Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 24 June, 2004
Thursday
24 June, 2004
(Updated Daily)
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Special Bonus!
Disinfotainment Today
From Michael Dare
presents
by
Paul Krassner
I Forgot What This Article is Called
Ronald Reagan's funeral was a week-long series of photo-ops, a most appropriate postscript to a presidency that was an eight-year celebration of government by public relations. There was that photo of Ronnie and Nancy posing with Michael Jackson. Then there was Nancy, sitting on Mr. T's lap--he was dressed in a Santa Claus costume and she was kissing him on the cheek. And there was Ronnie and the pope--the Great Communicator and the Great Excommunicator.
When Reagan ran for re-election in 1984, a network TV correspondent presented a hard-hitting report about the White House ducking issues for the sake of a "feel good" campaign. Yet a Reagan aide phoned and said, "Great piece, we loved it," explaining to the confused correspondent, "We're in the middle of a campaign, and you give us 4-1/2 minutes of great pictures of Ronald Reagan. And that's all the American people see."
Reagan used to wear only one contact lens when he appeared before crowds. Whenever his speech-writer Ken Khachigian tried to shorten his stump speech by eliminating a line, Reagan replied, "Have you seen the way people respond when I say that?" He wore only one contact lens when appearing before a crowd. The eye with the contact lens would read the speech, and the other eye would study faces in the audience for their reaction.
When he testified before the committee investigating the Iran/contra scandal, he was unable to remember whether he had approved trading weapons for hostages. During his 1980 campaign, there had been rumblings of senility, and Reagan publicly offered to take a senility test if the proper authorities concluded that he had become senile, but nobody ever took him up on it. Perhaps his convenient losses of memory were actually early tremors of the Alzheimer's disease that plagued him for the last ten years of his life.
Nowadays, of course, there are other excuses. A reader wrote to the column "People's Pharmacy" by Joe and Teresa Graedon in the Los Angeles Times:
"I took Lipitor for more than a year, and I thought I was doing great. My cholesterol levels dropped significantly with no side effects. Then I began having problems remembering names. Sometimes it took me till noon to gather my scattered thoughts enough to work. I couldn't put a complete sentence together, and I began avoiding situations that required meeting with people. I'm in the advertising and marketing business, but I avoided clients and preferred to work by e-mail. After reading one of your articles that linked Lipitor to memory problems, I immediately contacted my doctor, and he agreed to a holiday from Lipitor. It took a few months, but my memory has returned. Memory problems should be listed as a side effect of Lipitor."
And the answer:
"Amnesia is listed as an infrequent side effect of Lipitor, and memory loss is noted as a potential side effect of other cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Lescol, Mevacor, Pravachol and Zocor." (Pravachol, which promises to prevent your first heart attack and to prevent your second heart attack, so that when you do have your first heart attack you'll think it's really your third.) Although this seems to be rare, we have heard from readers who have had difficulty with names, numbers and concentration while taking one of these. Some have even reported episodes in which they could not remember their address, spouse or occupation."
But how to account for the current epidemic of memory loss among Bush administration officials testifying before investigating committees?
The May 24, 2004 issue of Newsweek stated that a memo written by White House counsel Alberto Gonzales after the September 11th attacks may have established the legal foundation that allowed for the abusive treatment of Iraqi prisoners. Newsweek reported that in January 2002, Gonzales wrote to President Bush that in his judgment, the post 9/11 security environment "renders obsolete [the Geneva Convention's] strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions."
According to Newsweek, Secretary of State Colin Powell "hit the roof" when he read the memo, and he fired off his own note to Bush, warning that the new rules "will reverse over a century of U.S. policy and practice" and have "a high cost in terms of negative international reaction." But then, on Meet the Press, he claimed that he did not recall the Gonzales memo.
Last November, however, in an interview with Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, a reporter for a London-based Saudi newspaper interviewed Powell in Washington. Referring to Powell's description of his international killer schedule, Al-Rashad asked, "So do you use sleeping tablets to organize yourself?"
"Yes," Powell replied. "Well, I wouldn't call them that. They're a wonderful medication. How would you call it? They're called Ambien, which is very good. You don't use Ambien? Everybody here uses Ambien."
So I decided to check out the side effects of Ambien: "Sleep medicines may cause the special type of memory loss known as amnesia. When this occurs, a person may not remember what has happened for several hours after taking the medicine. This is usually not a problem, since most people fall asleep after taking the medicine. Memory loss can be a problem, however, when sleep medicines are taken while traveling, such as during an airplane flight, and the person wakes up before the effect of the medicine is gone. This has been called 'traveler's amnesia.' Memory problems are not common while taking Ambien. In most instances memory problems can be avoided if you take Ambien only when you are able to get a full night's sleep (7 to 8 hours) before you need to be active again. Be sure to talk to your doctor if you think you are having memory problems."
