Bikini Kill Reunite (For One Song) This Past Weekend
It’s been 20 years, but Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, and Kathleen Hanna performed together this past Saturday at The Kitchen in New York City. They were all at The Kitchen for Jenn Pelly’s new 33 1/3 book about the Raincoats’ self-titled album. You can watch a very very short clip of them performing “For Tammy Rae” below.…
Ozzy Osbourne Announces “Farewell World Tour”
To “celebrate five decades of performing”, Ozzy Osbourne has announced his “farewell world tour” on Monday. “People keep asking me when I’m retiring”, Ozzy said in a press release. “This will be my final world tour, but I can’t say I won’t do some shows here and there.” The “farewell world tour” will travel across…
I DARE YOU TO LISTEN TO: GRUNGE FROM AFTER APRIL 5, 1994
I was among the seemingly few people on earth who didn’t get the news about Kurt Cobain’s death from the impressively composed Kurt Loder. I usually watched at least two hours of MTV every afternoon when school let out, but that day I was driving my parents’ Civic to Taco Bell, half-listening as one of…
Chicago Creative: Photographer Bianca Garcia Shoots In Color
When Bianca Garcia grudgingly signed up for a photography class her freshman year of high school, she wasn’t setting out to become one of Chicago’s most high profile fashion photographers. She just needed to fill a gap in her schedule. “It was an accident,,” the 22 year old explains during a quick phone call between…
The Riot Fest Week in Review
Week of October 30th, 2017We learned about George Papadoupolus. A new book of David Bowie Photos is coming in 2018 We learned about a $25,000 taco. We learned some fun facts about Candy Corn. (It’s trash). For $50 / hour, you can take drum lessons from Type O Negative and Danzig drummer Johnny Kelly. We…
Want To Survive The Upcoming Nuclear Apocalypse? Move To Kansas City
Are you worried about the upcoming nuclear apocalypse? Realtor.com made a list of the best cities you have a chance to survive a nuclear attack in and Kansas City is ranked number one. Realtor.com used a number of criteria to calculate the best cities to survive the nuclear apocalypse including, home listings with a lake,…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: TWIX
TWIX A174116 • Spayed, 2-year-old Female • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Twix is a scared little milky mamma. Just a baby who had babies and was dumped. Poor girl. She curls up in a corner of her cage and looks at you with sad eyes. Twix is a smaller girl who was very…
Hey WWE, Make Darren Young Gay Again
Last week, WWE announced that it had “come to terms on the release” of former Tag Team Champion Darren Young. The news was less shocking than the surprise release of fan-favorite Emma, announced the same day. Young, whose last televised appearance was on January 18th’s WWE Main Event — a match that was called off…
