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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.
He also collects wild links on the web!
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Dec 24, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SNOOP DOGG, ELVIS, HANSON, THE RAMONES, LED ZEPPELIN, JOHN AND YOKO, JOHNNY CASH, DAVID BOWIE AND BING CROSBY, THE BEATLES, DISNEY'S BANNED NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS!
Elvis sings BLUE CHRISTMAS
The astonishing cartoon from 1939 that made a plea for peace
A very young HANSON Christmas special
John and Yoko, MERRY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)
Johnny Cash does SILENT NIGHT and the LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
David Bowie and Bing Crosby
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
Posted at 07:20 am by Psychomike
Dec 23, 2008
Surf W/ Happy Festivus Day!
NEW FEMINISM SWEEPS EUROPE, THE SCORPION QUEEN, ST. THOMAS IN INDIA, UNUSUAL DEATHS IN HISTORY, SEX PARTIES MAY FORCE RETRIAL OF KILLER, COLLEGE IS NOW A BAD INVESTMENT, THE HIDDEN RACE WAR AFTER KATRINA
List of really unusual deaths in history, from Surfer MojoPojo
The top 32 freakiest ads of 2008!
Andre Williams sang about bacon, shaking your tail feather, and had hits. "The Bacon Fat," "The Greasy Chicken," and "Pass the Biscuits Please" he lives in Chicago now, here is his story:
The Scorpion Queen holds live scorpions in her mouth, and she has set a new record!
St. Thomas made it to India! From Surfer Richard Crowe
The new breed of feminists have a request to make of the old school. STEP ASIDE.
Nuala O' Faolin's new nonfiction book, The Story of Chicago May, brings to life a gorgeous Irish redhead from the 1890s who became a notorious prostitute, thief and blackmailer known as America's "Queen of the Crooks." From Surfer Richard Crowe
Sex between jurors, and jurors and deputies may cause a murderer's retrial!
It is the story the press declined to cover- the hidden race war that happened days after Katrina hit in New Orleans
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
Government figures show that of students who entered four-year colleges in 1997, just 54% had earned a degree six years later. A professor wrote about this issue in The Atlantic earlier this year, arguing that it's immoral to tell all students they can go to college, then crush their dreams by failing half of them. But the problem has deeper effects than hurt feelings: the 54% graduation rate means that around 46% of all money used to finance college tuition results in no degree.
Which means that financially speaking, the spectacularly high dropout rate boils down to a spectacularly bad investment.
Posted at 10:04 am by Psychomike
Dec 22, 2008
Surf W/The Wheelchair Bunny!
OVERTAXED NEW YORKERS LEAVE FOR ATLANTA, 8 YEAR OLD DENIED DIVORCE, FAMOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR CATS, ENEMA BAG JEWELRY, BECOME BATMAN
The wheelchair bunny
A BOY aged one has been found living rough on the streets — being kept alive by CATS.
Mementos of the 1960's, the cast of an era. And a defense, kind of, of Jane Fonda
It's a taxing tale of two cities.
Public-relations executive Scott Merritt and teacher Debbie Merritt struggled for 11 years in New York, barely scratching out a living and forced to live in his parents' four-bedroom home in Greenlawn, LI.
But when the family moved to Atlanta, Merritt and his wife found they were living far better on about the same income.
"We went from struggling to having a great quality of life in just a few weeks,"
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12222008/news/regionalnews/the_living_is_easy_after_leaving_ny_145365.htm
A Saudi court has rejected a plea to divorce an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man who is 58, saying the case should wait until the girl reaches puberty.
The DALEK Christmas Tree!
Bizzare Christmas albums!
Real world examples of Batman training, equipment and knowledge. Blog featuring Batman gadget shopping list, Batman's religion, and more!
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
Beautiful women of the world- nice collection! Not OK for work
Posted at 11:41 am by Psychomike
Dec 20, 2008
Surf W/ Stunning RIAA Reversal
BLAGOJEVICH AT CHICAGO GAY RIGHTS PARADE, BETTIE PAGE GALLERY, SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN CALI MAY BE VOIDED, HOW CONDOMS ARE MADE, IS SANTA CLAUS A HIPPIE?
