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Idiosynchronicity
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The 2010 Minnesota Fringe Festival runs from Aug. 5-15, 2010CE, and the showcases and prep have been going on for much longer. Here is the second video of excerpts and interviews from a show that will be in the Fringe. Next week and the week after are likely to be Fringe related.Link to YouTube if this doesn't appear in HD: Idiosynchonicity. Listing on the Fringe site: Idiosynchronicity
Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia who produces Shockwave Radio Theater, writes in a Live Journal demi-blog maintains a Facebook Page, plays with a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. Dave Romm reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E. Podcasts of Shockwave Radio Theater. Permanent archive. A nascent collection of videos are on Baron Dave's YouTube channel. More radio programs, interviews and science fiction humor plays can be accessed on the Shockwave Radio audio page.
Thanks to everyone who has sent me music to play on the air.
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Billy Frolick: Lisbeth Salander in 2012! (huffingtonpost.com)
Here is a woman who doesn't bother to try to beat men at their own game -- she simply makes up her own game. And it changes every time. Rape me and I'll tape you -- with video, not duct, so that the world can see. Violate my body and I will scar you for life. And whatever you do, ***hole, don't be sitting in your car when I've got a book of matches in my hand.
Daniel Gross: Don't Panic About the Economy (slate.com)
The new GDP numbers aren't as bad as the doomsayers insist.
Jim Hightower: GOP GOES "GRASSROOTS," WASHINGTON-STYLE
Indeed, only six weeks after America Speaking Out was introduced as "an unprecedented initiative to listen to the American people," ASO did not rush out to hold a policy-crafting get together in an open town hall forum in Fargo or Fresno - but in the snug privacy of Rep. John Boehner's Capitol Hill office. And who were the just-plain-folks that the House GOP leader invited? His e-mailed solicitation went to just 20 top lobbyists representing big corporations and such business front groups as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
Peter Larsen: Squeeze returns with a new album of old favorites (The Orange County Register)
"The much-loved English band Squeeze is on tour in support of its new album, "Spot the Difference," though in this case new isn't exactly the right word for the 14 songs it contains."
Chris Lee: America, meet Yoshiki: The heavy metal drummer-pianist is huge in Japan, but he wants more (Los Angeles Times)
"The scene was one of barely controlled rock 'n' roll excess. In early January, 8,000 screaming fans mobbed the streets surrounding the Hollywood & Highland complex for a multimillion-dollar video shoot featuring one of Asia's top-selling pop acts: the hard-rocking quintet X Japan."
Rosanna Greenstreet: "Q&A: Robin Gibb" (guardian.co.uk)
Q: What was your most embarrassing moment??
A: My whole life, but I wouldn't change it.
Randy Lewis: Kinky Friedman leaves the stump to return to the stage (Los Angeles Times)
"The most beautiful things in life can neither be seen nor touched - at least, that's what the restraining order says."
Dizzee Rascal: Fight to the top (guardian.co.uk)
He may have put his bad-boy days behind him, but he still knows how to operate, both on the street and in the music business. Simon Hattenstone spars with Britain's hottest rap artist.
Charlyn Fargo: What Really Works in Weight Loss (creators.com)
The goal of attaining a healthy weight seems to become harder the older we get. Most of us need to shed a few pounds (myself included) to lower our risk of disease and healthy conditions associated with being overweight. We don't have to be convinced that even small weight losses can provide significant health benefits. So, the question is how can we be successful?
Marilyn Preston: Fitness News You Can Use: Formula One on the Run (creators.com)
If you're a woman who has melted her toenail polish and nearly collapsed from exhaustion struggling to push your pulse into a target heart rate that will boost your cardiovascular fitness, I have news for you: Cool it! Slow down. Stop pushing so hard. The old formula for figuring out your maximum heart rate, and from there your fitness zone, has been recalibrated by exercise researchers at Northwestern University. The new formula is as welcome as a second wind.
David Bruce: "The Funniest People in Movies: 250 Anecdotes"
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Mel Gibson has been called a religiously insane, anti-Semitic, misogynistic, racist by a great many people. His actions and words certainly point to that as being the case. However, he has made movies that have been very popular and, in some instances, awarded and/or critically acclaimed...
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What is your view of Gibson as an actor and are there any of his movies that you have enjoyed?
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Just one possibility today... am preparing for my holiday which starts
from tomorrow until 11th. I have some posts on Kuriositas that are
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The first butterfly 'hatched' - pretty cool.
The kid & I released the butterfly in the bushes where we found the caterpillars, then watched it flutter away.
Wedding News
Keys - Beatz
Call her Mrs. Beatz. Alicia Keys has married producer Swizz Beatz (Swiss Beats), with whom she is expecting her first child.
The Grammy winner and Beatz - whose real name is Kaseem Dean - announced in May that they were engaged. They were wed Saturday at a private ceremony. Deepak Chopra conducted the ceremony.
It is the 29-year-old singer's first marriage. Thirty-one-year-old Beatz has been married before and has two sons.
Keys- Beatz
US National Gallery Retrospective
Edvard Munch
From "The Scream" to "The Kiss" and a series of Madonnas, the National Gallery of Art opened an exhibit Saturday exploring the haunting imagery and motifs of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
Munch, who wrote that sickness, madness and death were angels that haunted him, delivers no shortage of darkness in this set of almost 60 lithographs on view at the premier US gallery, entitled Master Prints.
Among the master works, a series of eight Madonnas dated from 1895-1914.
