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DJ Psycho Mike spins Mash ups in Chicago, runs the Psychotronic Film Society at http://www.psychotronic.info
writes and directs film and theatre including the play and movie BETTIE PAGE UNCENSORED.
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Apr 3, 2008
5 FAMOUS INVENTORS WHO STOLE THEIR IDEA, DISCRIMINATION BY WEIGHT NOW SURPASSES RACISM, SOUTH AFRICA THEN AND NOW, THE BACON BRA, BAGHDAD'S ONLY HEAVY METAL BAND, 16 THINGS THEY SHOULD TEACH IN SCHOOLS, HUMAN - COW EMBRYOS!
When comedy legend Del Close realized he was going to die, he decided to host a Birthday Party in the hospital. Here is the story and video of that party:
It always amazes the number of people who don't venture out of their home to take advantage of all Chicago has going for it. Joss Stone is going to be playing at Taste of Chicago this year- FREE. B.B. King and Johnny Winter at Blues Fest- FREE. (Chicagoans don't go to Taste for the food- we go for the music). Summerdance with outdoor dancing and the skyline as the backdrop- FREE. The secret to Chicago- is treat it like a tourist. If you can't, move to Ohio!
It's illegal to discriminate against someone because of race or gender, but our culture condones a bias against people who are overweight. There are no federal laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of weight, and only Michigan has such a law, according to a new study from Yale University.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4568813&page=1
5 Famous inventors who stole their idea. http://www.cracked.com/article_16072_5-famous-inventors-who-stole-their-big-idea.html
An exhibition of 160 photographs mounted in 5 venues at Duke University. South African photographer Paul Weinberg conceived and curated Then & Now which is comprised of black and white and color photographs from 8 South African documentary photographers. Twenty photographs were selected from each photographer, 10 made under apartheid and 10 photographs made after the historic democratic elections of 1994. http://library.duke.edu/exhibits/thenandnow/photos/
Attempting to promulgate Dada ideas throughout Europe, Tristan Tzara launched the art and literature review Dada. Appearing in July 1917, the first issue of Dada, subtitled Miscellany of Art and Literature, featured contributions from members of avant-garde groups throughout Europe, including Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Delaunay, and Wassily Kandinsky. Marking the magazine's debut, Tzara wrote in the Zurich Chronicle, 'Mysterious creation! Magic Revolver! The Dada Movement is Launched.'
 Issue 2 appeared in December of 1918. Issue number 3 violated all the rules and conventions in typography and layout and undermined established notions of order and logic. Printed in newspaper format in both French and German editions, it embodies Dada's celebration of nonsense and chaos with an explosive mixture of manifestos, poetry, and advertisements - all typeset in randomly ordered lettering. Included is Tzara's 'Dada Manifesto of 1918,' which was read at Meise Hall in Zurich on July 23, 1918, and is perhaps the most important of the Dadaist manifestos. http://www.ubuweb.com/historical/dada/index.html
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The following are from Bryan Wendorf head of the Chicago Underground Film Festival:
The only heavy metal band in Baghdad
The last New York Underground Film Festival
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HZ Sends us this hilarious news report on dealing with paranoid schizophrenics
16 Things I wish they taught me in school- great article!
Thousands of college students are demanding the right to bear arms to school!
One of the reasons it's difficult to measure our economy is the huge blackmarket. The number one crop in America isn't even traded in the futures market, its profits remain uncounted. This 1938 article will remind you what that crop is: http://jackherer.com/popmech.html
Richard Crowe sends us:
Lets start with the basic story which is the background for all of the stories on the Lincoln Imp. It starts with Satan sending the imp to Lincoln Cathedral to cause trouble.
The imp was destroying the Angel Choir when an angel appeared but the imp jumped up onto a pillar and started throwing rocks at the angel. The angel then turned the imp to stone as he is today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2005/08/16/lincoln_imp_feature.shtml
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HUMAN-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England, hailed by the scientific community, but labelled "monstrous" by opponents.
A team has grown hybrid embryos after injecting human DNA into eggs taken from cows' ovaries, which had most of their genetic material removed.
The embryos survived for three days and are intended to provide a limitless supply of stem cells to develop therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and spinal cord injuries, overcoming a worldwide shortfall in human embryos.
