Reader Response
Furious!
Since the sham of Bush's presidency was decided I've been bewildered and
outraged at the lack of any voice to emerge from the music world to put into
words and song the country's slide down the slippery slope.
Do all the big names have too much money? Are they so comfortable that
they've sold out? Have they been pressured into keeping quiet?
I can't believe that flying the flag and appearing on tribute shows ad
nauseum yammering about heros and patriotism and 'our great country' blah
blah blah.....is all Springsteen, Dylan, Bono and especially urban rappers
can come up with.
The beginning of the end was the campaign/debates/election. The continuance
of fascism sped up at light speed with all the deregulation Bush immediately
put into motion upon taking office.....clean air...poof gone, clean
water...poof gone.....arsenic levels higher..poof no problem....opening
wildlife preserves to more mining and oil pipelines....poof okey
dokey.......
Rock and Roll sucks.....the big names.....bite....and I'm beginning to lose
all hope that rock/folk/alternative WHATEVER...will ever be the driving
force it started out to be....
What is happening? Why....is...this...happening...............Or should I
say, why is this NOT happening
~~ Brave Dem
Thanks! You hit that nail square on the head!
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Michael Dare
Michael Dare - 'The Life and Death of Captain Preemo'
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Did a lot of surfing, not a lot of watching tonight.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS has an all fresh night with 'Touched By An Angel', 'That's Life',
and 'The District'.
NBC has nothing but 'Law & Order' reruns: 'Law & Order', 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', and 'Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit'.
ABC is rolling out the James Bond movie, 'Dr. No' (hosted by Jim Belushi).
Faux has a rerun and a fresh 'Cops', followed by a fresh 'America's Most Wanted'.
AMC has 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?' and 'Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid'.
TCM salutes uppity women with 'What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?', 'The Women', and 'Stage Door'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
''We Cannot Be Ruled By Fear''
Helen Thomas
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas admitted there is no road map to deal with terrorism, but said she
has been struck with how easily Americans have given up some civil liberties.
Thomas told the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce on Thursday she understands the need for more airport security after
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But she said racial profiling, wire tapping and government intrusions on private
property are too much.
"We cannot be ruled by fear," she said. "That's not us."
"I've always felt privileged to cover the White House and to have that ringside seat to history," she said.
Helen Thomas
The official BartCop Astrologer, Geneva, always has something interesting to read!
Big Dog Watch
UC-Berkeley
Hundreds of UC-Berkeley students waited hours in line, and some even camped overnight for tickets to hear former President
Bill Clinton's first campus speech next Tuesday afternoon. But some are furious because the queue was chaotic and the majority
of the free tickets were set aside for professors, alumni, journalists and wealthy donors.
Problems also ensued when dozens of students -- many connected with student government leaders -- cut to the front of the
line Wednesday morning and were able to obtain tickets.
The tickets were distributed in front of the Cal Performances ticket office at the 2,000-seat Zellerbach Hall starting
at 10 a.m. The 500 tickets allotted to students were gone in just 20 minutes, and as word spread the large crowd grew visibly angry.
After his Berkeley appearance, Clinton will cross the bay to Palo Alto for a visit to Stree: Global Investments in Women,
a non-profit group which is launching a global initiative to focus global leaders' attention on women's issues, especially women's health.
About 200 people, mostly from the Bay Area, have been invited to attend the Tuesday evening event at the Cabaña Hotel
in Palo Alto. Also on hand will be Queen Noor, the American-born widow of King Hussein I of Jordan.
Clinton's visit is a first for UC-Berkeley, and many students said that they were anxious to hear him speak on the
scheduled topic of globalization. Clinton has waived his usual speaking fees and agreed to appear at the university for free.
Bill Clinton At Berkeley On Tuesday
Fashion Show From Paris
Bras & Strings
Models present brassiere and strings for Leonisa as part of the Paris international 2002 lingerie show, January 25, 2002.
