Lord Stanley!!!!

Elwood

Happy Birthday, Son!!!

Happy 55th Birthday!!!! Jersey's finest

"MOTHER"

Glenn Danzig's new studio album, Deth Red Sabaoth, is currently streaming on CBS Radio's "The Street Date", which also features an in-depth video interview with Glenn.
The 11-track collection, produced, recorded and penned by Danzig, is laced with Glenn's lycanthropic growls and blues-infected wailing. Tracks including "Black Candy," "The Revengeful," and the first single, "On A Wicked Night," emit a spectral glow to rival the highest points in Danzig's colossal discography. Part 1 of the exquisite two-part "Pyre of Souls" opens with acoustic guitar, haunting piano, Glenn's plainsong vocal, and an almost dirge-like feel; Part II explodes with electric guitars and a driving, mesmerizing cadence.
Joining Glenn in the studio for the recording of Deth Red Sabaoth were guitarist Tommy Victor (Prong, Ministry), a Danzig cohort on and off since 1997, and drummer Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Seventh Void). While Kelly has toured with Glenn intermittently since 2002, this is the first time he has recorded with the band. Glenn handled the bass chores for most of the album, and played drums on "Black Candy."

The Greatest Actor's 52nd Birthday

Say hello to my Boom Stick!!!


http://www.bruce-campbell.com/

Happy Belated 53rd Birthday!!!!

WWE Hall of Famer, The Birdman aka Koko B. Ware with Frankie

The 25 Best Pizzas in Chicago [Chicago Magazine]

Below is the full list.
Piece Offerings: The 25 Best Pizzas in Chicago [Chicago Magazine]
1. Great Lake - Cremini Mushrooms, Dante Cheese
2. Piece - Plain with Artichoke Hearts
3. Castel Gandolfo - Margherita
4. Crust - Flammkuchen
5. Coalfire - Margherita
6. Lou Malnati's - Deep-Dish with Sausage
7. Santullo's Eatery - Pepperoni
8. Burt's Place - Pan with Sausage
9. Art of Pizza - Stuffed with Sausage
10. Pequod's - Pan with Sausage
11. Union Pizzeria - Lam Sausage, Eggplant, Kalamata Olives
12. Macello - Bianca
13. Pizano's - Thin with Sausage
14. Coco Pazzo - Coppa
15. Spacca Napoli - Margherita
16. Apart Pizza Company - Apart Signature pie
17. Nella Pizzeria Napoletana - Margherita
18. Gino's East - Deep-Dish with Sausage Patty
19. Gruppo Di Amici - Funghi e Formaggi
20. Louisa's - Cheese
21. Frasca - Margherita
22. Gigio's - Thin with Sausage
23. Paula & Monica's - Thin with Sausage 2
4. Parkers' Restaurant & Bar - Margherita
25. Aurelio's - Thin with Black Olives

Club 81 Too: Fried fare, served with heaping side of family

Hegewisch is a real place, and it's not in Harry Potter-land. But mention it to Chicagoans and 75 percent of them will give you that tilted-head, pursed-lipped look of Huh? Where?It is, in fact, a neighborhood of Chicago, as south and east as the city goes. It's possible to play Twister with left hand on Chicago, left foot on Burnham, Ill., and right foot on Hammond, Ind.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-play-0617-cheap-eater-club-81-20100617,0,7186971.story

Today's Lunch

Lucky’s Sandwich Company

Famous for its huge sandwiches piled high with meat( Pastrami & Capiola), cheese, tomatoes, coleslaw, and fries (yes, in the sandwich), it would take two humans mouths to fit the whole sandwich in a bite, but not this man. They have a challenge to eat three Lucky sandwiches, your choice of meat, with all toppings in only one hour. The world record is just under 5 mins.

Happy 51st Birthday!!!!

