Bartcop Entertainment - Saturday, 9 March, 2002

Saturday

9 March, 2002

big hammer - bigger hammer

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Reader Suggestion

Saturday Night, PBS

U2 concert from 1983

PBS is broadcasting a U2 concert from 1983 ('Under A Blood Red Sky In Colorado') at 10pm, Saturday, at least in Florida.

Hellboy


Thanks, Hellboy. Checked my local guide and we've got 'The Who: Live At Royal Albert Hall', on KCET, PBS for LA. Living in Long Beach, CA, we can also access KOCE, PBS for Orange County, but they're showing 'R & B 40: A Soul Spectacular'.

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Reader Suggestion

'Asticles.com'



The "Soaring Attorney General Song"
~~ Sing, Hum, Clap, Slap or Tickle Along With This Week's Tune

Asticles.com

Deemarz


Thanks. I laughed, I cried. I'll visit again. : )

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Interesting Site

Tugboat

Tugboat


Thanks, Larry! This one takes a while to download, but, the pictures are quite remarkable.

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From 'TBH Politoons'

Great Site!




Thanks, again, Tim!

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Had 'Dateline' on in the background for it's first hour. Then switched to PBS for 'NOW With Bill Moyers'.

The local PBS station followed with 'The Italian Americans', but since it was a rerun to me, and I'm in no mood for being depressed, or feeling deprived, ended up at '20/20' on ABC. [Fridays in Lent used to mean (home-made) cheese ravioli, and maybe polenta or eggplant on the side... : ) ]

Dennis Miller was a rerun from last June, with George Carlin.



Tonight, Saturday, CBS starts the night with a fresh 'Touched By An Angle', and follows it with a rerun 'The Agency', and then a fresh 'The District'.

NBC rolls out 'Godzilla', the new one, followed by a rerun 'Law & Order' - but, it's the episode with Diana Rigg. SNL is fresh, and Jon Stewart is host, with India.Arie providing the musical act.

ABC has it's weekly James Bond movie, tonight it's 'Live & Let Die', the first of the Roger Moore as Bond films, and #8 in the series. Its TRT is 121 minutes, so expect some editing.

The WB has the movie, 'Leaving Las Vegas'.

Faux starts with a fresh 'Cops', then a rerun 'Cops', and then a fresh 'America's Most Wanted'.

UPN has the movie, 'Little Giants'.

AMC has an action-packed adventure Saturday with 'Alien Nation', 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark', 'Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom', and, the ever-so-colorful 'Batman' from 1966....bam....pow!

TCM has 'The Caine Mutiny', which always puts me in the mood for strawberries.



Anyone have any opinions?

Or reviews?



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Another Mention Of 'The Stevie Wonder Incident'

The Resident

It could be a while before President Bush lives down the unbridled enthusiasm he showed when Stevie Wonder took the stage at Sunday's Presidential Gala in Washington.

As Wonder settled behind his keyboard at Ford's Theatre, an excited Bush grinned and waved — that is, until he apparently remembered that the soul legend is blind, whereupon he lowered his hand. "I know I shouldn't have," a witness tells The Washington Post's Lloyd Grove, "but I started laughing."

Another Mention Of 'The Stevie Wonder Incident'

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Food Poisoning Or Warning?

Technical & Scientific Oscars

A mystery illness has overcome at least 100 guests who attended a pre-Oscar ceremony honoring scientific and technical achievement last weekend, public health officials said Thursday.

About 500 people attended the dinner and awards presentation at the Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills on Saturday. Although many became ill the next day, some guests didn't show symptoms of the illness for several days.

The total number of those sickened has not been determined, but the Los Angeles County Department of Health said at least 100 people were overcome, while Oscar officials said it could be nearly 200.

The illness was characterized by vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and sometimes a low-grade fever. Symptoms were typically lasting one to two days.

Nearly 20 employees of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences called in sick earlier this week amid the organization's busy Oscar season, said spokesman John Pavlik. "It seems like it was about half the people at each table," Pavlik said. "For instance, I didn't get sick, but my wife did and we both ate the same things."

Pavlik added that another person at his table had a vegetable plate with no fish or meat and still became ill. "Whatever it was, it seems to have skipped around a lot," he said.

