Baron Dave was hanging out at the
Music Track at Marscon
,
, and hoped to have a fresh
report but a) he's been fighting off a cold, more-or-less
successfully and can barely talk. Mostly he's been putting a lot of energy
into sleeping; and b) there are a LOT of new CDs out for the con, and
he hasn't had a chance to listen to any of them.
On the other hand,
he had the honor of being in the background for his favorite Luke Ski song during the
great Luke Ski DVD concert
.
So he's taking a sick day this week.
--////
"I used to think it was a terrible thing that life was so unfair. Then
I thought, 'what if life *were* fair, and all of the terrible things
that happen to us came because we really deserved them?' Now I take
great comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the
universe." -- Marcus Cole, "Babylon 5"
Marilyn Manson: The Beliefnet Interview
... Manson has promised to "balance my songs with a wholesome Bible reading." The Bible readings, he says, will allow his fans to "examine the virtues of wonderful 'Christian' stories of disease, murder, adultery, suicide, and child sacrifice. Now that seems like 'entertainment' to me."
Shauna Swartz: Welcome to the New Heather Matarazzo (afterellen.com)
Actor Heather Matarazzo gets giddy every time she talks about the new television series she'll be appearing in, The Rules: A Lesbian Survival Guide. She goes as far as calling it "the most spiritually transforming experiences in my life." Based on a short film by Lee Friedlander and Michelle Paradise, the show will air on Logo next fall.
Roger Ebert: Dave Chappelle's Block Party (R) (3 stars)
Dave Chappelle appears to be a nice man, in addition to being a funny one, and the buried message in this movie may be: "Can I sign a $50 million contract and still remain the person I am happy to be?"
Roger Ebert: The Boys of Baraka (3 stars)
If I were in charge of everything, and I certainly should be, I would divert billions of dollars into an emergency fund for our schools. I would reduce classroom size to 15 or 20. I would double teachers' salaries. I would fund boarding schools to remove the most endangered children from environments that are killing them. I would be generous and vigilant about school lunch programs and medical care for kids. I would install monitors on the television sets in the homes of these children, and pay a cash bonus for every hour they are not turned on during homework time. I would open a storefront library on every other block.
Naomi Watts wins worst Oscar dress hands down for her Givenchy salmon chiffon catastrophe. Cherize Theron came in a close second with her black satin gown with a big bugaboo bow biting at her neck!!!!!!
Jon Stewart gets 8 not TOO political but still a bit stinging jokes out of 10 for his job of hosting the Oscars. (Purple Gene). Who will do it next year??????
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'King Of Queens', followed by a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', then a FRESH'2½ Men', followed by a FRESH'Courting Alex', then a FRESH'CSI: The 2nd One'.
On a RERUNDave (from 1/24/06) are Emma Thompson, Frank Caliendo, and Beth Orton.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Jim Belushi, James Blake, and Ben Lee.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a FRESH'The Apprentice', then a FRESH'Medium'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Matthew McConaughey, Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper, and Train.
On a RERUNConan (from 8/4/05) are Johnny Knoxville, John O'Hurley, and Dressy Bessy.
On a RERUNCarson Daly (from 1/19/06) are Mekhi Phifer and Natasha Bedingfield.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Wife Swap', followed by a FRESH'Suppernanny', then the SERIES PREMIERE'Miracle Workers'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Zooey Deschanel, Dave Sheridan, and Panic! At the Disco.
The WB offers a RERUN'7th Heaven', followed by a FRESH'Related'.
Faux has a 2-hour FRESH'24' (Day 5: 5pm - 7pm).
UPN has a RERUN'One On One', followed by a RERUN'All Of Us', then a RERUN'Girlfriends', followed by a RERUN'Half & Half'.
A&E has 'Cold Case Files', 'Flip This House', 'Shaq: Holding Court', and 'Rollergirls'.
AMC offers the movie 'Chain Reaction', followed by the movie 'The River Wild', then the movie 'K-19: The Widowmaker'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'Black Books' - Episode 4;
[2:30pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 3;
[3pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 4;
[3:30pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 5;
[4pm] 'At Home with the Braithwaites' - Episode 2;
[5pm] 'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 7;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Episode 9;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 23;
[8pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Pile;
[9pm] 'Conviction' - Episode 6;
[10pm] 'The Night Detective' - Episode 6;
[11pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Intermission;
[11:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Dinsdale;
[12:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Spanish Inquisition;
[1am] 'Conviction' - Episode 6;
[2am] 'The Night Detective' - Episode 6;
[3am] 'Bodies' - Episode 1;
[4am] 'Bodies' - Episode 2;
[5am] 'Bodies' - Episode 3;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', another 'West Wing', 'Kathy Griffin Is...Not', 'Viral Videos', and another 'Viral Videos'.
