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Gwen in a bikini. Sorta.

Are those stretch marks? I knew I dumped her ass for a reason.

Butt Biting Bug

Officials have issued a Flex Alert for California

Flex Your Power wants you to spread the word. Ya dig?

Hilly Kristal, founder of NY punk mecca CBGB, dies. R.I.P. (1932 – August 28, 2007)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hilly Kristal, the founder of New York punk rock club CBGB, which helped make the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads stars, has died at age 75, his daughter said on Wednesday.

Kristal died on Tuesday from complications of lung cancer, his daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, said.

He founded the club in 1973 hoping to showcase country music, calling it CBGB & OMFUG, for "Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers."

But the club drew few country acts and instead became a breeding ground for punk rock, playing host to the likes of Patti Smith, Television, Living Color as well as countless local hopefuls that never made it to the big time.
(Photo ©Spencer Drate)

Time of day calling it quits at AT&T

It's the end of time, at least as far as AT&T is concerned.

The brief note in customers' bills hardly does justice to the momentousness of the decision. "Service withdrawal," it blandly declares. "Effective September 2007, Time of Day information service will be discontinued."

What that means is that people throughout Southern California will no longer be able to call 853-1212 to hear a woman's recorded voice state that "at the tone, Pacific Daylight Time will be . . ." with the recording automatically updating at 10-second intervals. (Via L.A. Times.)

"OH, DIAMOND, DIAMOND, THOU LITTLE KNOWEST THE MISCHIEF THOU HAST DONE !"

Video by electronica artist Nodern. Might take a while to load.

Crayola® Total Tools™ Audio Ruler


Crayola Total Tools Audio Ruler measures out loud! This talking tool measures in quarter inch increments up to one foot with a thin line of disappearing ink. The ink helps to ensure that the measurement is what you wanted. Choose to hear the accurate measurement or a silly nonsensical measurement just for fun! I'm just curious how newlyweds would use it on their honeymoons. Could be a bummer.

First Creative Commons Salon in L.A.


This Thursday, August 30th, between 7PM and 9PM, Creative Commons will be hosting their very first CC Salon in Los Angeles at LAND in Little Tokyo (366 E. 2nd St). The Salons are a great opportunity to meet-up with others interested in Creative Commons, technology, new media and discuss how we can all work together.

( Click here for info.)

NASA Shuttle to Launch Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber

When the space shuttle Discovery launches the STS-120 astronaut crew in October, the force will be with them.

Stowed on-board the orbiter, in addition to a new module for the International Space Station, will be the original prop lightsaber used by actor Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in the 1977 film "Star Wars". The laser-like Jedi weapon is being flown to the orbiting outpost and back in honor of the 30th anniversary of director George Lucas' franchise. (Via Space.com.)

(Pic via profilesinhistory.com)

KGB


Some photos from the KGB Gallery party on 08/25/07.

Airwash

Airwash helps you wash your nasty ass calzones with no water you pinche sucio.

Latin American Cinema: A Weekend Celebration

August 24 - August 26
Some of the jewels of Latin American cinema—an industry stretching back to the silent era that has produced thousands of commercial and art-house films and a galaxy of stars virtually unknown outside the Spanish-speaking world—will be celebrated at LACMA on the occasion of the exhibition The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820.

Instant French Fries

Anyone who knows me knows that my ass loves french fries or as I prefer to call them freedom fries. But, this shit is nuts. At last week's Restaurant Expo Fryworks demonstrated a machine that turns Potato flakes (see picture) into french fries almost instantaneously. That's some serious 2 a.m. in the morning going through the drive-thru drunk off your ass instant artery clogging insanity there. So, where can I get some. To see the video click here. (Pic courtesy of The Knife.)

Bluetooth Graffitti

Marc Ecko wants to promote his roots and love for graffiti. Digital citylights are created that consists of an LCD and a bluetooth interface. People will get the possibility to access the citylight via bluetooth with their cell phones and spray their own graffiti with the cursor of their phone. (Via Ads of theWorld.)