About 20 employees of the Academy became ill, including Laura Ziskin, who is producing the upcoming Oscar telecast on March 24.

The menu at the event included arugula salad, lobster bisque, roasted beef with a side of halibut, mashed potatoes, tomatoes and asparagus tips. Among the deserts were berry sorbet, chocolate cake, lemon tart and assorted fruits.

County health investigators said they don't believe the problem was an isolated illness.

'Isolated' Incident

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Hollywood Gets Handbook on War

''Spotlight on a New Normal''

An industry advisory group that counsels Hollywood on responsibly handling issues such as substance abuse and auto safety has added terrorism and war to its list.

"Spotlight on a New Normal," a handbook from the Entertainment Industries Council Inc., will be distributed to more than 3,000 industry members who create and distribute films and television programs.

It includes suggestions for depicting terrorism and conditions of war. Among them: Promote preparedness for future vulnerabilities or attacks and consider story lines that promote volunteerism and flag displays in memory of terrorism victims.

The handbook was developed in response to the Sept. 11 attacks and is intended to help define the role Hollywood can play in the war on terrorism, the council said.

"While we do not endorse or encourage government interference with the creative process, we do, however, believe that government can be a reliable resource for information that writers can draw upon for character and story line development," council president Brian Dyak said Thursday.

The Bush administration has asked Hollywood executives to take part in the war on terrorism by boosting the spirits of citizens and entertaining soldiers at home and abroad.

Although some in the industry have expressed uneasiness about acting as government propagandists, the White House has said it doesn't see Hollywood in that role.

''Spotlight on a New Normal''

Entertainment Industries Council

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Faux, Oscars, Sho-West & Egg-Boy

'A Beautiful Mind'

With Academy Awards voting entering its final days -- ballots are due March 19 -- a new attack launched this week against Universal/DreamWorks' "A Beautiful Mind" has led Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider to deplore what she considers unethical tactics used by some of the combatants in this year's Oscar contest.

"There's been a shocking absence of self-restraint," Snider said in an interview in Las Vegas, where she was attending ShoWest 2002, at which "Mind's" Ron Howard was named director of the year Thursday night. "Lines that should be clear to all of us have recklessly been crossed. Filmmakers who have done honest work that was never engineered to win an award now are having to defend their intentions."

The latest salvo in what many view as a no-holds-barred Oscar contest that has descended into mudslinging began Tuesday morning when Internet columnist Matt Drudge led his Web site with a headline declaring, "Nash 'Jew Bashing' Left Out of Film." In the accompanying story, Drudge accused the filmmakers behind "Mind" of eliminating anti-Semitic remarks that the movie's real-life subject, Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash Jr., made in 1967, for fear of offending Academy voters. An earlier Drudge report, published when the nominations were first announced, accused the filmmakers of ignoring Nash's adultery and alleged homosexuality.

Said Snider: "I've never met John Nash. But a 73-year-old man who has gone through hell and who agreed to entrust us with his life shouldn't have to go through these attacks. To take statements out of context, which were said at a time when he was a self-admitted schizophrenic, seems shameful. We never set out to sugarcoat his life, but I don't think it's a misrepresentation of that life to have concentrated on the facts that try to get to the essence of his life."

But that hasn't prevented broadsides from being launched against the film. The latest volley picked up momentum Thursday when Roger Friedman, a columnist for FoxNews.com, reiterated Drudge's charges and went on to write, "There's something weird about 'A Beautiful Mind.' It's a movie on autopilot for self-destruction. Between the revelations about Nash and Russell Crowe's bad behavior at the British Academy Awards, it's slowly becoming the Gary Condit of movies."

The decidedly nasty nature of this year's subterranean Oscar campaign -- which in some quarters has taken on the tone of a brutal political campaign -- has been a frequent topic of conversation among many of the marketing executives gathered at ShoWest. "There have always been whisper campaigns directed against films, but this year, the whispers seem to have turned into shouts," one of them observed.

'A Beautiful Mind'

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Performing At The Oscars

Enya

Enya will perform her song "May It Be" from the "Lord of the Rings" soundtrack at the Oscars later this month.

The song is nominated for Best Original Song.