Photo by Charles Platiau
Quentin Tarantino Left Her Black & Blue
Jennifer Garner
Quentin Tarantino left Jennifer Garner black and blue when he was a guest star on her ABC hit, "Alias." But Garner
cherishes the Tarantino-inflicted lump on her forehead. "When I met her, I said, 'You're going to work forever,' "
Tarantino tells Rolling Stone, which features the butt-kicking brunette on its cover. " 'You don't have to prove
nothin' to nobody no more.' "
Jennifer Garner
To Launch European Tour
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli says love has helped her conquer ill health.
Talking to British reporters with her fiance, David Gest, the 55-year-old singer said that a year ago she was stricken
with encephalitis and feared she would not sing again. Now, 90 pounds lighter and back on her feet, she's embarking on a European tour.
Minnelli, daughter of Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli, said she also drew on ``an inner strength that my parents
gave me, especially my mother.''
Minnelli launches her European tour with five concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall starting April 2. That will
be followed by dates in Denmark, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Asked whether she has finally found true love and happiness, Minnelli replied, ``Evidently.''
Liza Minnelli
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Recipient At Oscar's
Arthur Hiller
Director Arthur Hiller will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts & Sciences during the 74th annual Academy Awards on March 24.
The nod is given to an individual whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry.
Hiller, a former Academy president (1993-97), has worked with such organizations as the Motion Picture & Television
Fund, Los Angeles public-TV station KCET, Amnesty Intl., Inner City Filmmakers, the Anti-Defamation League and the
Venice Family Clinic.
Arthur Hiller
To Receive Honorary Oscar
Robert Redford
Hollywood star Robert Redford will receive an honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards in March recognizing his work as
an actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute for aspiring filmmakers, organizers said on Friday.
Presentation of the award comes as Redford, 64, revives his acting career with the recent films ``The Last Castle''
and ``Spy Games'' and celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Sundance Institute.
The citation on Redford's honorary Oscar will read: ``Robert Redford -- Actor, Director, Producer, Creator of
Sundance, Inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere.''
Robert Redford
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ABC & Disney - Dueling Remakes
''The Time Tunnel''
After spending the last month trading barbs over game shows, ABC and Fox now seemed poised for battle over competing
remakes of the 1960s sci-fi series ``The Time Tunnel.''
ABC has just optioned the rights to ``Time Tunnel,'' a 1964 book by William Jenkins (published under the pen name
Murray Leinster), and is now developing a script.
The purchase comes three months after Fox announced it would develop a series based on Irwin Allen's ``Time Tunnel''
TV series, which ran on ABC during the 1966-67 season. (The project is still awaiting a formal greenlight from Fox.)
Under the 1990 ``Rear Window'' precedent established by the Supreme Court, owners of the underlying book or
novel on which a filmed property is based are entitled to profits from that property should those rights expire.
ABC believes Fox's rights to the Jenkins work expired in 1992; since they weren't renewed, ABC believes it
could have a say in how any TV series based on ``Time Tunnel'' proceeds.
More recently, ABC and Fox raced to put on similarly themed game shows ``The Chair'' and ``The Chamber.'' Producers
of ABC's ``Chair'' are now suing Fox, while Fox is suing ABC and the producers of ``The Chair.''
''The Time Tunnel''
Fashion Show From Paris
T's & Briefs
Models present tee shirts and briefs for men and bras and briefs for women for Jolidon as part of the Paris
international 2002 lingerie show, January 25, 2002.
Photo by Charles Platiau
Sign Of The Times?
Michael Jackson Internet Fan Club
The self-titled King of Pop's year is off to an inauspicious start. The first online fan site devoted to Michael
Jackson - the Michael Jackson Internet Fan Club - is shutting down. "After almost seven years of fun-filled hard
work for the MJIFC, we are now ready to move on to other tasks in our lives," one note posted on mjifc.com read.
"This means that we have decided to close this fan club."
Michael Jackson Internet Fan Club
Tribute To Joey Ramone
Pearl Jam
Rock band Pearl Jam has paid tribute to late Ramones singer Joey Ramone on a recording released exclusively to Pearl Jam fan club members.
