Band Name Bureau and the 15-Year Effort to Catalog Terrible Band Names
Former A.V. Club editor Kyle Ryan revives his Year In Band Names column as a newsletterSince the early MySpace days, writer and former A.V. Club editor Kyle Ryan has been collecting terrible band names. He’s keeping his 15-year effort going with a newsletter called Band Name Bureau.
A Guide to Making Smashing Pumpkins Cocktails
Drink through the band’s discography with our cocktail (and mocktail) recipesIt doesn’t feel like it’s been too long since Smashing Pumpkins’ 2018 release of the ragbag, indie-genre mashup work Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1—and with any luck, we should be getting a double album later this year, one that Billy Corgan describes as being “back in the lane of taking a risk.” Well,…
Floating Movie Theaters are Coming to Chicago This September
Floating Boat Cinema docks at Lake Michigan September 9–13Come September, a new form of moviegoing might just drift into Chicago: floating movie theaters.
Contest: Show Us the Worst Concert Footage on Your Phone
Use #MyWorstConcertVideo and you could win Riot Fest ticketsWe miss live music so much that we want to watch all of your horrible, horrible concert footage from your phone. Show us your lousy camerawork and you could win Riot Fest tickets.
Run the Jewels Announce “Ooo La La” Cannabis Strain
Roll the Jewels with the duo’s official hybrid strainYou can get your hands on an Ooo La La blunt later this year at COOKIES dispensaries in California and Detroit, with releases in Illinois coming later this year.
At Last, The Tamale Guy is Getting His Own Restaurant
The Chicago icon is opening up a place in Ukrainian VillageAfter nearly two decades of selling tamales out of his iconic red coolers, Claudio Velez—better known as Chicago’s legendary Tamale Guy—is getting a restaurant of his own in Ukrainian Village.
There’s Definitely Some PUP References in the New Paper Mario Game
Someone at Nintendo clearly loves Morbid Stuff as much as we doAs PUP drummer Zack Mykula excitedly pointed out via Twitter, there’s a section of the game where a Toad says three lines referencing the band’s 2019 album ‘Morbid Stuff.’
Bike The Boulevard: A Community Bike Ride for Public Safety
Ride through North Lawndale with us for a good causeJoin The Riot Fest Foundation on July 31 for the 24th Ward’s Bike The Boulevard, a community bike ride through North Lawndale to promote public safety.
