BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 6 May, 2005
Friday
6 May, 2005
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Reader Comment
Bumblebees
"According to aerodynamic laws, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan. Ignoring these laws, the bumblebee flies anyway."
- M. Sainte-Lague -
Marty,
Saw this. Don't imagine Michael will care, but this particular mystery was solved a while back. The bugs and such CLAP their wings above their head, and the rebound adds to the lift.
A great book exposing this mystery is by Dalton, 'The Miracle of Flight', which came out a few decades ago, but is still amazing -- full of his own photos and very rich to thumb through. Dalton is precise in describing the aerodynamics, and the practical implications for airplanes as well.
That's the $16 paperback, dunno how the photos are in that. The hardback is $40, but the photos are probably bigger.
Paul
Los Angeles
Thanks, Paul!
Will pick up a copy for the kid - he loved bees until he was stung & we ended up in the ER (ahhh, memories...).
He's been very respectful of bees ever since.
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SITTING IN THE SUN
LIKE A STUNNING MONUMENT
SANDSTONE MONOLITH
Zen Man
(in a high desert hot springs)
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Sean Gonsalves: Alms-Giving or 'Charity Wounds'? (AlterNet)
Ronald Sider, in his book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, asks: ''Do you know how long it would take to improve the lot of the poorest one billion by 50 percent -- using just one percent of global Christian income? Just one year!''
Ellen Friedrichs: The Mother of Masturbation Speaks (Choice! Magazine. Posted on Alternet)
Betty Dodson: "My attitude is I've got to have more orgasms to get through these times. It's the only antidote to violence."
Geov Parrish: The bureau of Rush's butt (workingforchange.com)
Al Franken holds forth on Rush Limbaugh's anatomy and the future of Air America
JIMMY BOEGLE: More Meat Amassed (Tucson Weekly)
Tucson's--heck, maybe the world's--most warped cartoonist finally releases a new collection of 'toons
GENE ARMSTRONG: Circus Resurgence (Tucson Weekly)
One author thinks underground circus acts are a revolution of sorts
Big Fat Whale: Cartoon
Humor to Choke On: Cartoon
Tom Tomorrow: Republicans Believe the Darndest Things (Cartoon)
10 Ways to Fight Hate
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from Bruce
An Appeal
Here is your chance to do a good deed and give an organization a
pleasant surprise. All you have to do is send a $5 check to:
Ohio University College Democrats
18 W. State Street
Suite 102
Athens, Ohio 45701
Thanks a bunch!
Bruce
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Purple Gene Reviews
'Touch of Evil'
Purple Gene's review of the Movie "Touch of Evil" (1958) Directed by Orson Welles:
Yesterday was dark and gloomy here in Oakland and the news was the same. Everything seemed to center on our BORDER with Mexico…..We have California governor Scwartzenpecker fomenting the passions of the right wing Mexican Haters by praising the vigilante volunteers arming themselves in Texas and Arizona to keep out the illegal scum at our BORDERS……Congress just attached a rider to an appropriations bill setting aside language to create a national ID system to keep Drivers Licenses out of the hands of Terrorists (and Mexican Immigrants)….I wonder if the ID's would have prevented 9/11?....and then, to top it all, There was a special on our local news station about the "War on Women" that has been happening for over 10 years in Juarez, Mexico located right across the BORDER from El Paso, Texas….over 400 women and girls have been brutally kidnapped, tortured, raped, cut up and killed……..everybody turns a blind Eye!
So it was with a dark and gloomy attitude that I switched on TCM and watched the re-cut version of "Touch of Evil" that took place in the fictional BORDERTOWN of Los Robles (actually filmed in Venice, Ca.). This is a dark and gloomy, dirty and gritty noir masterpiece…..and the opening…uncut…and unedited 3 and ½ minute scene is amazing…..We're talking a terrorist bomb plot in a BORDERTOWN……
Ramon Vargas (Charlton Heston - Moses/God in "The 10 Commandments" - "Ben-Hur" - "Julius Caesar" - Spokesman for the NRA) is a Mexican Narcotics agent and he has just gotten married to an American woman named Susie (Janet Leigh - "Houdini" - "Psycho" - "The Fog" - "Halloween H20") They are crossing the BORDER on their honeymoon….but they happen to be right in the middle of an incident involving a time bomb in the trunk of a Cadillac being driven by the richest man in town…and his girlfriend…..as this uncut sequence unfolds we get a look at the seedy scenery of Las Robles …the bars, the whorehouses, the drug dealers, the mangy dogs, the tumbleweeds and then suddenly …BOOM….
