Monsters in the Morning

What if I were to say this: Image this: Many, many years ago on this very planet we walk today, giant lizard-like animals roamed, roared, and raged. What if I also told you that they liked to eat plants, insects, and even each other. And, what if I had to break the news to you that these "creatures of the Cretaceous (era)” all were violently killed - wiped off the face of the Earth - by an interst...

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Really? OK I guess… here we go: It simply is not the holidays without a revisiting of the most celebrated holiday Christmas tradition seasons greetings celebration time family smile fun happy party-party album Cotton Man’s “A Sleigh Full of Cheer”. This year’s drop is chock full of classic songs, memories, and plenty of cheer. Won’t you come celebrate with us… please…? just this one last time… you...

The holidays are fun, the holidays are amusing, the holidays are cute, but they’re also confusing… Twinkling lights strung ‘round each and every bush; a meal of turkey, ham, and Mother’s potatoes mush… Candied canes of white and red; pine needles in my shoes, hair, and Uncle’s bed… But oh are they grand, fun and so yummy; I like the way my Granddad’s cracker stuffing fills up my tummy… The tidings...

Sometimes history’s most pivotal moments are those most overlooked, downplayed and forgotten. Take a dip into the depths of one of history’s most misunderstood, misconstructed and misinterpreted misadventures as Mike and Charley transport you to a time when a stroke of genius for one will in turn blow the the minds of the masses. You won’t want to miss it?

Lots of big things are happening and we couldn’t be more excited for whats to come! You thought last season was big? Well, hold onto your belts because this season is brewing up to be, get this: Even Bigger! We’re talking bigger guests, bigger meals, big raisins, big time bbq, big fun, big games and lots of big winners. Yep MITM is gearing up for yet another big year. Big. Big. Big. Big. Big. Big....

Uncle sun warms my weary skin as I bath my body in the sweet and silky beams of dust that shoot upon the naked canvas of what once was suffocated and shut out no more. Mercy falls and freedom fails, overflowing, bursting, bubbling, blasting off, burning deep within a familiar pit, these feels feel like the feeling of home. Touch my puddle, drink my mist, taste my fingers, lick my kiss. I’m not dir...

Before the fame, before the millions, before the blunder, there was just one man and a dream… Greg Bibington was nothing more than a regular guy with a big idea: How can I make bibs fashionable? What Greg didn’t expect was that not only would his dream come true, but he’d also be the new face of food fashion… Unfortunately, in the bib biz the old saying goes: “everyone loves you, till they don’t”…...

Moon seek stability, hunger for normalcy, while striving for innovation and excellence. It’s this constant craving for creativity and wandering for wonder which makes us pioneers of the present. While other company’s may hide behind their bottom line, Big Moon drives into the unknown murky waters of the future. For it’s this bravery with which we rely upon to guide us in our ever continuing journe...

The Monsters in the Morning are absolutely honored and over joyed to present their brand new food segment On the Table Cloth with Broth featuring food critic Broth Jennings. Providing in depth and insider insight to some of the best known and not so known foodie hot spots in Chi-Town. Broth brings to the table not only a seasoned knowledge of the best cuisine, but a raw and full bodied love of all...

It simply is not the holidays without a revisiting of the most celebrated holiday Christmas tradition seasons greetings celebration time family album Cotton Man’s “A Sleigh Full of Cheer”. This year’s album is chock full of classic songs, memories, and plenty of cheer. Won’t you come celebrate with us… again?

From scientist to swamp people, the mysteries of the Oracles of Delphi have transfixed and transformed the minds of seekers and streakers for eons. With the help of recent discoveries and unearthed and uncovered insight the Monsters in the Morning are proud to present Decoding the Oracles of Delphi . An in-depth and in-dirt expose’ and exercise in phenomenological wonder. Won’t you join us?

