21  Jul
Hump Day!!!!

It’s Hump Day! And as we all know sometimes hump days can feel like they take longer than it takes to file a lawsuit against the owner of face book for 84% of the company!

The good news I’m here to provide some funny for the day!

So I present to you my favorite video on the internet:

If you recall WAyyyyyyyyyyyyy back in the day on our old site I actually wrote a blog to the original video with this. I was ahead of my time!

Have a great Hump day!!!!!

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Mind of the Nooge. Date: July 21, 2010, 1:18 pm | 3 Comments »

14  Jul
Hump Day Music

I know what you’re thinking…this hump day music isn’t NEAR as good as the music that we play on the Top 10 Unsigned Artist Countdown or the Unsigned Artist Showcase but I’ll tell you what it is MILES better than…a cellphone you can’t hold! :)

(Sidenote: Why does it always seem when companies get huge they forget how to make shit that works?)

Metro Station “Seventeen Forever”

Before you say “WTF Nooge?!?!?” the reason I’m posting this song is because that even Metro Station thinks that their ‘Shit was Weak’. HAHAHA, I like the honesty, and if you’re honest you make the Hump Day music list.

Soul Decision “Faded”

Wait – before you say “WTF Nooge!?!?!?” part II, just remember that these dudes were awesome in the early 00′s. And I’d also like to point out that the one guy in the group looks like former NWO superstar “Buff Bagwell.”

Buff Bagwell

...trying to find an image of buff bagwell I've come to the concluison wrestling was wayyyyyy gayer than I remember.

Far East Movement “Fetish”

Here’s the thing about Far East Movement – they are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy under rated. And…there was a time in my life when I also thought wearing pastel colors wasn’t a bad idea…turns out it is/was/always will be.

And there’s a quick 3 pack for your Hump Day!

Enjoy!

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Music Video Reviews. Date: July 14, 2010, 9:22 am | 2 Comments »

After seeing LeBron James take his reputation and crap on it I figured we needed a strong drink for our friends in Cleveland (Read THIS ARTICLE it should make you feel better about how dumb LeBron is.)

Angels Fall

What You Need:

1 Shot Amaretto
1 Shot Grenadine
1 splash Cranberry Juice
1 splash Grapefruit Juice (You don’t NEED grapefruit juice. I actually replace this with an extra splash of Grenadine or OJ…or just leave it out completely)
1 splash Pineapple Juice
3/4 Shot Absolut Vodka
3/4 Shot Beefeater Dry Gin
1/4 Shot Bacardi 151 Proof Rum
1/4 Shot Dark Rum
1/4 Shot Light Rum
1/4 Shot Myer’s Rum

How To:

This is a super simple drink. Get a large shaker, fill with ice, add ingredients and shake. If you don’t want to shake your drink you don’t have to – you can just pour all the ingredients in a collins glass with ice and stir. I know some people are anal about shaking drinks…so you don’t have to.

And Boom! You’re done. A strong drink to make you forget…or hate LeBrong James (get it? LeBrong?!?!)

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Drink of the Week. Date: July 9, 2010, 10:45 am | No Comments »

So as we all know LeBron James ‘The Decision’ is going to be airing tonight at 8pm Central on ESPN, let’s break down what his possible choices would say about him:

If LeBron chooses…

The Miami Heat it says… “I’m not a great player, I’m better off being an Iceman to your Maverick. I’m this decades Scottie Pippen, most likely a Hall of Famer, but NOT a Michael Jordan.”

The New York Knicks it says… “Winning? Who cares about winning? I could be the biggest star in the world! Take that Kobe!

The New Jersey Nets it says… “Jay Z is neat.”

The Chicago Bulls it says… “I can overshadow MJ in his own home and win a title with a ready-to-win team.”

The Cleveland Cavaliers it says… “I’m loyal, maybe not a winner, but I’m going to try to bring a title home on my own.”

The LA Clippers it says… “Hey Kobe, enjoy all the face time your wife got during your last parade, that’s the last time she’s going to be on TV…unless there is a divorce or something…”

Other it says… “Take that everyone. Minnesota Timberwolves 4 life!”

Posted by The Nooge, filed under WestSideWill Sports. Date: July 8, 2010, 10:08 am | No Comments »

In what can only be described as one of the weirdest things that I have ever read.

A Tokyo man has “married” his video game lover.

