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Michael Jackson—The Day After
theressa buckingham on July 14, 2009 at 08:59 PM
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Quick Hits
Posted on July 30, 2004 at 01:15 PM
Swipe This...Usher has a celebrity debit card.
Teen Injured at Neverland...and he wasn't hurt jumping out of Michael's bed.
Livin' Large...P. Diddy buys mansion. Good for him.
Five for Stabbing...House-sitter stabbed 13 times.
Courting Courtney...What a crackpot.
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KISS-Off
Posted on July 29, 2004 at 01:42 PM
And the award for crappiest video of the year, decade, millenium goes to...
Gene Simmons for his truely tasteless remake of Firestarter!
So bad you have to watch it twice.
Tagged as: Music
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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Posted on July 29, 2004 at 01:16 PM
Kimora Lee Simmons, wife of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, may have been too stoned to notice the flashing lights of a police cruiser behind her for nearly two miles on Monday.
When the cops finally did ger her attention and pulled her over, a search of the car yielded some marijuana.
Simmons was charged with elluding an officer, marijuana possession, careless driving and operating a motor vehicle while possessing a drug.
Now that's Phat.
Tagged as: Music
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Striped Beck
Posted on July 29, 2004 at 01:10 PM
The new album from Beck, due in late October, will feature a guest appearance by White Striper Jack White.
It's possible payback for Beck's appearance in the Stripes' video for "Hardest Button to Button."
The as-yet-untitled Beck album will reunite him with producers the Dust Brothers, who were behind the dials for Beck's 1996 Grammy-winning release, Odelay.
Tagged as: Music
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Geek Speak
Posted on July 27, 2004 at 03:00 PM
What if you could turn your iPod into a universal remote to control yoyr DVD player, stereo, XBox and more?
Well, you can, you just have to be enough of a geek to follow the instructions.
It's not the easiest thing to do, but the result is pretty handy.
Tagged as: Web/Tech
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Loaded
Posted on July 27, 2004 at 02:51 PM
Ozzy Osbourne has become the first heavy metal performer to hit $50 million in merchandise sales.
Over the past 10 years, Ozzy raked in $35 million from selling at concerts and shows and another $15 million from retail sales. The best-selling products are black t-shirts (shocker), slippers and action figures.
Don't worry, Ozzfans, more paraphenalia is on the way, including jeans, jackets, boots and even an Osbourne slot machine.
Tagged as: Music
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mPod
Posted on July 27, 2004 at 12:26 PM
Apple news that doesn't involve them being ticked off at us...
Apple and Motorola announced a partnership today that will put a mobile version of iTunes on certain Motorola phones beginning in the first half of 2005. Storage space will be limited to available flash memory, but the phones will be able to store a couple dozen songs and should be a great complement to an iPod collection. The phones will use Bluetooth to transfer tunes wirelessly from Mac or PC to phone.
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At Least the Soundtrack Rocks
Posted on July 26, 2004 at 04:03 PM
After seeing the preview before Bourne Supremacy this weekend, I don't have high hopes for Wicker Park, a new psychological drama starring Josh Hartnett, but the soundtrack looks amazing:
01 Stereophonics: "Maybe Tomorrow"
02 Lifehouse: "Everybody Is Somebody"
03 Death Cab for Cutie: "A Movie Script Ending (Acoustic)"
04 Snow Patrol: "How to Be Dead"
05 Broken Social Scene: "Lover's Spit"
06 The Stills: "Retour A Vega"
07 Mazzy Star: "Flowers in December "
08 The Legends: "When The Day Is Done"
09 The Shins: "When I Goosestep"
10 Jamie Wyatt: "Light Switch"
11 Mates of State: "These Days "
12 +/-: "All I Do"
13 Mum: "We Have a Map of the Piano"
14 Postal Service: "Against All Odds "
15 Aqualung: "Strange and Beautiful"
16 Mogwai: "I Know You Are But What Am I?"
17 Johnette Napolitano & Danny Lohner: "The Scientist"
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Flippity Flop
Posted on July 26, 2004 at 03:51 PM
Could it really be true? Is Catwoman worse than Gigli?
Even if it is, I bet Halle Berry bounces back faster than Jen and Ben.
One thing's for sure...don't think we'll be seeing a Catwoman 2 anytime soon.