If you remember to talk to your doctor, that is.
A study in the May 27 issue of Neuron confirms previous models of memory recall that found sensory-specific components of a memory are preserved in sensory-related areas of the brain. The hippocampus can draw on this stored sensory information to create vivid recall. Which is why, even after you've returned from a vacation, you may still fully recall the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of some of its particularly memorable moments. For their study, the researchers mapped brain activity in human volunteers who sampled different odors and viewed pictures of various objects.
As for short-term memory loss, Wes Nisker writes in The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom: The Spiritual Experiments of My Generation:
"Recent research in molecular biology has given us a clue to the connection between THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and the actual experience of getting high. It turns out that our body produces its own version of THC and that the human brain and nervous system have a whole network of receptors for this cannabinoid-like substance. That means you've got a stash inside of you right now, and nobody can even bust you for it.
"Our body's natural THC was discovered by Israeli neuro-scientists, who named it anandamide, from the Sanskrit word for 'inner bliss.' The scientists believe that our system produces this THC equivalent to aid in pain relief, for mild sedation, and also to help us forget. It is very important that we forget, because if we remembered everything that registers our senses from moment to moment, we would be flooded with memory and could not function. So anandamide helps us edit the input of the world by blocking or weakening our synaptic pathways, our memory lanes."
So, the next time somebody tells you, "Don't Bogart that joint," at least you'll have a scientific excuse.
Paul Krassner is the author of
Murder At the Conspiracy Convention and Other American Absurdities; George Carlin's introduction can be found at
http://www.paulkrassner.com/
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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This Week by Mr. Hawk
VCR-Worthy Blackadder
This week's Blackadder is the best show of series 4. It's worth taping and
watching later. This week finds our intrepid heros sitting in their muddy
trench wondering what plan Gen. Melchett has for getting them killed this
week. Well in drops that great hero Lord Flashheart, literally, really.
He's a member of the Royal Flying Corps who has had his kite pranged. This
is a great honor for our boys and Lord Flashy tells Lt. George to sign up
for the 20 minuters.
Well, George does his research and guesses (like the
White House guessed that we would be welcome in Iraq) that the phrase 20 minuters
means that they only do 20 minutes in the air and have the rest of the day
to sleep in clean sheets and sexually exploit French women. This sounds
like a post Blackadder can really get into.
As a side bar Bush must have thought the Texas ANG was like the Royal
Woman's Balloon Corps as you will see. He'd never have deserted then.
So Blackadder joins up only to find out that the 20 minuters is the average
life expectancy of a new pilot. Well, he can take comfort in the fact that
1/2 of flying is in the navigation.... until he sees his new navigator,
Baldric. Of course, Blackadder doesn't even make it 20 minutes before
he's shot down by Baron von Richthoven. He's is thrown into a prison and
expects to be treated like an Iraqi.
Baron von Richthoven even complains of
the loss of some of his finest and blondest friends. Blackadder is to be
given a fate worse than a fate worse than death. He is to be kept at a
convent and is to teach home economics to 17-18 year old German girls. How
horrible.
Will Blackadder be forced to suffer such a fate? Turn in and see.
I would like to point out that parts of Lord Flashheart and Baron von
Richthoven are played by 2 actors who helped bring about a revolution in
Britcoms during the 80's. The comedy was "The Young Ones" . While it was
very crude at times it also could be hysterically funny. It showcased up
and coming talent such as French and Saunders, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
and Rowan Atkinson. Its worth a rental just to see Adrian Edmunson play
Vivian. I wish I had a vicious hamster named Special Patrol Group and
carried a severed leg around as homework.
Mr. Hawk
Dissent is not Terrorism
Freedom is not Legislated
Thanks, again, Mr. Hawk!
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Reader Suggestion
Big Dog Interview
The whole interview is amazing. i finally learned about the bracelet, I was
wondering that many times...what a sad and uplifting story...
- Alex
"We ask him about the red and blue crocheted band around his right wrist --
an incongruous clash with the statesman attire. For the first time in the
interview he becomes emotional, the voice catching and his eyes redening.