Yes he is still alive

He won the WWF Championship and pinned Hulk Hogan in the main event of WrestleMania VI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0pyWCNEIY&feature=fvst

30 years ago, 'The Blues Brothers' hit the big screen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5N35kQAPv0

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0616-blues-brothers-20100616,0,5283145.story?page=1

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0616-dan-aykroyd-blues-brothe20100616,0,6844448.story

The New World's Biggest Burger Competition:

Ambrosia On The Spot in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney, has made a 95.5-kilogram (about 210.5 pounds) burger to beat the current Guinness World Record holder for "largest hamburger commercially available", the 84-kilogram burger from Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate, Michigan. The burger will be on the menu for the next year for AUD $1,500 ($1,220). Aside from the ginormous beef patty, the burger is made of 120 eggs, 150 slices of cheese, 1.5 kilograms of beets, 2.5 kilograms of tomatoes, and almost 2 kilograms of lettuce, topped with a special sauce on a sesame seed bun.

WOW!!!!!!! Shades of '61

Chrissy Pronger

This is disrespectful to figure skaters, who are not sissies, but incredible athletes in their own right.

"I don't read what you guys write. Good or bad," Pronger said.
When it was pointed out that the newspaper had an interesting picture of him, Pronger still wouldn't take the bait.
"Next question," he responded.
The reporter continued "in a figure skating dress," and Pronger replied: "Next question." When the reporter said "and I was just wondering," Pronger again said: "Next question.""I really couldn't care, to be honest with you," Pronger said. "I'm worried about playing the game."

There’s a 75% or better chance Kuma’s will have a 2nd location by this time next year.

The big question for Kuma’s Corner, home of our city’s most lauded (and loudest) burgers, has been when — not if — they’ll expand beyond their Avondale location. Waiting two hours for their pretzel-rolled monstrosities calls for such queries. Well, it’s coming, and owner Mike Cain said there’s a 75 percent or better chance Kuma’s will have a second location by this time next year. Only it might not necessarily be another burger joint.“I just think we can use more BBQ in the city,” Cain told The Stew Friday. “I’m also looking at Southern foods. Fried chicken, collard greens, sweet potato pies.”Cain, a ribs aficionado, said no location has been set yet, though he’s got his eyes on a few spots. Cain also spoke of expanding Kuma’s burgers to other cities, such as Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and other “working man cities,” as he called them. For now, Cain is focused on Kuma’s 5th anniversary party on July 10, in which he’ll shut down Francisco Avenue, where 10 metal bands will have the stage. It’s free to the public.

Smoque BBQ is at U.S. Cellular Field

These baby backs from Smoque won't be available at U.S. Cellular Field, but its brisket and pulled pork will.Posted by Kevin PangThe White Sox might not be having the most spectacular season (and neither are their North Side brethren), but there's a new reason to visit U.S. Cellular Field this summer. Smoque, the BBQ joint that has reached an echelon of must-visits among 'Cue aficianados, will be operating a stall at the stadium starting this Tuesday, June 1. Bad news: most ticker-holders won't be able to sample Barry Sorkin's brisket and pulled pork sandwiches at the stadium, because the stand will be in section 318 on the LG Skyline Club Level in right field. So unless you're holding Skybox or premium tickets, you're out of luck, but you can still visit the restaurant's main Old Irving Park location. "It's incredibly exciting for us," Sorkin told The Stew Thursday afternoon. "Hopefully a North Side restaurant on the South Side won't anger people. At the end of the day, we're all Chicagoans."For now, the Cell will only offer a greatest hits of Smoque's BBQ: the 14-hour smoked brisket (ask for end pieces), pulled pork shoulder, barbecue beans and his tangy coleslaw. Sweet tea and Blue Moon wheat beer will also be offered. The food will be made at the restaurant's kitchen and transported to the stadium daily."We're slicing the brisket and pulling the pork on site, so the product doesn't suffer at all." Sorkin said Levy Restaurants approached him about the opportunity of a partnership several months ago.

SSHHHHH!! Hawks within 1 win of Stanley Cup

RIP

Click on the picture

Thank you for the Memories!!!!

WOW!!!! What a game, Hawks up 2-0!!!

WOW!!!!! Do you believe in miracles?

Save Niemi!!!!!!

Congrats Shades of '61

Way to go Big Buff!!!

Dustin Byfuglien celebrates his OT goal.

