 2016
TV Shows Canceled in 2016: Did your favorite get the ax?
The TV graveyard is getting some new corpses this time of year as word trickles out about what shows are getting cut or just ending their run of new episodes.
This year saw some major shows end their run like the Melissa McCarthy sitcom ‘Mike & Molly’ on CBS, while some other shows simply could not develop solid ratings to support another season despite having die hard fans like the Marvel based series ‘Agent Carter’ on ABC. Entertainment Weekly has a look at several noteworthy recent cancellations on the TV landscape here.
What’s Been Canceled by Major Networks and other cable channels
ABC
Of Kings and Prophets
Nashville:
Agent Carter:
Castle:
Muppets:
CBS
Angel From Hell
Mike and Molly
The Good Wife
Person of Interest
CSI: Cyber
Rush Hour
Limitless
NBC
Telenovela
Game of Silence
Crowded
Heartbeat
Undateable
HBO
Girls:(Not yet ‘cancelled’ but the sixth season will be the shows last)
Togetherness
TNT
Rizzoli & Isles
A&E
Unforgettable
USA
Royal Pains
Showtime
Episodes
House of Lies
A&E
Damien
Here is a fitting look at quality shows that were cancelled too soon from WatchMojo
Cancellation has not the ultimate end for your favorite cult shows as some have been able to live on in reruns, renewed on new platforms like Netflix and other channels. The biggest example of this might be Family Guy was cancelled but renewed by FOX years later after big sales on DVD and revived exposure as a rerun on Adult Swim. The edgy cartoon lead by the mind of Seth MacFarlane became a pillar for the FOX network, and allowed other MacFarlane shows like ‘American Dad’ and ‘the Cleveland Show’ to get the green light. So don’t worry maybe your favorite canned show will come back online somewhere. What show that got let go too soon are you going to miss the most? Let us know on Facebook.com/101wkqx or @101wkqx on Twitter.@kevkellam
Speaking of series finales, here is the Season 1 closer of our behind-the-scenes podcast Not Ready for Broadcast with our program director Troy Hanson revealing what is the future of 101WKQX and what goes into running our radio machine. Give it a listen and share it!
