1.12.2025 History Of Alternative

January 12, 2025 | bphillips

Hour 1 – 8A

  • Sugar – If I Can’t Change Your Mind
  • Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
  • Alice In Chains – Heaven Beside You
  • The La’s – There She Goes
  • Modest Mouse – Ocean Breathes Salty
  • Soul Asylum – Somebody To Shove
  • The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
  • Cast – Alright
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Eye
  • Paul Westerberg – Knockin’ On Mine
  • Tegan And Sara – Hell
  • Blur – Parklife
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Zephyr Song

Hour 2 – 9A

  • Helmet – Unsung
  • Depeche Mode – Precious
  • Blink-182 – Josie
  • Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
  • Bush – The Only Way Out
  • The Breeders – Divine Hammer
  • Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
  • Primus – Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
  • Cage The Elephant – Aberdeen
  • Missing Persons – Words
  • Sponge – Molly
  • Phantogram – Fall In Love
  • The The – This Is The Day

Hour 3 – 10A

  • The Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
  • Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom
  • Foo Fighters – This Is A Call
  • Suzanne Vega – Luka
  • alt-j – Left Hand Free
  • The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
  • R.E.M. – Stand
  • Hot Hot Heat – Bandages
  • Sonic Youth – 100%
  • Green Day – Waiting
  • O.M.D. – Dreaming
  • Garbage – #1 Crush
  • Keane – Is It Any Wonder?
  • Mad Season – River Of Deceit

Hour 4 – 11A

  • Wolfmother – Woman
  • The Cranberries – Free To Decide
  • Nirvana – Love Buzz
  • XTC – Dear God
  • Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
  • Stereo MCs – Step It Up
  • The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
  • Buffalo Tom – Sodajerk
  • Sugar Ray – Every Morning
  • The English Beat – Save It For Later
  • Rise Against – The Good Left Undone
  • Elastica – Stutter

The Weekend Q101

January 10, 2025 | clowe

Chicago Boat Show (Friday-Sunday)

The area’s biggest boat show is just around the corner this weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center! Shop boats of all sizes and get ready for a summer of boating fun at this giant expo! Info available here.  

Chicago Bulls at United Center (Friday)

 Head to the United Center to cheer on your Chicago Bulls as they play against the Washington WIzards. The 7pm game has tickets available here.

Knuckle Puck at The Salt Shed (Saturday) 

Pop-punk stalwarts Knuckle Puck head to The Salt Shed on Saturday night for a show that is worth braving the cold for. This show is now sold out.

G. Love & Special Sauce at Lincoln Hall (Saturday) 

G. Love & Special Sauce head to Lincoln Hall on Saturday night! Tickets can be purchased here.

South Loop Farmers Market (Saturday & Sunday)

Find fresh produce while shopping indoors at the South Loop Farmers Market! The market opens in two locations, Saturdays at Roosevelt Collection Shops and Sundays at Water Tower Place. For more info you can stay up to date here.

Chicago Blackhawks host the Edmonton Oilers (Saturday)

Cheer on your Chicago Blackhawks as they face off with the Edmonton Oilers. The game kicks off at 6pm with tickets available here.

Chicago Bulls host the Sacramento Kings (Sunday)

Spend your Sunday with the Chicago Bulls as they play against the Sacramento Kings. The game starts at 2:30pm and tickets are available here.

Cracker at The Old Town School of Folk (Sunday)

Perpetually underrated 90’s stalwarts Cracker head to Old Town School of Folk for a pair of shows on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased here.

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Brian & Kenzie’s 2025 Predictions

January 9, 2025 | clowe

Yesterday, Brian & Kenzie unveiled their 2025 pop culture predictions. As the year goes on, we can only hope that each of these predictions comes true:

Brian:

1. Asteroid crashes into Soldier Field, Bears move to Dolton to play in “Tiffany Henyard Memorial Stadium”

2. The Rock appears on Brian & Kenzie because Brian loves his face lotion 

3. Creed headlines Riot Fest 

Kenzie: 

1. Ozempic users succumb to “I Am Legend” situation 

2. “Surviving Diddy” documentary rocks Hollywood

3. Brian & Case forget her birthday 

Case:

1. Leonardo DiCaprio begins dating a woman in her 50s

2. Jelly Roll begins his journey to becoming an EGOT winner 

3. Brian suffers a debilitating ankle injury due to his new Crocs

You can listen to the full segment below.

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Pour One Out for Girl Scout Cookies

January 8, 2025 | clowe

The Girl Scouts of the USA have made the shocking announcement that they will be retiring two of the twelve flavors that are currently available. Fans of S’mores and Toast-Yay! cookies will have to place their orders for the sweet treats by April from a Girl Scouts cookie stand or online from a Girl Scout’s individual Digital Cookie online sales page.