In a stunning turn of events, the US music industry has ceased its long-time litigation strategy of suing individual P2P file-swappers. Instead, with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo acting as a broker, the RIAA has signed voluntary "graduated response" agreements with major Internet service providers. Those currently on the receiving end of an RIAA lawsuit, though, will have to see it through to the (very) bitter end.
Is Santa Claus a hippie?
Our guv at the Gay Rights Parade!
Bettie Page photo and video page, not ok for work
The creator of Carmina Burana hid an ugly secret about his betrayal of a friend under the Third Reich
How condoms are made!
Pizza Hut pizza for Christmas ad, 1982
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
THE BRIDES OF GHOST HUNTER
RICHARD CROWE:
SPECIAL AL CAPONE EDITION
Happy St. Valentine's Day.......
You can ONLY see this play about Supernatural Chicago at:
Plays Friday And Saturday Nights Starting Fri Jan 9,
Ends Sat Feb 28th Admission $10, stay for dancing after!
No reservations, just come!
THE LIAR'S CLUB
1665 W. FULLERTON
FREE PARKING BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET
Posted at 01:14 pm by Psychomike
Dec 19, 2008
Surf W/ Celeb Fashion Outrage!
IS THE AMERICAN ERA OVER?, FBI AGENTS PAYED EXTRA TO PARTY, THE VICE TRIAL OF THE 20TH CENTURY WAS A SET-UP, OWN YOUR OWN TREASURE, WILLIAM SHATNER SINGS ROCKET MAN (GREAT QUALITY)
Surfer Harry Brooks sends us these pics of celebs dressed outrageously!
The movie VALKYRIE does look good, but actually there were LOT'S of attempts on Hitler's life, before he got into government up until Speer decided to try and kill him in the bunker. This documentary series from the BBC chronicles over 200 attempts!
The Chinese man in charge of a huge amount of the nations money speaks about the current financial crisis: he says no one in government is telling the people the truth, and that we should be nice to countries that loan us money
Surfer Crowe sends us the astonishing story of the vice trial of the century. It turns out, the cops busted 100 women and held them, telling them that if they didn't testify, they'd be given 7 years! A dark side of the trial never told before:
In 1936, the New York trial of "Vice Czar" Lucky Luciano, for the crime of compulsory prostitution, resulted in his conviction. Luciano was the banner name for a trial that also included many co-defendants. This book addresses the other side of the Luciano trial, the story of the low-level street people who were brought into the trial to act as material witnesses. While Luciano's fabled conviction and later, pardon and deportation is remembered, little has been done to tell the story of the material witnesses and co-defendants. This book tells their story.
Why the plan to send more troops into Afghanistan is doomed to fail
Cops get report of white prostitute, drive to wrong neighborhood, snatch 12-year-old black honor student from her front yard, beat her for resisting, arrest her for assaulting an officer.
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
Posted at 06:11 am by Psychomike
Dec 17, 2008
Surf W/ Weird News Of 2008
GEORGE CARLIN ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ASIAN GIRLS PLAYING SOCCER, WHEN CITIES PRINTED THEIR OWN MONEY, MASHUPS OF 2008 HITS, GROWING UP IN A NORTH KOREAN JAIL
This story is CRAZY. A rep for Scarlett Johansson has released a statement claiming that Cosmopolitan's January interview with the actress was "wholly fabricated". Scarlett never sat down with the magazine!
Surfer Richard Crowe sends us the amazing true story behind the song, RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN. It's about a real life murder- suicide! Reading this may stop you from clapping along the next time you karaoke!
Asian girls play soccer in the mud
Surfer Bruce Dinsmor sends us the lineup for the New Orleans music festival, and it looks great!
Lawyers for Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sought 125€000 in damages on Monday from a clothing firm for selling a shopping bag featuring a nude photo of the first lady. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20081215174952536C694631
From surfer Richard Crowe : Funny how the WPA of anti-semite and racist FDR is remembered today for
the pro-union and Marxist murals and art in the North, and liberals all
forget what the WPA did in the South!