Comedy Central has the movie '40 Days And 40 Nights', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', another 'Chappelle's Show', and 'Comedy Central Presents'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 2/16/06) is Ed Harris.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Bob Schieffer.
History has 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH'UFO Files', then a FRESH'Digging For The Truth', followed by a FRESH'Deep Sea Detectives'.
IFC -
[6AM] Ed Wood (1994);
[8:10AM] Pauline et Paulette (2001);
[9:45AM] Caro Diario (1994);
[11:30AM] The Cup (1999);
[11:30AM] The Cup (1999);
[1:15PM] Pauline et Paulette (2001);
[2:45PM] Target (1985);
[4:45PM] At the IFC Center #11 (2006);
[5:15PM] The Cup (1999);
[7PM] Get Bruce! (1999);
[8:30PM] At The IFC Center (2005);
[9PM] The Proposition (1997);
[11PM] At Close Range (1986);
[1AM] The Proposition (1997);
[3AM] At Close Range (1986);
[5AM] The Name Of This Film Is Dogma 95 (2000). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Surface', 'Stargate SG-1', another 'Stargate SG-1', and still another 'Stargate SG-1'.
Sundance -
[7AM] In Short: In Short: Documentaries;
[7:30AM] Silent Running;
[9AM] Institute Benjamenta;
[10:45AM] Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties;
[12PM] Return to Kandahar;
[1:05PM] In Short: In Short: Documentaries;
[1:35PM] Detained;
[2:50PM] Black Box Germany;
[4:30PM] Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties;
[5:45PM] Return to Kandahar;
[7PM] Interesting Times: Xiao's Long March;
[7:45PM] Me, Myself and the Universe;
[8PM] Ladette to Lady: Ladette to Lady: Episode 5;
[9PM] Resist. With the Living Theatre;
[10:30PM] Chasing the Olympic Dream;
[11PM] Iconoclasts: Zellweger on Amanpour;
[11:45PM] Me, Myself and the Universe;
[12AM] Crazy;
[1:45AM] Prey for Rock & Roll;
[3:30AM] Welcome to Woop Woop;
[5:15AM] Resist. With the Living Theatre. (ALL TIMES EST)
Legendary film director Robert Altman revealed on stage at Sunday's Academy Awards that he was only alive to collect his lifetime achievement award thanks to a heart transplant he kept secret for over a decade.
"I always thought this kind of award meant that it was over," Altman, 81, said. "I'm here, I think, under false pretenses. I think I have to become straight with you. Ten years ago, 11 years ago I had a heart transplant, a total heart transplant."
"I got the heart of, I think, a young woman who was in about in her late 30s. By that kind of calculation you may be giving this award too early because I think I've got about 40 years left," he said.
The director of such movies as "MASH," "Gosford Park," "Nashville" and "The Player" told reporters backstage that he kept the transplant secret, fearing he would not be hired to work again.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton holds the baby of Pace University trustee Henry Miller at a reception for Pace University at its campus in Pleasantville, New York March 5, 2006, before he addressed a convocation launching the 100th anniversary celebration. Clinton spoke on international opportunity and global integration.
Photo by Paul O.Colliton
Lunching in the Mission District in a dark skirt, black cardigan and unfussy hairdo, Cindy Sheehan looks every bit the anonymous suburban mom she was not long ago.
In the months since she captured national attention with her August vigil outside resident Bush's Texas ranch, Sheehan has gone from grieving mother to widely recognized anti-war campaigner.
"I really have to stay focused every day on my mission. That's bringing the troops home. This war's illegal and immoral and my son should be alive and nobody else should be dying," she says.
The transmogrification is complete. Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become so infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold 'Em, that for the first time in more than a decade, she's skipped the red carpet of the Oscars for the green felt of the poker table.
Tilly forewent Oscar glitz and joined 63 other poker stars, including boyfriend, poker professional Phil "Unabomber" Laak, for the 2006 National Heads Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas on the weekend.
Tilly was knocked out Saturday in the first round of the single-elimination, one-on-one tournament, which has $1.5 million in prize money up for grabs and will be televised on NBC over six Sundays starting April 16. The winner is to be crowned Monday.
The face of Cui Jian, the godfather of Chinese rock and roll, graced the cover of the first Chinese edition of the classic American rock and roll magazine, Rolling Stone.
