'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
The Shinjuku Seinenkan, Tokyo
Saturday, May 29th, 2004Rock for Regime Change
Marty,
My name is Chris, the saxophone player for a band called Code.
We're like a cross between the Dave Mathew's Band and The Barenaked
Ladies with a little bit of Rush.
We've put together a really great
musical event called Rock for Regime Change.
There's going to be six
bands and two DJs, with hopefully 500 people coming. Tokyo is a hard
place to promote things like this, but I think the folks at Democrats
Abroad should be able to pull in a crowd.
There's going to be great
food and wicked awesome beer from Baird Beer (Shizuoka) for all the
partiers because it's going to be from 5:00 until 11:00.
I tell ya, you
gotta eat something when your sweating to bands that play music you
wanna dance to - especially if it means the pre-celebration of Kerry's
Presidential victory.
Code
www.brightblack.net
www.rocktokyo.com
Democrats Abroad
Thanks, Chris!
Famous Quotes
Dr. Paul's Words of Wisdom
"This is a country that for 35 years has suffered under
the abuse of one of the worst dictatorships in
history. Saddam didn't do this by himself."
~ Dr. Paul Wolfowitz
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Interviewed by the Pentagon Channel, May 4, 2004
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
Selected Saturday Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast most of the morning, and a mild, sunny afternon followed.
Visited the farmer's market - strawberries, cherries and apricots are all in season.
Hey Laura - please send me the link for 'Cats With Hands' - would love to see it!
Meryl Streep poses for photographers during a news conference prior to the New Dramatists 55th annual benefit luncheon in New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, May 27, 2004. The New Dramatists workshop awarded Streep its 2004 Career Achievement Award during the luncheon tribute.
Photo by Dean Cox
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Has Berg Footage
Michael Moore
Filmmaker Michael Moore, whose incendiary new documentary lambastes resident Bush's handling of the war, said Thursday that he has footage unused in the film of Nicholas Berg, the American civilian later beheaded in Iraq.
The footage, of an interview with Berg, "is approximately 20 minutes long. We are not releasing it to the media," Moore said in a statement. "It is not in the film. We are dealing privately with the family."
Neither Moore nor his representatives would describe the nature or contents of the interview with Berg, who held staunch pro-war views.
Michael Moore
Hollywood Mystery Man
'Rance'
He skewers Hollywood and the cult of celebrity on an anonymous Web log that has spawned a cult following. He claims to be an A-list actor, writing under a pseudonym, but admits he may not be believed.
Who, exactly, is "Rance?"
Could he really be, as some believe, Owen Wilson, Ben Affleck, Jim Carrey or even George Clooney?
In the blog's first-ever post last December, Rance introduced himself this way: "Suffice it to say I know what its like to see your picture on the magazine rack every now and again when you pay for groceries."
Rance's blog has since spawned a furious guessing game on the Internet and beyond, becoming a regular topic at Hollywood parties.
'Rance'
Defamer
Japanese Kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo performs a classical dance called 'Fuji Musume' at the Kabuki-za Theatre in Tokyo, May 27, 2004. Kabuki, which means song, dance and skill, is a traditional form of Japanese theater in which all roles, including those depicting women, are performed by men.
Photo by Yuriko Nakao
Helped Complete Habitat Project
blink-182
The trio blink-182 went from punk rock to house painting when they helped complete a Habitat for Humanity project.
While drummer Travis Barker sat in a folding chair eating a burrito - he's on crutches and wearing a cast after foot surgery - guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus applied white paint to the home on 13th Street in Harrisburg (PA).
The band's volunteer work Wednesday was part of Raise The Roof, a partnership between Clear Channel Entertainment and Habitat for Humanity, which provides homes for people in need using volunteers. The band, which spent about 40 minutes at the Habitat site, played a show at the Star Pavilion in nearby Hershey on Wednesday night.
blink-182
Bails on Danish July 4 Party
Viggo Mortensen
A slow letter left the organizers of this year's Danish celebration of U.S Independence Day with a little explaining to do.
Viggo Mortensen, who played the world-weary Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, won't be the main speaker at this year's festivities after all, the organizers the annual celebration said Thursday. "Viggo Mortensen sent us a letter saying he could not attend, which unfortunately the Rebild Society didn't receive in time," said Lars Hoegh Hansen, secretary general of the association that has organized the annual Rebild festival since 1912.
Danes and descendants of emigrants have celebrated the U.S. Independence Day with barbecues, square dancing and country music outside Rebild, a village 250 kilometres northwest of Copenhagen, since 1912.
Viggo Mortensen
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
First Entertainment Channel Goes on Air
Afghan TV
Afghanistan has its first entertainment television channel, three years after the fall of the radical Taliban regime that banned the medium.
Using a mobile antenna positioned on a hill overlooking the capital, the broadcast range of "Afghan TV" station only covers Kabul city, but its owner, Ahmad Shah Afghanzai, hopes to widen its range across the country in a year's time.
The fledgling station airs mostly Indian and Western songs as well as films for nearly sixteen hours each day.
