Would you vote for Oprah? Music Director / Assistant Program Director / Afternoon Host wALT talks Lolla, SXSW house party with Cage the Elephant, Music from Declan McKenna and much more…
Chicago Cubs fans would you be buried in a Cubs casket?
(from redeyechicago.com)
Some days you find yourself roaming the depths of the Internet and end up reading an article without remembering how you got there in the first place. That happened today when I stumbled upon the Daily Dot’s “Here are 6 of the hottest caskets you can buy on Walmart.com,” which was as riveting as its title suggests. (READ MORE HERE)
I don’t want to be buried in one but it looks like a perfect napping casket. Am I right? – @marconibologna
Happy Cheap Trick Day!
Received a visit from the Dream Police <3
Can’t wait to see them at the Metro tomorrow night! <3 @laurenoneil
Cashier Nails Shaggy & Scooby Impression
Waiting in line would be way less annoying if you had someone like this to ring you out. Dude seems pretty talented. Doubt he’ll be doing this for long.
The U.S. Pizza Museum will visit Chicago next month
(from timeout.com)
Still have those late night pizza boxes stashed under your bed? Well, they could find a new home in the U.S. Pizza Museum which will debut during Old Style’s previously announced Pizza Summit on April 3. The pop-up exhibit on the second floor of Chop Shop will display artifacts like retro pizza boxes, vintage advertisements, a Lego pizza delivery guy and a copy of the film Mystic Pizza on VHS. (READ MORE HERE)
So if you’re like me SUPER BUMMED you didn’t get tickets to the Pizza Summit this weekend at least the US PIZZA MUSEUM is coming to Chicago next month!! Yes an entire museum devoted to pizza. I hope to learn of the first pizza delivery person or maybe learn why there are people who like pineapple on their pizza. I can’t wait!! – @marconibologna
If you haven’t already check out the latest episode of Not Ready For Broadcast. It’s a behind the scenes podcast here at 101 WKQX.
Nathaniel Rateliff Needs Never Get Old
Check out the new video from Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats! -wALT
Declan McKenna stopped by the studio
The lovely Declan McKenna stopped by to chat with wALT and play us a couple songs live in-studio. Listen to the interview and hear perform special versions of \”Brazil\” & \”Basic\” in the 101WKQX studio.
Duncan Keith Ejected
Minnesota pulled off the season sweep of the Blackhawks on Tuesday night. If that’s not bad enough, the Hawks might be without Duncan Keith for a bit. Keith was hit with a match penalty for intent to injure after swinging his stick ad hitting Charlie Coyle of the Wild in the face. Dunc will sit at least one game. Maybe more. If you didn’t see it here’s the play…
NBC has more HERE.
Tinley Park Mayor Says He’ll Take The Lucas Museum
(from chicagoist.com)
Tinley Park may be proud to be the 20th biggest city in Illinois even though that is… faint praise at best. It may also be a village, making its claim to be a fine-sized city semantically confusing. But here’s one thing you can’t knock Tinley Park for: Having an unambitious mayor. The village’s highly ambitious mayor, Dave Seaman, is making a play for the modernist blob that is the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. (READ MORE HERE)
The Mayor might want to reconsider after he realizes the magnitude of the Jabba The Hutt slide of neck folds. – @marconibologna
ICYMI: Local H makes a special announcement with wALT
Local H frontman Scott Lucas stopped by the studio to break some exciting news about the 20th Anniversary Shows for their \”As Good as Dead\” album. If you missed it on-air, you can listen below:
I Know What This City Needs…
More pizza stuff! Coinciding with the Chicago Pizza Summit this Sunday, the U.S. Pizza Museum will open it’s doors for one day only at the Chop Shop!
Marconi is already camped outside 😀
More HERE <3 @laurenoneil
This is how You do a Wake
This Irish pub chose to send off a friend with a rowdy version of The Killers “Mr. Brightside.”
Damn, Grandma!
78-year-old Shirley Webb can deadlift 225lbs like it’s nothing!