Dr Teija Peura, director of human embryonic stem cell laboratories at the Australian Stem Cell Centre, said somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) had been done between animal species, but the "99 per cent human" embryos could boost research.
Posted at 09:14 am by Psychomike
Apr 1, 2008
ASTEROID DESTROYED SODOM AND GOMORRAH, BEST BURLESQUE GROUP IN CHICAGO, NOT FOR PROFITS STEAL BILLIONS, THE NEW YORK TIMES PAYS TRIBUTE TO MAD MAGAZINE, THE MYTH OF SEX TRAFFICING, BJORK 3-D VIDEO, SVENGOOLIE IS GOING TO ROCK IN APRIL!
The astonishingly stunning Michelle L'Amour headlines at the best deal in town for burlesque- the first Wednesday of the month at The Motel Bar. No cover. 10pm prompt start time. Lot's of girls!
"The Motel Bar has the kitschy, oddly classy ambiance of a '70s roadside flophouse, but on the first Wednesday of every month, it plays host to the popular '20s art form of burlesque. The Star and Garter burlesque girls tease and seduce while shaking and jiggling their goodies to live music. For those who are intimidated by all that skin, Absolut drinks specials should offer some liquid courage."
Here is Michelle on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT!
The new exhibition includes several photo-realist paintings of carefully selected movie scenes in which a dramatically framed actress is central. The paintings are composed of two separate scenes from different movies, one black-and-white and one color, stacked horizontally so that one scene seems to bear weight upon the other and a new relationship or narrative is formed. The strong female protagonist of each frame conveys the scenes' emotional impact, and the inevitable nostalgia of McDermott & McGough's selected imagery lends a sense of cool introspection. The sensibility of the large scale, horizontally-composed paintings are echoed in a series of eight photo-realist paintings of 1960s era televisions, the distinctly boxy but individually unique exteriors framing single black-and-white scenes, the actresses' expressive faces filling the screen http://www.cheimread.com/exhibitions/2008-03-21_mcdermott-and-mcgough/
A clay tablet that has baffled scientists for 150 years has been identified as a witness's account of the asteroid suspected of being behind the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Researchers who cracked the cuneiform symbols on the Planisphere tablet believe that it recorded an asteroid thought to have been more than half a mile across. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3649054.ece
The volunteer treasurer of the Madison County Humane Society in Indiana was charged this month with using $65,000 of the charity"s money to buy jewelry and makeup. In San Francisco, the chief financial officer of the Music Concourse Community Partnership was fired after he was accused of taking $3.6 million of the organization's money to play the stock market.
Nonprofit leaders tend to shrug off such cases as evidence of "just a few bad apples." But a new report, trying to identify the scope of such thefts for the first time, suggests otherwise. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/us/29fraud.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=strom+light&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Svengoolie is showing some great flicks:
WCIU 9pm Sat/MeTV 1 am-
4/5- "Son of Dracula"
4/12- "Wolf Man"
HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN IS THE MOST INSANE OF THE CLASSIC FRANKENSTEIN FILMS!
4/19- "House of Frankenstein"
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is my favorite of all the Frankenstein films!
4/26- "Bride of Frankenstein"
"Classic Sven" on MeToo- Fri. overnight 3 am-
4/4- "Women of the Prehistoric Planet"
BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER is nuts. And total fun! POPCORN!
4/11- "Beach Girls and the Monster"
4/18- "Gallery of Horror"
Most migrant women, including those in the sex industry, have made a clear decision, says a new study, to leave home and take their chances abroad. They are not "passive victims" in need of "saving" or sending back by western campaigners.
http://www.newstatesman.com/200803270046
I love Bjork. I figure all the angels in SubGenius Heaven sound like her ( second choice, Carla Bruni). But even if you don't care for her, this video will blow you away.
This is one amazing music video. Breathtaking. Watch it full screen (click the Esc button to leave full screen).
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Mar 31, 2008
Surf W/Kent State Massacre
KENT STATE VIDEO NEVER SHOWN IN U.S. MEDIA, SECRET COMMUNIST PORN, HILLARY DUFF IN ANTI- WAR FILM, OBAMA AND THE JFK STORY, SATIRE OF ANONYMOUS VIDEOS, PHILOSOPHER ACTION FIGURES!