Sting and Faith Hill have already agreed to sing their nominated songs.

Enya

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Where Are They Now?

David Caruso

Former "NYPD Blue" star David Caruso has relocated to Miami, where he'll co-own an upscale clothing and home furnishings store.

Caruso, 46, said he's happy to leave the "cynical, hard-core energy" of Los Angeles for Miami's beach culture.

"Love it here," said Caruso. He and his 32-year-old wife, Margaret, own a $1 million South Beach condominium.

Caruso, who played Detective John Kelly on "NYPD Blue" from 1993-94 and later starred in the TV series "Michael Hayes," said he hopes to write, produce and star in his own TV series about law enforcement.

David Caruso

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Thanks To Fud

Hear The 'Trifecta' Statement

Click Here!

(quoting)
'' And we've got a job to do at home, as well. You know, I was campaigning in Chicago and somebody asked me, is there ever any time where the budget might have to go into deficit? I said only if we were at war or had a national emergency or were in recession. (Laughter.) Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.) But we're fine. ''

Scroll down 31 paragraphs to read it for yourself.

Hear The 'Trifecta' Quote Here.



Many Thanks, to Fud, a loyal bartcopper : )

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Role Model For His 3 Daughters

Beth Ostrosky

Howard Stern fans can finally get a good look at the King of All Media's queen, courtesty of FHM magazine, now hitting newsstands.

Beth Ostrosky shows the dizzy-making bod that has been holding Stern's attention since his split from his wife, Alison. The 29-year-old beauty models a collection of lingerie — including some quite transparent panties.

Ostrosky tells the lad mag that she has a special stash of dainties just for Howard, 48, who oversaw the photo shoot.

"I like to look sexy for Howard," says the blond, who is originally from Pittsburgh. "I like having little surprises and dressing up in frilly things for him. I feel sexy when I do it."

Beth Ostrosky


I'm sure Beth is a wonderful woman, but would Howard really want his daughters 'dating' a man old enough to be their father, while making a living 'modeling' underwear?

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Jeez, I Miss Johnny!

Johnny Carson

Skateboarders in a small southwest Iowa town will have Johnny Carson to thank when their new park is built.

The former talk show host responded to a request for a small donation to help build the skate park in his hometown with a check for $75,000 — enough to pay for nearly the whole project.

Lori Goldsmith, who's organizing efforts to raise money for the park, wrote to Carson several weeks ago seeking a small contribution.

Goldsmith said she was shocked when she opened an express mail package from Carson and found the check. The project will cost about $90,000.

Carson, who was born in Corning in 1925, donated $15,000 to an elementary playground a few years ago. He hosted "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" on NBC from 1962-92.

Johnny Carson

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Defending Duplicitous Actions

Disney & Dave

The president of Walt Disney Co. on Friday defended ABC's secret pursuit of David Letterman, saying it was an opportunity that required aggressive action.

Robert Iger said he had one regret, though: not apologizing quickly enough to Ted Koppel for a Disney official's anonymous newspaper quote denigrating the relevancy of "Nightline."

"If there were mistakes made, it was in allowing statements like that to live in the public eye without addressing them immediately, and for that I take full responsibility," Iger said.

Koppel and ABC News President David Westin reportedly had no idea Disney was pursuing Letterman until just hours before the news appeared in The New York Times.

Iger said the confidentiality was his decision, and he didn't back down from it.

Iger said that even before the Letterman possibility came up, Disney had been talking to Koppel about the future of "Nightline" when he retires. Koppel, 62, has recently cut back his hosting duties to three nights a week.

Ultimately, the decision is up to one man, and executives at either network are loath to predict his behavior.

Disney & Dave

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See It For Yourself

Sing Along With John Ashcroft

Sing Along With John Ashcroft

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Sunday Night, Between 'Malcolm' & 'X-Files'

Newest 'Star Wars' Trailer

A new commercial for the upcoming "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" is set to debut on Fox Sunday.

The 2 1/2-minute trailer will be broadcast between new episodes of the sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."

Fox's theatrical division, 20th Century Fox, is distributing the Lucasfilm sci-fi adventure, which is a sequel to "The Phantom Menace" but occurs before events in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.

