BREAKING: Sludge Monster Terrorizes Chicago with Endless Scatting — Officials Blame Dave MatthewsBand’s 2004 Tour Bus Dump

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“It’s here. It’s rhythmic. And it’s… moist.”

CHICAGO (Spinfork Newsflash)— Chaos is unfolding downtown as a large, sentient sludge creature believed to have originated from the infamous 2004 Dave Matthews Band sewage incident has risen from the Chicago River—and immediately begun scatting.

The creature, identified only as The Matthews Muck, is currently sliding its way up Michigan Avenue, releasing wet jazz syllables at deafening volume and terrifying both pedestrians and pigeons alike.

“Scoodle-bap-HAAAAA! Doodle-nuh-FRAAAAMP!” it screamed, coating a passing Divvy bike in funk and shame.


📍 LIVE SCENE DESCRIPTION

  • The sludge appears semi-humanoid, entirely sentient, and disturbingly on tempo.
  • It is scatting nonstop, generating a sonic radius of about four blocks.
  • Several Chicago jazz faculty have collapsed from overstimulation.
  • Tourists at the Bean are sheltering behind food trucks, weeping to the rhythm.

🚌 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND CONFIRMS DEPLOYMENT

Spinfork can confirm: The Dave Matthews Band is currently en route to Chicago via emergency railcar converted into a mobile jam station.

Their manager issued a brief statement:

“They know what they must do. We only pray they remember the bridge to ‘Crash Into Me.’”

The band is expected to arrive within the hour. A portable stage is being erected near Millennium Park. Police have cordoned off the area as “a Zone of Improvised Threat.”


👂 WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

  • The monster is audibly searching for its parents—early vocalizations include warped versions of “Mom?” “Daaaave?” and “Skiddle-ya-love-me?”
  • No confirmed injuries yet, but several cases of emotional tinnitus.
  • Local jazz clubs have spontaneously caught fire, then self-extinguished.

📢 OFFICIAL EMERGENCY ADVISORY:

Avoid the Loop.
Remain indoors.
Do not attempt to scat back—it only makes it stronger.


Stay tuned to Spinfork for real-time updates, including:

  • Live audio of the creature’s latest improvisation
  • Confirmed setlist of the emergency Dave Matthews response concert
  • Photos of Dave Matthews being airlifted into the chaos holding a soprano sax and a single tear

This is a developing story.
The funk is real.

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