"I've worn it for two years. I went there [to Colombia] and met these
unbelievable kids from a village on the edge of the rainforest where the
narco-traffickers are dominant," he says. "They sang and danced for peace
and I fell in love with these kids. I asked them to perform at the White
House one Christmas. They came with the culture minister, a magnificently
attractive woman called Consuelo. The bad guys hated these kids because they
made them look like what they are. The guerillas couldn't kill these
children, so they murdered her ... I can still hardly talk about this.
"Two years ago they asked me back and I said, 'I'll come, but you've got to
bring those kids to see me.' So I turn up -- and the children greeted me at
the airport, along with the new culture minister -- the niece of the
murdered woman. And they gave me this bracelet, which I've never taken off."
Bill Clinton Interview
Thanks, Alex!
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Reader Comment
Re: AFI Song List
hey, marty...
Regarding the AFI top 100 songs list, I cannot believe they put Aquarius on the list but left off 'Hard Days Night'!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the song I'd have chosen from The Big Chill would have been 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' (as played by Jo Beth Williams at the funeral).
as always, thanks for a daily job well done.
~ ducks
Thanks, ducks!
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from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
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Reader Comment
Mary Kate Olsen
I blame a society that keeps telling women that they're fat and ugly unless they stand 5'11", weigh 99 pounds, have basketball-sized implants jutting from their chests....and shit for brains.
That's not natural...it's ugly. Call me old-fashioned, but I can't understand how anyone can find emaciation the least bit attractive, much less sexy!
And if an older woman is too skinny, she really looks awful (think Nancy Reagan and Joan Rivers).
That's the only problem I have with Howard Stern. He seems to push that "ideal" all the time. The life-sized Barbie doll - ugh!
Women are supposed to be built like women...not like 10 year old boys.
I wish Mary Kate the best. I hope she gets through this. Perhaps she needs to be put in touch with the gal from "Growing Pains" who had the same problem a few years back.
Terry C
NJ
Thanks, Terry!
I lived with an anorexic for many years, and while some of the blame may be placed on cultural stereotypes of thinness, mostly, anorexia is about control.
About the only thing an anorexic feels she has control over is what goes in her mouth (whether she realizes it or not). A form of rebellion by 'good' girls.
Trying to 'force' (or withold privileges, or bribe) her to eat won't work.
Little seems to have been written about the longterm effects of anorexia as a lifestyle, but they include loose teeth, dull hair that falls out in clumps, a sallow complexion, always feeling cold, brittle bones, and a 'bunch' of gross gastro-intestinal complications.
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The Wall Street Poet
The Presidential Visit Poem
The visit of a president
Or would-be president
Was great news for our city
That's what we thought it meant.
And then the worthy one arrived
For an hour was resident
"I love this town," he did proclaim
He smiled - then off he went.
Now came the time to tally up
The money we had spent
How much the out-of-pocket costs
To hear this guy's canned vent
The traffic jams, cop overtime
For this brief nonevent
If he doesn't visit soon again
We'll all be quite content.
© 2004
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For more political verse:
http://www.beltwaybard.com
For financial verse:
http://www.wallstreetpoet.com
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast til noon, followed by a mild, sunny summer day.
KCBS, the local CBS station, played a 'Fahrenheit 911' commercial during their 11pm news!
We're still ass-deep in kittens - anybody want one?
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS starts the night with a RERUN 'Without A Trace', followed by a RERUN 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', then another RERUN 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Kid Inventors, Shawn Wayans, and Secret Machines.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Vince Vaughn, Jerry Bruckheimer, and the Calling.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'Friends', followed by a FRESH 'Come To Papa', then a RERUN 'Will & Grace', followed by a RERUN
'Scrubs', then a RERUN 'ER' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour).
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Will Ferrell, Graham Norton, and Uncle Kracker.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Marlon Wayans, Nicole Richie, and Heart.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Jackie Chan, Christine Taylor, and Angela McCluskey.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'Whose Line?', followed by another FRESH 'Whose Line?', then a FRESH 'Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital', followed by 'Primetime Thursday'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Steve Garvey and Jadakiss.
The WB offers a FRESH 'Pepsi Smash', followed by a RERUN 'Jamie Kennedy', then another RERUN 'Jamie Kennedy'.
Faux has a RERUN 'North Shore', followed by a RERUN 'Tru Calling'.
UPN fills the night with 'WWE Smackdown!'.
Check local PBS listings for a FRESH 'Frontline'.