The footage will tease some of the elaborate special effects and battle sequences in the new movie.

In addition to the Fox broadcast, the latest trailer will be shown before the 20th Century Fox animated film "Ice Age," which opens March 15.

'Star Wars' Trailer

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Copyright Infringement Suit Filed

'Ice Age' & The 'Skrat/Sqrat'

The animated film "Ice Age" may get a chilly response from Pamela Anderson, Liam Gallagher, Tommy Lee, Snoop Dogg and other pals of Ivy (Supersonic) Silberstein.

She's the designer who in 1999 was featured on CNN and elsewhere in the media for her creation of the Sqrat — an imagined New York City mutation, half squirrel, half rat.

"Ice Age," which will be given a premiere at Radio City on Sunday, features a similar critter, the Scrat. Silberstein has filed suit in U.S. District Court against Fox Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox for copyright and trademark infringement and unfair competition. She seeks $10 million.

'Ice Age' & The 'Skrat/Sqrat'

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Beranang (L) & Cantik

'Fishing Cat' Cubs



The first Fishing Cat cubs born at Sydney's Taronga Zoo are displayed after receiving their first veterinary checks on March 8, 2002. Beranang (L) and Cantik, now eight weeks old, are similar to domestic cats but are specialized animals with webbed toes for swimming when hunting in marshes, mangroves and densely vegetated areas along rivers and streams throughout Asia.
Photo by Mark Baker

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Auction News

Malcolm X

Even in death, the fiery words of Malcolm X are causing controversy. This time over who owns them.

Butterfields auction house, which is owned by online auction company eBay Inc., on Thursday put on display the largest collection of personal writings by the famed black militant ever offered while his family vowed to go to court to prevent the sale.

The hand-written journals and personal writings are set to be sold at auction in San Francisco on March 20 unless the six daughters of the assassinated black leader can win a court injunction.

The materials are being sold by an anonymous owner who bought them from a storage locker facility in Florida. How the materials got there and who owned them originally are not known. The letters and journals date from the mid-1940s through 1964, less than a year before he was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965 at age 39 after breaking with the Nation of Islam and founding his own group.

An excerpt from a spiral-bound notebook Malcolm X carried with him on a trip to Mecca in 1964 reads in part: "At Mecca I saw the spirit of unity and true brotherhood displayed by tens of thousands of people from all over the world -- from blue-eyed blonds to black-skinned Africans. This served to convince me that perhaps some American whites can also be cured of the rampant racism which is consuming them and about to destroy this country."

Joseph Fleming, a lawyer for some of Malcolm X's daughters, said the family had not known of the existence of the writings. The property "represents a large piece of their father's legacy and it is painful for the children to see it up for public auction and to think it will be dispersed for commercial purposes," he said.

"This is something they own that is suddenly being taken away from them without their knowledge or consent," Fleming said. He is seeking an injunction in California court to block the auction and would also seek to void the original sale of the items at the Florida storage facility.

In addition, the family of Malcolm X objects to the manner in which Butterfields proposes to sell the material, in 21 separate lots rather than a single unit, which would make it more difficult to track or keep together for researchers to use, Fleming said.

Malcolm X

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Adult Woman Went Dancing

Chelsea

Chelsea Clinton is learning some sexy new moves from pal Donatella Versace. The formerly frumpy former first daughter dirty-danced with beau Ian Klaus until 2:30 a.m at the bash following Versace's fashion show in Milan the other night, reports Women's Wear Daily. Chelsea slid Klaus' tie around her neck "stripper-style" and ground against him while wearing a black fishnet top and tight black trousers, the trade paper reports. Heather Graham, Ron Wood and Molly Shannon watched her go at it. "I'm having so much fun!" she gushed.

Adult Woman Went Dancing

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Remaking 'The Manchurian Candidate'

(Another Sinatra Film)

On the heels of the worldwide success of "Ocean's Eleven," another Frank Sinatra film is about to get the remake treatment.

Paramount Pictures is developing an updated version of director John Frankenheimer's 1962 classic "The Manchurian Candidate," which starred Sinatra and Laurence Harvey.

Adapted by George Axelrod from the 1959 novel by Richard Condon, "Candidate" was a sophisticated combination of political thriller and black-hearted satire of McCarthyism and the anticommunist hysteria of the '50s.