3-0 Lead

Alexei Ramirez Does Basically Live at Cafeteria y Restaurante de Pancho

In non-scandalous food news reporting by the Sun Times this morning, Lisa Donavon followed White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez around to his favorite Cuban spot in town, Cafeteria y Restaurante de Pancho. The Cuban-born player said he had to make sure there was a place in town where he could get arroz y habichuelas (rice with creamy black beans), like he used to have back home. It's a cute story, but we weren't sure how much we believed the claim that a White Sox player just hangs out at a humble Logan Square restaurant on his off time. For lunch today we decided to stop by and see if there were was any truth to this. Sure enough, sitting in the first table on the right was Alexei Ramirez. Oh, and those arroz y habichuelas? They were tasty.

2200 North California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647-2904(773) 384-1865‎

Happy 64th Birthday!!!! R.I.P. Anybody Want A Peanut

The Eighth Wonder of the World

Move over Bannerman!!!!!

Hawks 4-2!!!! To take a 2-0 lead coming home. Let's go boys.

Happy 67th Birthday!!!!

The First ECW Heavyweight Champion

http://www.jimmysnuka.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka

Memphis in May: Barbecue Competition

Tuffy of Cool Smoke won 1st place in Shoulder


There were 254 teams competing for the title of Grand Champion of the 2010 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, and in the end, it was Yazoo's Delta Q that took home the trophy after winning first place in the whole hog category.
"Hog is the hardest thing to cook and get right," said Pete Cookston of Nesbit, Miss. "It's just doing it again and again, and you get it right."


Memphis in May 2010 Finalists
Grand Champion: Yazoo's Delta Q
Shoulder

1. Cool Smoke, (Richmond, VA)

2. Rebel Roaster Revue (Memphis, TN)

3. Sweet Swine o' Mine (Memphis, TN)
Whole Hog

1. Yazoo's Delta Q (Nesbit, MS)

2. 10 Bones BBQ (Olive Branch, MS)

3. The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint (Ocean Springs, MS)
Ribs

1. Natural Born Grillers (Southaven, MS)

2. Sofa King Smokers (Madison MS)

3. Prime Time BBQ (Eureka, MO)
Patio Porkers (Open Contest for First-Time Competitors)

1. Lord of the Swine (Marion, AR)

2. Here for the Beer (Little Rock, AR)

3. Hoof Hearted (Millington, TN)

Read more: http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/05/memphis-in-may-2010-world-barbecue-championship-bbq-results.html#ixzz0oHYJOnfK

Great outdoor spots

Cheif O'Neill's should be higher on this list

Hey the weather’s looking up! This week promises temps in the 70s, so we’re revved for some al fresco dining. Forthwith, our picks for great outdoor spots.Let us know your faves.

1. Piccolo Sogno (464 N. Halsted St.) for the lovely Italian garden

2. Rooftop at the Wit for the Loop view and small-plate snacks.

3. Cyrano’s on the River (233 Lower Wacker Dr.) for yacht-watching

4. Rockit Bar & Grill (22 W. Hubbard St.) for the scene

5. The Gage (24 S. Michigan Ave.) or the full beans-to-black-pudding Irish breakfast with Millennium Park arrayed before you.

6. Terzo Piano at the Art Institute (159 E. Monroe St.) for the art.
7. Palmer Place, (56 S. La Grange Rd., La Grange) for two levels of seating, lots of brews and mighty fine burgers.

8. Jacky's on Prairie (2445 Prairie Ave., Evanston) Romantic, with black iron tables and solid roast chickens.

9. Chief O'Neil's (3471 North Elston Ave.) for its large urban beer garden

10. Shanghai Terrace (8 E. Superior St.) for over-the-top Michigan Avenue view.

Metal icon Ronnie James Dio dead at 67

At least I saw "The Man" before he died. Like I say I have to see them once before they die.

R.I.P..........HOLY DIVER!!!!!!