The Kent State shooting that left 4 students dead- with footage never shown to U.S. audiences (see the second video)
Here is an accurate description of what led up to the shootings. The last paragraph explains why some feel the case should be re-opened.
War, Inc. (Trailer and Info) War, Inc. is a dark political satire film starring John Cusack and Hilary Duff and directed by Joshua Seftel. Cusack also wrote and produced the film. A working title of the film was "Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens." The story is partly inspired by Naomi Klein's article "Baghdad Year Zero."
http://thelastmovement.blogspot.com/2008/03/war-inc-trailer-and-info.html
Someone has just done a really funny satire of the Anonymous videos against Scientology! (By the way, too bad these kids weren't protesting oh I don't know, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT KILLING TIBETANS! Priorities people....)
Carla Bruni takes off her jacket and the press goes nuts ooohing and ahhing her outfit!
 Aristotle384-322 B.C.E. Nationality: Greek Philosophy action figures!
If all of John Steinbeck is in print 40 years after his death and is still force-fed to school kids, why is he so decisively off the literary map?
Canada is loved and trusted world wide, even though it was made up of people fleeing our Revolutionary War, Civil War and VietNam. Hmmmmmm.
The story Obama tells of JFK helping his family leave Kenya isn't, ummmm, accurate.
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In Communist propaganda, women were fully equal and integrated into the military. In reality however....
Western pornography was banned under communism, but the armed forces of the former East Germany made their own sex films featuring bare-breasted female soldiers that were enjoyed by senior officers and outwardly prudish hard-line politicians.
Evidence of the former communist state's secret porn industry surfaced yesterday in a documentary made by eastern Germany's MDR television channel. It showed original film clips of nude subalterns kissing, and female army privates in helmets posing semi-naked on parade.
The programme, Pornography made in the German Democratic Republic, revealed that the East German army, which at the time was one of the most feared in the Warsaw Pact, ran a 160-man film unit devoted to making porn. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/stasis-official-pornography-department-finally-exposed-801774.html Posted at 07:13 am by Psychomike
Mar 30, 2008
DINNER WITH HENRY MILLER, LSD COMICBOOK, 10 UNREASONABLE PARKING TICKETS, TOPLESS VICTORY IN COPENHAGEN!
A novel co-written by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, two giants of the "Beat Generation" of poets, writers and drug-takers, is to be published for the first time more than 60 years after it was written. And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, written in 1945, was inspired by an actual killing which led to the arrest of both authors.
Here, on a notorious drug trafficking corner on the South Side of Chicago, Google shows what looks very much like a transaction between a black man in long shorts and a baseball cap, and a sedan, numberplate clearly visible. And, because the map-makers take panoramic photographs as they drive around, one can see the exchange from at least half a dozen angles, as the van approaches, and then looks back. Amazing. http://gawker.com/5004469/a-drug-deal-caught-from-every-angle
Silent disco event- people show up with their iPods on and don't listen to each other.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys, but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small business circles.
A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9259.html Posted at 10:52 am by Psychomike
Mar 29, 2008
FORBIDDEN CITY: THE ALL ASIAN BURLESQUE HOUSE, STALIN VS HITLER, LENIN'S 1920 FAILED CONQUEST OF EUROPE, THE DAY THE BLITZ BEGAN, LIFE ON MARS, HANK WILLIAMS AS LUKE THE DRIFTER!
You won't believe this! A Karate teacher who is confined to his wheelchair!
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KAWANO Yoshiichi Sensei started Gojuryu karate at age of 16.
He trained hard and participated in world championships at age of 22.
12 years ago, he injured his spinal cord in a car accident and became a paraplegic. He was pessimistic about his future.
One day, when he played with his grandchildren, it occurred to him that he could teach karate to children because his height in a wheelchair was almost as tall as children.
He established his dojo 9 years ago, and started teaching children karate. Children makes him feel the joy of being alive.