How to Get Netflix to Stop Asking If You’re ‘Still Watching’
We’ve all been there: You’re camped out on the couch with your laptop, a cornucopia of snacks, and a silenced smartphone. You get several episodes into a full-season Netflix binge session and then … a message pops up to ask if you’re still watching. It takes five seconds to click yes, but that’s five seconds you can’t get back! To banish this pesky question for good, The Next Web has shared an easy fix: the Flix Assist Google Chrome extension. (READ MORE HERE)
It’s not the 5 seconds that I care about. 90% of the time if I’m cleaning my apartment I’ll put on a marathon of 30 Rock or Parks and Recreation. When the “Are You Still There?” prompt appears the yes button usually is not available on my phone app which I originally started watching on my TV through Chromecast. I then have to restart another episode manually then pause it to go back the episode I was on to continue. THAT’S the annoying part. If there’s a hack to fix this on Hulu, Netflix, HBO NOW and YouTube I’m all ears…Or eyes. Whichever is the best way to fix this bug in all of these apps!! – @marconibologna
Queued Up #169
1. The Last Shadow Puppets – Bad Habits (Lolla)
2. New Beat Fund – No Type
3. The Joy Formidable – Liana (Lolla)
4. The 1975 – Ugh! (Lolla)
5. EL VY – Need A Friend (Queued Up Artist Showcase – 4/17)
6. Radiohead – My Iron Lung (Lolla)
7. Hemmingbirds – Mess Of Things (local)
8. Sir The Baptist – Raise Hell (ft. ChurchPeople) (local) (Lolla)
9. Death Cab For Cutie – Good Help (Is So Hard To Find)
10. Halsey – Colors (Lolla)
11. Lewis Del Mar – Loud(y) (Lolla)
12. Kaleo – Way Down We Go
13. Wolf Alice – Giant Peach (Lolla)
1. Silversun Pickups – Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance) (Lolla)
2. Quilt – Roller
3. Frank Turner – Next Storm (Lolla)
4. Hozier – Arsonist’s Lullabye
5. Aurora – Conqueror (Lolla)
6. Louis The Child – It’s Strange (ft. K.Flay) (local) (Lolla)
7. Declan Mckenna – Brazil
8. Ghost – The Pinnacle To The Pit (Lolla)
9. M83 – Do It, Try It (Lolla)
10. The Struts – Put Your Money On Me (Lolla)
11. Primal Scream – Trippin On Your Love (ft. Haim)
12. Fitz & The Tantrums – Handclap
13. The Moth & The Flame – Live While I Breathe
14. Haelos – Separate Lives (Lolla)
3.27.16 – Alt_Backspace
1.Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane (Lolla)
2. Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy
3. Letters To Cleo – Here And Now
4. U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
5. Love And Rockets – So Alive
6. Nine Inch Nails – Down In It
7. Supergrass – Alright
8. Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
9. Smashing Pumpkins – Rhinoceros
10. The Replacements – I Will Dare
11. Folk Implosion – Natural One
12. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
13. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Pump It Up
14. Jane’s Addiction – Mountain Song (Lolla)
1. Iggy Pop – Candy (ft. Kate Pierson)
2. The Smiths – Girl In a Coma
3. Breeders – Cannonball
4. The Mighty Lemon Drops – Inside Out
5. Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down
6. Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
7. Third Eye Blind – Losing A Whole Year (Lolla)
8. The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
9. Wall Of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
10. Liz Phair – Supernova
11. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
12. Local H – Lovey Dovey (Celebrating As Good As Dead – Metro 4/15-16)
13. INXS – What You Need
14. Radiohead – Paranoid Android (Lolla)
Goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!
So what if she gets blasted in the face bay a soccer ball? She got some great footage.
Surprise Visit from James Iha at The Smashing Pumpkins Show in L.A.
For the first time in 16 years James Iha, Billy Corgan, and Jimmy Chamberlin shared the stage. It happened during The Pumpkins’ L.A. show. Consequence of Sound has more HERE.
Obviously, a lot of crowd video made it’s way out. Here’s “Mayonaise.”
You Can Google Map The Batcave
Holy invasion of personal privacy! Take a walk through The Batcave on Google Maps. You can search “Bruce Wayne’s Residence” or click HERE.
Chicago Has A Pizza Squirrel
(from redeyechicago.com)
The pizza squirrel supposedly was seen scurrying out of an alley and up a tree in Ukranian Village Friday, according to a DNAInfo report, holding our favorite hangover snack—a slice of cold pepperoni pizza. (READ MORE HERE)
The photo was posted to twitter by Melissa Mcewen who is now my favorite person on earth. I really hope someone gets video soon or it will make this sighting harder to believe, but this really is the greatest thing to happen this week and my nonna turned 90 on Tuesday!! – @marconibologna
