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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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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.
http://theofftopic.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=113
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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
Posted at 12:01 am by Psychomike
Mar 22, 2008
THE MOOSE CAN HEAR 2 MILES, LUCKY CHARM TO KEEP MEN FAITHFUL, GUINNESS STOUT BEEF STEW, HELLO KITTY THE WRESTLER?!?
Take a look at Snake Eyes from the new GI Joe movie!
The secret of a moose's exceptional hearing is down to its antlers, apparently. Scientists have discovered that those cool, gnarly things that look so fabulous perched atop the furry freaks act as amplifiers, allowing Mr Moose to be able to hear things up to 2 miles away. Added to the animal's already acute hearing—it's to do with its large ears that rotate in almost every direction, apparently—antlers improve the beast's audio capacities by as much as 19 per cent.
This sign is causing protests. When the owners of Quickie Burger and Dogs chose their logo, they thought it would make patrons crave an order of chili cheese fries. But the logo, a busty woman in a tight shirt straddling a hamburger, has drawn criticism from campus groups.
Three FBI agents were finishing a meeting with a female federal prosecutor in the federal courthouse in Boston in 2006 when one of them came up behind her, wrapped his arm around her neck and gave her a Three Stooges-style noogie, according to several law enforcement officials.
Sent in by Richard Crowe: I was intrigued by the lucky charms encased within what seemed to be a dire and forboding figure, and so i asked who "he" was, but i was quickly corrected: La Santisima Muerte is a SHE. I was then given a long story of how she keeps men faithful to their wives and will judge and kill men who violate the sanctity of marriage if called upon to do so, because her husband was unfaithful to her, causing her to commit suicide, and to hate and punish all unfaithful men
The shop owner, Mrs. Cantu, even took me in a corner, away from my husband and taught me how you perform a seven-knot spell for La Santisima Muerte -- it's virtually identical to the hoodoo nine knot spell for a Nation Sack, but you keep the knotted string that has been smeared with semen tied around her statue, for safe-keeping. The statue is actually designed with a groove around the base to accept the wound-up string. After that, she gave me a Santisima Muerte holy medal as a gift and told me with smiling eyes to not let my husband see it.
http://www.luckymojo.com/santisimamuerte.html
Religion may have evolved as an adaptive benefit for human beings. But once you know that, you’ll derive no such benefits from religion
THE cardsharp playing blackjack at the Riviera Hotel & Casino didn't say "hit me," but he got hit anyway, and hard. After a remarkably profitable run at Riviera's tables, the man was dragged off by a casino security detail and hustled into a room, where he was promptly pummeled.
The scene, part of the beat-the-dealer movie "21," which opens Friday, is not exactly a slam-dunk sales pitch for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Yet the Riviera's representatives said they had no problem having the loosely factual story of a team of card counters be filmed on their casino floor.
It's a curious turnabout given the film's source material, the 2002 book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions." http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-ca-twentyone23mar23,1,1050115.story
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, in conjunction with Gente California and SANRIO Co., LTD., will present the first ever professional wrestling match for the Kitty World Order (KWO). On April 5, 2008, the cheerful Hello Kitty® and mischievous Kuromi® will meet inside the wrestling ring in a classic battle of The Good vs. The Bad. This match between these two beloved characters has been sanctioned by SANRIO Co., LTD. and PWG, and will be part of a live event that will feature PWG World Championship and PWG World Tag Team Championship title matches. http://www.kittyhell.com/2008/03/20/hello-kitty-pro-wrestling/
No churches should be permitted in Saudi Arabia, unless Pope Benedict XVI recognised the prophet Mohammed, according to a Middle East expert. While Saudi mediators are working with the Vatican on negotiations to allow places of religious worship, some experts believe it will not occur without this recognition. http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.1993520344
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who are running for president as economic populists, are benefiting handsomely from Wall Street donations, easily surpassing Republican John McCain in campaign contributions from the troubled financial services sector.
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Mar 21, 2008
Surf W/16 Coolest Beds Ever!
SATURN'S RINGS ARE VANISHING, THE WILDEST CARTOONS EVER MADE, TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS, PEEPING TOM THE BANNED MOVIE, THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION'S BRAVEST FIGHT!
A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests.
That second finding is a surprise because prior studies have shown that married people tend to be healthier than singles, said researcher Julianne Holt-Lunstad.
Saturn: jewel of the solar system, taker of breaths, ringed beauty. Even veteran astronomers can't help but gasp when they see her through a small telescope.
Red Alert: Saturn's rings are vanishing.
Around the world, amateur astronomers have noticed the change; Saturn's wide open rings are rapidly narrowing into a thin line. Efrain Morales Rivera sends these pictures taken through a backyard telescope in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico:
The British Film Institute has issued a list of the Top 100 British films ever made! Get your Netflix account out! (And if you have never seen #31, ZULU, you have missed one of the greatest adventure films ever made!)
The following lists relics and miraculous images in a way to be of more convenience to those interested in visiting them. No attempt has been made to verify the miracles accounted or the historical truth of the relics, but what they have in common is that they are all venerated by individuals who believe them to truly be a link to the saints and to God. Unless otherwise noted, all of these saints are Roman Catholic saints and their relics are enshrined in Roman Catholic Churches, but some Orthodox saints, as well as the uncanonised martyr Oscar Romero, are included as well. From Richard Crowe
We are now accepting submissions for the 15th Chicago Underground Film Festival.
The CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL is dedicated to the work of film and video makers with defiantly independent visions. As Roger Ebert said, "What you get for your money is not just admission to the films, but admission to a subculture."
Entry Forms and complete guidelines for submission are available now at http://www.cuff.org
Shannon Crummy send us this astonishing footage- a tribe in Indonesia sharpens women's teeth to points- for beauties sake!