To show his thanks to children, he participated in All Japan Karate Championships for handicapped people, which he won. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKfLzqYE244
There are lot's of books and high priced classes on winning at craps with all kinds of systems- this system is free and looks good. http://www.upforanything.net/poker/archives/how-to-win-at-c.html
Lollapalooza may get the press, but The Pitchfork Music Fest has inventive and exciting programming. Here's the new schedule, from Bryan Wendorf at the Chicago Underground Film Festival http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/
If humans land on Mars by 2037 as NASA hopes, they'll need cities modeled on ones that already exist in extreme climates on Earth. Here are six high-tech (and a few low-tech) cities that would have a passing shot at survival in the Martian climate.
The Interactive Vietnam Vets Memorial http://go.footnote.com/thewall
One womans quest for the Holy Grail!
Top 5 Worst ways to die in a video game! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20752572/Forbidden City, on the second floor of 363 Sutter street, below Stockton, was one of several "Chinese nightclubs" in San Francisco at the beginning of World War II, and certainly one of the most successful.  From Richard Crowe
From Chicago Underground Film Festival head Bryan Wendorf: The Los Angeles Times' Deputy Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin and
reporter Chuck Phillips have apologized to readers for a March 17 story which used fabricated FBI documents to allege Sean "Diddy" Combs
and Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace had advanced knowledge about the assault of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1994. The article, titled
"Blood Feud," alleged that Combs and Wallace were warned that Shakur would be assaulted at the Quad Recoding Studios the behest of Jimmy
"Henchmen" Rosemond and a convicted con man named James Sabatino. "In relying on documents that I now believe were fake, I failed to do my
job," Philips said in a statement. "I'm sorry. I now believe the truth here is that I got duped. For this, I take full responsibility and I
apologize." For the full story log on:
http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/03/27/19539012.aspxEddie the Road Manager sends us this invasion of privacy- search all states and view the drivers licenses of you and your pals! http://www.license.homeland.us/data BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
I recently was listening to an X-M radio station show hosted by Bob Dylan (my favorite 'folk singer') and he talked about a song by Hank Williams entitled "No No Joe", which was a song directed at Joseph Stalin.
Here are the lyrics:
Now look her Joe quit acting smart
Stop being that old brazen sort
Don't you go sellin' this country short?
No, no, Joe
Just because you think you've found
The system that we know ain't sound
Don't you go throwin' your weight around?
No, no Joe
Coz the Kaiser tried and Hitler tried it
Mussolini tried it too
Now they're all sittin' around a fire and did you know
They're saving place for you
Now Joe you ought to get it clear
You can't push folks around with fear
Coz we don't scare easy over here
No, no Joe
What makes you do the things you do?
You gettin' folks mad at you
Don't bite off more than you can chew?
No, no Joe
Coz you want a scrap that you can't win
You don't know what you're getting in
Don't you go around leading with your chin?
No, no Joe
Now you got tanks some fair size tanks
But you're acting like a clown
Cause man we got Yanks don't mess with Yanks
And you might get caught with your tanks down
Don't go throwin' out your chest
You'll pop the buttons off you vest
You're playing with a hornet's nest
No, no Joe
You know you think you're somebody we should dread
Just because you're seeing red
You better get that foolishness out of your head
No, no Joe
And you might be itching for a fight
Quit braggin' about how your bear can bite
Coz you're sitting on a keg of dynamite
No, no Joe
I love the line "Just because you think you've found the system that we know ain't sound".
The song has a somewhat fascinating history, as Hank Williams didn't record it under his name, but instead under the name "Luke the Drifter" for fear of a counter-reaction against it that would impact his popularity. His more religious, moral and political songs were recorded under this name. What does this tell us about the biases in popular culture circa 1950s?
You can hear the song here: http://www.lulu.tv/?p=14420. Click on "No, No Joe".
Posted by Peter Boettke Posted at 10:52 am by Psychomike
Mar 27, 2008
DR. PEPPER BEGS AXL ROSE TO RELEASE CHINESE DEMOCRACY, HILLARY CLINTON'S WHACKY RELIGION, FREE MISS TIBET, THE WORST HEADLINE OF ALL TIME (SEE BEST OF), HELLO KITTY RECTAL THERMOMITOR!