The quick version of the story is as follows; A Tokyo man, who will only go by the name of Sal 9000…which makes the story even more awesome, recent performed a wedding ceremony so he could marry his Digital Girlfriend.

No this isn’t a chick he met playing an online video game, it’s a chick he created playing a “Dating Simulator.”

This is a REAL GAME. I swear I didn’t believe it at first either but it’s for the the Nintendo DS and it’s Called Love Plus+ .

That’s right, for those of you scoring at home, you no longer even need there to be a real person on the other end of the video game via the internet to have a “relationship”. Konami has your back!

I don’t know about you…but…in my opinion there are somethings that a video game simply cannot do…I think we all know what I’m talking about…clean the house and make dinner!

Have a great Monday Folks!

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Dating Game. Date: July 5, 2010, 3:22 pm | No Comments »

Once again it is Friday and as promised here is your drink of the week!

Long Island Iced Tea Recipe

Long Island Iced Tea Recipe

The Long Island Iced Tea

Ingredients:

2 cups ice cubes
1 shot vodka
1 shot gin
1 shot white rum
1 shot white tequila
1/2 shot Triple Sec
1.5 Shots of Sweet & Sour mix (Some people like lemon or orange juice here. Use what you have.)
1/2 Cup Cola (Some people like a bit more, some a bit less. Always safe to have your first one with more, then adjust as the night goes on! I prefer a splash that goes around 1/3 cup. There is A TON of booze in here so…yeah.)
2 lemon wedges

How To Make the Drink

Start with a shaker that you fill with ice (normally I try to fill the shaker as high as I can with ice – this drink is great cold). Pour all of the ingredients over ice. Shake. Pour into a glass WITH ice. Put those lemon wedges in the glass/on the edge. Boom! You have a long island iced tea AND you look fancy.

A few warnings

This drink IS strong. That’s right folks, all those shots of booze are no joke – so remember it’s a sippin mans drink. There is no reason to go balls to the wall and drink all of this. In fact the recipe I gave you can be stretched out to 2 drinks if you want to add a bit more Sour mix and Cola.

As for what Cola you use – I recommend RC or Coke. Seriously, RC. I never thought RC would be good to use for anything other than to get the rust off pennies, however, it mixes well with the Long Island. The problem you run in to with Pepsi is that it has a weird sweet taste that kind of makes the drink a bit funky. The same is kind of said with RC so if you use less cola RC should be the choice. Coke has a more bitter taste mixed with the sweet so it works better than most. There is even a strong group of people who give up on the whole cola debate and just add sweet iced tea to the mix (even flavored.) Personally I hate that flavor but I know a lot of people who love it.

Some people prefer to replace that sweet & sour mix with a number of things (even pineapple juice) and you can do it. They key here is the citrus + sweet. Don’t use grapefruit. It sucks.

And there you have it, the Long Island Iced tea! Remember this drink is as strong as you want it to be. I ALWAYS suggest going weaker and seeing what you can handle as you move on. It’s also important to know your audience. If you have big drinkers coming over then don’t mix in as much cola, if you don’t, then use the standard amount or more! This isn’t going to be “Manhattan” bitter – but it is going to be Manhattan strong so be ready to not drive anywhere.

Enjoy!

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Drink of the Week. Date: July 2, 2010, 9:14 am | No Comments »

I was clicking around the internet this morning when I saw this headline: Larissa Riquelme, Lingerie Model, Will Run Naked If Paraguay Wins World Cup (PHOTOS) on The Huffington Post, and it made me realize something…I DO care about the World Cup!

Who is this Larissa Riquelme? Well…I don’t know. Seriously I don’t know who the heck she is…but I do have eyes:

Larissa Riquelme Photos

Before everyone gets all judgemental let me just say this isn’t the first time a hot chick has used sports to get popular…Jenn Sterger looking in your direction….

Also doing indepth research…because that’s what I do as apart of my job…it appears as if she doesn’t have any problems getting naked…

So join with me in saying Go Paraguay!!!!!!

Posted by The Nooge, filed under WestSideWill Sports. Date: July 1, 2010, 7:56 am | 3 Comments »

It’s Hump day! And I know that you’ve listened to the Top 10 Show AND The Unsigned Artist Showcase

In Honor of Going to Ribfest in Naperville IL this July 4th I’m going to post some videos from some of the artists you can find there!

1) Sister Hazel “All for You”

Fun Fact: The WestSideWill guys and I are going to see “Sister Hazel” perform…our 2nd time seeing them perform. Yeah…jealous?