In 1960 the movie PEEPING TOM was released and ended the career of its director, Michael Powell. Banned in the UK, heavily cut when it was released here, it remains one of the most chilling suspense films ever made. If you have the guts, it's ON DEMAND uncensored!
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peeping_tom/
First it was David Mamet- now Tom Stoppard!
Saudi Arabia to teach its 40,000 imams moderation in hopes that Islam can change, a week after one of those imams called for beheadings of those who think Islam can change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7308040.stm "The Legion dies; It does not surrender!"
The French Foreign Legion is without a doubt one of the most hardcore military units ever assembled, and is probably one of the most badass organizations this side of the Praetorian Guard or the original N.W.A. lineup. 60 men battled 2000. You have to feel sorry for the 2000! Greatest battle of the French Foreign Legion. When asked to surrender, they replied "Sh*t!" The anniversary of this battle is celebrated every year on April 30! Sent to us by Richard Crowe http://www.kepi.cncplusplus.com/History_FFL/Cameron.htm
The new trailer for THE HULK looks like: they decided to forget about the first film and it looks really good!
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Have you seen Mad Monster Party lately? "Featuring the final screen 'appearance' of horror icon Boris Karloff, Mad Monster Party was co-written by comics legend Harvey Kurtzman, creator of the original Mad comic books, and featured character designs by cartoonist Jack Davis of Mad Magazine and EC comics — a genius at combining humor and grotesquerie." Or how about Down and Dirty Duck? "Likely assembled as a quick cash-in on the underground success of Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat, Down and Dirty Duck was put together with the assistance of erstwhile Turtles (and Mothers of Invention) Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (nee Flo and Eddie), who contributed voice, music and plot elements. (The duo's former employer, Frank Zappa, makes a cameo appearance during a particularly bizarre segment in which his head rises, sunlike, in the sky over the main characters.)"
These are but two entries in Bullz-Eye.com's eye-opening Animated and Forgotten: Feature Length Cartoons You May Not Remember. (The key words there being "may not." It's a fun list, but how could we ever forget The Incredible Mr. Limpet and The Iron Giant?) You can read the whole thing here, but if you want to see video clips from some of these obscurities, you've come to the right place: http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/03/20/pinocchio-in-outer-space-and-other-forgotten-cartoons.aspx
Posted at 01:19 am by Psychomike
Mar 19, 2008
TOP 10 RACIST MOMENTS ON TV, THE PATRON SAINT OF HANDGUN OWNERS, THE BEST POLITICAL DRAMA ON TV IS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, JAPANESE PENIS FESTIVAL, THE SPEECH POLITICIANS STILL FEAR!
Now that Absinthe is legal in the U.S., here's how to drink it!
The Church Of Scientology has responded to protests the way they always should have: they have placed over 80 videos on their website explaining their beliefs.
Photographs by Horacio Coppola from the 1930's of Buenos Aires http://www.elangelcaido.org/fotografos/hcoppola/hcoppola01.html
Mikey Dread, who has died aged 54, was a revolutionary force in Jamaican popular music and became known in Britain as a producer of the Clash; he produced the band's single Bankrobber and contributed to several songs on their album Sandinista! (both 1980).
35 videos of the Tibet riots are now available in one spot despite the ban by China!
When a small city voted to make everyone own guns it was predicted that gun accidents and crime would go through the roof. Stunning article!
Here's a place to watch Hindi Bollywood movies online, including OM SHANTI OM!
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Richard Crowe sends us this: The St. Gabriel Possenti Society promotes the public recognition of St. Gabriel Possenti, including his Vatican designation as Patron Saint of Handgunners. St. Gabriel Possenti was a Catholic seminarian whose marksmanship and proficiency with handguns single-handedly saved the village of Isola, Italy from a band of 20 terrorists in 1860.
Posted at 10:07 pm by Psychomike
Mar 18, 2008
SurfW/Arthur C. Clarke R.I.P.
FOR THE FIRST TIME AT ALL NIGHT SURFING: 2 POSTS IN 1 DAY. ARTHUR C. CLARKE HAS DIED.
Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said. He was 90.
Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome since the 1960s and sometimes used a wheelchair, died at 1:30 a.m. after suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva said
Sixty years ago this month, in October 1945, the magazine Wireless World published an article by a relatively unknown writer and rocket enthusiast. Its title was: "Extra-Terrestrial Relays: Can Rocket Stations Give World Wide Radio Coverage?" Today, the author's name is known throughout the world. He is the science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke, and his prediction of satellite communications has come true in ways even he never imagined. To mark the anniversary, Heather Couper travels to Sir Arthur's home in Sri Lanka to hear his own story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/arthurcclarke.shtml
Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 Explained: magnificently. This film by the way, had a promotion implying people see it tripping! http://www.kubrick2001.com/
Sean Diddy Combs has been implicated in the murder of Tupac!
Melodyne is a program that allows you to change individual notes in music! From Bruce Dinsmor
PHYSICAL GRAFFITTI THE MASH UP VIDEO!
There have been rumors for years that the Manson family practiced murder by killing minors they picked up hitchhiking. Looks like some graves may have been found. From Lisa Kezios.
You don't have to scour the internet too hard to find a tinnitus cure or management technique. While there are many natural cures designed to manage and eliminate tinnitus, here are some things you can do RIGHT NOW to get some amount of relief.
I know these are some old pictures of Miranda Kerr hanging out at the Pink Victoria's Secret pool party but when I hear supermodel and twister in the same sentence, I can't resist posting them.
Tennesseans bought over $2 million in lottery tickets that could never win last year when a software glitch kept repeat digits from appearing in winning numbers, according to an audit released Tuesday
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