Dr Pepper is encouraging (ok, begging) Axl Rose to finally release his 17-year-in-the-making belabored masterpiece, Chinese Democracy, in 2008. In an unprecedented show of solidarity with Axl, everyone in America, except estranged GNR guitarists Slash and Buckethead, will receive a free can of Dr Pepper if the album ships some time -- anytime! -- in 2008.
New global warming movement says adapting to global warming is cheaper than taxing and spending billions to prevent potential problems
There's a reason Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she's a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 issue of Mother Jones, in which Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported that "through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as "The "Fellowship," also known as The Family. But it won't be a secret much longer. Jeff Sharlet's shocking exposé The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power will be published in May.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/20/opinion/main3955108.shtml
Richard Widmark, a great actor, has died. Here he is as psycho Tommy Udo in KISS OF DEATH:
Great films he was in include: HOW THE WEST WAS WON, PANIC IN THE STREETS, KISS OF DEATH, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, WARLOCK, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, The unreal THE LONG SHIPS, THE BEDFORD INCIDENT, the first film to have the director's credit ALAN SMITHEE DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER, and the should be a classic John Ford's CHEYENNE AUTUMN. Hey, start hitting NETFLIX!
Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures. Richard Widmark
This scene from THE LONG SHIPS has a Viking rape scene that takes place in a harem! But that isn't what shocked critics of the day- look and see how many gay jokes you find in the scene! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM05LAffHJ0
Here Richard Widmark does this 1956 school howler of an educational film about juvenile delinquency- pretty cool!
Carla Bruni, a terrific singer I have highlighted here more than once, has just conquered the UK. You go girl!
Are you ready for the HELLO KITTY RECTAL THERMOMITOR? YEEECH!
5 Women vie for the title of Miss Tibet! From Richard Crowe
Even if you are anti-gun, this can't be any good-
Boston police officials, surprised by intense opposition from residents, have significantly scaled back and delayed the start of a program that would allow officers to "go into people 's homes and search for guns without a warrant," reports the Boston Globe. "The program, dubbed Safe Homes, was supposed to start in December http://blog4paul.blogspot.com/2008/03/2nd-amendment-boston-and-dc-gun.html
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: BIG PARTY COMING UP:
Established in 1976 by Pete Collurafici, the Tattoo Factory, located at 4441 North Broadway in Chicago's notorious Uptown, is Chicagoland's oldest continually run tattoo studio.
Our grand opening will be held on Friday, March 28th and Saturday the 29th from 7pm-midnight. Participating in this month's grand opening are tattoo artists Dawn Grace, Alex Higgins, "Philthy" Cisco, Casey Sass, Jay Lee Redden, Bobby Sox, Jeremy "Creamy", Chris Wagman, and including well known artists, and our friends, Mitch O'Connell and GiGi Deluxe.
You can expect to see some truly amazing paintings, prints, and mosaics.. The showcase will include the musical talents of The Billys and Ilsabe O'Connell. Don't miss the opportunity to bring a friend and say you were there!
Tattoo Factory Gallery
4443 N Broadway
Friday, March 28th and Saturday the 29th
7pm-midnight
Scientists are one step closer to understanding how new planets form, thanks to research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and carried out by a team of astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History. http://www.eyedoctornewsletter.com/planet
The alphabet pop up book- one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen! Great music, too!
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Mar 26, 2008
Surf W/John Hughes Stars Today
PICS FROM DARK KNIGHT/ SPEED RACER, NUDES FOR PETA, CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN ADS, AVANT GAUDY FASHIONS, HISTORY OF HACKING!
In terms of stability and prosperity the United States is now ranked 21st in the world. How bad is it? IRELAND IS AHEAD OF US!
Who knew that among the healthiest places to eat in America, fast-food chains would turn out to be more progressive than many of their sit-down counterparts? Here, our five healthiest places for you to grab lunch (from among the 53 chains we surveyed).
http://www.health.com/health/slideshow/0,26086,1722901,00.html
Latino Review has been furnished with new Hi-Res pictures from "THE DARK KNIGHT". Simply click on each image to get a HI-RES look at these cool ass photos!