2) Sammy Hagar “I can’t Drive 55″

Fun Fact: I wasn’t even alive when this song came out.

3) Julianne Hough “That Song In My Head”

Fun Fact: The original title probably was “That Song in my head…really sucks.” Thanks for sharing that song with us Julianne.

4) Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”

Fun Fact: I don’t think ANY of the original guys are still performing with the band…so…this is going to be a great act. That’s like Dave & I performing as Kid N’ Play.

5) LeeAnn Rimes “Can’t fight the moonlight”

Fun Fact: Well…this is more of an open question…why would you want to fight the moonlight? It’s unbeatable like that 85′ Bears (who weren’t undefeated…but should have been.)

And that’s really all I have energy for. Are you jealous of the awesome acts we’re going to get to see this year? No? Yeah…figured. But you have to admit Juilanne Hough is Hought (read: Hot…it’s a clever play on words…and…you know it’s clever.)

Have a great hump day!

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Uncategorized. Date: June 30, 2010, 10:27 am | 2 Comments »

It’s Friday people! It’s hot out. I think we need a new segment called “The Drink of the Week”

So let’s do it!

This week I decided to go with something tropical. Why? Well it’s like 90 here in Northern Illinois…it’s humid…and if you want to sit outside and drink (grab a beer…but…if you don’t want a beer) here is a drink recipe that will impress the ladies in your building/neighborhood/party/dreams.

The Blue Hawaiian

What You’ll Need:

1 oz Light rum (Think Bacardi or Cruzan…it’s the clear stuff.)
2 oz Pineapple juice
1 oz Blue Curacao (DeKuyper, Hiram Walker, and Alize all make it. It’s usually fairly cheap)
1 oz Cream of coconut (You don’t HAVE to add this…I don’t…but I know people who do. If you do it’s a bit more of a cloudy blue than the pic below.)
1 slice Pineapple (Optional Decoration)
1 Cherry (Optional Decoration)

Let’s make this drink and impress some chicks!

Blend: light rum, blue curacao, pineapple juice, and cream of coconut with one cup ice in an electric blender at high speed.

Pour contents into a glass. Decorate with the slice of pineapple and a cherry.

Blue Hawaiian helping you score with chicks.

Blue Hawaiian helping you score with chicks.

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Drink of the Week. Date: June 25, 2010, 10:48 am | 3 Comments »

So it’s hump day…and we all know what that means! Hump day music videos!

I’m going to assume you’ve already checked out today’s unsigned artist showcase

Today we’re going to play music that they ALWAYS play at my gym. Why? Because the music they play at my gym is terrible music to workout to…and if I have to listen to it every day why shouldn’t you?

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1) Train “Hey Soul Sister”

I really have to ask this question, does Train own a large stake in the company that runs my gym? I can’t go there 1 day without this song being played on their “entertainment network” It clearly isn’t because someone up at the executive offices thinks this song gets anyone pumped to work out…yeah…hearing that guy from train sing about how he’s “so gangsta” inspires me to work out…so I’m not like him.

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2) Miley Cyrus “Party in the USA”

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No…I’m not kidding. A gym mostly full of grown men is bumping this song…DAILY. I’m guessing this song will inspire you to work out…I mean…if you try to hit it with that jailbait you’re going to end up getting prison strong anyway…might as well do it before you get to prison…

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3) Lady Gaga “Poker Face”

You know what…I’m not going to lie – this song makes me start to wonder about what sort of gym I signed up for. It’s like that Simpsons episode where Bart asks Homer “Why are we at a gay steel mill?” and homer replies “I don’t know son, I don’t know!” Yeah…it’s like that.

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4) Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”

Nothing gets you more pumped to lift some serious weight like Jason Mraz – it’s science.

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5) Cascada “Evacuate the Dance Floor”

See comments from #3

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6) Chris Cornell & Timbaland “Part of Me”

Chris Cornell and Timbaland did what? That doesn’t sound like a good idea…in fact the only place I’ve ever heard this song is at the gym…kinda makes me think the dudes from Train and Chris Cornell decided to purchase a series of gyms across the US just to promote their music…


And there you have it folks, your hump day music videos…courtesy of my gyms crappy music selection. Don’t thank me…thank them.

Posted by The Nooge, filed under Music Video Reviews. Date: June 23, 2010, 11:54 am | 1 Comment »

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