HENRY ROLLINS: I USED TO LOVE BERLIN - NOW IT'S JUST A CITY IN GERMANY (LA Weekly)
The two shows were classic Berlin experiences. On the first night, a large man punched me out - for what reason, I don't know. Then, at load-out, a man picked up one of Greg Ginn's Dan Armstrong guitars and ran off with it. To this day, I wonder where it ended up.
Julie Burchill: David Bowie had sex with underage girls. Is that creepy or cool? (Spectator)
I strayed upon the Facebook page of the excellent feminist essayist Louise Pennington, who had already been driven to distraction by grieving trolls. Her crime had been to remind us that David Bowie, in the first flush of global fame, had had quite a lot of sex with underage girls in Los Angeles. In one notorious case, he had helped himself to the virginity of a 13-year-old named Lori Maddox, who went on to act as sperm receptacle/muse to other rock stars. She was part of the so-called 'Baby Groupies' circle.
Julie Burchill: Please spare us the sob signalling over David Bowie (Spectator)
From the word go, the level of sheer asininity of the guest commentators on BBC Breakfast was truly remarkable - surely the saddest legacy a creative person can leave is stupid fans. 'He knew a lot of stuff about a lot of things.' 'The last great PR stunt of his life.'
Scott Stossel: Son of Gonzo (American Scholar)
If Hunter had been less devoted to being a writer, could he have been a better father? Stories I Tell Myself makes that question seem stupid. Juan Thompson, in earnestly expressing his desire to be a different and better father than Hunter-while writing this unsparing yet forgiving and affectionate book-evinces an abundant human decency that makes questions about mere art seem trivial. Juan, as he himself readily concedes, is a lesser writer than his father. But he is, despite his persistent concerns about whether he has lived up to his father's hopes, surely the better man.
Ira Madison III: Every Episode of The X-Files, Ranked From Worst to Best (Vulture)
1. "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (Season 3, Episode 4) The X-Files could be thrilling, scary, heartbreaking, and funny. This episode takes every element that made the series so iconic and throws them all into one heartbreaking installment. A man who can see the future aids Mulder and Scully in stopping the murders of psychics and fortune-tellers. It took Scully years to finally come around on the supernatural, but in that moment where she finds Clyde Bruckman dead, she takes his hand, and you can see it in her eyes that she's finally ready to take this journey into the paranormal with Mulder.
m3odym4ker: "Death Still Comes" (Imgur)
I convinced my husband to go out in a blizzard dressed as Death just so I could add another photo to my macabre collection.
China, India and Mexico, together having about 43% of the world's overall lemon and lime output, top the production list for 2012, followed by Argentina and Brazil.
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Alan J was first and correct with:
Mexico.
Stephen F wrote:
Mexico
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Mexico
Joyce responded:
We need that wall to protect us from lemonade! D.T.rump
Deborah replied:
Mexico.
I'm amazed at how much citrus grows here and goes to waste. My orange tree is prolific enough to provide some neighbors, a local homeless shelter, and us with plenty of very large, sweet oranges. The recent storms knocked about ½ dozen off the tree. The next few dry days I'll get out and finish picking them. But as for other citrus-growing folks: make Limoncello. It's easy and it's good.
Nary a rain cloud in sight. It's good to be dry for a spell.
Lois Of Oregon said:
You can't have Tequila without Lime. Rock on, Mexico.
MAM wrote:
Mexico
Joe S
The fruit of the lemon tree is impossible to eat? Not according to Carla. She ate lemons like they were oranges, rinds and all. Nothing was left except the pits, she didn't eat lemon pits.
Marian took the day off.
Dale in still raining Diamond Springs, Norcali took the day off.
Patriot Act NSA Spying Unconstitutional Section 215 National Security Letters Must End
My name is Marc Perkel and I have decided to announce that I will not comply with the so called "Patriot Act" laws requiring me to disclose information about my customers. If I receive a national security letter I will immediately photograph it, post it online everywhere I can, and then make a video of me burning it. I will then await my arrest. If you want to put me in jail then come get me mother fucker.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Supergirl', followed by a FRESH'Scorpion', then a FRESH'NCIS: The Expendable One'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Donald Rumsfeld, Russell Westbrook, Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 11/16/15) are Ty Burrell, Natalie Dormer, and Jeezy.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Superstore', followed by a FRESH'Telenovela', then a FRESH'The Biggest Loser'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Kate Hudson, Dan Patrick, and G-Eazy.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Dakota Johnson, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Janet Weiss.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 12/9/15) are Amy Landecker, Miami Horror, and Wild Child.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'The Bachelor', followed by a FRESH'Bachelor Live'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Chris Pine, Lena Headey, and Panic! At the Disco.
The CW offers a FRESH'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend', followed by a FRESH'Jane The Virgin'.
