'TBH Politoons'
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Re: Laser Turntable Info
Is this the laser turntable you were referring to?
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Charlie W
Wow ! That's it!
Thanks, Charlie!
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The Worried Shrimp
from Mark
Bush's Terror Wars
Selected Saturday Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Mostly sunny, still warm - damn fine weather for the end of November.
The kid & I experimented with his new cotton candy machine, again. So far, it keeps over-heating before either of us are sated.
Jo, the (remaining) lizard, has already gone through his weekly ration of crickets - must be getting ready to molt again.
My 20-year old niece is in the process of moving west - she'll be arriving the end of next month, and bunking here for a while.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS begins the night with '48 Hours', followed by 'Figure Skating: North America vs. the World' (taped 13 November).
NBC fills the night with the movie 'The Family Man'.
'SNL' is a RERUN with Justin Timberlake as the host & musical talent.
ABC has College Football (Notre Dame visiting Stanford) on the east coast. Left coast gets the movie 'Mr. Mom'.
The WB offers the movie 'Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book'.
Faux has the movie 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'.
UPN has the movie 'Kazaam'.
A&E has 'City Confidential', 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', and 'Laci Peterson'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Untouchables', followed by the movie 'Fatal Attraction', then the movie 'Mary Reilly'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 6;
[6:40pm] 'My Hero' - Parents;
[7:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 7;
[8pm] 'Bait';
[10pm] 'Cambridge Spies' - Episode 1;
[11pm] 'Dead Ringers' - Episode 4;
[11:30pm] 'Dead Ringers' - Episode 3;
[12am] 'Bait';
[2am] 'Cambridge Spies' - Episode 1;
[3am] 'Dead Ringers' - Episode 4;
[3:30am] 'Dead Ringers' - Episode 3;
[4am] 'Bait'; and
[ 6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Queer Eye', followed by the movie 'La Bamba', then the movie 'Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan'.
History has 'Rommel', 'America On The Move', 'UFOs: You Didn't Know', 'UFOs: You Didn't Know', and 'Modern Marvels'.
SciFi has the movie 'Epoch', followed by the movie 'Epoch: Evolution', then the movie 'Epoch', again.
TCM -
[6am] 'Joan Of Paris' (1942);
[8am] 'Johnny Eager' (1942);
[10am] 'Day Of The Evil Gun' (1968);
[12pm] 'San Antonio' (1945);
[2pm] 'Cat Ballou' (1965);
[4pm] 'Any Number Can Play' (1949);
[6pm] 'The Pink Panther' (1964);
[8pm] 'A Bridge Too Far' (1977);
[11pm] 'The Hill' (1965);
1:30am] 'The Man Who Would Be King' (1975); and
[4am] 'The Wind And The Lion' (1975). (ALL TIMES EST)
Nelson Mandela poses for photographers with singer Beyonce Knowles (R) and other performers during a visit to Robben Island Prison near Cape Town, November 28, 2003. Knowles will perform with a host of other stars at the '46664' Aids benefit concert on November 29. '46664' refers to the prison number allocated to Mandela during his long incarceration on the Island.
Photo by Mike Hutchings
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Howard Dean Delegate
Joan Jett
A slate of convention delegate candidates from New York made public by the Dean presidential campaign includes Joan Jett, whose 1981 song with the Blackhearts "I Love Rock-n-Roll" has become a rock anthem.
If she is elected during New York's March 2 presidential primary, Jett would go to the Democratic National Convention next summer as a Dean delegate.
Jett, 43, said she agrees with Dean's stance against the war in Iraq, though she is a champion of members of the U.S. military.
Joan Jett
Albums Go Online for World AIDS Day
Queen
Music label EMI is making all British rock group Queen's albums available for download over the Internet in the UK and Europe to mark World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the company said Friday.
Surviving members of the band, whose opera-loving singer Freddie Mercury died from AIDS in 1991, will donate their royalties from the first week of online sales to AIDS charity the Mercury Phoenix Trust, with EMI matching the donation.
EMI said the cost of a download would be set by individual online retailers. Web sites for the Queen downloads -- restricted to the UK and Europe -- can be found at
http://www.musicfromemi.com.
Queen
Street Corner Renamed
Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone's name will grace a street corner near the East Village club that the trailblazing Ramones helped turn into a punk rock destination.
The corner of Second Street and Bowery near the legendary CBGBs will be christened "Joey Ramone Place" for the band's lead singer, who died of cancer in 2001 at 49.