We've been provided with two new pics from Warner Bros.' Speed Racer. The brothers Wachowski take a crack at updating the cartoon, which stars Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer, Christina Ricci as chaste girlfriend Trixie and Matthew Fox as Racer X. Click on the images for a larger look. http://www.latinoreview.com/news/new-speed-racer-pics-4237
Microsoft dealt with Gamerscore cheaters / boosters with a highly concentrated dose of punishment. Those gamers who Microsoft targeted as being the greatest Gamerscore abusers have just had their entire Gamerscore wiped to a more appropriate Zero Gamer Score.
Yes I know PETA kills most of the pets they take in, I know they are hypocrites. But I also know in our politically correct times they talk women into appearing naked in their campaigns. Women that are hot. Not ok for work, unless you work with a PETA boss. http://www.thelandsalmon.com/lifestyle/the-girls-of-peta.html
Watch the 10 Most Controversial Campaign Ads Ever ... from Hillary Clinton's 3 a.m. Phone Call ad through Lyndon Johnson's 1964 Daisy nuclear Armageddon commercial.
A man with a virulent form of tuberculosis who once was confined to a hospital jail ward for failing to wear a mask in public has been indicted on felony charges. Prosecutors said Monday there was no evidence that Robert Daniels had exposed anyone to his multiple drug-resistant TB before he was quarantined in 2006
Fresh Cut drops in on Deborah and Vincent of Avant Gaudy, a Chicago-based fashion company. They chat about their high-fashion-meets-DIY aesthetic, the need for innovation in personal style, and the fact that people can dress well at any budget. http://getfreshcut.com/2008/01/09/avant-gaudy/
They shouldn't exist, but they do - avoid these gamers at all costs. Meet the Frat Boy, RPG Snob, Non-existent gamer, PC Elitist, Devil Children, takes-it-to-far guy and Obsessed forum guy
http://theofftopic.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=145
Fresh Cut gets down and dirty with seed balling, a part of the guerrilla gardening movement that targets hard-to-reach urban lots."Seed balling" involves planting flowers on barren or inaccessible land such as construction sites, abandoned lots, and even alleys and sidewalks. The video shows how to make your own seedballs! http://getfreshcut.com/2008/03/18/seed-bombing/
For the Lakota tribe in South Dakota, growing industrial hemp is not just a risky business, it is a means of survival. "Standing Silent Nation" by Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann chronicles the ongoing legal battle between the U.S. government and the Lakota over their right to grow industrial hemp on tribal land (filmmaker interview). http://digg.com/politics/Native_American_Hemp_Farmers_Get_Shut_Down_By_DEA
Saturday mornings. For nearly thirty years this small window of time was considered paradise for millions of children across America. With the parents snug in their beds, and a big bowl of sugary cereal precariously placed on the carpet, it was the only time -long before the invent of 24-hour cable networks- that children's shows ruled the airwaves
http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/22/saturday-morning-1960-to-1964-video/
John Hughes may have disappeared into the wilds of northern Illinois, but the young actors and actresses whose careers he helped launch have continued to grow and thrive. Some of them are still famous enough that we don't need a refresher -- who doesn't know that Matthew Broderick starred on Broadway in Mel Brooks' "The Producers"? But some of the biggest stars of the Hughes era have dropped a bit below the radar in recent years. Nearly 24 years since the premiere of the first feature Hughes directed, "Sixteen Candles," we catch up with Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson and others. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-hughesteensmar24-pg,1,4613287.photogallery
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The Discovery Channel looks at the history of hacking!
Posted at 01:25 am by Psychomike
Mar 25, 2008
HOW TO TIP A STRIPPER, 24 HOUR GHETTO WORKOUT, WINDOWS SHORTCUTS, AMAZING WEDDING PHOTOS, BIMBO GAME SHOCKS UK, CHICAGO'S SPECIALTY SPIRITS, HAIR!
A chihuahua has begun joining in daily prayers at a Buddhist temple in Japan.
Marimo Matsuri is an Ainu festival held for three days at Lake Akkan in the town of Akkan-cho in Hokkaido. It is the second-largest festival in Hokkaido after Yuki Matsuri, which is held in February. Marimo Matsuri is named after the marimo which is a velvety textured spherical algae and grows to be about seven to 12 inches in diameter. From Richard Crowe http://www.japancorner.com/news/festival.asp?story=13
Amazing wedding photos!
