Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, July 5th, 2017Only three more days until the grand opening of The Riot Feast! Eater has just revealed the menu, check it out and start salivating. After the grand opening dinner seatings this Saturday, we’ll be turning it over into the after-hours speakeasy with DJ sets by members of Sleep On It and Adam Siska from …The Academy…
Riot Fest Essentials: We Learned The Hard Way So You Don’t Have To
Attending a music festival is a wonderful experience––the bands, the people watching, the carnival rides, the greasy food––but things can easily take a turn for the worst if you’re not prepared. As a Riot Fest 5th timer (do I get a special jacket for this?) and the perpetual mom of my “Riot Family,” I’ve…
Here’s Some Stuff That Idiots Believe About Food
By now you’ve probably heard the terrifying news: Some 7 percent of American adults apparently believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. To make matters worse, that 7 percent weren’t the only folks who seem to be a bit confused: 47 percent of all respondents to the survey were generally unsure where chocolate milk comes from. Unless…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, June 30th, 2017#Today #is #National #Social #Media #Day. Please share. Action Bronson dropped a brand new music video today, for the previously grooved-upon track “Let Me Breathe” is absolutely and completely off the string. Buckle up and enjoy! Every day that we’re still alive during these tumultuous times is cause for celebration, but at some point in…
We Should All Bow Down To Dinosaur Jr.
They never had any massive hits like Nirvana or Pearl Jam; they never so defined a sub-genre, nor generated as many direct copycats, as My Bloody Valentine did with shoegaze; they never had quite the tastemaking cachet of Sonic Youth. So, what is it about Dinosaur Jr. that makes them a big deal? What is…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, June 29th, 2017Today is National Handshake Day and, of course, everybody knows that it’s also National Waffle Iron Day… Danzig just announced a run of tour dates that perfectly routes them from the east coast to Chicago, so they’ll be in top form by the time they get to Riot Fest to play Danzig III: How the…
For $125 You Can Buy Old Band T-Shirts With Kylie or Kendall Jenner’s Face On Them Because Fuck You That’s Why
For $125 you can buy old band t-shirts of Pink Floyd, The Doors, and Ozzy Osbourne, but with one amazing improvement, Kylie or Kendall (I honestly don’t know which one is which and I really don’t care to find out) Jenner’s face is screen-printed over them. Why? Because fuck you, that’s why. According to their…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Fridge
Poor Fridge. He was returned to the Chicago ACC because his adopters realized they had allergies. The Fridge is a big guy, but relatively of easy to handle once he’s gotten a chance to burn off his excess energy. He really enjoys soft toys or rope toys that he can shake and gnaw on. Fridge…