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Ja No Rule
Posted on July 26, 2004 at 03:15 PM
Rapper Ja Rule turned himself into Toronto police on Monday and was promptly charged for assault stemming from an incident at a downtown club last month.
Ja Rule was released on Canadian $10,000 bail (about 50 cents U.S.$). The judge even placed a publication ban on the matter.
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iParody
Posted on July 26, 2004 at 02:55 PM
Apple is mad at us for our new ad campaign. If you're looking for an official response, you're not going to get it from me, but you can read more about it today on Gizmodo or read the NY Post story with the headline I can't help but like...Apple Blows Fuse Over Ads, which could be taken one of two ways. Any guess on which inference we prefer?
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Seven Months In Paris
Posted on July 23, 2004 at 05:25 PM
Look for former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter to fade back into obscurity soon after news today that he and princess-turned-porn-star Paris Hilton have broken up.
Look for the video on a website near you soon.
Hilton's rep says she is busy working on an album, a jewelry line and a book, although it's doubtful Paris herself will ever listen to her own album, be caught dead wearing her own jewelry or be still long enough to read the book someone has written for her.
Tagged as: Current Affairs
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Anything She Can Do...
Posted on July 23, 2004 at 04:44 PM
In the interest of equal time (since we already featured Natasha, the bipedal monkey earlier in the week), we now present Faith, the amazing bipedal dog.
Brain damage didn't cause her to walk on two legs, she was basically born that way and has been dealing with it like a champ (and not a chimp) ever since.
Tagged as: Current Affairs
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Cheese, Please
Posted on July 23, 2004 at 04:37 PM
The chance you've been waiting for is finally here...now YOU can own KITT (Knight Industry Two Thousand), the tricked-out Trans-Am that was so cool, it needed its own TV series, Knight Rider. The car was the star, but every once in a while, David Hasselhoff made an appearance (way before he felt compelled to run around the beach sporting a speedo and chest hair.)
The car is supposedly one of the ones used in the show, with all the dials, switches and bad special effects gauges and readouts working perfectly. It even has the original stamped steel KNIGHT license plate.
In case you're interested, the starting bid is $40,000, or about the equivalent of a year's worth of Hasselhoff record sales in Germany.
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Capt. James T. Rockstar
Posted on July 23, 2004 at 04:24 PM
Want to hear William Shatner covering Pulp's "Common People" with a little help from Ben Folds and Joe Jackson?
Well click here anyway.
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Quick Hits
Posted on July 23, 2004 at 04:10 PM
Free Dave Matthews...No, he's not in jail, just putting on a benefit concert.
Park in Drive...Linkin Park hits the road, too responsible to chase chicks.
Mustaine's a pain...according to Lars.
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Too Hot For TV
Posted on July 22, 2004 at 11:57 AM
But not for the blog, of course...
Possibly the hottest, most potentially controversial music video this political season has to be Agent Provocateur's latest for their cover of the Joy Division song, "She's Lost Control."
The vid features Marilyn Manson girlfriend and fetish queen Dita Von Teese in all her pastied and corseted glory and a Dubya lookalike getting down and dirty in the Oval Office in ways that would make Bill Clinton proud. You may even notice a guest appearance by Tony Blair as the gimp.
Who knew that George W. was such a fan of nipple wrenches?
Want to watch it, don't you? Click here.
Tagged as: Music
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Monkey Business
Posted on July 22, 2004 at 11:27 AM
Who says monkeys can't walk? All it takes is a little brain damage and they're as bipedal as the rest of us. Now is we could only get them to fly...
A young monkey at an Israeli zoo started walking around on its hind legs after a stomach ailment almost killed her, zoo veterinarians say. Monkeys usually alternate between walking on two and four legs, but ever since Natasha, a five-year-old, recovered from her near-death experience, she's been sticking to two.
Vets claim to have never seen or heard of this phenomenon before and point to brain damage caused by the illness as a possible cause.
Tagged as: Current Affairs
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dPod
Posted on July 21, 2004 at 10:57 AM
Damn those Dukies...first, their basketball team wins every year and we all have to put up with the Cameron Crazies and all that crap, and now comes word that the school has inked a deal with Apple that will put FREE iPods in the hands of all Duke freshmen this August.
That's right, if you're starting school at Duke this semester, you'll receive a 20GB iPod loaded with orientation information and the school's academic calendar.
Duke is also licensing a special version of iTunes that will allow students to download course content including language lessons, music, recorded lectures and audiobooks.