The ceremony to name the corner for Ramone, who was born Jeffrey Hyman, was scheduled for Sunday.
Joey Ramone
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton poses with a Iraqi civilian working for army in the base of the 2nd battalion 2nd Airborne Division in Baghdad, November 28, 2003. Clinton called on Friday for a wider international role in running Iraq, but doubted the U.S. administration would cede much control.
Photo by Dusan Vranic
High Court Urged to Hear Case
McFarlane v. Twist
Hollywood has a message for the Supreme Court: comic books are good, constitutionally protected fun. A who's who from the entertainment world asked the court this week to review a case involving a comic book creator accused of defaming former professional hockey player Tony Twist by naming a nasty mafia character after him, Antonio "Tony Twist" Twistelli.
The real Twist, a former National Hockey League tough guy known more for his fighting than his skating, was awarded more than $24.5 million by a Missouri jury. The award was overturned on appeal.
Encouraging the court to intervene are: Michael Crichton, creator of the television series "ER;" Larry David, co-creator of "Seinfeld;" novelists Scott Turow and Jeremiah Healy; actor-comedian Harry Shearer from "The Simpsons;" Elmore Leonard, author of "Get Shorty;" Paul Weitz, co-director of the film "American Pie;" and Ron Shelton, writer and director of movies "Bull Durham" and "White Men Can't Jump."
The case is McFarlane v. Twist, 03-615.
McFarlane v. Twist
Picked Up German Award
Muhammad Ali
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali accepted one of Germany's top awards in a tribute at a glittering ceremony that visibly moved some in the room to tears.
The 61-year-old picked up a special Bambi award late Thursday for lifetime achievement.
The audience gave him a lengthy, standing ovation after a tribute speech by British supermodel and actress Liz Hurley which she gave in German.
The Bambis are one of Germany's most prestigious awards, handed out for 55 years now and covering everything from sport and pop to politics and economy.
Muhammad Ali
Money Is Tight
Harlem Boys Choir
The celebrated Boys Choir of Harlem is struggling to survive because of a decrease in donations and is pleading for financial help from the public, the group's director said.
"This is the worst time period in our 35-year history," executive director Horace Turnbull told the New York Daily News for its Friday editions. "We need New Yorkers to step up."
Turnbull said the group has seen a drop in gifts from people as well as corporations. The choir's performances and albums generate only about half of its $2.6 million budget.
"Everybody thinks we must be rich," Turnbull told the newspaper. "Well, we're not."
Harlem Boys Choir
www.boyschoirofharlem.org
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
The Horse & The Man
Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci had more to celebrate than just Thanksgiving, as a horse named after the actor romped to an 8½-length victory at Hollywood Park.
Pesci, a three-year-old filly making her first start, was entered Thursday in a six furlong race for maidens. She paid $3, $2.10 and $2.10.
The two-legged Pesci, who co-owns the horse with trainer Wesley Ward, was pleased about the win.
Joe Pesci
Singers Annie Lennox and Bono smile on arrival outside former South African President Nelson Mandela's cell during a visit to Robben Island Prison near Cape Town, November 28, 2003. The pair are due to perform with a host of other stars at the '46664' Aids benefit concert on November 29. '46664' refers to the prison number allocated to Mandela during his long incarceration on the Island.
Photo by Mike Hutchings
Wedding News
Electra & Navarro
Guitarist Dave Navarro married TV vixen Carmen Electra last weekend at a hotel in Las Vegas, according to People magazine.
Sharon Osbourne was one of the bridesmaids. About 200 guests were greeted by men in black wearing red masks, a nod to one of the couple's favorite films "Eyes Wide Shut."
The wedding took place in a Garden of Eden, with walls of water, flowered metal vines and a white python, People reported.
MTV has been filming their engagement and wedding and will broadcast it next year.
Electra & Navarro
'Der Alte' The Greatest German?
Konrad Adenauer
Germany's first postwar leader looks poised to beat the likes of illustrious compatriots Goethe, Luther and Einstein in a national poll concluding to find the greatest German in history.
Konrad Adenauer was the nation's first chancellor following the debacle of World War II, presiding over the start of the economic miracle that underpins modern Germany.
He currently leads the list of the top 10 in the poll carried out by public ZDF television, pushing Martin Luther, whose challenge to the Catholic Church inspired the Reformation, into second place.
