Mark Morford: Tear Gas for the Huddled Masses (NY Times)
Fun fact: Violence fetishizes itself. Worships. Adores itself with psychotic levels of megalomania and self-aggrandizement - sociopathic and chilling and face-slappingly obvious throughout all of human history. You know?
Eric Drucker: Interview with Killer Mike (The Believer)
You just need multiple sources of income. I like not having to depend on rap money, and the way I don't have to depend on rap money is finding other endeavors, whether it's merchandising T-shirts or merchandising the shop or developing a product to support, which we're currently in the process of doing. For me, it's always been about creating as many streams of revenue as I possibly can, so I can be free to rap the way I wanna rap.
David Christopher Bell: 4 Facts About Ferguson the Media Keeps Screwing Up (Cracked)
Anyone who has gone within a 10-foot radius of a computer, a television, or another human being no doubt considers themselves "up to speed" on the situation currently exploding in Ferguson, Missouri, after police shot an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown. And unsurprisingly, the media is so thick with bullshit that we've decided to cut it all down in one swinging arc to help you get your bearings. Here are all the latest and fakest news stories coming out of Ferguson.
Meredith Woerner: To All The Ice Bucket Haters, Here's Why The Challenge Matters (io9)
The internet is absolutely abuzz with videos of famous faces and normies all dumping buckets of ice water upon their heads as a call for awareness about the neurodegenerative disorder ALS. And just as like all things popular, the haters are coming out of the woodwork. But here's why the Ice Bucket Challenge matters.
Annalee Newitz: io9's Official Back To School List of Must Read Books
School is starting again, and whether you're a student in college or a student of life, you need to boot up your brain with some good inspiration. Here is a book list to get you thinking about the world in a new way - and help you make the transition back into study mode.
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Are you just starting your career, and want to get your feet wet with a research job at io9? We've got three openings - two for contributing researchers who focus on culture and entertainment, and one for a half-time editorial fellow in the sciences who will do research, writing, and outreach in the science community.
The zither is a musical string instrument, consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. It is played by strumming or plucking the strings, either with one's fingers, or using a tool called a plectrum. Like a guitar or lute, a zither's body serves as a sound box, but unlike them, a zither has no neck. The number of strings varies, from as few as twelve to more than fifty.
The zither went through two periods of great popularity in the United States. The first of these was in the late 19th through early 20th century, when it was greatly in vogue as a parlour instrument in many homes. By the 1920s zither popularity had begun to wane, as other instruments (notably guitars) increased in popularity.
There was, however, a revival of interest in the 1950s, due in great measure to the success of the 1949 British noir The Third Man, the soundtrack of which prominently featured the zither. The music for the film was played by Anton Karas. His "The Third Man Theme" was released as a single in 1949/50 and became a best-seller in the UK. Following its release in the U.S. in 1950, it spent eleven weeks at number one on Billboard's U.S. Best Sellers in Stores chart from 29 April to 8 July. The exposure made Karas an international star, and the trailer for the film stated that "the famous musical score by Anton Karas" would have the audience "in a dither with his zither".
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
The Third Man.
Alan J wrote:
The Third Man
mj said:
Look both ways before crossing
I'm pretty sure this was The Third Man theme.
Adam answered:
The Third Man.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
The Third Man
Marian responded:
The Third Man
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norhotcali, said:
"The Third Man" is a movie that must be seen in a theater. Grahame Green's script, direction by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, aka. Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein u. Frauenberg, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Noir at its best. And that zither. Oh, that Harry Lime!
DJ Useo answered:
I admit defeat. I ain't got a clue.
Solely to participate, I include the guess "Elvis vs Godzilla".
I missed yesterdays trivia contest because I was at the eye doctor.
They put those dilation drops in my eyes, but apparently my peepers didn't dilate enough, so they doused them a second time.
Well. It's now 24 hours later, & my pupils are still ENORMOUS. So, for the last day, everything looked like I was gazing through wax paper. Akk!
I didn't know yesterday's answer either, but I will make a statement in support of Bob Hope.
I'm very familiar with his stand up comedy, & that's where he's the funniest.
I regard him as one of the funniest men ever. You could really tell it was important to him to please the audience.
I will concede he displayed terrible judgement hanging out with criminal presidents.
It probably helped his career though, as far as getting him top drawer bookings.
Just imagine his agent calling to say "Hey Bob, do you feel like making Kissinger laugh?"
But, I don't know nothing 'bout no zither movies. Lol.
MAM wrote:
The Third Man ~ 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. It is considered one of the greatest films of all time, celebrated for its atmospheric cinematography, performances, and musical score. The screenplay was written by novelist Graham Greene. Anton Karas wrote and performed the score, which used only the zither; its title music "The Third Man Theme".