Tagged as: Music
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Losing Their Religion
Posted on July 21, 2004 at 10:45 AM
The fabled church where R.E.M. used to live and play shows in in Athens, Ga., is long gone (torn down to make way for condos in 1990), but the steeple remains and is in dire need of restoration.
The band first played together in the church in 1980. The condo owners kept the 135-year-old steeple and can't afford the expensive restoration and have offered to give it away to anyone that can.
Tagged as: Music
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Get a Grip
Posted on July 20, 2004 at 06:19 PM
Oops, I think I grabbed it again...
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Backyard Bigfoot?
Posted on July 20, 2004 at 06:13 PM
There's a weird creature running around suburban Maryland and no one really knows what it is, not even the so-called "experts."
People have seen it lurking in the woods, eating pet cat food and generally just being an enigma.
Whatever it is isn't shy and visits the neighborhood often. They may not know what it is, but they have a name for it...a hyote, or mix of hyena and coyote.
Tagged as: Current Affairs
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King of Sperm
Posted on July 20, 2004 at 06:03 PM
The Michael Jackson story only gets weirder today at the word that the singer is about to become a father again...of quadruplets!
It's through a surrogate mother, of course, and Jackson isn't conforming anything, but he supposedly spent time with the mother-to-be in Miami.
Maybe it'll end up being a double whammy for the mother...she gets $$$ for having the kids, and then she can sue for abuse later on and collect again!
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Cheaper, Thinner Pods
Posted on July 19, 2004 at 04:36 PM
Apple today released a cheaper, thinner and slightly revised version of the little white device that just about everyone just has to have, the iPod. Microsoft and Sony, take note at the new features for you to blatantly rip off:
- Even thinner than last revision
- Incorporates click wheel navigation from iPod Mini
- Extended battery life now up to 12 hrs
- Shuffle Songs: randomly plays tracks from your collection
- 20GB: $299, 40GB: $399
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Rebel Ronstadt
Posted on July 19, 2004 at 04:23 PM
Linda Ronstadt got booed and booted from a Vegas casino this weekend for heaping praise on Michael Moore and his controversial film, Farenheit 9/11 during her performance.
Before singing her encore, "Deperado," Ronstadt called Moore a "great American patriot," and "someone who is spreading the truth," and encouraged attendees to go and see the film.
But I guess the attendees encouraged her to get off the stage by loudly booing, storming out of the show, tearing down concert posters and tossing cocktails.
Aladdin President Bill Timmins (who's British, by the way), was watching the show and promptly refused to let Ronstadt back in her luxury suite and escorted her off the property. Guess what happens in Vegas doesn't really stay in Vegas.
So the next time you're in Vegas, gamble, drink, drug and whore around all you want ... just keep your political views to yourself.
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Would You Use It?
Posted on July 16, 2004 at 01:57 PM
It's not just a public toilet, it's art...
Peoplewatching takes on a whole new meaning with L.A. artist Monica Bonvicini's intallation outside London's Tate Gallery last December...it's a public toilet encased in one-way glass...you see out, but no one sees in. Talk about stage fright...
Tagged as: Current Affairs
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One Is Not Enough
Posted on July 16, 2004 at 01:38 PM
From Timothy McSweeney, we get a great list of possible follow-up songs for one-hit wonders...check the rest here.
How Are We Going To Get These Dogs Back In?
Bust An Additional Move
Seriously, Eileen, Come On
Everybody Was Kung Fu Making Up
I Will Now Pass the Dutchie Back to You and Thank You for Passing It to Me Originally Because I Really Enjoyed the Dutchie
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Quick Hits
Posted on July 16, 2004 at 01:28 PM
Courtney Love is in trouble again...is this even news anymore, or is it...just lame.
Prince wants to be kiddie-friendly...is it just me, or is the new Prince just getting a little too sanctimonious for his own good? Forget all those songs I wrote when I was younger and made milions on...I forsake them all!
Microsoft takes a bite of Apple...Gates has been ripping off Apple for years, and now he wants to replace the iPod with some crappy, buggy Windows-based thing.
Tagged as: Music
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Has Anyone Seen Buck Truck?
Posted on July 15, 2004 at 06:02 PM
Who the hell is Buck Truck? He's the rappin' trucker and self-proclaimed King of Truckabilly, of course!