From surfer Bryan Wendorf: For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear familiar blog hits from artists like Lykke Li, of Montreal, the Breeders, Bloc Party, Crystal Castles, and Beck remixed with beats and vocals borrowed from some of the year's most inescapable pop hits. (There are some oldies thrown in, too.)
http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/stereogum-team9-present-mysplice-iii_041871.html#more
Surfer Richard Crowe sends us money- made by cities during the depression!
From flying penguins to lewd logos, tiny girls to confusing crop circles, 2008 has been a busy year for weird news.
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
In the North Korean prison where Shin Dong-hyuk was born and where he watched his mother hanged, inmates never saw a picture of Kim Jong Il
THE LAST WEEKEND FOR THE BRIDES OF GHOST HUNTER RICHARD CROWE: SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION
Put the X back into X-Mas this December when the play THE BRIDES OF GHOST HUNTER RICHARD CROWE: The Christmas Edition, pops up at The Liar's Club, 1665 W Fullerton, 773- 665- 1110. NO RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED, DOORS OPEN AT 8:00 PM, SHOW STARTS PROMPTLY AT 8:15. Admission is $10. THIS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION will run for 2 more performances only. YOU MUST BE 21 OR OVER TO ATTEND. Dec 19, 20 ONLY. Free parking on both sides of the street. Come for the play, stay for dancing!
http://ghosthunter.blogdrive.com
 Posted at 03:43 am by Psychomike
Dec 14, 2008
Surf W/Cosplay American Style
BEETHOVEN AND THE ILLUMINATI, THE IRA ATTACK THAT CHANGED IRELAND, DAVE THE SPAZZ IS THE BEST MUSIC DJ IN U.S., MICHAEL JACKSON AT DEATH'S DOOR, NAZI GIRL FETISH!
The long awaited trailer for Jessica Biel's infamous movie 'Powder Blue' has finally arrived. Beil broadens her acting range and tests her acting merits for the dark drama by playing a troubled stripper named Rose-Johnny. To fully commit to exhibiting a realistic image that has lately been lacking in various other Hollywood actress's portrayal of exotic dancers, Jessica goes nude for several different scenes in the movie
Surfer David Krys sends us big news for Chicago! Trader Vic's is back!
As of today, sunday the 14th.....the traders is officially open......whoooohoooo!!!!.....let the pigeons loose!!!!.......let the balloons go!!!! ...it's been 2 years of waiting for this day to arrive!! ...we finally got our traders back!!
today, Sunday, the lounge opens 4 p.m....dinner lounge opens at 5 p.m.
If you've been to the San Diego Comic Con, you've seen all those women dressed in sexy super-heroine costumes. Now you can take them home with you!
Wonder Women Of America, a great new book by Amos Toys' co-founder Russell Waterman and photographer Ruth Wiggins, celebrates how women at Comic Con choose to express themselves, their interests, their freedom and their sexuality by dressing up as fictional characters. http://www.strangeco.com/feature.php?id=137#
Thanks to everyone who has written to me about the BEST OF 2008 post! If you are still wading through it, and several have said they already spent hours on the post, here's a link
Surfer Richard Crowe sends us this note with the link, "Tadh (Tim) Crowe, one of the ambushers, was my cousin":
On the very day that Ireland was asserting its right to govern itself in the Mansion House, Dublin, 80 years ago, an IRA attack, though unconnected, was to have as profound an effect on the course of Irish history.
Dave The Spazz has quite a wild show! He is on WFMU - check these out:
The Federal Reserve refuses to disclose recipients of $2,000,000,000,000.00 in emergency loans
The portrayal of nazi women in pop culture- is more of a fetish than reality!
Ever wondered what a UAW contract looks like? Here is all 22 pounds of it (in this case, Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract; Coke can is for scale and because I was thirsty).
I'll tell you this much, those 2,215 pages don't include much regarding efficiency and competitiveness. What you'll find are hundreds of rules, regulations, and letters of understanding that have hamstrung the auto companies for years.
If you'd like to read the contracts for yourself, here they are:
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
Posted at 12:11 pm by Psychomike
Dec 13, 2008
THE DARK SIDE OF CHRISTMAS, COLLEGES FEEL THE ECONOMY, WHEN HEROES DIE, THE RETURN OF ALDOUS HUXLEY, SOVIET UNION CHRISTMAS POSTCARDS, THE STRANGEST COOKBOOK EVER: THE SEMEN BASED COOKBOOK!