Stacey Kane, Maine
http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22062/37887
Aleister Crowley, Rudolph Hess , Ian Fleming and James Bond. An amazing story of World War 2 Intel! from Richard Crowe.
Richard Crowe sends us this: China's first lady of long hair whose tresses are 4.2 meters long was the star attraction at another exhibition in the ongoing "The Year of France in China" which delved deeply into the secrets of the growth on everyone's scalp.
Dai Yueqin shows off her 4.2-meterlong hair at the °Decoding the Hair" exhibition in Beijing. [eastday] |
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/06/content_457621.htm
Chicago's Derek and Sonja Kassebaum were once a typical North Shore power couple. A chemical engineer with an MBA, Derek was a business consultant, while Sonja, a tax lawyer, worked in human resources at eLoyalty (ELOY), a management consultancy. Both enjoyed their work but never felt passionate about it. Then, a few years ago, they read about a couple like themselves who had quit their Wall Street jobs to make specialty spirits. Now there was a profession that spoke to them. "We'd played around with making beer and wine at home," Derek says. "There's a sense of satisfaction in seeing something we made on the shelf."
Parents' groups have slammed a new internet game in which girls as young as nine are encouraged to "buy" virtual dolls breast operations and facelifts.
The aim of the Miss Bimbo game, launched in Britain last month, is to become the "hottest, coolest, most famous bimbo in the whole world", reports The Guardian.
Children are given a naked virtual character to look after. They compete against other players to earn "bimbo" dollars so they can dress her in sexy outfits and take her clubbing. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2783131.html?menu=news.quirkies
A classic "Twilight Zone" episode written by "I Am Legend" novelist Richard Matheson is being turned into a sci-fi action movie.
The film, called "Countdown," revolves around a group of astronauts who land on a planet only to find a crashed spaceship and corpses that eerily resemble their own and then piece together where they are and whether they might in fact already be dead. http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/080325/5/4lkn.html
How to Get 360 Waves? Here are some basic tips.
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Saleen aims to give the Ferraris and Lamborghinis a run for their money with its ferocious yellow concept supercar called the S5S Raptor. A collaboration between Saleen and automotive design firm ASC Creative Services
Posted at 06:11 am by Psychomike
Mar 24, 2008
NATIONAL ELECTRONICS STORES RETURN TO HAGGLING, WHEN COMIC BOOKS WERE BANNED, STORY BEHIND THE GREATEST SPORTS PIC, ILLINOIS CRIME STORY OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)!
Headline writers give it their all in the battle to see who can write the corniest caption in the ongoing Mills/McCartney divorce case.
Bruce Dinsmor sends us one cool animation: Just click on the link below, click on play,
then leave the mouse alone, sit back and
enjoy a piece of creative brilliance.
In 2008, it's hard to believe that comic books could be the centre of heated political disputes, but in early days of the Cold War, comics were as controversial as communism. In his splendid new cultural history The Ten-Cent Plague, respected U.S. cultural critic David Hajdu vividly brings this half-remembered debate to life, showing that the fierce struggle over comics was an important battle in a cultural war over youth and freedom that continues to rage to this day. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080322.BKJEET22/TPStory/Entertainment/Books/?&pageRequested=all&print=true
Jerry Lodriguss won the Pro Football Photograph of the Year for 1980 in the NFL Hall of Fame photo contest after his shot of Ike Harris getting upended during a New Orleans Saints-LA Rams game. However, he's got quite a story about how he actually captured the image.
Photo by Jerry Lodriguss
Iraq's rising prosperity is to be symbolically marked this week with the inauguration of a new stock exchange system in Baghdad. The country's small band of traders are to mark the end of an era with the switch to electronic trading. It will be a milestone in the nation's recovery.
Baked penne pasta with veal and roasted red pepper! WOW!
Bush is a kissing bandit!
There is a technology war coming. Actually it is already here but most of us haven't yet notice. It is a war not about technology but because of technology, a war over how we as a culture embrace technology. It is a war that threatens venerable institutions and, to a certain extent, threatens what many people think of as their very way of life. It is a war that will ultimately and inevitably change us all, no going back. The early battles are being fought in our schools. And I already know who the winners will be.
Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way had little more than a thin rug and a mattress to call her own on the chilly concrete floor.
