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Stream 50 Alt Christmas Songs that don’t suck
Christmas music can be extremely annoying with it's slugging out of the PA system of every store your shopping in. The speakers of the relative you don't like spending the holidays with. It can be ove...
Dec 09, 2022
Foo Fighters’ UK tribute to Taylor, in a word: impassioned
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters looks on at Taylor Hawkins this past February at the Innings Festival in Arizona. (PHOTO: USA TODAY NETWORK)To say that it is difficult to rank the best moments of the U...
Sep 04, 2022
See the Chili Peppers play the kick off of Lollapalooza 1992…
3 of the 4 members of the Chili Peppers catch a Lakers basketball game in April of 2022 — [ : Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY NETWORK]We’ve got a special treat today from The History of Alternat...
Jul 18, 2022
You, as a superhero: Hasbro to offer personalized action figures
You can be a Ghostbuster, G.I. Joe, Marvel super hero or Star Wars inspired hero — just, much shorter than you are now. And made of plastic.Starting this fall, Hasbro will give you a chance to s...
Jul 13, 2022
Remember this EPIC drum battle between Will Ferrell & RHCP’s Chad Smith?
Chad Smith, drummer extraordinaire for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will be at Soldier Field with the rest of the band this August. We’d like to send you for free, perhaps. Cross your fingers. You...
Jul 12, 2022
This “burrito funnel” may be the best invention ever.
Photo by PixabayThis may be the best “invention” ever — “invention,” because unfortunately it’s not in mass production. But who knows? Maybe the Burrito Bumper will...
May 08, 2022
Remember the Snuggie? How about the Weezer Snuggie?
It’s been a crappy spring in Chicago. Don’t you wish you could buy the Weezer Snuggie?More than a decade ago now, the band was doing promotion for their newly released album Raditude. Bein...
Apr 30, 2022
Here’s Nirvana, the first time they performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
April 17, 1991. At the time, who could know that this would be such a meaningful date in the History Of Alternative? This was the date that Kurt Cobain and company trotted out “Smell...
Apr 24, 2022
Tim McIlrath of Rise Against joins AWOLNATION for cover of “Beds Are Burning”
Tim Mclrath in The Lounge at 101WKQXTim McIlrath of Rise Against is featured on a new track from AWOLNATION. Which is actually — an old track reworked.Check it out. Not only is it unique from an...
Feb 25, 2022
Imagine “Mr. Brightside,” but if Blink-182 did it instead of The Killers.
A lot more people are jumping on the trend of “your favorite song in the style of,” which is always an interesting exercise in…..WTF?!?”Mr. Brightside” from The Killers i...
Feb 23, 2022
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