Afghan TV
A worker errects scaffolding in front of a huge portrait of Russian Tsar Peter the Great, in St. Petersburg, May 27, 2004. Russian reformist Tsar Peter the Great founded the city in 1703 on the deserted Baltic seaside and moved the Russian capital from ancient Moscow to newly built St. Petersburg. The portrait is made of smaller pictures giving various views of St. Petersburg.
Photo by Alexander Demianchuk
The Bee Gees Are Done
Brothers Gibb
Barry and Robin Gibb, who went to Buckingham Palace to be honored Thursday, said the Bee Gees died with their brother, Maurice.
During an emotional ceremony, Prince Charles made the brothers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE. Maurice's son, Adam, received the award on his father's behalf.
Born on the Isle of Man, the Gibb brothers moved to Manchester in the 1950s. Their '70s disco hits included "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever."
Brothers Gibb
Files for Quickie Divorce
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony was in the Dominican capital Thursday to file for divorce from former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres.
The divorce papers, signed by both, were submitted at a civil court in Santo Domingo. Judge Maritza Capellan has three days to issue a decision. The hearing Thursday was behind closed doors.
Torres filed a petition for dissolution of marriage with children on Jan. 20 in Miami-Dade Circuit Court under Dayanara Torres Muniz. Anthony's real name is Marco Antonio Muniz.
It wasn't clear how the Dominican petition would affect the one in Florida, but divorce proceedings in the Dominican Republic are generally quicker.
Marc Anthony
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Duchess of York in Ab Belt Ad
Sarah Ferguson
Sarah Ferguson, Britain's Duchess of York, is appearing in a new ad campaign for an abdominal toning belt.
The ads for the Flex abdominal belt began running this week. They'll continue throughout the year on about a dozen network and cable channels.
Ferguson also will make personal appearances.
Sarah Ferguson
A man pushes the elevator button along a wall of political buttons in a newly renovated Chelsea Market building in New York, Thursday, May 27, 2004. More than 12,000 buttons make up the artwork by Ron Russo, which includes an image of the continental United States with the words 'Democracy USA' displayed in buttons.
Photo by Gregory Bull
Large Donation
Phoenix Art Museum
A $3 million gift from the heirs to the Campbell Soup fortune is the single largest donation ever to the Phoenix Art Museum, officials said.
The gift from the Dorrance Family Foundation, announced by the museum Tuesday, includes $2 million for the design and construction of a secured outdoor sculpture court.
It also includes a $1 million endowment for education in the form of a matching challenge gift. The foundation said it will match every $100,000 in endowment funds raised by the museum up to $1 million.
Phoenix Art Museum
Vance "Pinto" Colvig Or Larry Harmon
Bozo the Clown
There are no hand buzzers, trick flowers or balloon animals in this clown story. The issue is who created Bozo the Clown - and the dispute is wiping the smile off some clowns' faces.
For years, promoter and entertainer Larry Harmon claimed to have both created the character and said he was the original.
Now the International Clown Hall of Fame in downtown Milwaukee is formally endorsing a different version: Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston created Bozo for recordings in 1946, and the late Vance "Pinto" Colvig was the first person to play the clown.
On Friday, the hall is posthumously inducting Colvig as the first Bozo.
For a lot more, Bozo the Clown
International Clown Hall of Fame
An Iraqi man sits against a mural based on the scandal of prisoner abuse in the prison of Abu Ghraib in a Shi'ite suburb of Baghdad, May 27, 2004. U.S. Soldiers are working with the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, Iraqi police, local leaders and citizens to clean up graffiti and paint over anti-Coalition messages.
Photo by Ali Jasim
Basic Cable Networks
Rankings
Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of May 17-23. Each ratings point represents 1,084,000 households. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.
1. NBA Playoffs: L.A. Lakers vs. Minnesota (Sunday, 8:30 p.m.), TNT, 5.2, 5.66 million homes.
2. NBA Playoffs: L.A. Lakers vs. Minnesota (Friday, 9:11 p.m.), TNT, 4.5, 4.9 million homes.
3. NBA Playoffs: Sacramento vs. Minnesota (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.), TNT, 4.4, 4.75 million homes.
4. "WWE Raw Zone" (Monday, 10 p.m.), Spike, 3.6, 3.85 million homes.
5. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.2, 3.49 million homes.
6. "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Inferno" (Monday, 10 p.m.) MTV, 3.2, 3.46 million homes.
7. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.0, 3.22 million homes.
8. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), Spike, 2.9, 3.14 million homes.
9. "Real World XIV" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), MTV, 2.8, 3.06 million homes.
10. Nextel Cup Race: Charlotte (Saturday, 7:29 p.m.), FX, 2.8, 2.98 million homes.
11. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.94 million homes.
12. NBA Playoffs: New Jersey vs. Detroit (Thursday, 8:02 p.m.), ESPN, 2.6, 2.86 million homes.
13. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.85 million homes.
14. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.83 million homes.
15. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.8 million homes.
Rankings
A gaggle of Canada Goose goslings cuddle together for an afternoon nap on the banks of the Chagrin River in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Thursday, May 27, 2004. The adult geese were close at hand as their young rested.
Photo by Amy Sancetta
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