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The Daily Riot Fest Roundup

The Daily Riot Fest Roundup

Monday, February 12th, 2018
February 12, 2018 (February 12, 2018) // Riot Fest

We wish a happy birthday to Abraham Lincoln; Also, it’s National Freedom to Marry Day, as well as Paul Bunyan Day. Timberrrr!


Scientists discover flu-fighting powers of red wine, which can still get you drunk.

https://riotfest.org/2018/02/wine-fights-flu/


For as low as $15, you can name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after a lover/enemy.

https://riotfest.org/2018/02/name-a-cockroach/


NPR is currently streaming all of Superchunk’s new record, What a Time to Be Alive, and we refuse turn the LP’s title into wordplay.

https://riotfest.org/2018/02/listen-new-superchunk/


Lemmy’s back… in deity form! According to a billboard in St. Louis, you will meet the Motörhead frontman when you die. Mortality doesn’t seem so grim anymore.

https://riotfest.org/2018/02/lemmy-billboard/


JUST ANNOUNCED: GBH w/ Fireburn. June 10th at Cobra Lounge. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00am CST. 



One of the greatest albums of all time erupted onto the Sunset Strip 40 years ago today. Happy birthday, Van Halen.

On This Day In 1978, The Van Halen Album Was Released!
I used a Shure 57 microphone and my famous stock 100 watt Marshall through my variac down to 89 volts and a 4X12 slant cabinet to record the whole record. @VanHalen #guitar #guitars #Rock #music pic.twitter.com/SILluX8yW8

— Eddie Van Halen (@eddievanhalen) February 10, 2018


Somewhere down on Fullerton, there’s a place we used to go to get away from it all, and see this band play a lot. Will we ever see Allister again?

Happy Birthday to fellow Allister crony, Scott Murphy! Here's to you sir… pic.twitter.com/crfDkocvom

— Tim Allister (@HumbugRog) February 11, 2018


You can’t put your arms around an MP3.

Johnny Thunders kind of Saturday… Anyone feeling me on this? pic.twitter.com/EgMZmodZPb

— Laura Jane Grace (@LauraJaneGrace) February 10, 2018


We need to get some cheers like this going at Riot Fest 2018.

This is one of the wildest things I have ever witnessed with my own two eyes!! A North Korean cheer sqaud at the Olympics 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/ijJysVGLXf

— Matt Stopera (@mattstopera) February 10, 2018


Preach on, brother Garfield!

Nothing good happens on Monday. Sorry, #MondayMotivation. #IHateMondays pic.twitter.com/Wv3kWWpZpc

— Garfield (@Garfield) February 12, 2018


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