A&E has 'American Justice', a 2-hour 'Cold Case Files', and a FRESH 'First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Twelve O'Clock High', followed by the movie 'Patton', then the movie 'Strategic Air Command'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'The Vicar of Dibley' - The Arrival;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Forward Mr. Grainger;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 1;
[4pm] 'The Saint' - The Russian Prisoner;
[5pm] 'The Weakest Link' - Episode 22;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Gill Last;
[7pm] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Honey Trap;
[7:40pm] 'Blackadder - Plan D' - Private Plane;
[8:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The All-England Summarize Proust Competition;
[9pm] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 5;
[9:30pm] 'Velvet Soup' - Episode 5;
[10pm] 'The Office' - Episode 1;
[10:40pm] 'Brilliant!' - Episode 7;
[11pm] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Honey Trap;
[11:40pm] 'Blackadder - Plan D' - Private Plane;
[12:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The All-England Summarize Proust Competition;
[1am] 'The Office' - Episode 1;
[1:40am] 'Brilliant!' - Episode 7;
[2am] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 5;
[2:30am] 'Velvet Soup' - Episode 5;
[3am] 'The Office' - Episode 1;
[3:40am] 'Brilliant!' - Episode 7;
[4am] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 5;
[4:30am] 'Velvet Soup' - Episode 5;
[5am] 'The Office' - Episode 1;
[5:40am] 'Brilliant!' - Episode 7;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'West Wing', 'Queer Eye', and a FRESH 2-hour 'Celebrity Poker Showdown'.
Comedy Central has 'Straight Plan For The Gay Man', 'Introducing Graham Norton', 'Insomniac', 'South Park', and the
SERIES PREMIERE of 'Graham Norton Effect'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Michael Moore.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Quest For King Arthur', and another 'Modern Marvels'.
IFC -
[6AM] Ifc Discoveries: 'This Is Not A Film' (2003);
[7:45AM] Short: 'Lollipops' (2002);
[8AM] 'Lianna' (1983);
[10AM] 'Shooting Fish' (1997);
[2PM] 'Lianna' (1983);
[4PM] 'Shower' (1999);
[5:45PM] Short: 'Ghost Of F. Scott Fitzgerald' (2002);
[6PM] 'In The Bathtub Of the World' (2001);
[8PM] 'The Big One' (1997);
[9:30PM] 'Fahrenheit 9/11 Special' (2004);
[10PM] 'The Big One' (1997);
[11:30PM] Ifc Discoveries: 'This Is Not A Film' (2003);
[1AM] 'Slasher' (2004);
[2:30AM] 'The Way Of The Gun' (2000);
[4:30AM] 'Ifc Discoveries: This Is Not A Film' (2003). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Jeepers Creepers', followed by the movie 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'.
Sundance -
[7AM] 'No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon' (Documentary);
[8AM] 'Marathon' (World Cinema);
[9:25AM] 'How to Get Ahead in Advertising' (Feature);
[11AM] 'Gaudi Afternoon' (Feature);
[12:30PM] 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant' (Feature);
[2:40PM] 'Gravel' (Short);
[3PM] 'Rififi' (Feature);
[5PM] 'No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon' (Documentary);
[6PM] 'Our House: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay and Lesbian Parents' (Documentary);
[7PM] 'Marathon' (World Cinema);
[8:30PM] 'Go Fish' (Feature);
[10PM] 'Margaret Cho's Revolution' (Documentary);
[11:30PM] 'The Fluffer' (Feature);
[12:30AM] 'Read My Lips' (Feature);
[2:30AM] 'La Haine' (Feature);
[4:10AM] 'Butterfly Kiss' (World Cinema);
[5:35AM] 'Catching Out' (Documentary). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM spends the afternoon with a mini-tribute to
Ronald Reagan, and buries a small treasure,
'Patterns' (1956)
written by the great Rod Serling, in the wee hours of the morning.
[7am] 'Festival of Shorts #33' (2000);
[7:30am] 'Stagecoach' (1939);
[9:30am] 'Dawn At Socorro' (1954);
[11am] 'High Noon' (1952);
[12:30pm] 'The Last Outpost' (1951);
[2pm] 'Desperate Journey' (1942);
[4pm] 'Kings Row' (1942)
[6:15 pm] 'Stallion Road' (1947);
[8pm] 'The Goodbye Girl' (1977);
[10pm] 'A Thousand Clowns' (1965);
[12:15am] 'The Apartment' (1960);
[2:30 am] 'Sunday In New York' (1964);
[4:30am] 'Patterns' (1956). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Friday - 06/25
TCM runs away with the circus, then later, plays chess with Death, followed by Mrs. Danvers laughing madly as Mandalay burns.