Someone was at a truck stop in Ridgetop, Tennessee and picked up a copy of Buck's blistering debut CD, "Buck Truck: The Rappin' Trucker...King of Truckabilly!" From the cover featuring a hand-drawn guy that looks like Dale Earnhardt with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, to the price ($4.99), he knew he had an instant classic!
With tracks like, "Truckin' Roots," "The Weird Waitress," "Elvis Once Drove a Truck," and my favorite, "Too Old to Truck Anymore," how could you go wrong?
Don't wait any longer, good buddy, listen to the man himself here.
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Newlyweds No More
Posted on July 15, 2004 at 05:50 PM
Somebody is probably sad today at the news that the honeymoon's over...that's right, according to Us magazine, this will be the last season of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's reality show, Newlyweds.
Why, do you ask? Well, first of all, since they've been married about two years, they aren't really newlyweds anymore. Secondly, they've already milked the show for all that it's worth. Think about it...would Nick and Jessica be getting film and TV roles, sponsorship deals and all the other stuff based solely on their singing careers? Not a chance.
Actually, ol' Jessica might be smarter than anyone thinks...get out while you can! No need to overstay your welcome like the Osbournes and go from parody to pathetic.
Tagged as: Television
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They Still Haven't Found etc...
Posted on July 15, 2004 at 03:02 PM
Yikes - those boys in U2 were having a normal, photoshoot-for-the-next-album day when all of a sudden - Poof! A copy of the rough version of their next album (scheduled for release in November) went missing during the shoot in the south of France. Police in Nice are on the trail. Perhaps they should call Inspector Clouseau? (Sorry...)
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Hulk Like Blog
Posted on July 14, 2004 at 05:14 PM
Who knew that the Incredible Hulk was such a prolific blogger? Check out the big green guy's online diary here.
In it, you'll find the Hulk's views on things such as:
The new Spider-Man movie: "Hulk saw movie about bug-man and it was good but needed more smashing. AND HULK DID NOT GET SNIFFLY DURING ROMANTIC SCENES SO IF YOU HEAR IRON MAN OR THOR TALKING ABOUT IT THEY ARE LIARS."
Why he loves food courts: "FREE SAMPLES. Sometimes puny humans at Chinese Panda place say "ONLY ONE!" but then Hulk says he could smash whole place up and they hand Hulk tray. Hulk not like threatening nice Chinese Panda people but they need to make free samples bigger!"
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Kill Bill Thrills
Posted on July 14, 2004 at 03:07 PM
The mashup craze started with Danger Mouse mixing Jay-Z and the Beatles and it definitely hasn't stopped there. David Bowie is even sponsoring a mashup contest on his website.
The latest, and one of the greatest, mashups making the rounds is an album by a group of DJs named Hanzo Steel featuring mashups inspired by Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies.
Standout tracks include (click to listen):
"Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" mixes Nancy Sinatra with Dizzee Rascal, The Incredible Bongo Band, Bob James, Billy Squier and Run DMC.
"Twisted Nerve" (Biter's Revenge) mixes Bernard Herrmann and Michael Jackson.
"Ironsides" mixes Quincy Jones and Divine Styler.
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Roller Boogie
Posted on July 13, 2004 at 05:42 PM
Bored? Got nothin' to do? Well, you can always build a rollercoaster in your backyard like this guy.
OK, so maybe not. But you can at least listen to this radio segment about it.
Best quote from the interview, "To be honest with you, I'm not an educated engineer or mathematician or anything like that. It was more or less trial-and-error."
Tagged as: Current Affairs
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Hummer Haters
Posted on July 13, 2004 at 05:33 PM
According to the website fuh2.com, the Hummer H2 is the ultimate poseur vehicle...it may look like the original Hummer but it's really just a Chevy Tahoe underneath. They also credit it as being a gas guzzler, polluter, death machine and a tax loophole.
They're so fired up about it that they've built a site dedicated to H2 hating, full of submissions from other people around the country who are fed up with the gas guzzling SUVs.
The SUV backlash has officially begun (and led to some pretty funny pics).
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New Found Weight Loss
Posted on July 13, 2004 at 05:22 PM
New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert gained so much weight recording the band's last album that this time, he's doing things a little differently.
Instead of the usual recording studio diet of bong hits and jelly rolls, Gilbert will be bringing in a personal trainer so he can shape up during downtime.
Traning will take the place of Gilbert's favorite pastimes during his last recording session - videogames and eating.