Behind Luther in current voting comes former chancellor Willy Brandt, then the founder of communism, Karl Marx.
In a surprisingly high fifth spot are Hans and Sophie Scholl, a brother and sister executed by the Nazis for trying to organise resistance.
Konrad Adenauer
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
IRS Auction
Peabo Bryson
The Internal Revenue Service will seek to recover more than $1 million in back taxes that pop and R&B star Peabo Bryson owes by auctioning off some of his belongings, ranging from Grammy Awards to dishware.
The first portion of the Dec. 5-6 auction will focus on electronic and recording equipment. The second day will be devoted to Bryson's personal items, including a grand piano, a signed copy of Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom," several bottles of expensive wine, a closet full of designer suits and several gold and platinum records.
Bryson, 52, is a writer, singer and producer with nine gold albums. He won a Grammy in 1992 for his recording of "Beauty and the Beast" with Celine Dion and another in 1993 for "A Whole New World" with Regina Belle. He's also recorded duets with Roberta Flack and Natalie Cole.
Peabo Bryson
A man who goes by the name 'Bobby B. from the Lower East Side' fishes beneath the Manhattan Bridge in New York, November 28, 2003. Unseasonable mild temperatures reaching 57 degrees fahrenheit (14 C) caused dense fog warnings throughout the metropolitan area on Friday.
Photo by Shannon Stapleton
DNA Proves Paternity
Charles Lindbergh
A DNA test has proven that U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh fathered the three children of a German hatmaker, a spokesman for the siblings said Friday.
The children, Dyrk and David Hesshaimer and their sister, Astrid Bouteuil, have no plans to stake a claim as legal heirs, but wanted to verify the relationship before going ahead with plans to publish a book on their mother's long-running secret relationship with the married pilot, said the sibling's spokesman, lawyer Anton Schwenk.
Schwenk said after receiving the results of the test from the Munich-based LMU Institute the three Germans informed their half-siblings in the United States, some of whom they met last month. They agreed to issue only a statement, rather than hold a new conference, "because that is the style of the American Lindbergh family," he added.
Charles Lindbergh
Album Up for Sale
John Lennon
The album John Lennon autographed for his assassin just five hours before the former Beatle was killed went up for sale on Friday for $525,000.
The copy of Lennon and wife Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy," which sold for $460,000 four years ago, is being sold in part due to the recent frenzy of interest in Beatles memorabilia, according to the owner of the Web site selling the album.
"Beatles memorabilia is at an all-time peak," said Gary Zimet, owner of http://www.momentsintime.com. "For years, their material was grossly undervalued."
John Lennon
Discovers He's a Canadian Native
Englishman
A 59-year-old retired builder from Yorkshire, northern England, was shocked to discover he is in fact a tribal chief with a claim to thousands of acres of land in Canada, British newspapers reported on Friday.
Mick Henry, the son of an English mother and a Canadian soldier over in Britain during World War II, was recently tracked down via the Internet by his long-lost Native Canadian relatives from the Ojibway tribe in the province of Manitoba.
Henry's father was an Ojibway who returned to Canada soon after his son was born. He never maintained contact and died in 1998.
Englishman
Nielsen Rankings
Basic Cable
Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 17-23. Each ratings point represents 1,084,000 households. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses.
1. NFL Football: Washington vs. Miami (Sunday, 8:28 p.m.), ESPN, 6.6, 7.15 million homes.
2. "NFL Primetime" (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 3.3, 3.53 million homes.
3. "WWE Raw Zone" (Monday, 10 p.m.), Spike, 3.0, 3.27 million homes.
4. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.9, 3.17 million homes.
5. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.9, 3.16 million homes.
6. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.9, 3.10 million homes.
7. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), Spike, 2.8, 3.07 million homes.
8. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.85 million homes.
9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.81 million homes.
10. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.797 million homes.
11. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.796 million homes.
12. Movie: "Full Court Miracle" (Friday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.5, 2.67 million homes.
13. "Jimmy Neutron" (Saturday, 11 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.65 million homes.
14. "Jimmy Neutron" (Saturday, 11:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.63 million homes.
15. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.59 million homes.
Basic Cable
A Barbery ape, or Silvanus Macasus, sits on a wall high up on Britain's Rock of Gibraltar, off southern Spain Thursday Nov. 27, 2003. The apes are thought originally to have been brought over from Morocco as pets by the invading Moors in 711A.D. In background is the Spanish coastline.
Photo by Denis Doyle
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