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CBS fills the night with LIVE'NFL Preseason Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.
On a RERUNDave (from 7/31/14) are Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Somerville, and David Gray.
On a RERUNCraig (from 6/13/14) are Max Greenfield and Ben & Ellen Harper.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'Running Wild With Bear Grylls', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Ethan Hawke, Amy Sedaris, and the Secret Sisters.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 7/24/14) are Hank Azaria, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Brendan Gleeson.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/27/14) are Bear McCreary, together PANGEA, and Air Review.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Last Man Standing', followed by another RERUN'Last Man Standing', then a RERUN'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 8/4/14) are Kim Kardashian, Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Johnson, and Disclosure featuring Sam Smith.
The CW offers a FRESH'Masters Of Illusion', followed by a RERUN'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', then a RERUN'America's Next Top Model'.
On a RERUNArsenio Hall (from 5/9/14) are Brandy, Sonja Norwood, Bill & Kristen Bellamy, and IamSu featuring Sage the Gemini.
Faux has a RERUN'MasterChef', followed by a RERUN'Bones'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
AMC offers the movie 'Hitman', followed by the movie 'The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift', then the movie 'The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 1 - The Impossible Astronaut
[9:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 2 - Day of the Moon
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 3 - The Curse of the Black Spot
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 4 - The Doctor's Wife
[12:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 5 - The Rebel Flesh
[1:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 6 - The Almost People
[2:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 7 - A Good Man Goes to War
[3:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 8 - Let's Kill Hitler
[4:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 9 - Night Terrors
[5:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 10 - The Girl Who Waited
[6:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 11 - The God Complex
[7:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 12 - Closing Time
[8:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 13 - The Wedding of River Song
[10:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE
[11:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE ULTIMATE COMPANION
[1:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE
[2:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE ULTIMATE TIME LORD
[3:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 1 - Aslyum of the Daleks
[4:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 2 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
[5:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 3 - A Town Called Mercy (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by the movie 'Shutter Island'.
Comedy Central has 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Futurama', 'Key & Peele', another 'Key & Peele', still another 'Key & Peele', followed by the movie 'Superbad'.
FX has the movie 'Step Brothers', followed by the movie 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] WHITEST KIDS U'KNOW
[6:15AM] THE THREE STOOGES-WHAT'S THE MATADOR?
[6:40AM] THE THREE STOOGES-WHO DONE IT?
[7:05AM] THE THREE STOOGES-WOMAN HATERS
[7:30AM] BATMAN-THE GREATEST MOTHER OF THEM ALL
[8:00AM] BATMAN-MA PARKER
[8:30AM] MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-MRS. TRI-COUNTY
[9:00AM] MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-BURNING MAN
[9:30AM] KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST
[11:15AM] CADDYSHACK
[1:30PM] POLTERGEIST
[4:00PM] BATMAN-SURF'S UP! JOKER'S UNDER!
[4:30PM] BATMAN-THE LONDINIUM LARCENIES
[5:00PM] BATMAN-THE FOGGIEST NOTION
[5:30PM] BATMAN-THE BLOODY TOWER
[6:00PM] RESERVOIR DOGS
[8:00PM] THE PUNISHER
[10:30PM] RESERVOIR DOGS
[12:30AM] L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
[3:30AM] GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DIARY OF THE DEAD
[5:30AM] GARFUNKEL AND OATES-SPEECHLESS (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Love Lust-Love Lust & the Bikini
[6:15AM] Barcelona
[8:30AM] The Legend of Bagger Vance
[11:15AM] Firestarter
[1:45PM] Heathers
[4:00PM] Law & Order-Standoff
[5:00PM] Law & Order-Return
[6:00PM] Law & Order-Burn Baby Burn
[7:00PM] Law & Order-White Lie
[8:00PM] Law & Order-Whiplash
[9:00PM] Law & Order-All My Children
[10:00PM] Law & Order-Access Nation
[11:00PM] The Honorable Woman-The Ribbon Cutter
[12:15AM] The Beach
[2:45AM] The Beach
[5:15AM] Love Lust-Love Lust & Sex Symbols
[5:30AM] The Writers' Room-Breaking Bad (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Predator 2', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown', then 'Wizard Wars'.
Comedian Chris Rock talks on his cell phone after catching a foul ball off the bat of Houston Astros Jon Singleton in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014.
Photo by Kathy Willens
A sprawling private ranch in southeast Texas will be converted into a state park with the assistance of a fund created in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation announced Thursday.
The $37.7 million purchase of the Powderhorn Ranch, 75 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, is the highest price ever paid for a Texas conservation project and the biggest land acquisition so far using BP spill restoration dollars.