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Nine Inch Foo
Posted on July 13, 2004 at 05:16 PM
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl was recently spotted on a webcam inside the studio where Nine Inch Nails is recording their new album. Looks like Grohl will be contributing drums to "Bleed Through," the first album from Nine Inch Nails since 1999.
Grohl was also spotted by members of The Exies, who are recording their album in the same studio.
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It's Like Drugs Without Drugs
Posted on July 12, 2004 at 05:33 PM
Optical illusions are fun! Click on the link and stare at the pattern...as much as you may not believe it, it's perfectly still!
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Shady Deal
Posted on July 12, 2004 at 02:18 PM
Eminem will be getting his own channel on Sirius satellite radio starting this fall in a deal that was announced today.
Sirius has hooked up with Eminem, Shady Records and Interscope Records for a "cutting-edge hip-hop and lifestyle channel" that will feature hip-hop from across the spectrum and not limited to those artists on either label.
Eminem's DJ, Green Lantern, will host a weekly show that will feature occasional call-ins from the Shady man himself.
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Look Out For L-Lo
Posted on July 12, 2004 at 02:11 PM
If you're a teen actor these days, acting alone just won't cut it. You've got to hurry up and get a slickly produced pop album on shelves as fast as you can while you're still the "it" girl of the moment.
Which is why it wasn't a big surprise on Friday when Tommy Mottola's Casablanca Records announced a deal to release a full-length CD from teen queen Lindsay Lohan. I mean come on, if Hillary Duff, Ashlee Simpson and even Paris Hilton are putting out CDs, why shouldn't Lindsay?
Look for Lohan's debut release by the end of the year.
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One More Reason
Posted on July 9, 2004 at 04:57 PM
And now for the really important campaign issue...Who's hotter? Kerry daughters (Vannessa and Alexandra) or Bush daughters (Laura and Jenna)? Of course you shouldn't make your decision on looks alone...Kerry's daughters are a filmmaker and a doctor, while Bush's like to party and drink (chips off the old block, at least before the block was all evangelical)
Actually, Bush sets a good example for any youngster - do whatever the hell you want when you're young, you can always find Jesus later! Praise the Lord!
Tagged as: Current Affairs
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Maybe They Can Share a Cell Someday?
Posted on July 9, 2004 at 04:09 PM
The rock and roll police blotter grows ever longer...
She used to be America's Sweetheart, but now she's just America's Fu**Up...Courtney Love celebrated her 40th birthday with a nice, little present from a Los Angeles judge...a bench warrant for her arrest for failing to appear in court for arraignment on assault charges. It seems Courtney was in NY and confused about whether she had to be in California for the arraignment. Should anyone be surprised? Where's Francis Bean?
In other fu**ed up rock star news, Velver Revolver vocalist Scott Weiland was sentenced to six more months of rehab today after he pleaded no contest to DUI charges. Rehab has worked so well for Weiland before, so why not try it again!
These two should get married and shoot a reality show...it'd be like a bizarro Nick and Jessica. They could call it Cellmates instead of Newlyweds.
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Ziggy Recovering
Posted on July 9, 2004 at 03:51 PM
David Bowie is currently recovering from an emergency angioplasty to open a blocked artery, his spokesman said today.
It was just a week or so ago that Bowie was forced to cancel shows due to an ailing shoulder. Doctors originally thought the problem was a pinched nerve, but further tests revealed the heart condition which required immediate surgery.
Bowie seemed to be in good spirits as he told fans, ""Can't wait to be fully recovered and get back to work again. I tell you what, though, I won't be writing a song about this one."
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What's Up from Fuse Summer Camp!!
Posted on July 8, 2004 at 06:27 PM
hey everyone! Just wanted to fill everyone in on Camp Fuse - it's awesome. Everyday we have been waterskiing, and building cool stuff like forts, and crafting weird knick-knacks that i am sure must be useful somehow.
Anyway, the best part so far has been the food! We have a very renowned chef, he's from France.
He's very talented! He just graduated from The Culinary and Veterinary Institute of East St. Louis - and it shows. For example, last night he said we were going to have a picnic and eat outdoors (yay!). So. We all went down to the lake and got in canoes. We paddled out to the island in the middle of the lake. I got bit by a lot of mosquitos but it was OK. I mean, it was worth it! :-)
Anyway, we had all these picnic baskets, but didn't know what was inside them. When we got to the island, we all gathered by Hunter's Pit, and Chef Peeyoo introduced his concoction. Here's what he said (I didn't have a recorder, so here's what i remember!!!! ;-))
Chef:
"Since we are having a picnic, I have created a concoction that is an inspired take on an American classic!"