The police are called in and we meet Captain Quinlan (Orson Welles - "Citizen Kane" - "The Third Man" - "King Lear" - "Necromancy") a dumpy, disheveled, half shaved and growling head cop…..The plot to this movie is fairly simple…"crooked cop with a chip on his shoulder has been getting away with bullying, brutalizing and framing all kinds of innocent Mexicans….along with the help of his complicit compadres and loyal gang of boot lickers…along comes a man with a conscience who is willing to call this corrupted cop to the canvass….It all ends badly"……
This movie is all about the filming (and a pretty good script)…shot mostly at night in the shitty parts of fictional Los Robles …..we get an incredible feel for shadowy characters doing dark things and….all kinds of cameos….Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Weaver, Keenan Wynn and more…with a great soundtrack by Henry Mancini…..
My favorite lines in the script:Captain Quinlan (Welles) asks Tanya (Dietrich) to read his tarot cards:
Quinlan : Come on, read my future for me.
Tanya : You haven't got any.
Quinlan : What do you mean?
Tanya : Your future is all used up.
and - Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas (Heston) responding to a dirty cop talking about how tough his job is:
A policeman's job is only easy in a police state.
Purple Gene give "Touch of Evil" 9 dark and gloomy BORDERTOWN tumbleweeds out of 10 for getting my mind off the insipid situation of the real world….."I'm gonna listen to some Dylan before I drift off"….."Masters of War"…"With God on our Side"…."Lay down your Weary Tune"………..
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast & some rain.
CostCo had a lot of Food-Ladies today, with a wonderful variety of samples.
Fresh peaches & tomatoes, chimichangas, quiche, steak, cheesecake, chips with salsa, teriyaki rice, mashed potatoes, ravioli, soup, a couple of salads - grazing at it's finest.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'special' - 'The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular', followed by a RERUN 'CSI: The 2nd One', then a FRESH 'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Stupid Human Tricks, Christina Applegate, and Brian Regan.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Jim Caviezel, Phil Lesh, and the Eels.
NBC starts the night with 'Dateline', followed by the SERIES FINALE of 'Third Watch', then the SEASON FINALE of 'Law & Order #4 - Trial By Lilith'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Hayden Christensen, Tracey Ullman, and Beck.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Jet Li, Jennifer Esposito, and Amos Lee.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Shannon Elizabeth, Patton Oswalt, and Keane.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', then the SEASON FINALE of 'Hope & Faith', followed by '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Regis Philbin and Faith Evans.
The WB offers a FRESH 'What I Like About You', followed by a RERUN 'Reba', then a FRESH 'Reba', followed by a FRESH 'Living With Fran'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'Rush Hour 2'.
UPN has a FRESH 'Enterprise', followed by a RERUN 'America's Next Top Model'.
Check local PBS listings for a FRESH 'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio', the BEST program on over-the-air-TV.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (Celine Dion), another 'Biography' (Brooke Shields), and still another 'Biography' (Bette Midler).
AMC offers the movie 'Instinct', followed by the movie 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein', then the movie 'Dracula' (Frank Langella version).
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 1;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - It Pays To Advertise;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 4;
[4pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Episode 10;
[4:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes To the Bathroom;
[5:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Naked Ant;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Inglis;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 30;
[8pm] 'The Avengers' - Look, Stop Me If You've Heard This One, But...;
[9pm] 'McCallum' - City of the Dead;
[11pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 30;
[12am] 'McCallum' - City of the Dead;
[2am] 'The Avengers' - Look, Stop Me If You've Heard This One, But...;
[3am] 'McCallum' - City of the Dead;
[5am] 'The Avengers' - Look, Stop Me If You've Heard This One, But...;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Showdog Moms & Dads', '100 Scariest Movie Moments', another '100 Scariest Movie Moments', still another '100 Scariest Movie Moments', and yet another '100 Scariest Movie Moments'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Howie Mandel On Ice', 'Comedy Central Preents' (Paul Mercurio), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Tom Cotter), yet another 'Comedy Central Presents', and 'David Cross'.