Sinatra and Harvey portrayed Bennett Marco and Raymond Shaw, soldiers returning to civilian life after the Korean War. Shaw has a Medal of Honor he doesn't remember earning, while Marco is plagued by nightmares. As it turns out, both were brainwashed in Korea by Soviet and Communist Chinese officials, and Marco must prevent Shaw from fulfilling his programmed mission to assassinate the president of the United States.

Frank Sinatra, who died in 1998, gave Tina his blessing to set up a "Manchurian" remake.

The "Ocean's Eleven" remake of a 40-year-old Rat Pack crime caper has grossed more than $181 million at the North American box office since its December release.

Remaking 'The Manchurian Candidate'


'The Manchurian Candidate' is still a great read. And I've never looked at the Queen of Hearts the same since.

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Not Much Ego At All

Howard Stern

Howard Stern says a report that CBS is considering him as a replacement for David Letterman is "right on the money" and says he'd take the job "provided the details of the money are worked out."

Stern also claims CBS had ulterior motives for leaking that information to Internet columnist Matt Drudge - and that Letterman is behind the leaks about his headline-making negotiations with ABC.

"CBS released this to scare Dave because they know I'll kick his ass," Stern told Drudge and his listeners yesterday.

Stern, whose radio-show highlights air on cable's E! channel each night, does not have a successful track record on mainstream TV.

His ultra-low-budget Saturday night show - basically a half-hearted retread of the radio program - was canceled last year by CBS's King World after three seasons of so-so ratings and a reluctance by some advertisers to support the show.

Howard Stern

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Remaking 'Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'

Benicio Del Toro

Oscar-winning actor Benicio Del Toro ("Traffic") will star in a remake of the 1974 Sam Peckinpah drama "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia."

The MGM film will mark the feature directorial debut of Samuel Bayer, a video and commercials veteran best known for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video.

The gritty actioner revolved around a wealthy Mexican man who offers a $1 million reward for the skull of the title character, who seduced his daughter. In the remake, Del Toro will play a character named Benny, who's out to claim the reward.

Bayer has directed more than 100 videos for the likes of the Rolling Stones, Marilyn Manson, Metallica and David Bowie, as well as numerous national commercials for the likes of Nike, Coke, Pepsi, Nissan and Mountain Dew.

Remaking 'Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'

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Regulation Hours This Weekend

Erin Hart



Liberal radio - what a concept!

Regulation hours this weekend (9 & 10 March), 9pm - 1am (pst).

Live streaming audio available at www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com.

Listener calls at 1-877-710-KIRO

And there's a chatroom, too!


Next Saturday, March 16th at 10pm PST, Greg Palast visits with 710 KIRO-Seattle talk show host Erin Hart, and discusses his new book on globalization, ''The Best Democracy Money Can Buy''.

For more details, visit Erin's fan page (courtesy of 14Dem), http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a note to erinistas@aol.com.


Or drop me a note at one of the addy's below....after all, I am Erin's 'LA Producer'.

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Builder Of Bridges

'Toni The Swiss'



Monks walk over the bridge of Mar Klanh in Cambodia built by the Swiss Toni Ruttiman in this undated photo. Ruttiman, known as "Toni el Suizo," with no engineering training, worked without pay to build more than 160 bridges linking remote communities in Latin America for the last 15 years. During a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday, March 8, 2002 Ruttiman said he planned to carry on the work ``for the rest of my life.''
Photo by Donald Stampfli

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''Laying Regulatory Prudence On The Altar Of Deregulation''

Fritz Hollings

Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) ripped into Washington's favorite son Thursday, publicly accusing FCC chairman Michael Powell of abandoning his responsibility and laying regulatory prudence on the altar of deregulation.

"It's just amazing to me that you pell-mell down the road and seem not to care at all -- I think you'd be a wonderful executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, but not a chairman of a regulatory commission," Hollings said during a hearing on the Federal Communication Commission's budget.

Hollings, a longtime fan of the bully pulpit, said he was especially disturbed upon reading in two different sources Powell's comment that "his religion" is the market.

"You don't care about the regulations. You don't care about the law," Hollings said.