To find a Girl Scout to buy from directly, cookie fans can visit www.girlscoutcookies.org or text COOKIES to to 59618 to find a local booth. After Feb. 21, cookies will also be available for purchase on the Girl Scout cookies website for direct shipping to individual homes.

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Gerard Way will voice a character in a new D&D pinball game

January 6, 2025 | bphillips

1.5.2025 History Of Alternative

January 5, 2025 | bphillips

Hour 1 – 8A

  • Martha And The Muffins – Echo Beach
  • Phoenix – Lisztomania
  • Pearl Jam – Corduroy
  • INXS – This Time
  • Spoon – Can I Sit Next To You
  • Concrete Blonde – Joey
  • The Clash – This Is Radio Clash
  • Elastica – Connection
  • Good Charlotte – The Anthem
  • Garbage – Special
  • The Pretenders – Talk Of The Town
  • Bowling For Soup – 1985
  • Camper Van Beethoven – Take The Skinheads Bowling
  • Green Day – Hitchin’ A Ride
  • Gorillaz – Cracker Island

Hour 2 – 9A

  • The Church – Metropolis
  • Kings Of Leon – The Bucket
  • 311 – Come Original
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
  • No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr.
  • Nothing But Thieves – Trip Switch
  • Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
  • Oasis – Rock N Roll Star
  • Soundgarden – Outshined
  • Talk Talk – Talk Talk
  • The Strokes – Someday
  • Hole – Miss World
  • U2 – Angel Of Harlem
  • The Killers – Spaceman

Hour 3 – 10A

  • Veruca Salt – With David Bowie
  • David Bowie – Modern Love
  • Weezer – This Is Such A Pity
  • The Smiths – Ask
  • Nirvana – Breed
  • Big Country – In A Big Country
  • Grouplove – Deleter
  • The Smithereens – Blood And Roses
  • Mickey Avalon – Jane Fonda
  • Alice In Chains – Got Me Wrong
  • Devo – Girl U Want
  • Beck – Girl
  • L7 – Pretend We’re Dead
  • Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Hour 4 – 11A

  • Talking Heads – And She Was
  • Bad Religion – Infected
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again
  • Hoodoo Gurus – What’s My Scene?
  • The White Stripes – My Doorbell
  • Portishead – Sour Times
  • Nine Inch Nails – Only
  • New Order – Temptation
  • G. Love And Special Sauce – Cold Beverage
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Love Rollercoaster
  • Blondie – One Way Or Another
  • Kongos – Come With Me Now
  • Happy Mondays – Step On

Derrick Rose hosted a one-day flower shop today

January 2, 2025 | bphillips
@nbcchicago

Former Bulls star Derrick Rose opened a one-day flower shop in downtown Chicago on Thursday, bringing hundreds of fans who lined up for the opportunity to meet Rose and send flowers to their loved ones. 📸 by @georgemycyk_nbc #chicago #chicagobulls #derrickrose #chicagothingstodo

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12.29.2024 History Of Alternative

December 29, 2024 | bphillips

Hour 1 – 8A

  • Big Audio Dynamite – The Bottom Line
  • Incubus – Talk Shows On Mute
  • Alice In Chains – Again
  • Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
  • The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
  • Soho – Hippychick
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – People Are Strange
  • Marvelous 3 – Freak Of The Week
  • Pearl Jam – Rearviewmirror
  • Oingo Boingo – We Close Our Eyes
  • Queens Of The Stone Age – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
  • Alanis Morissette – Ironic
  • AFI – Love Like Winter

Hour 2 – 9A

  • Morrissey – Tomorrow
  • Muse – Time Is Running Out
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Muzzle
  • The English Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
  • Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
  • Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
  • The Smithereens – A Girl Like You
  • PJ Harvey – Good Fortune
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Unglued
  • New Order – Regret
  • Rancid – Time Bomb
  • The Kooks – Naive
  • The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road

Hour 3 – 10A

  • Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor
  • Material Issue – Valerie Loves Me
  • Soundgarden – The Day I Tried To Live
  • The Cure – In Between Days
  • Paramore – Hard Times
  • Ben Folds Five – Brick
  • The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
  • Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green
  • Live – Pain Lies On The Riverside
  • Love And Rockets – So Alive
  • Green Day – Warning
  • Lush – Ladykillers
  • The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba

Hour 4 – 11A

  • The Replacements – I’ll Be You
  • Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight
  • Garbage – I Think I’m Paranoid
  • When In Rome – The Promise
  • Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist
  • Social Distortion – Far Behind
  • Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
  • Local H – All The Kids Are Right
  • Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
  • U2 – New Year’s Day
  • Wet Leg – Chaise Longue
  • Foo Fighters – Next Year