Faux has a FRESH'The X-Files', followed by a FRESH'Lucifer'.
MY has 'TMZ (Not So) Live', followed by 'Hollywood Today (Not So) Live'.
A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'War & Peace' (Part 2).
AMC offers themovie 'Top Gun', followed by the movie 'Enemy Of The State', then the movie 'Man On A Ledge'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - SEASON 1, Ep 3 - Summer
[7:00AM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - SEASON 1, Ep 4 - Autumn
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - SEASON 2, Ep 6 - Hannah & Mason's
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - SEASON 7, Ep 1 - Return to Amy's Baking Company
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 2, Ep 8 - The Impossible Planet-Part 1.
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 2, Ep 9 - The Satan Pit-Part 2.
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2, Ep 3 - Elementary, Dear Data
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2, Ep 4 - The Outrageous Okona
[2:00PM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 2, Ep 5 - Patagonia (Part 1)
[3:00PM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 1 - Alabama
[4:00PM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 2 - Arctic Circle
[5:00PM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 3 - Vietnam
[6:00PM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 4 - Texas
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF AUSTRALIA - SEASON 1, EPISODE 1-Part 1
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR: BURMA SPECIAL - SEASON 1, Episode 2
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR: BURMA SPECIAL - SEASON 1, Episode 2
[10:00PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - SEASON 18, Episode 16
[11:00PM] ALMOST ROYAL - SEASON 2, Ep 3 - Sports
[11:30PM] ALMOST ROYAL - SEASON 2, Ep 4 - Romance
[12:00AM] TOP GEAR: BURMA SPECIAL - SEASON 1, Episode 2
[1:00AM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 17, Episode 6
[2:00AM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 1 - Alabama
[3:00AM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 2 - Arctic Circle
[4:00AM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 3 - Vietnam
[5:00AM] MAN VS. WILD - SEASON 4, Ep 4 - Texas (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Vanderpump Rules', followed by a FRESH'Vanderpump Rules Social', then a FRESH'Vanderpump Rules', followed by a FRESH'Tying The Knot'.
Comedy Central has 2 hours of old 'South Park', 'Archer', another 'Archer', 'South Park', and another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show is Gad Elmaleh.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is Marlon Wayans.
Scheduled on a FRESH@Midnight are Grace Helbig, Hari Kondabolu, and Matt Braunger.
FX has the movie 'Oblivion', followed by the movie 'Star Trek Into Darkness'.
History has 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH'War & Peace' (Part 2).
IFC -
[6:00AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Eric's Drunken Tattoo
[6:30AM] BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD
[8:45AM] ANIMAL HOUSE
[11:15AM] DEALIN' WITH IDIOTS
[1:15PM] BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD
[3:30PM] ANIMAL HOUSE
[6:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Eric's Depression
[6:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Pinciotti vs. Forman
[7:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Hyde Gets the Girl
[7:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Bye-Bye Basement
[8:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-The Relapse
[8:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Uncomfortable Ball Stuff
[9:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Donna's Story
[9:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-The Forgotten Son
[10:00PM] PORTLANDIA-Pickathon
[10:30PM] PORTLANDIA-Cat Nap
[11:00PM] BAD BOYS
[1:45AM] BAD BOYS
[4:30AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Bye-Bye Basement
[5:00AM] THAT '70S SHOW-The Relapse
[5:30AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Uncomfortable Ball Stuff (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] The Writers' Room-House of Cards
[6:30AM] The Writers' Room-The Good Wife
[7:00AM] Brothers
[9:30AM] Unbreakable
[12:00PM] The Last Boy Scout
[2:30PM] Sniper 3
[4:30PM] Armageddon
[8:00PM] Erin Brockovich
[11:00PM] Erin Brockovich
[2:00AM] The Game
[5:00AM] American Psycho II: All American Girl (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'GI Joe: Retaliation', 'The Magicians', followed by a FRESH'The Magicians'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan it's "Mission CONAN".
TCM:
[6:00AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Eric's Drunken Tattoo
[6:30AM] BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD
[8:45AM] ANIMAL HOUSE
[11:15AM] DEALIN' WITH IDIOTS
[1:15PM] BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD
[3:30PM] ANIMAL HOUSE
[6:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Eric's Depression
[6:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Pinciotti vs. Forman
[7:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Hyde Gets the Girl
[7:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Bye-Bye Basement
[8:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-The Relapse
[8:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Uncomfortable Ball Stuff
[9:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Donna's Story
[9:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-The Forgotten Son
[10:00PM] PORTLANDIA-Pickathon
[10:30PM] PORTLANDIA-Cat Nap
[11:00PM] BAD BOYS (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedian Robert Smigel and his puppet "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" attempt to speak to two women in the audience as Republican presidential candidate Donald T-rump signs autographs after speaking at a rally at Muscatine High School in Muscatine, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016.