And with that, he held out his arms, in an invitiation to open the baskets. Boy were we excited! So we looked inside - Wow! Here's what it was:
Hamster Hoagies! At first i thought it was a Guinea Grinder but Chef Peeyoo corrected me. He said he got the idea from watching his hamster running around on a wheel, and then later looking at a piece of hoagie bread. So cool! He is so good (and better than my school's fish sandwiches, yuck!).
Anyway, we feasted away. Afterwards, we were almost too tired to paddle back to camp! I love this camp! It's so rocking and gourmandizing (that means foody). I'll write back more in a day. until then, happy trails!!!
HAPPY (COMPLETELY STUFFED) CAMPER
Photo: Copyright Naomi Brilliant 2004
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
Posted on July 8, 2004 at 12:50 PM
The police blotter has been full of pop, rock and hip-hop starts lately, and the latest entry is Jadakiss, who was busted over the weekend after cops found loaded handguns and marijuana in his RV.
It seems Jadakiss and posse had the bright idea to throw lit fireworks out of the RV while driving around Fayetteville, NC, and were spotted by an off-duty cop. The officer gave the guys a chance by warning them and letting them drive away, but as they did, he saw them throwing fireworks again and upon pulling them over a second time, noticed a small stash of weed through the window (really smart guys...don't you know to stash that better?). This prompted him to search the RV, where he found the loaded weapons.
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If You Can't Take the Heat...
Posted on July 8, 2004 at 12:42 PM
Poor George Michael, slammed so hard in his own chat room that he was forced to shut it down.
The singer recently set up a chat room on his website, and when he entered for a scheduled session expecting heaps of praise, what he got instead was fans slagging him for being overweight, looking old and criticizing his recent music.
The fan response moved Michael to shut the forum down, saying, "Peace and love...or nothing at all."
Don't worry, there are still plenty of places on the web to take potshots at bloated, old George.
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Peter Parker Would Be Proud
Posted on July 7, 2004 at 02:57 PM
Want to see an absolutely amazing (no pun intended) stop-motion animation recreation of Spider-Man 2 done entirely in Legos?
I thought so. Click here for the goodness.
Tagged as: Film
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Cop a Plea
Posted on July 7, 2004 at 11:13 AM
Velvet Revolver vocalist Scott Weiland appeared in a Los Angeles court on Friday to enter a "no contest" plea on DUI charges stemming from the aftermath of a birthday celebration last October.
Weiland smashed his BMW into a parked car and then tried to flee the scene, but was collared by LAPD and charged with driving under the influence.
Weiland, of course, is no stranger to the courtroom, having faced numerous charges in the past for heroin possession, skipping out on rehab and other drug-related incidents.
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Being Famous Sucks
Posted on July 6, 2004 at 02:45 PM
So being a rock star sounds like a great job, right? Well it's not all it's cracked up to be, according to the new book, "So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star," by Semisonic drummer and Harvard grad Jacob Slichter.
It's an inside look at the many. many ways in which artists can get trampled on by label execs, lawyers, marketing people, radio executives, etc. The context might be Semisonic, but this tale could be true of just about any band that has risen from obscurity to fame and back to obscurity.
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Porn To Be Wild
Posted on July 6, 2004 at 01:37 PM
Kudos to John Kay of Steppenwolf for stepping up to the plate for artistic integrity in the face of blatant commercialism.
Seems that everyone's favorite socialite porn star, Paris Hilton, wanted to use Steppenwolf's late '60s anthem, "Born To Be Wild," over the opening credits of her incredibly lame Fox series The Simple Life 2, but Kay responded with a resounding "No."
"There are certain things even a rock and roller will not stoop to, and this is one of them," Kay told the Toronto Star.
Paris, who'll stoop to just about anything these days, was too busy making out with Backstreet washout Nick Carter to be reached for comment.
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This burn looks nasty, bloody sore as well. Yea i've seen the video, its really sad to watch.I could only imagine the pain he went through
Releasing this videofilm is a bit off uh.? Kept by Pepsi.??? 'Wonder if they signed-off on it as destroyed.
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