The state agency said it has been plotting for more than three decades with the Conservation Fund, the Nature Conservancy and other groups on how to acquire the ranch.
The 17,351-acre property along the Texas coast in Calhoun County contains freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, tidal flats, oyster beds and live oak forests, and is hoped to become a wintertime refuge for the endangered whooping crane.
Actor and St. Louis native Jon Hamm addresses the media prior to a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in St. Louis. Hamm is being honored tonight by the Cardinals with a give-away promotion, and portions of proceeds from the purchase of promotional tickets being donated to St. Jude Children's Medical Research Hospital in his honor.
Photo by Scott Kane
Pitching sensation Mo'ne Davis' latest start drew record-setting television viewership for the Little League World Series.
Her game Wednesday night attracted the largest audience for the event on ESPN, the network said Thursday. The 8-1 loss by Davis' Philadelphia team to Las Vegas earned a 3.1 rating and was watched by an average of nearly 5 million people, up 155 percent from the corresponding game last year.
The 13-year-old Davis rose to a national celebrity after becoming the first girl to pitch a shutout at the LLWS. She was removed after just 2 1-3 innings Wednesday, allowing three runs and striking out six.
The previous high for a LLWS game on ESPN was 3.3 million in 2001 for the matchup between Oceanside, California, and Danny Almonte's team from the Bronx. Championship games on ABC have drawn bigger audiences.
California lawmakers will approve legislation supported by Gov. Jerry Brown to spend $3 million in state money to provide legal help for unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America, Democratic leaders announced Thursday.
Making the money available is "the decent thing to do, and it's consistent with the progressive spirit of California," Brown said in a statement.
He announced the plan along with Attorney General Kamala Harris, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and the Latino legislative caucus, all Democrats.
Because Democrats control both houses of the Legislature, they will not need Republican support to approve the funding. The move could give Democrats a boost with Latino voters in the November election.
Actor Richard Dreyfuss addresses lawmakers during his visit to the state Senate at the Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. Dreyfuss was presented a Senate Resolution for his work promoting civics education in public schools through the Dreyfuss Initiative.
Photo by Rich Pedroncelli
Calling all London tourists: Peter Pan, Sherlock Holmes and Queen Victoria want a word with you.
Statues of some three dozen historical and fictional characters in London and Manchester are coming to life thanks to a new interactive project that gives them a voice to tell their stories.
Passers-by can swipe their smartphones on a tag or type in a web address to get an instant call from the characters depicted. Actors including Patrick Stewart and Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville perform the monologues, which last a few minutes each.
The project, launched Tuesday, features Isaac Newton at the British Library, Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street station, and Queen Victoria at Blackfriars Bridge, among others.
While gay couples still can't get married in the marriage capital of the world, Las Vegas wants to let them know they - and their money - are more than welcome to the buffet of other activities Sin City has to offer.
The city's tourism authority recently launched its first mainstream TV campaign aimed at the LGBT community: a commercial featuring a hunk and a heavy dose of innuendo. The first gay nightclub inside a Las Vegas Strip casino opened up this summer.
And casino pools that struggled to distinguish themselves in the high-flying world of day-clubs have found a niche in gay pool parties.
The efforts have landed the city among the top destinations for gay travelers, who LGBT tourism experts say are more likely to be childless, take more trips and tend to have more disposable income than the average visitor.
But some business leaders fear that Nevada's same-sex marriage ban is preventing Las Vegas from reaching its true potential among the demographic.
British actor Rowan Atkinson (front), dressed in his popular television character Mr. Bean, dances with Chinese performers during the filming of a promotional video in Shanghai August 20, 2014.
A federal judge has found that a hit 2010 song by Colombian pop star Shakira copied a Dominican songwriter's work.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in a ruling in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday said Shakira's Spanish-language single "Loca" infringed on the work of Ramon Arias Vasquez, who wrote "Loca con su Tiguere" in the late 1990s.
Hellerstein dismissed claims that Shakira's English version of the track infringed, citing a lack of evidence.
The ruling is a victory for the plaintiff, Mayimba Music, which holds the rights to Arias's work and which sued Sony Corp of America and several other Sony units in 2012.
The judge found only two of them liable, Sony/ATV Latin and Sony/ATV Discos, for distributing Shakira's song.
A man who lived nearly three decades in the woods now has a job and is adjusting to life back in society.
Christopher Knight, who survived brutal winters in the Maine woods by stealing food from homes and camps, could graduate from a special court program as early as this fall, Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said.
After serving about seven months in jail, Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit, was admitted last fall into the program, whose participants receive treatment and counseling.