Hollings said it was interesting to note that conservatives also are taking on Powell, referring to William Safire's column in Thursday's edition of the New York Times lamenting media consolidation.

"With the roundheeled Michael Powell steering the Federal Communications Commission toward terminal fecklessness; with the redoubtable Joel Klein succeeded at (Dept. of) Justice's antitrust division by an assortment of wimps; and with appeals courts approving the concentration of media power as if nothing had changed since President Taft's day, the checks and balances made possible by diverse competition are being eradicated," Safire wrote.

Washington veterans say the FCC has long been a whipping post of Congress, and that the only thing unusual about the criticism of Powell -- or whoever else might be at the helm of the FCC -- is that it didn't come sooner.

''laying regulatory prudence on the altar of deregulation''

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Just There For The Ride

Doug Swingley

Sitting in a school cafeteria eating warmed-over moose stew, a four-time champion in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race enjoyed a break from an Iditarod run that he has no intention of winning.

Mushers and race fans were stunned earlier this week when defending champion Doug Swingley, seeking his fourth consecutive Iditarod victory and his fifth overall, said two days into the race that he was bowing out.

After arriving early Thursday at this village 200 miles northwest of Anchorage, Swingley said he made up his mind almost a year ago to step back from the race. But he decided he would still make the trip as a sort of victory lap, enjoying the scenery and the people along the way.

"I have never gotten to run a fun Iditarod, just to relax and visit with the people," he said.

Swingley said it was more than just the draw of a pleasant camping trip with his dogs that prompted him to bow out. Alaskans never warmed to the Montana musher, the only non-Alaskan to win the Iditarod in the 30-year history of the 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome.

"The fact that I'm tired of competing in the Iditarod has to do with a lot of things," Swingley said. "The media, remarks from my competitors, Alaskans' snide remarks. I don't enjoy that part at all. So the easiest thing is to back away from it."

Doug Swingley

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Final Farewell

Spike Milligan

Friends and family of Spike Milligan bid a final farewell to the madcap but pioneering comedian at a private funeral in southern England Friday.

Milligan, the comic genius behind the ground-breaking "Goon Show" of the 1950s which inspired a revolution in British comedy, died of kidney failure on Feb. 27 at the age of 83.

Milligan, pioneer of the meandering joke without a punchline, was voted the funniest person of the last 1,000 years in a BBC poll, ahead of Monty Python star John Cleese, Scotland's Billy Connolly and Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin.

He influenced a generation of comedians and has been hailed as "the great grand-daddy of post-war British comedy" by British wit Stephen Fry.

Comedian Eddie Izzard called him "the godfather of alternative comedy."

Spike Milligan

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In Memory

Mati Klarwein

Mati Klarwein, the surrealist painter who designed psychedelic album covers for rock bands and jazz musicians including Santana, Miles Davis and Earth, Wind and Fire, died Wednesday in his home in Deia, an artists' colony on the Spanish island of Mallorca. He was 70.

While studying art in Paris in the late 1940s, he took an interest in jazz music and was captivated by the eerie surrealism of Salvador Dali.

Klarwein's trademark was magical scenes with an erotic blaze of rich, deep colors and African and countercultural symbols.

One of Klarwein's most famous album covers was Santana's "Abraxas," which showed his 1963 painting "The Annunciation," the biblical story in which the archangel Gabriel tells Mary that she will give birth to Jesus.

In "The Annunciation," Klarwein based the nude black Virgin Mary on a girlfriend from Guadeloupe and painted himself as Joseph, wearing a straw hat. A winged, crimson Gabriel flies down from heaven on a conga drum.

Klarwein also painted album covers for Davis' "Bitches Brew" and "Live Evil" and Buddy Miles' "Hell and Back" and did illustrations for Hendrix, Jerry Garcia and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Mati Klarwein


Mati Klarwein - the Manic Landscape

'Abraxas' Album Cover

'Bitches Brew' Album Cover

Cover Artists - Mati Klarwein

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11 New Recipes

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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BartCop Astrology


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Moose & Squirrel Information One-Stop

A New Look & Even More Information!

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'Bob Woodward vs. John Belushi and Me'

Michael Dare - 'The Life and Death of Captain Preemo'

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