This dog took three bullets to protect his owner from a armed home invasion. Now he needs your help.
Taxpayers are livid that selfish deadbeats are rewarded with better mortgages for making irresponsible decisions
Who can forget the Soviet city in Ireland? Wait, what? From Surfer Richard Crowe!
Forrest J. Ackerman, Arthur C. Clarke and Bettie Page died the same year. An essay on "when heroes die"... and the true story of what happened during THE BETTY PAGE STORY
I am quoted in this Chicago Tribune article about Bettie Page in Chicago
Colleges are trying to figure out how to ignore the economy
SUPERNATURAL CHRISTMAS TALK WITH GHOST HUNTER RICHARD CROWE!
MCDUNNA'S 1505 W FULLERTON
TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 8PM $5
There will be a special emphasis on the Chicago area with holiday season tales, including --
1903 - Before "Wicked" there was "Bluebeard" -- a fairy tale theater production that meant holiday season death for over 600 Chicagoans and still on-going hauntings.
1913 - The "Christmas Tree Schooner" and its disappearance on Lake Michigan. It now sails local waters as a ghost ship!
1957 -- Two soon-to be kidnap victims leave a December showing of the Elvis flick "Love Me Tender" and vanish from the world of the living. Their ghosts still plead for justice on a lonely suburban roadway.
1958 -- December brings a firey death to 95 students and teachers at a working class Catholic school on the westside. The psychic flames still burn after fifty years!
Special guests the cast of THE BRIDES OF GHOST HUNTER RICHARD CROWE
And more! Hear master storyteller and ghost expert, Richard Crowe, bring in the holidays with a ghostly shiver! He has been on the Discovery Channel, A&E, BBC, PBS, etc.
http://supernaturaltours.blogdrive.com/
The strangest cookbook ever- The Semen Based Cookbook!
BEST SITE OF THE DAY:
Amazing matchbox art!
Posted at 06:39 am by Psychomike
Dec 12, 2008
Surf W/ Bettie Page R.I.P.
Goodbye Bettie Page, Richard Crowe Christmas Lecture, Brides Christmas Show
A Bettie Page shrine
Bettie Page, the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died. She was 85.
Page, whose later life was marked by depression, violent mood swings and several years in a state mental institution, died Thursday night at Kindred Hospital in Los Angeles, where she had been on life support since suffering a heart attack Dec. 2, according to her agent, Mark Roesler.
Bettie interviewed:
The subversive play, BETTIE PAGE UNCENSORED
The DVD of Bettie Page Uncensored
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4 MORE PERFORMANCES OF THE BRIDES OF GHOST HUNTER RICHARD CROWE CHRISTMAS EDITION, MEET CAST MEMBER AMY SHERMAN WHO HAS THE BEST REASON FOR BECOMING AN ACTRESS I'VE EVER HEARD OR READ!
Put the X back into X-Mas this December when the play THE BRIDES OF GHOST HUNTER RICHARD CROWE: The Christmas Edition, pops up at The Liar's Club, 1665 W Fullerton, 773- 665- 1110. NO RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED, DOORS OPEN AT 8:00 PM, SHOW STARTS PROMPTLY AT 8:15. Admission is $10. THIS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION will run for 4 more performances only. YOU MUST BE 21 OR OVER TO ATTEND. Dec 12, 13, 19, 20 ONLY
http://ghosthunter.blogdrive.com
The Puritans, the Quakers, Protestants, Catholics have all tried to ban the holiday once they discovered what it celebrated. Here's a hint, put the mistletoe over your bed instead of near your fertility bush! Find out the true origins of Christmas, and hear the supernatural stories of Chicago.
Amy Sherman prefers Pink Floyd over Led Zeppelin. She likes cats, and her fav actor is Daniel Day Lewis. Especially in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, in which he runs around scantily clad.
She didn't get into acting until college and she realized she didn't want to grow up and have responsibility. Acting gave her a chance to play pretend and avoid public scorn.