The most famous is a Madonna depicted as a nude; in 1892 when it was sent to a show in Berlin it so shocked the public that the show was shut down.
Edvard Munch
Accident News
Dennis Rodman
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman walked away unhurt after riding in an SUV that flipped over on an interstate in South Florida.
Sgt. Mark Wysocky of the Florida Highway Patrol said Rodman and another passenger weren't injured in the single-vehicle crash on Saturday on Interstate 95 near Fort Lauderdale. The driver was taken to a hospital.
Wysocky said the Land Rover flipped over after having a tire problem. No charges are expected.
Rodman's agent, Darren Prince, said he spoke with his client on Sunday, and he confirmed that he was unhurt. Rodman had just returned to the U.S. from the Caribbean island of St. Tropez, where he had a disc-jockey gig.
Dennis Rodman
Hospital News
Al Jarreau
A French cardiologist who's been treating Al Jarreau says the Grammy-award winning singer has been discharged from the hospital, more than a week after he was admitted.
The 70-year-old American singer was placed in intensive care on July 23 after suffering breathing problems in the Alps and was later moved by helicopter to La Timone hospital in Marseille. The incident forced Jarreau to cancel several dates on his European concert tour.
Jean-Louis Bonnet, chief of the cardiology unit at La Timone hospital, said Sunday that Jarreau wants to continue with his tour.
Al Jarreau
Hospital News
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip.
Gabor's publicist, John Blanchette, said Saturday that she would spend the rest of the week receiving physical therapy.
Gabor's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, told Blanchette that the actress was joking with nurses but that she appeared depressed. He hoped the return home would restore her spirit.
Blanchette says Gabor broke her hip July 17 after her wheel chair tipped over. The Hungarian-born actress' condition began to deteriorate after hip-replacement surgery days later.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Dutch Becomes 1st NATO Member To Quit
Afghanistan
The Netherlands became the first NATO country to end its combat mission in Afghanistan, drawing the curtain Sunday on a four-year operation that was deeply unpopular at home and even brought down a Dutch government.
The departure of the small force of nearly 1,900 Dutch troops is not expected to affect conditions on the ground. But it is politically significant because it comes at a time of rising casualties and growing doubts about the war in NATO capitals, even as allied troops are beginning what could be the decisive campaign of the war.
Canada has announced it will withdraw its 2,700 troops in 2011 and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has promised to pull out his country's 2,600 soldiers the year after.
That is likely to put pressure on other European governments such as Germany and Britain to scale back their forces, adding to the burden shouldered by the United States, which expects to have 100,000 troops here by the end of next month.
Afghanistan
UAE, Saudi To Block
BlackBerry
The UAE said Sunday it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor their use. Officials in neighboring Saudi Arabia indicated it planned to follow suit.
The decision could prevent hundreds of thousands of users in the Mideast country from accessing e-mail and the Web on the handsets starting in October, putting the federation's reputation as a business-friendly commercial and tourism hub at risk.
BlackBerry data is encrypted and routed overseas, and the measure could be motivated in part by government fears that the messaging system might be exploited by terrorists or other criminals who cannot be monitored by the local authorities.
However, analysts and activists also see it as an attempt to more tightly control the flow of information in the conservative country, a U.S. ally that is home to the Gulf business capital Dubai and the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi.
BlackBerry
Up For Sale
Tuttle Farm
In 1632, John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm.
Eleven generations and 378 years later, his field-weary descendants - arthritic from picking fruits and vegetables and battered by competition from supermarkets and pick-it-yourself farms - are selling their spread, which is among the oldest continuously operated family farms in America.
"We've been here for 40 years, doing what we love to do," said Lucy Tuttle, 65, who runs the 134-acre farm with brother Will. "But we're not able to work to our full capacity any longer, unfortunately."
Tuttle added that she and her brother and their sister have done their best "to lovingly discourage" their children from becoming generation No. 12. "We would be saddling them with a considerable amount of debt," she said.
Tuttle Farm
Swapped At Birth
Brazil
Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.
The discovery didn't bring bitterness or recrimination. Rather, it led to the creation of a bigger family.
Today, the two 25-year-olds are living and working together with both sets of parents growing vegetables and coffee on a small farm in southeastern Brazil.
The chain of events started with Aliprandi, who was always intrigued that he did not resemble the four sisters he grew up with.
Brazil
Weekend Box Office
'Inception'
"Inception" is still kicking at the box office.
The mind-bending Warner Bros. thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio remained the No. 1 movie for the third-straight weekend with $27.5 million, bringing its total to $193.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Inception" edged out the weekend's new releases: "Dinner for Schmucks," "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" and "Charlie St. Cloud."
"Dinner for Schmucks," the Paramount comedy starring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, followed closely behind "Inception" with $23.3 million, while the Warner Bros. 3-D sequel "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" fetched $12.5 million in the No. 5 spot. "Charlie St. Cloud," the Universal Pictures drama starring Zac Efron, debuted at No. 6 with $12.1 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "Inception," $27.5 million.
2. "Dinner for Schmucks," $23.3 million.
3. "Salt," $19.2 million.
4. "Despicable Me," $15.5 million.
5. "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore," $12.5 million.
6. "Charlie St. Cloud," $12.1 million.
7. "Toy Story 3," $5 million.
8. "Grown Ups," $4.5 million.
9. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," $4.3 million.
10."The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," $3.9 million.
'Inception'
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