HBO offers a FRESH Real Time with Bill Maher - scheduled guests include Michael McKean, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell and 'blogger' Andrew Sullivan. Plus, via satellite former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright and Rep. Bernie Sanders.
History has 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH 'The Last Days Of WWII', then 'Hitler's War', followed by another 'Hitler's War'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'IFC Short Film Collection II' (2005);
[8AM] 'Histories Du Cinema: A Cannes Retrospective' (2003);
[8:30AM] 'Frazetta: Painting With Fire' (2003);
[10:15AM] 'Happy Times' (2001);
[12PM] 'The Tango Lesson' (1997);
[1:45PM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[2PM] 'IFC Short Film Collection II' (2005);
[4PM] 'Frazetta: Painting With Fire' (2003);
[5:45PM] 'Histories Du Cinema: A Cannes Retrospective' (2003);
[6:15PM] 'The Tango Lesson' (1997);
[8PM] 'Lantana' (2001);
[10PM] 'Dinner For Five #47' (2005);
[10:30PM] 'Henry's Film Corner #106' (2005);
[11PM] 'Amongst Friends' (1993);
[12:30AM] 'At The Angelika #94' (2005);
[1AM] 'Dinner For Five #47' (2005);
[1:30AM] 'Henry's Film Corner #106' (2005);
[2AM] 'Amongst Friends' (1993);
[3:30AM] 'At The Angelika #94' (2005);
[4AM] 'Lantana' (2001). (ALL TIMES EDT)
NIK has the SEASON PREMIERE of 'SpongeBob SquarePants'.
SciFi has a FRESH 'Andromeda', 'Stargate SG-1', 'Stargate Atlantis', and 'Battlestar Galactica'.
Sundance -
[7:05AM] 'At Five in the Afternoon' (Feature);
[8:50AM] 'Fake Clouds' (Short);
[9AM] 'The Man on the Train' (Feature);
[10:30AM] 'Investigation Into the Invisible World' (Feature);
[12PM] 'And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen' (Feature);
[2:10PM] 'Mother of an Attitude' (Short);
[2:30PM] 'When the War is Over' (Feature);
[3:30PM] 'At Five in the Afternoon' (Feature);
[5:15PM] 'Un Vol la nuit' (A Theft, One Night) (Short);
[5:30PM] 'Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election' (Feature);
[6:30PM] 'The Man on the Train' (Feature);
[8PM] 'B. Monkey' (Feature);
[9:35PM] 'Lawless Heart' (Feature);
[11:25PM] 'New Scenes From America' (Documentary);
[12:30AM] 'Liebestraum' (Feature);
[2:20AM] 'Fulltime Killer' (World Cinema);
[4AM] '1 Giant Leap' (Documentary);
[5:20AM] 'Eat This New York' (Documentary). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM:
[6am] 'Soldiers Three' (1951);
[8am] 'The Wild North' (1952);
[10am] 'All The Brothers Were Valiant' (1953);
[11:45am] 'Green Fire' (1955);
[1:30pm] 'Moonfleet' (1955);
[3pm] 'Gun Glory' (1957);
[4:30pm] 'The Little Hut' (1957);
[6:15pm] 'The Secret Partner' (1961);
[8pm] 'The Last Voyage' (1960);
[9:45pm] 'Ship of Fools' (1965);
[12:30am] 'Romance On The High Seas' (1948) [View Trailer];
[2:15am] 'La Dolce Vita' (1960);
[5:30am] 'Festival of Shorts #41' (2002). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Saturday - 05/07
TCM:
[6am] 'A Stolen Life' (1946);
[8am] 'Murder, My Sweet' (1944);
[10am] 'Dawn At Socorro' (1954);
[11:30am] 'Cartoon Alley #6' (2005);
[12pm] 'Jailhouse Rock' (1957) [View Trailer];
[2pm] 'The War Lord' (1965) [View Trailer];
[4:30pm] 'The Ox-Bow Incident' (1943);
[6pm] 'Rooster Cogburn' (1975) [View Trailer];
[8pm] 'To Have And Have Not' (1944) [View Trailer];
[10pm] 'Northwest Passage' (1940);
[12:15am] 'Red River' (1948) [View Trailer];
[2:30am] 'Task Force' (1949);
[4:30am] 'Kisses For Breakfast' (1941). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Singer Christina Aguilera greets Disney character Mickey Mouse as she arrives at Disneyland's 50th anniversary party at the theme park Wednesday, May 4, 2005, in Anaheim, Calif.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
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Appearing At Juilliard
Rolling Stones
Juilliard School of Music is rolling out the welcome mat for The Rolling Stones - but they're not going to be taking any classes.