I TOLD YOU IT WAS THE BEST ANSWER EVER!
Chicago area ghost hunter Richard Crowe will give a Christmas lecture to remember at MCDUNNA'S, 1505 W Fullerton, 773- 929-0944 with $2 PBR! As the gods intended. Tuesday December 16th at 8PM. Admission is $5. Special guests the cast of THE BRIDES OF GHOST HUNTER RICHARD CROWE will perform a special Chistmas story for this event. Followed by a screening of CHRISTMAS WITH SCTV free!
Haunted Holidaze Program--
Did you know that people born on Christmas can become werewolves? Hear all about fabulous holiday season ghostlore and folklore in a special program given by Chicago's original ghosthunter and gonzo folklorist, Richard Crowe.
There will be a special emphasis on the Chicago area with holiday season tales, including --
1903 - Before "Wicked" there was "Bluebeard" -- a fairy tale theater production that meant holiday season death for over 600 Chicagoans and still on-going hauntings.
1913 - The "Chistmas Tree Schooner" and its disappearance on Lake Michigan. It now sails local waters as a ghost ship!
1957 -- Two soon-to be kidnap victims leave a December showing of the Elvis flick "Love Me Tender" and vanish from the world of the living. Their ghosts still plead for justice on a lonely suburban roadway.
1958 -- December brings a firey death to 95 students and teachers at a working class Catholic school on the westside. The psychic flames still burn after fifty years!
And more! Hear master storyteller and ghost expert, Richard Crowe, bring in the holidays with a ghostly shiver!
FOLLOWED BY A SPECIAL PSYCHOTRONIC FILM SOCIETY SCREENING OF CHRISTMAS WITH SCTV! Starring John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis and more! Posted at 01:06 am by Psychomike
Dec 9, 2008
Surf W/ Best Links Of 2008!
Years ago I would email to pals odd and strange links I found on the net in emails until someone pointed out I could post them on a blog. So was born ALL NIGHT SURFING. Here is the best of the past year, Dec of 2007 to Nov of 2008. If you are new here, sign up for updates on the left by entering your email into the REGISTER box.
The best of the year 2008
The best music video:
In Brazil in the shanty towns built of cardboard and wooden planks, where there aren't so much streets as corridors and at night the police never come, the drug dealers will hold outdoor dance shows. The patrons, if they don't like the baille funk they hear take out their guns and fire in the air. The song PAPER PLANES by MIA is about as close to that scene as I want to get.
THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
Without question: THE DARK KNIGHT
Where the hell is Matt? This guy is why I have ALL NIGHT SURFING. He spent 14 months going to over 40 countrys to film himself dancing. Wow. Oddly compelling and moving.
The best sculptures of the year
The greatest hero now living is......
Capitalism may deliver wealth and happiness but it does not inspire us. Socialism continues to inspire, despite having never delivered on any of its promises. Why does one inspire, and one not? How do we choose our heroes? Consider:
Which of the following people would you say is the most admirable: Mother Teresa, Bill Gates or Norman Borlaug? And which do you think is the least admirable? For most people, it's an easy question. Mother Teresa, famous for ministering to the poor in Calcutta, has been beatified by the Vatican, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and ranked in an American poll as the most admired person of the 20th century. Bill Gates, infamous for giving us the Microsoft dancing paper clip and the blue screen of death, has been decapitated in effigy in "I Hate Gates" Web sites and hit with a pie in the face. As for Norman Borlaug . . . who the heck is Norman Borlaug?
Norman Borlaug has saved 1 billion lives according to the UN. Oprah Winfrey opened a school for several hundred kids. Guess who is more well known, has been the subject of thousands of articles, has had documentaries and specials done on their life? There isn't even a documentary on Borlaug!
Yet a deeper look might lead you to rethink your answers. Borlaug, father of the "Green Revolution" that used agricultural science to reduce world hunger, has been credited with saving a billion lives, more than anyone else in history. Gates, in deciding what to do with his fortune, crunched the numbers and determined that he could alleviate the most misery by fighting everyday scourges in the developing world like malaria, diarrhea and parasites. Mother Teresa, for her part, extolled the virtue of suffering and ran her well-financed missions accordingly: their sick patrons were offered plenty of prayer but harsh conditions, few analgesics and dangerously primitive medical care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Psychology-t.html?_r=1&=magazine&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
The woman everyone thinks is a hero, but wasn't:
The true story of Mother Teresa is a shocker! Man, we were had!