12.22.2024 History Of Alternative

December 22, 2024 | bphillips

Hour 1 – 8A

  • Fountains Of Wayne – I Want An Alien For Christmas
  • The Verve Pipe – Photograph
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Big Bang Baby
  • Morrissey – The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
  • Garbage – Vow
  • Trik Turner – Friends And Family
  • The Smithereens – Only A Memory
  • Jimmy Eat World – Last Christmas
  • The Clash – London Calling
  • Silverchair – Tomorrow
  • Hot Hot Heat – Goodnight Goodnight
  • Save Ferris – Christmas Wrapping
  • Nirvana – All Apologies (MTV Unplugged)

Hour 2 – 9A

  • No Doubt – Oi To The World
  • Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
  • Pearl Jam – State Of Love And Trust
  • Howard Jones – What Is Love
  • Beck – Up All Night
  • Weezer – We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  • Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again
  • Joan Osborne – One Of Us
  • My Chemical Romance – All I Want For Christmas Is You
  • Psychedelic Furs – Heartbreak Beat
  • Juliana Hatfield – Universal Heart-Beat
  • The Offspring – Christmas, Baby Please Come Home
  • Jack Johnson – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

Hour 3 – 10A

  • New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
  • The Eels – Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Stand Inside Your Love
  • Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
  • Hole – Celebrity Skin
  • The Killers – Don’t Shoot Me Santa
  • Blur – Girls And Boys
  • The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York
  • Fall Out Boy – Yule Shoot Your Eye Out
  • O.M.D. – If You Leave
  • Spoon – Do You
  • Belly – Gepetto
  • The Last Dinner Party – Nothing Matters (from The Lounge 2024)

Hour 4 – 11A

  • The Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
  • Eve 6 – Here’s To The Night
  • Beastie Boys – Body Movin’
  • Berlin – The Metro
  • Local H – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
  • Foo Fighters – Times Like These (acoustic)
  • U2 – Christmas, Baby Please Come Home
  • Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia
  • The Cure – High
  • Blink-182 – I Won’t Be Home For Christmas

The Bears have been eliminated from playoff contention

December 16, 2024 | clowe

The Bears didn’t even play on Sunday and they still took an L.

After an offseason that was filled with hope and promise, the Bears have now been eliminated from playoff contention. This marks yet another season that the Bears have failed to advance to the postseason. The last time the Bears made the playoffs was in 2020, and the last time they won a playoff game was in 2010.

The Bears will play the Minnesota Vikings tonight in Monday Night Football.

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12.15.2024 History Of Alternative

December 15, 2024 | bphillips

Hour 1 – 8A

  • The Jam – A Town Called Malice
  • Radiohead – Just
  • Beastie Boys – Sure Shot
  • Simple Minds – Alive And Kicking
  • Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
  • Phantogram – You Don’t Get Me High Anymore
  • Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
  • Soul Coughing – Circles
  • Nirvana – Sliver
  • The Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong
  • Bush – The Sound Of Winter
  • Michael Penn – No Myth
  • Nine Inch Nails – Down In It

Hour 2 – 9A

  • Barenaked Ladies – One Week
  • Cage The Elephant – Cold Cold Cold
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Thirty Three
  • The Smithereens – Behind The Wall Of Sleep
  • Garbage – Push It
  • Foals – My Number
  • Depeche Mode – Everything Counts
  • Rancid – Fall Back Down
  • Beck – The New Pollution
  • The Jesus And Mary Chain – Sometimes Always
  • 311 – Don’t Stay Home
  • K’s Choice – Not An Addict
  • Audioslave – Be Yourself

Hour 3 – 10A

  • Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
  • The White Stripes – The Hardest Button To Button
  • Weezer – El Scorcho
  • New Order – World (The Price Of Love)
  • Paramore – Hard Times
  • Better Than Ezra – In The Blood
  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
  • Superdrag – Sucked Out
  • Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
  • R.E.M. – Imitation Of Life
  • Our Lady Peace – Superman’s Dead
  • Florence + The Machine – Kiss With A Fist
  • Sublime – Smoke Two Joints

Hour 4 – 11A

  • The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
  • Foo Fighters – Long Road To Ruin
  • Blink-182 – M+M’s
  • A Flock Of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Parallel Universe
  • The Breeders – Cannonball
  • XTC – Senses Working Overtime
  • The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
  • Nirvana – Been A Son
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Cities In Dust
  • The Strokes – You Only Live Once
  • The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored

Night 4 – Twisted 2024

December 14, 2024 | bmarruffo

Night 4 of Twisted Christmas 2024 is officially a wrap—consider this holiday chaos gift-wrapped and under the tree! Big thank you to everybody that came out to and celebrated Twisted with us!

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