A cover version of the pioneering punk band's song ``I Just Want To Have Something To Do'' is one of four tracks featured
on Pearl Jam's annual 7-inch vinyl mailing.
The cover is actually a solo acoustic performance by Pearl Jam bass player Jeff Ament.
The fan club single usually reaches members around Christmas. This year's release was delayed by art-work clearance issues.
The flip side of the Ramones song is a cover of John Lennon's ``Gimme Some Truth,'' recorded during Pearl Jam's
performance at the United Nations-backed GroundWork charity concert in Seattle on Oct. 22.
Tribute To Joey Ramone
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Join Erin this Saturday and Sunday to talk about the latest developments in the War in Afghanistan including the
return of John Walker Lindh, the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar.
And on the national front: the Enron Casualties grow while Andersen Auditor takes the 5th and the fall; and
the latest siting of Dick Cheney.
And for fun--NY Vinnie drops in after FanFest to talk the latest about the Mariners and answer your questions about the 2002 season!
Erin Hart at regulation time (9 pm to 1 am [pst] Sat & Sun ) on www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com (It's
a browser thing).
And there's a chatroom, too!
For more details, visit Erin's homepage, http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a
note to erinistas@aol.com
Faux Hunt Finds Its Quarry?
Conan O'Brien
Faux wants Conan O'Brien to host a late-night talk show, according to TV Guide.
Fox execs are "all over" the 38-year-old O'Brien, whose "Late Night" deal reportedly ends in September, the
magazine quotes an NBC exec.
The TV Guide report that Fox is trying again to push into late-night TV will be published in its issue on newsstands Monday.
Fox could also offer O'Brien an 11 p.m. timeslot - virtually guaranteeing him a larger audience than he gets
in his current 12:35 a.m. timeslot on NBC.
Conan O'Brien
Clears LA, But On An Independent
``The Caroline Rhea Show''
``The Caroline Rhea Show,'' a new talker billed as a successor to Rosie O'Donnell's soon-to-end show, has been picked
up by stations in the key markets of Los Angeles and Chicago.
Producer Warner Bros. TV announced the deal Thursday, the last day of the National Assn. of Television Program Executives convention.
The studio also gave the greenlight to ``Celebrity Justice,'' a newsmagazine focusing on the legal struggles of the
famous. It landed deals with with stations covering more than 70% of the country, including NBC-owned WNBC New
York and WMAQ Chicago, and Young Broadcasting's KCAL Los Angeles.
``The Caroline Rhea Show''
Ben & Jerry & Dave Matthews
One Sweet Whirled
Thanks to Ben and Jerry's, the Dave Matthews Band will soon crash into the frozen-food section of your local supermarket.
The socially conscious dairy-loving duo, who in the past have whipped up confectionary delights honoring the likes of Grateful
Dead leader Jerry Garcia and improvisational rockers Phish, have announced they're introducing a new DMB-inspired flavor: One Sweet Whirled.
A riff on the tune "One Sweet World" from the group's 1993 album, Remember Two Things, the homage to DMB is hyped as a
tasty concoction of coffee ice cream, caramel and marshmallow swirls. (We're guessing the name Under the Table and Ice-Creaming
was deemed a little too risqué.)
In the tradition of the other rock-related flavors, Cherry Garcia and Phish Food, a portion of the sales of One Sweet
Whirled will go to a charity of DMB's choice. The band has picked Save Our Environment, an organization launched by
the World Wildlife Foundation, Greenpeace the Sierra Club and other eco-friendly types to raise awareness about environmental
issues and global warming.
One Sweet Whirled
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
UCLA Playing Hard Ball?
Michael Ovitz
Michael Ovitz's troubles now extend to his charitable donations.
UCLA officials confirmed yesterday that Ovitz still hasn't made good on his much-ballyhooed 1997 pledge of $25 million
to help rebuild the earthquake-damaged UCLA Medical Center.
At the time, it was the second-largest pledge ever made to the university and propelled Ovitz onto Fortune magazine's
list of the "40 most generous Americans," as No. 22.
