“While the span of the band’s career was relatively short, The Runaways changed the landscape of rock and altered the perception of women making music forever. With The Runaways’ biopic just released last year, who would have imagined that their influence would continue to be topical several decades after their break up? I was around …
Dear Friends: Now THIS is what I call a press release! ["Coloration" of the text all mine] Anyhow, here’s something arty and deliberately unpleasant that couldn’t have existed under Communism, though I’m not entirely sure it’s a "good" thing! LOL Just arrived outta the blue in today’s e-mail. [I must have ordered …
John Lennon was a closet Republican, who felt a little embarrassed by his former radicalism, at the time of his death – according to the tragic Beatles star’s last personal assistant. Full Story is here. But The Nation disputes the article’s claims, here.
This is a little funny because the roles are reversed. She’s nervous and has to be tricked into meeting him. But isn’t she the bigger star? She’s on Youtube every day while he just trots in once a year:
Responding to a false celebrity blog report which described derriere implants exploding during recent air travel, Kim Kardashian had her posterior x-rayed recently, with TV cameras rolling, to prove her butt is 100% real. Full story is here. Thanks to Gordon Jack Schultz for the tip on this story. He adds, “AT LAST!! PROOF that …
Here’s a funny tweet from James Lileks, “Choices: see “Transformers 3″ or stand behind a jet engine into which someone’s feeding sheets of aluminum foil?” . http://youtu.be/gKOQAnvBHCw .
Now that Michele Bachmann has brought John Wayne back into socio-political pop memory, it would be good to take a look at Joan Didion’s classic essay about this American patriot and actor, which was reprinted some time ago in the Guardian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AouX-nWvv4
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This image — seen all over China on all kinds of souvenirs — is called “The Obamao” by locals. Seems the President and the Chairman indeed have at least one thing in common… – Colette Moran . .
Here’s how the cello concert is described on Youtube: “An impromptu concert by Dr Erik Anderson next to Longfellow School in Minot ND as the Mouse River Floods the neighborhood. Beauty in the devastation.” . . And here’s Josh Duhamel, on the phone from Moscow, described thusly: “From Moscow to Minot: Shaun Sipma receives a …
http://youtu.be/cLwPVjyMWwo
“FEELING the need for an example of government policy run amok? Look no further than the box of cornflakes on your kitchen shelf. In its myriad corn-related interventions, Washington has managed simultaneously to help drive up food prices and add tens of billions of dollars to the deficit, while arguably increasing energy use and harming …
This event took place in Rochester, New York. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has more on the story here. http://youtu.be/jXA-KA-pEKw
This is the most popular vid in South Africa today. It’s the promo for a reality show or “unscripted drama series” about four American girls who go to Capetown, South Africa to live “in a mansion on Clifton Beach, under the watchful eye of a demanding billionaire boss,” where “the girls have to prove their …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5DOKOt7ZF4
http://youtu.be/ySztL6kBw-M
http://youtu.be/0TZ3OhOGTc4
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Chris Cutler speaks out about pirated music on the internet. Not what you might expect from the leftist/commie. A very thoughtful and fair minded read from an amazing human. – Marc Marshall http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/6715/ ********************************************************* I recently saw the piece to which you refer, Marc. Typically clear and well-argued, in the Cutler fashion. The thing …
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