MojoPojo sends us this link to the group that organized the above amazing event:
Ever hear of the "Curse of the Billy Goat," also known as the Cubs Curse?
Do you recall the Saturday Night Live sketch in which a short order cook would yell out to incoming patrons:
"Cheezborger! Cheezborger!
No fries, cheeps! No Pepsi, Coke!"?
All of the above have one thing in common: the World Famous Billy Goat Tavern, a Chicago legend since 1934. From Surfer Richard Crowe
Subgenius Slack now has a key to all the posts! What were the countercultures like from bikers at the end of World War 2 to beats, diggers, hippies, punks and SubGenii? You can pick your post to read!
Comedy guru and my partner for 10 years, Del Close
J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
The Top 13 Science Fiction Films Babes
Jane Fonda as BARBARELLA, still one of the hottest and trippiest science fiction films ever made
The bar girls, girl bands and clubs of Vietnam during the war!
Richard Crowe does ghost tours around Chicago (though truth be told it is as much a hidden tour of Chicago's history as it is a supernatural tour) and you will have fun at his events.
This should keep you warm. America's hottest cheerleaders. The Bears haven't won a Superbowl since we got rid of ours. Hmmmmmmmmm
Surfer The Unknown Millionaire Presents video at a protest rally of people trying to ban
hydrogen dioxide monoxide! Very funny
The Great Louis Armstrong plays RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE. This one is a must! From 1932!
Lisa Kezios in Chicago sends us the art world's craze, LSD blotter art!
The big Cosplay convention has happened, here are some stand outs. I have to admit I said wow more than once. http://www.lost.art.br/cosplay.htm
The day 1000 Indians in North Carolina decided they had enough of the Ku Klux Klan
This is great! The top 20 record industry screw ups of all time! For example:
#19 The industry kills the single—and begins its own slow demise
In the early ’80s, the music industry began to phase out vinyl singles in favor of cassettes and later, CDs. Then, since it costs the same to manufacture a CD single as a full album, they ditched the format almost altogether. But they forgot that singles were how fans got into the music-buying habit before they had enough money to spend on albums. The end result? Kids who expect music for free. “Greed to force consumers to buy an album [resulted] in the loss of an entire generation of record consumers,” says Billboard charts expert Joel Whitburn. “People who could only afford to buy their favorite hit of the week were told it wasn’t available as a single. Instead, they stopped going to record shops and turned their attention to illegally downloading songs.”
Unintended consequence The Eagles still top the album charts.
Do you have 18 minutes to change your life?
Take 18 minutes to watch this astonishing talk from Harvard-trained brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor. It drew a huge standing ovation in the first session of the conference and, by general consensus, counts as one of the most memorable TED talks of all time. THIS TALK MAY CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR REALITY!
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
Inside Hitler's world. The declassification of Germany's world war 2 documents have led to many forgotten stories being revealed as a new generation examines the war!
http://civildefense.blogdrive.com/archive/cm-03_cy-2008_m-03_d-11_y-2008_o-0.html
The Ayn Rand Lexicon is now online, a mini encyclopedia of Objectivism. For example, her thoughts on abortion:
An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn).
Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her own body?
http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/
The largest and most renowned festival (with the most renowned wooden penises) takes place in the city of Komaki, in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.
Surfer Bruce Dinsmor sends us these 50 really odd album covers! And reminds us that sometimes the worst, are the best!
Chinese propaganda posters from 1937 to today!
Sundown Towns. Many are in Illinois. They are towns that did not allow Blacks after dark! The Illinois towns still set off their warning siren, one hopes they don't remember why!
What was the Chicago police riot in 1968 and subsequent trial really about?
This is a great collection of country songs about the juke box compiled by the great WFMU! MP3's!