The UCLA admission comes one day after Ovitz sat Wednesday for a live nationally televised PBS interview with Charlie
Rose. Ovitz referred four times to his support for the UCLA hospital and boasted about having enormous wealth even
before he pocketed a $90 million severance package after he was fired as president of the Walt Disney Co.
A high-ranking UCLA source said before Christmas that the university was frustrated by Ovitz's delays and now
despaired of ever being fully paid, but made a decision not to go public with the news of Ovitz's unfulfilled obligation.
The school counted Ovitz's pledge when it announced back in April 2000 that its fundraising goal of $1.2 billion in
private donations had been reached.
UCLA has a well-earned reputation for playing rough with deadbeat donors: one year, when a family didn't make good on
its pledge after the university named an area of the campus after them, UCLA embarrassed them with a public renaming ceremony.
Michael Ovitz
Fashion Show From New Zealand
Possum Fur
Model Rebecca Hockey displays possum fur nipple warmers and a possum fur G-string in Nelson, New Zealand,
on Thursday. With an estimated 80 million possums in New Zealand that eat their way through an estimated
21 tons of native vegetation a night, the New Zealand Nature Company, under the brand of Eco Fur, is making
and marketing the lingerie accessories.
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Making Broadway Debut
Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas will make his Broadway debut in a revival of the 1982 hit musical ``Nine,'' based on Federico Fellini's classic ``8-1/2.''
Banderas, a Spaniard, will play the role of Guido, an Italian movie director undergoing a midlife crisis who re-examines
his many relationships with women. The Roundabout Theater Co. will open its revival of ``Nine'' in January 2003, with
David Leveaux directing.
The original production of ``Nine'' nabbed 12 Tony nominations, winning the award for best musical. Liliane Montevecchi
won for featured actress, beating co-stars Karen Akers and Anita Morris. Guido is the sole male role in the ensemble.
Antonio Banderas
Women's Doubles Winners
Anna & Martina
Anna Kournikova(L) and partner Martina Hingis hold their trophy aloft after their win in the women's doubles final
at the Australian Open in Melbourne January 25, 2002. Hingis and Kournikova defeated Spain's Arantxa Sanchez-Vacario
and Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-7, 6-1.
Photo by Jason Reed
Dancing Schedules For February Sweeps
UPN & Faux
On Thursday, UPN and Fox announced March schedule changes that will result in the addition of two new comedies to
each network's lineup. UPN's ``Roswell'' and Fox comedies ``Undeclared'' and ``Titus'' will go on hiatus to make room for them.
UPN will bow the Brit-inspired dramedy ``As If'' and buddy comedy ``The Random Years'' during the 9 p.m. hour on
Tuesday, March 5. They will bump ``Roswell'' until May sweeps.
Over at Fox, the network finally confirmed what had long been suspected, slotting former Conan O'Brien sidekick and
his out-there comedy ``Andy Richter Controls the Universe'' Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. and putting the puppet-filled half-hour
``Greg the Bunny'' Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ``Andy'' premieres March 19, while ``Greg'' hops onto the Fox lineup March 27.
UPN & Faux
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Palimony Lawsuit
Stevie Wonder
A Superior Court judge has ordered mediation in the $30 million palimony lawsuit filed against Stevie Wonder
by an ex-girlfriend who also accuses the singer of giving her a sexually transmitted disease.
Angela McAfee filed the lawsuit in October, claiming the singer-songwriter promised to support her for life.
In court documents, she charges that Wonder gave her herpes, a claim Wonder's attorney has denied.
Judge Emilie Elias, who ordered the two on Thursday to try to settle things out of court, scheduled a status
conference for April 25.
Stevie Wonder
Honorary Doctorate
Dr. Loretta Lynn
The Coal Miner's Daughter soon will receive a new moniker - Dr. Loretta Lynn.
The University of Kentucky's board of trustees has approved an honorary doctorate for the 66-year-old country
singer and Johnson County, Ky., native.
Lynn will receive the honorary doctorate in arts at a ceremony during the Society for American Music's 28th annual
meeting March 6-10 on the university's Lexington campus.