Fart X-Ray

Dumb Ass of the Year Award

Fuck Yeah Fest

F*ck Yeah Fest IV

August 25th & 26th
LA, CA
curated by Keith Morris & Sean Carlson (Keith on the left and Sean on the right)

Saturday, August 25th
The Explosion (very last west coast show)
The Fuse (reunion show and only show!)
Lavender Diamond
Busdriver
Boom Bip
Entrance
American Steel (Oakland)
The Mae Shi
Fleshies (San Francisco)
Bobby Birdman
Residual Echoes
Imaad Wasif
Times New Viking (Ohio)
Hit Me Back
Thee More Shallows (San Francisco)
Greg Ashely of Gris Gris (San Francisco)
Upsilon Acrux
Brother Reade
Wooden Shjips (San Francisco- First LA show)
Love or Perish (New York City)
Devon Williams
Fifty on Their Heels (San Diego)
Japanese Motors
Sabertooth Tiger
+many more

Sunday, August 26th
Deerhunter (Atlanta)
Indian Jewelry (Houston/ Chicago/ LA)
No Age
Midnight Movies
The Blood Arm
Jay Reatard (Nashville)
Foreign Born
Pissed Jeans (Philly)
The Blood Arm
xBxRx (Oakland)
Darker My Love
The Nice Boys (Portland)
Langhorne Slim (Brooklyn)
Great Northern
Triclops! (San Francisco)
Whispertown 2000
Red Fang (Portland)
Best Fwends (Austin)
Vultures (San Diego)
Luke Top
Moonrats
Rumspringa
The Strange Boys (Austin)
60 Watt Kid (Oakland)
Abe Vigoda
The Muslims (San Diego)
The Prayers (San Diego)
Bad Dudes
Jail Wedding
+ more.

Comedy by:

Bob Odenkirk
Fred Belford
Josh Fadem
Jonah Ray
Matt Braunger
Matt Dwyer
Wyatt Cenac
Cracked Out (Brett Gelman and Jon Daly)
Anthony Jeselnik
+ Many More

Spoken word by Salvador Plascencia

Artwork by Milano Chow, Raymond Pettibon, Tim Presely, Danny Gibson, Travis Millard, Mechgod, Skull Phone + many more.

$13* each day / All Ages / 5:00pm
$24 for a 2-day pass….

*$1 of each ticket will be donated to 826LA & FOLAR (Friends of the Los Angeles River). More information on each non profit can be found below.

@ The Echo, EchoPlex, Rec Center, Taix, BBC + more
1822 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Pic of the Day

Baby for Jack White

White Stripes frontman Jack White and his wife Karen Elson have announced the birth of their second child, a baby boy called Henry Lee on Tuesday. (Via BBC News.)

Yo Gabba Gabba

“Yo Gabba Gabba!” features brightly colored characters, a cool soundtrack of moral lessons set to hip-hop beats and focus on a recurring art segment whose host is a man who gives his name only as Mark, according to the New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff.

That "Mark" is Devo's lead man Mark Mothersbaugh, who has been busy scoring and composing for soundtracks, films and TV for years

“Yo Gabba Gabba!” will have its debut on Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. programming block and sibling channel Noggin on Aug. 20th.

The New York Times reports that children and grown-ups alike can listen to the original song titled “It’s O.K., Try Again” performed by the indie-rock group the Shins, learn a dance called the Electric Eel from the country music duo Sugarland, or learn beatboxing skills with hip-hop artists like Rahzel and Biz Markie.

(Article via M&C.)

Music was central to the team's vision from the beginning. Both men were musicians - Jacobs founded the popular superhero-themed ska-rock band the Aquabats - who became interested in children's TV when they became fathers. (Via San Jose Mercury News.)

'Freaky Like in Abu Ghraib'

Johnathan Rice - We're All Stuck Out In The Desert


Two of my favorite ladies in one video.

Gwen Smells

Jimmy Justice Rules!


Jimmy Justice Youtube page.

Chimp A-Pan Returns with Five Bulldogs

Rialto Theater closing its doors


In a move that jolted local movie fans, Landmark Theatres announced that it will close the doors of South Pasadena's historic Rialto Theatre on Aug. 20.

That means fans of the 80- year-old film palace have through Sunday to enjoy its balcony seating and decorous interiors one last time, that is while being subjected to screenings of “The Simpsons Movie.”

“The theater has been operating at a loss for some time. We love being in South Pasadena and we love the Rialto, so therefore we have been delaying the inevitable for quite some time,” Landmark Chief Operating Officer Ted Mundorff wrote in an emailed reply to questions. “We have a long-term lease in the theater so it will remain under our control for a long period of time. We have been and continue to look at all uses for this building.” (Via Pasadena Weekly)

Wow, I remember watching 'Sid and Nancy' at the Rialto when the movie first came out. How sad. Well, it didn't even have air conditioning , the seats sucked and the sound was even worse. Still, it's like breaking up with someone you've been with for a long time. You don't necessarily care about breaking up with her/him but you're just so used to always having her/him around that you almost don't know what to do with yourself when she/he is gone. Well, the Nuart is still around.