Thanks to Surfer Richard Crowe
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its long-awaited report on the collapse of World Trade 7 following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "Our take-home message today is that the reason for the collapse of World Trade Center 7 is no longer a mystery," NIST lead investigator Shyam Sunder told journalists at this morning's press conference in Gaithersburg, Md. "WTC 7 collapsed because of fires fueled by office furnishings. It did not collapse from explosives or from diesel fuel fires."
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4278874.html
Newly Discovered Photos from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
This unique collection contains World Famous Photograher Ken Marcus' never-before-seen images of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin,The Who, Simon & Garfunkle, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones and others. Unknown photos that have been hidden away for 40 years.
"Shooting backstage at the Monterey Pop Festival was an amazing photographic experience. The film has been lost for almost 40 years. Recently, while remodeling my studio we found the box containing the negatives. We had long thought the images were lost." See them here: http://www.kenmarcusgallery.com/index.php?dir=music
The girls of Ibiza 2008
 ! Let's see, Burning Man or Ibiza? I'll take Ibiza!
To celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth, Times Online have created an exclusive 100 year interactive Fleming and Bond timeline. Packed with articles and photography from the Times Archive and the original reviews of Bond novels and films, it shows how closely Bond's fictional life paralleled Fleming's
Did the atomic bombs end the war with Japan? "Everyone" in America knows they did, so it is something of a shock to discover they didn't! Americans after the war had no idea Japan had been trying to surrender for months, but the Russians hid the information from us. So what group did end the war? Here's a hint, the pen is mightier than the sword!
Duffy is a female singer from the UK who was a surprise hit at this years Lollapalooza on Saturday. American audiences don't know her yet, but they will:
Here's a place to watch Hindi Bollywood movies online, including OM SHANTI OM!
Aleister Crowley, Rudolph Hess , Ian Fleming and James Bond. An amazing story of World War 2 Intel! from Richard Crowe.
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.
Here are MP3's of the bands playing at the Pitchfork Music Festival this year! From Surfer Bryan Wendorf
Top 10 oddest Japanese products:
At the beginning of the eighteenth century the Comanches were a small tribe of hunter-gatherers in New Mexico. Once they acquired the use of horses, in three generations they evolved into the 'Spartans of the plains' and provided the fiercest of all Native American resistance to the Anglo-Hispanic conquest of the American West. For a hundred years from 1750, the Comanches dominated New Mexico, Texas and even parts of Louisiana and northern Mexico. As Amerindians, the Comanches were even more impressive than the Aztecs or the Iroquois, for until the American Civil War they largely forced Europeans to bend the knee, and did so moreover when the European imperialist impulse was at its height. Although the word 'empire' may be author's hyperbole, the Comanches ruled an extensive domain that worked on a melange of kinship ties, trade, diplomacy, extortion and violence
So why were the Comanches so exceptional among American Indians?
http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/mclynn_06_08.html
THE USS LIBERTY incident. The true story. Unmarked Israeli planes attacked a U.S. spy ship during the 6 day war against Egypt, even firing on boats of wounded sailors. The true facts are still classified in the U.S., but they have been released in the UK. After the attack on the boat, U.S. jets with nuclear bombs were on their way to Cairo to drop them in retaliation. (President LBJ had created a fake incident to start the Viet Nam war, so he has a record of doing this). One of the most shocking, devastating documentaries you will ever see. If you can watch this without a tear in your eye you are a stronger person than me. Send this one around, if you can't watch it on your computer find one you can. I am always fascinated by conspiracy groups who prefer speculative conspiracies over PROVEN ones. This, is now a proven one. Devastating.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3319663041501647311&q=USS+Liberty&ei=ef5LSOTcOJSC4ALM6fCiDA
In 1962 Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney and Peter Lorre appeared on ROUTE 66 in a episode called LIZARD LEG. Here it is, and it was the last time Karloff donned the Frankenstein look! I miss these actors......
ROUTE 66 was originally supposed to be about Jack Kerouac, but talks broke down, so the producers just stole the idea! That said, it was still a fun show, and LIZARD LEG is a genuine classic!
50 Great movies about musicians, sent in by Surfer Bryan Wendorf
OCTOBERFEST IN MUNICH... is not like Octoberfest here!
The best living space of the year:
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