Dr. Loretta Lynn
Cartoonist Sues
Gaiman vs McFarlane
Writer Neil Gaiman, creator of the ``Sandman'' comic book series, has sued another comic book creator, alleging fraud,
copyright violations and nonpayment of royalties.
Gaiman, author of the novel ``American Gods,'' claims Todd McFarlane used the characters he created - ``Angela,''
``Cogliostro'' and ``Medieval Spawn'' - without his authorization.
McFarlane, who created the comic book and animated HBO show ``Spawn,'' made headlines in 1999 when he paid $3 million
for the baseball Mark McGuire hit for his then-record 70th home run in a season.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court also alleges that McFarlane made a wrongful claim to ``MiracleMan,''
a comic book series Gaiman co-wrote with Alan Moore.
Gaiman vs McFarlane
Neil Gaiman's Web site
Todd McFarlane Productions
Easter & The Evil Bastards
Hollywood Bowl
With the toss of a coin Friday, Trinity Broadcast Network won the rights to produce an annual Easter sunrise service
at the Hollywood Bowl and televise it worldwide.
Two groups wanted to produce the event - Trinity and the nonprofit Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service, Inc. The
service group claimed first rights because it founded the event and produced it for years. Spokesmen for the group
said they gave the Hollywood Bowl to the county in exchange for permission to use it every Easter morning.
Representatives for the Santa Ana-based Trinity network argued they should be able to stage the Easter spectacle
because the Bowl is a publicly owned site.
County officials said they knew of no agreement with the service group. So they decided to flip a coin.
Norma Foster, a Hollywood film and television producer who is president of Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service said
using a coin toss for such a decision was "offensive." "It's unbelievable the county would come up with this decision
knowing the documents and the rights we have," Foster said. "The sunrise service doesn't belong to an Orange County
ministry. It belongs to the people of Los Angeles."
Supporters of the sunrise service also accused network representatives of undermining the service's traditional
multidenominational character.
The service will be "totally multidenominational," Trinity spokesman Jay Jane said.
Hollywood Bowl
Yuck! Orange County super-christians have wrested control of the traditional multi-demoninational Easter Sunrise
Services at the Hollywood Bowl.
Trinity Broadcasting (Jan & Paul Crouch, former partners of Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker - right down to Jan Crouch using
Tammy Faye's old wigs & make-up tips from the trailer park), is now in charge.
The Crouch's just bought a new house, down in Orange County. It has an ocean view, a billiards room AND a wine cellar. The Bible
I was fed said that it would be easier for camels to get through the eye of a needle than a rich man through the gates of heaven...
Guess the definition of rich man has changed?
Hmmmm...maybe they offer a sacramental cork screw?
Shilling For MacDonald's
'Asterix & Obelix'
Asterix the Gaul, the cartoon character who stuck it to the Romans, may finally have succumbed to foreign invaders. Or has he?
To howls of outrage from nationalists, France's most popular fictional warrior has been dragooned into service by the
American fast food chain McDonald's for an advertising campaign to win over French hearts and palates.
``Asterix, the symbol of French resistance to all forms of dictatorship (in this case, culinary), has been disfigured by
the 'McDonaldization' of junk food,'' fumed Jean Terlon, a gourmet restaurant owner battling the fast food industry.
The marketing drive, which includes television commercials, posters, seven styles of burger from the ``days of ancient
Gaul'' and Asterix-themed ``Happy Meals,'' began this week and will run until March.
It has been timed to coincide with the release in France on January 30 of the film ``Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra.''
McDonald's France has not revealed how much it paid the owners of the Asterix rights to use the comic strip character
but says the price ``corresponds to his celebrity.''
'Asterix & Obelix'
Movie & Popcorn (chomp, chomp)
Strategery Meetin'
President Bush has invited 20 Republican congressional leaders to Camp David Friday night to watch the movie ``Black
Hawk Down'' and plot strategy for the new legislative year.
Among those visiting the presidential retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains will be House Speaker Dennis Hastert of
Illinois and Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi.
``Black Hawk Down'' is based on the harrowing true account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu,
Somalia, in October 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation.
Strategery Meetin'
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