Interesting tidbit about the origin of the Hard Rock Cafe

I always thought I remembered seeing a skid row bar called The Hard Rock Cafe when I was a little kid in downtown L.A. but I never thought about it again until now. Here's a little story about it.
Henry Diltz was a photographer that was photographing the Doors for the upcoming album 'Morrison Hotel'.Though the shoot produced what would become a memorable album cover, the events that followed proved even more fateful.

"Jim said, 'Let's go get a drink,'" recalled Diltz.

The group drove to Skid Row, where they spotted a place called the Hard Rock Cafe. "It was a little wino bar on the corner," said Diltz.

Diltz said the band spent an hour drinking inside, while he took photos. A shot of the exterior of the bar, with a sign bearing its name, ended up on the back of the album cover. After the record was released, Diltz says the Doors got a call from a man in London who wanted to use the Hard Rock Cafe name for a restaurant he was opening. The business grew into the now famous international chain of music-themed restaurants. A Hard Rock Cafe spokesperson said Diltz's account is the most common explanation for the origin of the restaurant's name, though he added that other stories are floating around.

The Hard Rock Cafe on Skid Row is long gone.The Hard Rock Café had been there since the ‘30s, so it didn’t have anything to do with hard rock music. Hard rock mining probably, or “a rock and a hard place.”

Read the story here.
Original location of the bar here.

27TH ANNUAL SUNSET JUNCTION STREET FESTIVAL

The Sunset Junction Festival is going on this weekend for anybody who still gives a shit. Whatever.
AUGUST 18 & 19, 2007
3900 TO 4300 SUNSET BLVD and
4000 TO 4200 SANTA MONICA BLVD
SAT. 10:00 AM TO 11:00 PM
SUN. 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM

Gathering of the Ghouls

Saturday, August 18 - 7:15 – 9:00 PM

Fantasy, Horror & Science Fiction Festival Party! Why wait until Halloween to conjure the spirits?
GATHERING OF THE GHOULS, Spirits, Monsters, Aliens, Werewolves, Vampires, Zombies, Witches, Warlocks one and all, join us to howl at the moon, rattle The Mummy's Tomb, eat, drink and be gloomy in the Egyptian Theatre Courtyard to celebrate all things sinister, undead and supernatural. Join us for our Ghoulish Gathering, a meeting of the macabre with horrific music, food and drink. Come as the monster you are. No imbibing of human flesh or spirits permitted. Now, this seems a lot more up our alley than that big ol' row [(rou) n. A boisterous disturbance or quarrel; a brawl.] they call the Sunset Junction

Buzzcocks at Spaceland on Friday 08/17/07


The Buzzcocks will be doing a special pre-Sunset Junction warm-up show in LA @ Spaceland with The Adored. Unfortunately Easy Image cannot play after all due to a technicality. See Live Dates for ticket info.

Firme Heina of the Day


Witchiepoo was a hot mess of hot witch ass on H.R. Pufnstuf. Witchiepoo was portrayed by Billie Hayes. Over the years, Billie Hayes has delighted audiences the world over with her many characters portrayed in film, television, and stage. She is best known for her legendary role as Witchiepoo on the popular classic TV series H.R. Pufnstuf, and for her portrayal of Mammy Yokum in the hit musical Li'l Abner. Billie is the President of Pet Hope, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the care and placement of abandoned animals.

It was 30 years ago today


Fans from Europe, Asia, Australia, South America — and even from exotic locales like Kansas — are spending their hard-earned money for T-shirts, coffee mugs, salt and pepper shakers, refrigerator magnets and other trinkets during the events commemorating his death 30 years ago. The heat led to the death of a fan from New Jersey, a 67-year-old woman. The Memphis Fire Department said it also treated at least six people overcome by heat, including an 8-year-old boy who was hospitalized. (Via AP.)

"Elvis was a hero to most/ But he never meant shit to me you see/ Straight up racist that sucker was simple and plain/ Motherfuck him and John Wayne." - Public Enemy

I feel torn but, you can't deny the '68 Comeback. Bitch was on that night.