The rock legends are scheduled to appear at the prestigious school to make an announcement, which is expected to be about a summer tour.
The Stones are due to appear at Juilliard on Wednesday. If history is any indicator, their announcement should be quite spectacular - in 2002, they heralded their latest tour by circling New York's sprawling Van Cortlandt Park in a yellow blimp emblazoned with their red tongue trademark.
Rolling Stones
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'Star Wars' Dialog
Tom Stoppard
Hayden Christensen says he's not worried about being known only for playing Darth Vader, the villain in the Star Wars series.
In fact, the Canadian actor says he believes that typecasting is a thing of the past.
Christensen also confirmed recently that Lucas got a helping hand with the script for Revenge of the Sith. In an interview with Playboy, he said the rumours about playwright Tom Stoppard working on the dialogue for the film are true.
Stoppard, known for stage works like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, gave the Lucas-penned screenplay a more "human" dimension, Christensen said.
Tom Stoppard
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Former President Bill Clinton addresses the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & IndustryAnnual Dinner in Lancaster, Pa., Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Clinton invaded this Republican bastion to address a sellout crowd.
Photo by Carolyn Kaster
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Doll Joins Baseball Hall of Fame
Jack Kerouac
A bobble-head doll of Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac created as a promotion by the minor-league Lowell Spinners joined the collection at the Baseball Hall of Fame Wednesday. Kerouac is believed to be the first literary figure so honored.
The Hall of Fame's collections are rich and diverse, given baseball's history and role in helping to shape and define American culture," Hall spokesman Jeff Idelson said. "Having the Jack Kerouac bobble-head in our collection is important, given he's an American icon who had a deep passion for the game, which he shared in his writing."
Fans began lining up more than 7 1/2 hours before the Spinners' game on Aug. 21, 2003, when the bobble-head honoring the Lowell native was handed out to the first 1,000 fans. The demand forced the team to create another 500 bobble-heads, which helped raise more than $10,000 for Jack Kerouac Scholarships.
Jack Kerouac
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Puts Lid On Springsteen CD
Starbucks
Starbucks Corp., a growing force in the music scene, on Thursday said it chose to keep Bruce Springsteen's new chart-topping album, "Devils & Dust," off the menu at its coffee shops, partly because of concerns about its explicit lyrics.
The album is the first CD ever by Springsteen to get an advisory label because of the steamy lyrics on the single "Reno," which includes a description of anal sex and an encounter with a prostitute.
Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment for the Seattle-based operator of 4,400 North American coffee houses, stressed the decision was mostly due to other considerations, including plans to stock other upcoming CDs, but said content was a concern.
Starbucks
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Fame Doesn't Equal Wealth
They Might Be Giants
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants says it never fails to amaze him how people think he and musical partner John Linnell must be rolling in dough.
"I think the biggest misperception our fans have is that we're really rich," the singer-guitarist told AP Radio. "It's a really strange thing when you're talking to people ... and they're assuming you must be some (kind) of millionaire."
Flansburgh says being a famous musician doesn't necessarily equate to being a wealthy musician.