Photo by Andrew Harnik
Furnishings from late US president John F. Kennedy's winter retreat in Palm Beach, Florida sold Saturday for some $400,000, an auction house said.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers sold furniture and decorative arts from the famed "Winter White House" with best-selling items including twin beds and a massage table.
"Popular items include a pair of Venetian style walnut twin beds where the future president slept alongside his brother Joe, and later (first lady) Jackie Kennedy" Hindman said in a statement, adding that the beds sold for $20,000.
JFK as a child vacationed at the mansion, and spent a great deal of time there after being elected president in 1960, holding staff meetings and numerous press conferences.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will stop supporting the use of ultralight aircraft to help young whooping cranes migrate from Wisconsin to Florida each fall.
Officials announced Friday that this season's ultralight-guided flights to the birds' winter home will be the last, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Operation Migration, the Canadian-based nonprofit group that has led the migrations for 15 years, has opposed the end of ultralights, saying the program has helped cranes survive. But Fish and Wildlife officials claim the birds haven't been successful in producing chicks and raising them in the wild.
The effort has spent more than $20 million to establish the flock that's distinct from a larger flock of whooping cranes migrating between the Texas Gulf Coast and northern Canada.
The final decision to end the public-private effort was made in Baraboo during a meeting of the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, according to Pete Fasbender, a Minnesota-based field office supervisor of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
As troubadours, fiddlers and scribes head to northeast Nevada for a national gathering to celebrate cowboy poetry and culture, the topic of the sometimes tenuous relationship between the Old West and the realities of the New West will be more than campfire conversation.
The 32nd National Cowboy Poetry Gathering opens Monday in Elko, a rural community halfway between Reno and Salt Lake City that is similar in its turbulent history to the place about 200 miles away in Oregon where a national wildlife refuge has been seized by armed men boys protesting federal ownership of land.
The keynote speech will be given Thursday by a world-renowned cultural and environmental historian who thinks government ownership of land can be a good thing, and it may be the only way to save some of the last great wild places where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains.
Dan Flores said he isn't sure what to expect in Elko after talking with event organizers who requested he "leave the politics at the door as you go in."
"They engaged me in a conference call that, as I read it, was kind of a warning about the audience and about what you can say, and what is going to be controversial ," said Flores, who was the chairman of Western History at the University of Montana from 1992 to 2014 and now lives outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. "The truth is, given the politics of modern America, almost everything you say about the West is controversial. I may be occupied by the militia by the end of the event, but I guess we'll find out."
Danish American actor and cast member Viggo Mortensen arrives for the premiere of 'Captain Fantastic' at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA, 23 January 2016. The festival runs from 21 to 31 January.
Photo by George Frey
Democrats in the Arizona Legislature want a law that requires judges to give preferences to married heterosexual couples in adoption stricken from the books.
The legislation introduced in both the Senate and House removes current language giving preferences to a husband and wife over others in adoptions. Backers say the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year legalizing same-sex marriage bans laws giving preferences to heterosexual couple over gay couples.
Sen. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, also said single parents shouldn't be given second-tier status on adoptions so the proposal completely eliminates preferences for married couples. He said single parents are just as qualified and sometimes more so to be good parents.
He also points to the approximately 19,000 children in state foster care as a reason to change current law.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush (R-Putz) shared admiration for Gov. Rick Snyder's (R-Environmental Racist) response to the Flint water crisis.
During an interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC's "This Week" program Sunday, Jan. 24, Bush called the water concerns "a tragedy and what we need to have it a 21st century set of rules," according to a show transcript.
When asked if Snyder had any responsibility over the issue, Bush said "Well, he's taken -- he's taken responsibility. And I admire that. He's not saying that it's someone else's fault. He's rolling up his sleeves and trying to -- trying to deal with this."
Questioned on whether or not Snyder should resign, Bush said "No, he needs to do what he's doing, which is to accept responsibility and begin to solve the problem."
Bush went on to say Snyder has been "a great governor for Michigan," according to the transcript.
Pianist Paolo Zanarella appears to hover with the help of a crane as he performs during one of the highlights of the Venice Carnival, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. The Venice carnival in the historical lagoon city attracts people from around the world.
Photo by Luca Bruno
In the spring of 2014, as a team of experts was examining what ailed the U.S. nuclear force, the Air Force withheld from them the fact that it was simultaneously investigating damage to a nuclear-armed missile in its launch silo caused by three airmen.
The accident happened May 17, 2014, at an underground launch silo containing a Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. The silo, designated Juliet-07, is situated among wheat fields and wind turbines about 9 miles west of Peetz, Colorado. It is controlled by launch officers of the 320th Missile Squadron and administered by the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The Air Force said that while three airmen were troubleshooting the missile, a "mishap" occurred, causing $1.8 million in damage to the missile. The service declined to explain the nature of the mishap, such as whether it caused physical damage, saying the information is too sensitive to be made public.