Knight never fully explained why he disappeared into the woods, telling GQ that he didn't have a reason and that it was a mystery to him too. He committed more than 1,000 robberies while he lived as a recluse, he told the magazine.
Members of norteno-band Los Tigres del Norte (from L-R) Luis Hernandez, Oscar Lara, Hernan Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez and Eduardo Hernandez touch their star after it was unveiled on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California August 21, 2014.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
High in the hills of Myanmar's war-torn borderlands, a clutch of new leprosy cases among communities virtually cut off from medical help is a sign that the country's battle with the ancient disease is far from over.
It took six days by plane, boat, motorcycle, bus -- and an arduous mountain trek -- for a group of medical workers to treat two leprosy patients in a remote corner of the country, where conflict and neglect are the legacy of decades of military rule and even access to basic medicines is a distant dream.
But the charity-funded medics were also on the lookout for evidence that the disease had spread.
They soon found three more leprosy sufferers, including one man who had such a severe case he required hospital care.
Weeks later the patient was still waiting to travel as tensions between the Myanmar army and local rebels closed transportation routes.
The federal government is finalizing new restrictions on hundreds of medicines containing hydrocodone, the highly addictive painkiller that has grown into the most widely prescribed drug in the U.S.
The new rules mean that drugs like Vicodin, Lortab and their generic equivalents will be subject to the same prescribing rules as painkillers like codeine and oxycodone. Patients will be limited to one 90-day supply of medication and will have to see a health care professional to get a refill. In many states, only doctors will be able to prescribe the medications, not nurses or physician assistants.
The move, announced in a federal notice, comes more than a decade after the Drug Enforcement Administration first recommended reclassifying hydrocodone due to its risks for abuse and addiction. For years, physician groups and the Food and Drug Administration opposed the move, saying it would burden health care providers and patients while driving up costs.
But last year the FDA changed its position, citing the national epidemic of overdoses and deaths tied to prescription painkillers known as opioids.
In 2012, U.S. doctors wrote more than 125 million prescriptions for hydrocodone-containing medications, making it the most prescribed drug in the country, according to figures from IMS Health.
Dancers from Boston Ballet ride a swan boat, past an actual swan on the pond in the Public Garden, ahead of the company's performances of the ballet "Swan Lake," in Boston, Massachusetts August 21, 2014. The dancers on the swan boat include Eris Mezha (standing L) who will dance the role of Siegfried and Ashley Ellis (standing R) who will dance the role of Odette.
Photo by Brian Snyder
Archaeologists excavating a large burial mound in northern Greece that has captivated the public's imagination have asked politicians and others seeking guided tours of the site to leave them in peace.
The Culture Ministry appealed Thursday for "understanding" while the Amphipolis excavation proceeds.
The partially uncovered tomb from the end of Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great's reign, which was found inside the mound, has sparked intense media interest amid wild speculation that it may contain rich treasures or the bones of an ancient celebrity.
So far, archaeologists have uncovered part of the late 4th-century B.C. tomb's entrance, which has two large marble sphinxes placed on a lintel just under the barrel-vaulted roof. Underneath lies the doorway, still covered in earth, with traces of painted plaster decoration.
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
1. (New) Paul McCartney; $3,229,604; $131.84.
2. (2) Jason Aldean; $1,760,902; $54.78.
3. (1) Katy Perry; $1,743,092; $116.26.
4. (3) Bruno Mars; $1,177,984; $87.28.
5. (4) Cher; $1,110,172; $90.03.
6. (5) Zac Brown Band; $1,071,113; $48.93.
7. (6) Dave Matthews Band; $1,059,266; $54.34.
8. (7) Michael Buble; $910,823; $88.51.
9. (8) Romeo Santos; $812,171; $82.14.
10. (10) Cirque du Soleil - "Michael Jackson: The Immortal"; $768,128; $86.59.
11. (9) Journey/Steve Miller Band; $760,936; $58.17.
12. (11) Motley Crue; $735,479; $51.03.
13. (12) James Taylor; $629,601; $72.03.
14. (13) Rascal Flatts; $547,137; $34.02.
15. (14) Brad Paisley; $521,533; $34.14.
16. (15) Tim McGraw; $487,063; $37.41.
17. (16) Florida Georgia Line; $461,691; $38.84.
18. (17) Backstreet Boys; $416,925; $49.20.
19. (18) Widespread Panic; $313,800; $44.81.
20. (19) Lana Del Rey; $289,113; $48.00.
A squirrel monkey looks into the camera during a photocall at London Zoo, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. The Zoo held it's annual weigh-in where the vital statistics of animals were taken in an aid for keepers to detect pregnancies and check the animals general wellbeing.
Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth
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