Charlie Rose Website is up


Finally! After all these years this old bitch finally decided to put up a site with all those great interviews he's done over the years. It's still in beta form but what the hey. I think there is one segment where he interviews Moses after he just received the Ten Commandments. Charlie Rose bitches!

Holdin' down the block

Merv Griffin R.I.P. (07/o6/1925 - 08/12/2007)








Here's Merv singing "Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"

Does anybody remember when Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were on Merv's show. Aww, memories.
Goodbye Merv we hardly knew ye.

Midnight Ridazz: The Clown Ride

Have you ever wanted to join the circus? Now's your chance. The Midnight Ridazz Circus is back in town. Los Angeles' monthly traveling group of clowns will be taking over the streets and showing the city how to have some fun.

Friday, August 10, 2007
GATHER TIME: 9:00 pm
RIDE AT: 9:30 pm
START LOCATION: Rite Aid
1637 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Portable wind up MP3 / Video player




The Eco Media Player windup system means that you never need to worry about running out of power or wasting environmentally harmful batteries. One minute of winding gives up to 40 minutes of play time so it’s ideal for the beach or long weekends in the country - you can even use it to charge your mobile phone in an emergency!
Alternatively, you can still charge the media player conventionally through the USB port of your computer.

Someone needs to buy this for me so my lazy ass doesn't have to go and buy batteries anymore. But, then someone will have to wind it up for my lazy ass too.

Man with a tail



This guy can give himself his own anal birthday.

Jenny Lewis On Pancake Mountain


Jenny Lewis on the show called Pancake Mountain. The show is based out of Washington D.C. and sometimes has on rock bands that play to little kids that join them on stage. The White Stripes were recently on the show and were interviewed by Rufus Leaking who is a stuffed goat that interviews the bands in a somewhat sarcastic way. Rufus had better watch out before Jack White beats his little goat ass just like he beat the shit out of the singer from the Von Bondies.

Angry German kid playing a video game.

Boycott Regal Cinemas: Teen Arrested for Recording 20 Second Movie Clip

A 19 year old girl named Jhannet Sejas was immediately arrested after she recorded a 20 second clip from the movie Transformers that she wanted to show to her little brother. She now faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. According to the Washington Post, Sejas was celebrating her 19th birthday with her boyfriend when two police officers arrived. (Via iFilm)

Chickity check yo meat before you wreck yo meat


SensorfreshQ confirms the freshness of uncooked meat or poultry in less than a minute! This small, food freshness tester 'sniffs' the air above meat and poultry, detecting bacteria-produced gasses and determining meat freshness. Over 2,000 air samples are taken in less than a minute, and the results are color-coded for easy recognition. The green light indicates fresh food, yellow means the food is still ok - but eat fast! A red light indicates that the uncooked meat or poultry has spoiled. I wonder if I can use it on my nalgas.

Make your own Munsters Koach out of paper


Click Here to find out how to create your very own Munsters grocery getter.

Bicycle tour of L.A.'s best beer stores


For no good reason at all Hot Knives is hosting their first (annual?) bicycle tour of L.A.’s best beer stores on Saturday, August 11. We know they’ve been eluding to this thing for months, since they first started reviewing their favorite brew purveyors for their site. But now the date is set and the details are fermenting. La Grand Crew ‘007 is here! Click here for more details.

Noni Shopping


Peek-a-boo Noni. Buy us something good for dinner tonight.

Lonelygirl15 is no more. Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that after more than a year and 260 episodes, 16-year old Bree was killed off by the religious cult that had chased her for the life-giving qualities of her rare blood type. This video marked the end of season one which was played out in 12 videos posted over a 12-hour period exclusively on MySpaceTV and the LonelyGirl15 website. Although Bree will no longer be a part of the show, the next season will be starting next week with the same title and remaining characters. You can check out the new episodes by visiting her myspace channel.

Can someone please buy me this


This is an ad caricature of Ed Roth for Revell Models. There is a little paint missing on the frame border also a small scratch on the lower left hand corner.There are some small discolorations on his nose, a small scratch underside of the nose and on the hat. This is a great piece of Ed Roth memorabilia to add to your collection. There is a small plaque that is missing on the bottom of the frame, not sure what it said. The sticker says" Revell Authentic Kits". It is a little dirty and could use a cleaning for display. It is for sale on ebay.

Hal Fishman R.I.P. (August 25, 1931 - August 7, 2007).



Hal Fishman was the longest-running news anchor in the history of television.