"It's hard to explain to (fans) that ... I didn't take a jet here; I'm driving my used car home" after the concert. "You can do music for a long time and still have a (normal) life."
They Might Be Giants
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British comedian Terry Jones of Monty Pythons Flying Circus risks freezing his tongue to a telescope on mount Titlis, 3,028 meters over sea level, near Lucerne, Switzerland Thursday May 5, 2005 after the ceremony for the Circus' induction into the Hall of Fame of the Rose d'Or entertainment festival. The entrance of Monty Python's Flying Circus into the Rose d'Or Hall of Fame marks the festivals tradition of honoring those organizations, individuals or shows, which have contributed most in the entertainment industry. The names of the honoured are engraved in a glass sculpture shown in a glacier cave on mount Titlis.
Photo by Urs Flueeler
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Inducting 4 Members
Country Hall of Fame
Jimmy Dean, who wrote and recorded "Big Bad John," and Grammy-winning fiddler Johnny Gimble will be inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in August.
Singer/songwriters Glenn Sutton and Roger Miller also were selected for induction by an advisory board of previous honorees, said Hall of Fame President Tommie Ritter Smith.
Dean, Gimble and Sutton will perform at the Aug. 20 induction ceremony at the Hall of Fame Theater in Carthage. Dean Miller, Roger Miller's son, also will take the stage.
Country Hall of Fame
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Mothers March
'Nurse-In'
Dozens of mothers and babies held a pre-Mother's Day "nurse-in" near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to support legislation to make it easier for working women to breast-feed or pump milk for their babies on the job.
"Breast-feeding is natural and it has a health benefit to mothers and children," said the legislation's chief sponsor, New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney, trying to be heard above the din of young children.
Her bill would expand the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act so a woman could not be fired or discriminated against in the workplace for pumping or nursing on breaks.
Her co-sponsor, Connecticut Republican Christopher Shays, said he got accustomed to seeing women nurse babies while he was a Peace Corps volunteer in the South Pacific, but recognized some American men were uncomfortable with public breast-feeding.
"Get a life," he advised them, as the nursing moms cheered.
'Nurse-In'
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Author Ray Bradbury, best know for his work 'Fahrenheit 451', poses during Disneyland's 50th anniversary party at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California May 4, 2005. Walt Disney, founder of the Walt Disney Company and visionary behind the creation of Disneyland, opened the park on July 17, 1955.
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Sculpture Sets Record
Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi's "Bird in Space" shattered the record for a sculpture at auction on Wednesday when it soared to an astonishing $27,450,000 at Christie's sale of Impressionist and modern art.
The previous record was held by another Brancusi, "Danaide," which sold for $18,159,500 three years ago.
Two other works broke the $10 million mark. Pablo Picasso's neoclassical portrait "Head and hand of a woman" fetched $13,456,000 and Paul Cezanne's "Tall trees at the Jas de Bouffan" sold for $11,776,000.
Brancusi
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Smithsonian Exhibits Heirs' Art
Tamerlane
Tamerlane, or Timur the Lame, one of history's bloodiest conquerors, made the northwestern Afghan city of Herat his capital 600 years ago. Under his less violent heirs it became the art capital of central Asia.
The Smithsonian Institution's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is putting on an exhibit that emphasizes the artistic side of the Timurids, as Timur's successors were called. One of the 33 exhibits in the show goes back to the conqueror himself, who died in 1405.
A calligrapher in Tamerlane's court, Omar Aqta, copied the whole text of Islam's Quran - hundreds of pages - in a manuscript small enough to fit inside a signet ring.
The story goes that Tamerlane wasn't impressed by the calligrapher's miniaturization. He promoted art but he preferred things big, like the tower made of 70,000 severed human heads he once ordered built in a conquered city. So Aqta copied the Quran in letters about eight inches high, seven lines to a page. The complete work was brought to Tamerlane in a wheelbarrow, and Aqta was suitably rewarded.
Tamerlane
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New Rule Opens Roads
National Forests
The last 58.5 million acres of untouched national forests, which President Clinton had set aside for protection, were opened to possible logging, mining and other commercial uses by the Bush administration on Thursday.