We are in the thickness of October and chewing are way through this delicious prime rib roast of a month and absolutely savoring every morsel of its fatty, sweet, succulent, complex, flavorful, protein body. What a world we live in that us two gents from the big city are able to rap with you all about the bountiful bounty that is Chicago sports. Lucky is too little a word, yet its hard not to feel...

When one thinks of the major earth shaking events in history of Chicago football some tend to stick out more than the rest. For instance when Papa Bear George H swapped the traditional dead and decaying turkey carcass for a more usable and less stinky pig skinned bag of wheat, thus changing the physical and emotional relationship players have with the o’l kick’n gizzard. Or when Big Dave Wanstead...

From Paper Plates to Paper Bags, from kids named Cody to kids named Zack, from Pogs to Pigs, Russia to Reptiles, Robin Hood to Robin Williams the 90s sure were a rich decade. So much so it garners yet another revisiting of what really was big in the 90s…

#267 - Beverly Green: Tacos, Creativity, Beans, Biology, Questions and Fragments of Possible Answers.

Every once in a while it’s best to go back to bay sacks. You know what I mean… Those warm cozy sacks of hay that sit by the bay waiting to be visited by weary nomads and those astray… For thousands of years bay sacks have been a comforting sight, a welcoming softness consisting of a bright billowing blanket-like sack that yearn for a visit from non other than… you. So dive in, it feels good here :...

I’m sure you no doubt have had your mead fill. Unfortunately theres simply too much information, content, context, history, texture, juicy details, creamy middles, savory crusts, nutty back ends, fruity fronts and mouthwatering mouth feels for this Mead Saga to end. So as they say in the Land of Mead: Let’s make some “pour” decisions!

Mead is a honey wine. It’s made from fermenting honey. Ain’t that something? Some enjoy this drink. So much so that they have free standing buildings dedicated to to celebrating its creation. They also drink it there and talk about how it tastes, its level of dryness, fruitiness, stink, and how the subtle pine notes dance upon the tongue and throat when slowly gathered in the mouth and down the es...

MY birthday is very important. It’s probably the most important day of the year, right next to Christmas and Memorial Day. Simply put, Its my most favorite day EVER! I love love love it. I really do. Everyone who knows me understands this and respects the severity of the universal acknowledgment of extreme importance MY DAY deserves. And why wouldn’t they. They love me and hence they should also l...

The 90s… Ten years of fun, family, french fries, and freedom… A decade of TV shows, tap dancing, tag and tang… 521 weeks of Wendys, wishing wells, Walters and wonder… 120 months of memories, muppets, mittens and mint… 3652 days of doorbells, dips, dip shits and dung… What a time to be alive…?

With so much information out there its hard to compute what’s worth investigating and what to toss in the old trash heap. A good rule of thumb is to do a broad general search online where you will no doubt be inundated with a cornucopia of factoids and expertise first hand accounts that will for sure tickle your underbelly. After a few hours of mindless scrolling, word skimming, and video vomit, y...

Raising and nurturing a dog is said to be the most important job/life event one will ever embark upon in their short journey on this earth. From late night walks to the dog park to get one last sniff of a favorite bush, to early morning piles of feces on the threshold. There truly is no grater joy then dressing your pup in its favorite rain coat and boots and going frocking in the big city. Dog Ta...

Christmas time can bring about a jubilee of emotions. Where some enjoy the scents and sounds of cookies being baked in Nana’s kitchen, other may find the experience difficult and nauseating. While most love standing in long lines, tasting the many tints and textures offered by kraut carts, and sipping on $12 hot cocoas all compliments of the local Christkindlmarket; a small number, in fact a selec...

This whole sports watching and analyzing thing can get quite exhausting. Especially when your in-depth investigation and expert commentary are shouted into a vacuum, a cosmic void, a barren tundra, a sunken ship taken over by the sea and its many mysteries, an elderly man’s sterile garage where a mint condition ‘96 Ford Taurus may or may not be parked, an empty gymnasium that smells of farts, a sl...