Where’d the Cheese Go? When Pizza Hut Hired Ween And Then Fired Them
So what’s the deal with the song “Where’d the Cheese Go?” In 2002, Pizza Hut hired Ween to write a song for a new commercial. Ween sent them six songs and Pizza Hut rejected every one of them. Eventually, “Where’d the Cheese Go?” was leaked on-line, and a hit song was born. According to their…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, June 23rd, 2017Today is Glenn Danzig‘s birthday! Since he is immortal, gaining one more year probably doesn’t mean as much to Mr. Danzig as it does to us. That being said, Glenn, all of us at Riot Fest would like to wish you a happy birthday, and we can’t wait to see you here in Chicago in…
Riot Fest’s Best Bartender Contest
Are you a bartender in Chicago? Enter Riot Fest’s Best Bartender Contest for your chance to win a VIP experience at Riot Fest for you and nine friends, plus a victory party courtesy of Riot Fest! Enter Here: goo.gl/xJtrsp Prize Package Includes: 10 VIP Passes to Riot Fest 10 Passes to an Official Riot Fest…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Rambo
Rambo A163454 • Neutered 1.3-year-old Male • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Rambo is very excited in his cage. His cage presence may turn people off because he jumps a lot and just wants to get outside. He has lots of energy outside in the playlots and its understandable because he isn’t getting all…
9 Reasons Shea Couleé Is Truly America’s Next Drag Superstar
In the eight years that have passed since RuPaul’s Drag Race first aired, the wildly popular pop culture behemoth has never crowned a Chicago queen as its winner. As of tonight, when the Logo/VH1 show’s Season 9 finale airs, that could very well change. Chicago queen Shea Couleé has practically dominated Season 9 of the…
A Safe Haven 5K: Run Fast, Win Riot Fest Passes
Riot Fest is continuing our partnership with Douglas Park neighborhood organization A Safe Haven Foundation for its 7th annual 5K RUN! to End Homelessness! This year, the run will be held at Montrose Harbor, and takes place on Saturday, July 15th, 2107 at 8:30AM. The first 50 runners to finish will each win a pair of…
‘Danzig III’ Taught Me To Not Judge An Album By Its Cover
In the summer of 1992, I was 15 years old and struggling desperately to find out everything I could about underground music–something I’d only recently learned existed–from a tiny farm town in Michigan in the days before the Internet. In a place so devoid of culture that there weren’t even any older weird kids around…
There’s Still No Album Like ‘Enter the Wu-Tang’
An itemized inventory of Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers): nine cigarette cherries glowing beneath the caged walkways of Staten Island’s Stapleton Projects; nine sword blades tarnished by splintered bone; the feeling of a knee scraped on dirty concrete; the synthetic grease and trash smell of summertime New York subway tunnels; untraceable Timberland boot…