New rules from the U.S. Forest Service cover some of the most pristine federal land in 38 states and Puerto Rico. Ninety-seven percent of it is in 12 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
National Forest
Forest Service
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An unidentified person dressed as a robot and carrying a briefcase that says 'property of corperate (sic) America' mingles with mid-day shoppers and pedestrians in downtown Seattle, Thursday, May 5, 2005. Consumers overcame some of their reluctance to shop in April, giving the nation's retailers sales that modestly beat expectations. The person quickly disappeared into a crowd and the reason for the costume is not known.
Photo by Ted S. Warren
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Band Banned From Performing (What Year Is This?)
'Louie Louie'
A pop culture controversy that has simmered for decades came to a head when a middle school marching band was told not to perform "Louie Louie."
Benton Harbor Superintendent Paula Dawning cited the song's allegedly raunchy lyrics in ordering the McCord Middle School band not to perform it in Saturday's Grand Floral Parade, held as part of the Blossomtime Festival.
"Louie Louie," written by Richard Berry in 1956, is one of the most recorded songs in history. The best-known, most notorious version was a hit in 1963 for the Kingsmen; the FBI spent two years investigating the lyrics before declaring they not only were not obscene but also were "unintelligible at any speed."
'Louie Louie'
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Basic Cable Networks
Ratings
Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of April 25-May 1. Each ratings point represents 1,096,000 households. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses.
1. "WWE Raw Zone" (Monday, 10 p.m.), Spike, 3.3, 3.56 million homes.
2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), Spike, 3.2, 3.51 million homes.
3. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.8, 3.1 million homes.
4. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.8, 3.07 million homes.
5. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.97 million homes.
6. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.96 million homes.
7. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.95 million homes.
8. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.93 million homes.
9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.84 million homes.
10. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Monday, 5 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.5, 2.69 million homes.
11. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.67 million homes.
12. NBA Playoffs: Dallas vs. Houston (Thursday, 10:30 p.m.), TNT, 2.4, 2.57 million homes.
13. "Zoey 101" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.3, 2.54 million homes.
14. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Monday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.3, 2.53 million homes.
15. "Sex and the City" (Tuesday, 9:36 p.m.), TBS, 2.3, 2.5 million homes.
Ratings
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In Memory
David Hackworth
Retired Army Col. David Hackworth, a decorated Vietnam veteran who spoke out against the war and later became a journalist and an advocate for military reform, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 74.
Hackworth died Wednesday in Tijuana, Mexico, where he was receiving treatment for bladder cancer.
A Newsweek correspondent during the Gulf War, Hackworth worked in recent years as a syndicated columnist for King Features, often criticizing the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war.
"Most combat vets pick their fights carefully. They look at their scars, remember the madness and are always mindful of the fallout," Hackworth wrote in February. "That's not the case in Washington, where the White House and the Pentagon are run by civilians who have never sweated it out on a battlefield."
"Hack never lost his focus," said Roger Charles, president of Soldiers for the Truth, a California-based veterans group that Hackworth chaired. "That focus was on the young kids that our country sends to bleed and die on our behalf. Everything he did in his retirement was to try to give them a better chance to win and to come home. That's one hell of a legacy."
Hackworth served four tours of duty in Vietnam and was one of the first senior officers to speak out publicly against the Vietnam War. He was nearly court-martialed before he retired from the military in 1971 and gave up his medals in protest.
He moved to Australia and made millions in a restaurant business and a duck farm. His medals were reissued by Brig. Gen. John Howard in the 1980s and he returned to the United States. Among his books were "The Vietnam Primer," "About Face," and "Hazardous Duty."
He is survived by his wife of eight years, Eilhys England, a stepdaughter and four children from two earlier marriages, the family said.
David Hackworth
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Binti Jua, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla, cradles her new baby Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. The 4-to-5 pound infant, born on Monday, May 2, has not been named and the sex has not yet been determined. Binti became world famous for picking up a child who fell into the gorilla exhibit and carrying him in a cradling fashion to a doorway where zoo staff could reach the boy.
Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast
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