Besides articles and a full interview with Cui, the magazine carried stories on Taiwan pop star Jay Chou, Japan's hip-hop artist Nigo and China's Internet blogger famous for her sex dairy, Muzimei, to round out its Asian input into the magazine.
Most of the first Chinese edition was devoted to Western pop and entertainment, including an article on the famous personalities like John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and Hunter S. Thompson who have been featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Wearing traditional Russian costumes girls walk in the the ancient Russian city of Suzdal, about 200 km (124 miles) east of Moscow, Sunday, March 5, 2006, during a traditional carnival marking the end of Pancake week or Maslenitsa ('butter' in Russian). Maslenitsa is an ancient week long celebration of saying goodbye to the already passed winter.
Photo by Yuri Samoligo
Bob Geldof, the singer who has won international acclaim for humanitarian efforts, received the "freedom of the city" Sunday from his hometown - an honor that permits him the rarely exercised right to graze sheep in the city's central park.
"It is raining and it's cold, but it is a beautiful day," Geldof said outside the official residence of Dublin's lord mayor, Catherine Byrne, where he accepted a Waterford crystal globe in recognition of his two decades of fundraising for the poor.
He was joined Sunday by his 91-year-old father, Bob Geldof Sr., and three of his daughters.
An unpopular punctuality drive launched in the U.N. Security Council last month by U.S. Ambassador John Bolton came to an abrupt end on Thursday when Argentina took over the council's rotating presidency.
Bolton had cracked the whip while presiding over the 15-nation U.N. body in February, starting meetings precisely on time, even with empty chairs in the room, as part of a plan to modernize council operations.
Bypassing the U.S. Senate, resident George W. Bush sent Bolton to the United Nations last August with instructions to shake up the world body.
Burqas are displayed at the headscarf exhibition in the Amsterdam Historical Museum February 28, 2006. In December 2005, parliament voted to forbid women from wearing a burqa or any Muslim face coverings in public, justifying the move in part as a security measure. The cabinet is awaiting the results of a study into the legality of such a ban under European human rights laws, before making its final decision. The results are expected in the second half of March 2006.
Photo by Paul Vreeker
Buoyed by the recent American success of such acts as Coldplay, James Blunt and Franz Ferdinand, the British music industry is once again focusing its energy on the U.S. market. And the music community here has found an important ally: the government.
On March 3, Secretary of State for trade and industry Alan Johnson announced a series of initiatives to "help British music companies break into the American market."
This government-industry partnership comes as the Brits prepare to send their biggest contingent of executives and artists to the Austin-based festival-cum-trade show South by Southwest, which runs March 15-19. As part of a mission organized by indie labels body AIM and supported by the UKTI, nearly 100 British music companies will have a presence at SXSW. More than 120 acts from the British Isles will perform.
A boy reacts after he received a spray of shaving cream during Carnival celebrations in Rendi near Athens on Sunday, March 5, 2006. Thousands of people gather every year to celebrate the carnival in the streets of Athens.
Photo by Petros Giannakouris
Rioting broke out Saturday night at British punk band concert, injuring several people and destroying two police cars, officials said.
Some in the crowd of about 1,500 at the "British Invasion 2K6" show pelted police with rocks and bottles, forcing the officers to withdraw, police spokesman Sgt. Rick Lindsey said.
Two concertgoers were hospitalized with serious injuries, and two officers suffered minor injuries, he said.
Local women carry their tapioca after drying it near a gas flare belonging to the Shell oil company in Utorogun, Nigeria, Sunday, March 5, 2006. Armed militants in Nigeria vowed Sunday to cut daily oil exports from this West African nation's troubled delta region by another 1 million barrels by the end of March, as OPEC nations prepared for a strategy meeting in Vienna this week. A wave of militant assaults on pipelines and oil facilities has already cut production by 455,000 barrels per day in Nigeria, which normally exports 2.5 million barrels of crude daily.
Photo by George Osodi
A member of the CIA's first post-9/11 class is alleging in a federal lawsuit that the agency violated his First Amendment rights by ordering dozens of deletions in his book about spy training after initially approving it.
T.J. Waters' book - "Class 11: Inside the CIA's First Post-9/11 Spy Class" - chronicles his year at the CIA's training facility where recruits learn how to use disguises, how to withstand interrogation techniques and other spycraft. Known as "The Farm," the center's precise location, near Williamsburg, Va., remains classified.
Waters said his class of more than 100 included a New York comedian, an executive chef, a professional athlete and the fiancee of a World Trade Center victim.
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