Dorothy Dixon ate what she could forage from the refrigerator upstairs, where housemates used her for target practice with BBs, burned her with a glue gun and doused her with scalding liquid that peeled away her skin.
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Double Star, An extravagantly improbable space-opera of a novel, this classic work of science fiction anticipated more than just the 2000 Turner prize
In 1968, when Charles Hall tried to apply for a patent on the waterbed he thought he had invented, he found he was unable to do so because Heinlein had already described one in sufficient detail in Double Star (and other places). This impressive bit of technological pre-empting sits neatly alongside the fact that the book is generally cited as the first to use the abbreviation "ET" (or at least, eetee). Elsewhere, there are dozens of other inventive ideas, which may not have been realised, but do sound cool. There's real appeal to a sealed off "Hush Corner" noise reduction areas for intimate conversations in crowded bars, for example, while "Bounce Tube" pneumatic transport systems for people might do a lot to improve commuting.
In common with much of the best SF, it's not just the scientific ideas that make this book worthy of investigation. History does too. The political concerns and philosophy that Heinlein chooses to project onto his imagined future also provide an intriguing barometer of his times.
Posted at 11:39 am by Psychomike
Mar 23, 2008
SurfW/Hendrix, Thurston, Manson
WORLD PILLOW FIGHT DAY, WAIT A SECOND- GLOBAL WARMING ENDED 10 YEARS AGO? WHAT?, TOP BEACHES AROUND THE WORLD, WHY DO MOST RELATIONSHIPS FAIL?
Great UK report on the South By Southwest music festival:
Annual deaths from drug use (about 2,000) are still minuscule compared with those related to alcohol and tobacco (about 160,000). The only way to make our streets safe is to wipe Drugs Inc off the map. The only way to do that is to legalise the trade.
After the Tate murders, Manson and some of his followers hid for months at the remote Barker Ranch in California's Death Valley, where they were eventually arrested.
The area, the setting for episodes of television's Bonanza and The Lone Ranger, was a magnet for hippies and drifters. Police heard stories of many youngsters who hitchhiked in, stopped at the ranch and were never seen again; but resources and technology were not available to search for them.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10499628
Duffy asked Marohasy: "Is the Earth stillwarming?" She replied: "No, actually, there has been cooling, if you take 1998 as your point of reference. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued. This is certainly not what you'd expect if carbon dioxide is driving temperature because carbon dioxide levels have been increasing but temperatures have actually been coming down over the last 10 years."
Duffy: "Is this a matter of any controversy?"
Marohasy: "Actually, no." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html
http://subgeniusslack.blogdrive.com/archive/60.html
Why do most relationships fail? http://www.alphaunleashed.com/2008/03/why-most-relationships-fail.html
These folks bravely protested in front of the Chinese consulate in Chicago without being anonymous, risking their lives and their families. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllvGBIzH3Q
The two coolest people in Japan are getting married today. Congrats! http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2008/03/21/mie_tajima_teppei_ride_the_wave_of_love.shtml
Since 1998 a brutal war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties: the many tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army.
The world knows nothing of these women. Their stories have never been told. They suffer and die in silence. In The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo these brave women finally speak. http://www.thegreatestsilence.org/
"When I first saw it on the conference portion of the SXSW website, I knew I'd be there: a conversation between Thurston Moore, the singer and guitar player in pioneering art-rock troupe Sonic Youth, and Steve Reich, the heralded American minimalist composer whose percussion masterworks include "Drumming" and "Music for 18 Musicians." Moore, at 49, is arguably the wisest elder of indie rock, his band Sonic Youth having cranked out some 16 albums since forming in the early 80's, while Reich, who is 72, is arguably the greatest living American composer, having influenced a subsequent generation of artists bridging classical music, rock, electronica, and even hip-hop." http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/03/16/sxsw-conversation%3A-thurston-moore-%2526amp%3B-steve-reich
SUPERHERO MOVIE SPOT, SPOOF OF SCIENTOLOGY CRUISE VIDEO
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Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to meet Modern Japan:
Modern Japan is cool, and Japanese pop culture has fans world-wide
There are plenty of famous people in Japan, though you may not have heard of most of them outside the country
http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/index.shtml
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