The three airmen were immediately stripped of their certification to perform nuclear weapons duty. The missile was taken offline and removed from its silo. No one was injured and the Air Force said the accident posed no risk to public safety.
A bride and groom wearing traditional handmade garlands wait for their wedding to start during a mass marriage ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan, January 24, 2016. The Pakistan Hindu Council organized a mass marriage ceremony where a total of 60 couples from the Hindu community residing in Pakistan's Sindh province took wedding vows, according to the council.
Photo by Akhtar Soomro
A Hong Kong publisher whose disappearance from the city raised fears he was abducted by Chinese officials has met his wife on the mainland and is reportedly "in good spirits", Hong Kong police said Sunday.
Lee Bo was the fifth employee of a Hong Kong publishing house known for producing salacious titles critical of Chinese leaders to have gone missing in recent months.
Three others went missing in mainland China while Gui Minhai, who has Swedish nationality, disappeared in Thailand.
Hong Kong police said early Sunday that Lee, 65, had met his wife Sophie Choi at an unspecified location in China the previous day.
There was no immigration record of Lee having left Hong Kong last month. Activists, local media and even pro-Beijing politicians in the city have expressed concern about the case.
A Hindu devotee carries his kavadi, or physical burden, as he waits to enter the Sri Thendayuthapani temple to give prayers and offerings at the end of his procession during the festival of Thaipusam in Singapore, 24 January 2016. The festival of Thaipusam is celebrated by the Tamil Hindu community and diaspora during the full moon of the Tamil month of Thai, which falls in January or February. Devotees participate in a long procession to honor the Hindu god Murugan and to ask for favors or forgiveness.
Photo by Wallace Woon
King Tut hasn't been around for a few thousand years, but his power remains: after a botched repair job of the famed pharaoh's beard left scratches on his burial mask, Egyptian prosecutors have ordered eight museum workers to a disciplinary court for "gross negligence."
The 3,300-year old mask, whose beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued on with epoxy in 2014, was scratched and damaged during the amateurish repair work, prosecutors said in a Sunday statement, which implicated the then-head of the Egyptian Museum and the chief of the restoration department.
"In an attempt to cover up the damage they inflicted, they used sharp instruments such as scalpels and metal tools to remove traces of adhesive on the mask, causing damage and scratches that remain," it said, citing an investigation. The eight now face fines and disciplinary measures including dismissal.
The mask was put back on display last month after a German-Egyptian team of specialists removed the epoxy and reattached the beard using beeswax, used as an adhesive in antiquity.
Costumed carnival revelers walk through the city during the 'Narrensprung' (lit.fool's jump) parade in Lindau am Bodensee, Germany, Jan. 24, 2016. Around 12,000 revelers populate the island of Lindau on Lake Constance.
Photo by Felix Kaestle
Weekend movie-going was affected up and down the East Coast by Winter Storm Jonas, which forced theater closures in Washington D.C. and New York, and caused hundreds of theaters to suspend showings. Studio executives said the storm had a major effect on business.
Fittingly, the film that most flourished in the frigid winter weather was 20th Century Fox's Oscar-nominated "Revenant," which took in an estimated $16 million in its third week of wide release. The Alejandro Inarritu-directed thriller, set in the 1820s, is proving to be one of Leonardo DiCaprio's biggest hits with $119.2 million in North America thus far. It was also the top film internationally over the weekend with $33.8 million.
Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," came in second with $14.3 million in its sixth week of release. "The Force Awakens," with $1.94 billion globally to date, will likely cross $2 billion in the next week.
Last week's No. 1 movie, the Kevin Hart-Ice Cube comedy "Ride Along 2," dropped steeply in its second week, sliding to third with $13 million for Universal.
Those holdovers were trailed by a trio of new releases: "Dirty Grandpa," ''The Boy" and "The 5th Wave," which all earned $10 million to $12 million over the weekend.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Revenant," $16 million ($33.8 million international).
2. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," $14.3 million ($23.3 million international).
3. "Ride Along 2," $13 million ($6.5 million international).
4. "Dirty Grandpa," $11.5 million ($2 million international).
5. "The Boy," $11.3 million ($750,000 international).
6. "The 5th Wave," $10.7 million ($15.9 million international).
7. "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," $9.8 million.
8. "Daddy's Home," $5.3 million ($5.9 million international).
9. "Norm of the North," $4.1 million.
10. "The Big Short," $3.5 million ($10.1 million international).
A cardinal and a house finch eat from a bird feeder as snow falls during the storm in a backyard in Lakeside Terrace in Evansville, Ind., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.
Photo by Erin McCracken
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