For someone who always seemed to be just off to the side of the biggest stages rock music can provide, the late Ronnie James Dio certainly seemed to inspire a lot of affection. He's best known, perhaps, for working alongside musicians much better known than him, usually when those musicians appeared to have past the peak of their own success. So he joined Richie Blackmore in Rainbow after Blackmore had departed Deep Purple. After three albums with Rainbow he replaced Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath, staying with them for two studio records before heading off to front his own band, Dio. In recent years there had been a reunion with Sabbath, though under the name Heaven and Hell, to avoid confusion with the Osborne-fronted Sabbath that was also touring.
So far, so upper-to-middling a rock career. But Dio was more than just a travelling vocal troubleshooter to heavy rock fans. For a start, he had one of the definitive hard rock voices, a rich baritone that could rise through the octaves. He didn't blur or spit his words, so you could hear everything he sang, which was crucial to his appeal. That's because Dio perfected what many people see as the template of hard rock lyricism – lots of swords, sorcery, wizards in towers, men on silver mounains, kings to be killed. It wasn't subtle, but Dio communicated as clearly with fans who read Stephen R Donaldson and Frank Herbert epics as Morrissey did with those who were watching kitchen sink dramas. It made him easy to parody – our band at school, 25 years ago, had a song that began "In a mystical time/ before reason and rhyme/ When the blood stained the axe and the fire", which was a result of too much time spent listening to the first Dio album, Holy Diver. Jack's Black Tenacious D acknowledged the same feelings – a mixture of mockery, affection and slightly ashamed admiration – 20 years later, writing a song called, simply, Dio.
So there's the voice, the lyrics, but there's something else, too, that places Dio in exalted position in the great throne room of metal: his use of his index and fourth fingers. It was Dio who brought to hard rock the devil's horns, the international symbol of all thing's rockular, a symbol understood across the world and across generations. The sign of the devil's horns is a physical Esperanto more easily understood than any other gesture save, perhaps, the raised middle finger. To have brought that to the world is one of those ludicrous but absolutely endearing and enduring achievements that only metal can really manage.
If it sounds like I'm having a laugh at Dio's expense, I'm not. Because above and beyond those things, Dio sang on some extraordinary and unforgettable songs. Stargazer, by Rainbow, is for my money better than Led Zeppelin's Kashmir, a great song itself but overshadowed by the preposterousness of Dio's and Blackmore's vision. His presence reinvigorated Black Sabbath into producing their best work in years – the likes of Heaven and Hell, Neon Knights and The Mob Rules stand as equal to anything from the Ozzy years.

Happy Belated 57th Birthday!!!!

Two time WWF Intercontinental Champion

Burt Reynolds On USA's Burn Notice

Actor Burt Reynolds hasn't been seen around town in Hollywood lately, but, he's set to be back in action as he kicks off with Michael Westen in USA's hit series 'Burn Notice'. According to sources at CW.com Burt Reynolds will play Paul Anderson; a "legendary operative now retired and cast out from the CIA. Things have not gone well for him since he left the spy service," explains series creator Matt Nix to EW.com. "He's now working as a bartender under an assumed name and he gets into trouble with some very nasty Russian guys." "He's not precisely like Michael," Nix continued. "He's Michael should Michael succumb to some of the demons that haunt ex-spies."
Burt Reynolds' episode should be airing sometime after the premiere, set to launch June 3rd.

Blackhawks close out CSN coverage in style

BULL!!!!!!!!!! Stupid Versus & NBC!!!!!! Pat Foley will be missed.

Moving on to a conference final match-up against the San Jose Sharks, the Blackhawks leave behind more than just Vancouver. Tuesday's Game 6 second-round playoff victory also takes them away from Comcast SportsNet Chicago, which has enjoyed an unprecedented surge in hockey-fueled viewership. Tuesday's 5-1 clincher against the Canucks was the Hawks' second-highest rated game ever on the team's cable home, which is partly owned by the Blackhawks, Cubs, White Sox and Bulls. It averaged a 9.93 household rating, which translates to roughly 347,600 homes, surpassed only by the 10.14 household rating for Game 3 of the Hawks-Canucks series six nights earlier.More impressive, perhaps, is the fact that the Blackhawks' last five games on CSN, dating back to the first-round clincher against Nashville on April 26, now account for the five most-watched programs in the channel's 5 1/2 year history, ahead of anything featuring the Cubs, White Sox or Bulls.Comcast SportsNet Chicago will continue to do postgame shows going forward for the remainder of the hockey postseason. But the conference finals and, should the Hawks advance, the Stanley Cup championship series are available only through the NHL's TV partners, Versus and NBC. (Click here to see where Versus is available in your area.)