[6am] 'The Circus' (1928) SILENT ;
[7:15am] 'The Circus Clown' (1934);
[8:30am] 'Polly Of The Circus' (1932);
[9:45am] 'Freaks' (1932);
[11am] 'O'shaughnessy's Boy' (1935);
[12:30pm] 'The Wagons Roll At Night' (1941);
[2pm] 'Carnival Story' (1954);
[4pm] 'Billy Rose's Jumbo' (1962);
[6:15pm] '7 Faces of Dr. Lao' (1964);
[8pm] 'The Man Who Would Be King' (1975);
[10:15pm] 'The Long, Long Trailer' (1954);
[12am] 'The Reluctant Debutante' (1958);
[2am] 'The Seventh Seal' (1957);
[3:45 am 'Rebecca' (1940). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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Brian May, left, and Roger Taylor, right, founding members of the rock group Queen are joined by writer and director Ben Elton, center, during a news conference Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The event was to promote 'We Will Rock You,' the show which has been a hit in London and will bypass Broadway to open in August in Las Vegas at the Paris.
Photo by Joe Cavaretta
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The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
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Stars to Raise Millions
John Kerry
Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond will sing together for the first time in 24 years on Thursday, bringing not flowers but millions of dollars for Democrat John Kerry's U.S. presidential campaign.
The Los Angeles concert on Thursday, and a concert in New York on July 8 featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Bon Jovi, the Dave Matthews Band and Mary J. Blige, are expected to raise about $10 million for Kerry's coffers. Ticket prices range from $250 to $25,000 a seat.
The Los Angeles line-up also includes veteran country singer Willie Nelson, comic actor Billy Crystal and appearances by Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck.
The two shows were originally scheduled for early June but were called off because of the death of former President Ronald Reagan and Kerry's decision to suspend campaigning.
James Taylor, Bette Midler and actor Robin Williams were among the original artists who were unable to rearrange their schedules. Organizers said Sheryl Crow and Stevie Wonder were among those who wanted to perform but were committed elsewhere.
John Kerry
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Dem Screening in D.C.
'Fahrenheit 9/11'
Michael Moore introduced his Bush-bashing documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," to the nation's capital on Wednesday in a private screening for a nearly all-Democratic audience.
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota and California Sen. Barbara Boxer were among the 800 invited guests. Actress Sally Field also planned to join Moore for the red-carpet premiere.
The two-hour film depicts resident Bush as lazy and oblivious to warnings in the summer of 2001 that al-Qaida was poised to strike. It also accuses the administration of manipulating the Sept. 11 attacks and fanning terrorism fears to win support for the Iraq war.
'Fahrenheit 9/11'
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Members of Act Up hold up signs during a protest as resident Bush's motorcade drives by following his visit to the Greater Exodus Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 23, 2004. Bush, on a fund-raising trip to Pennsylvania, said Wednesday he will commit more money to a program for delivering medications to people with HIV and AIDS.
Photo by Bradley C. Bower
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Clinton Book Breaks Records
'My Life'
He's no Harry Potter, but Bill Clinton is still a record breaker. Clinton's "My Life" sold more than 400,000 copies in the United States on in its first day of release, the most ever for a nonfiction book and double the believed previous record holder, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's "Living History."
Bill Clinton's publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, announced an additional printing of 725,000 copies, bringing the total to 2.25 million. More printings are likely.
Clinton's book has topped the Amazon.com best seller list in the United States, England, France and Japan. The audio book, an abridged version read by Clinton, sold 35,000 copies in the United States, also a first-day record.
'My Life'
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College Dropout Now a 'Dr.'
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's lyrics have been taught in universities and debated at academic conferences. Not bad for a college dropout who railed, in "Tombstone Blues" against too much "useless and pointless knowledge."
Well, the times they are a-changin'. Dylan, dressed in a black academic gown, was awarded an honorary doctorate Wednesday by Scotland's oldest university.
The University of St. Andrews said it was making Dylan, 63, an honorary Doctor of Music in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to musical and literary culture."
Dylan, who received his doctorate alongside Harvard philosopher Hilary Putnam and biologist Cheryll Tickle, arrived 50 minutes into the 90-minute ceremony and did not address the audience of 180 graduating students and their relatives. But his silent - and sometimes yawning - presence onstage brought a strong dose of star power to the university's wood-paneled Younger Hall.
Bob Dylan
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In Running for Sexiest Newscaster
Andy Rooney
Many words come to mind when describing Andy Rooney. Opinionated. Cranky. Curmudgeonly. Sexy? Perhaps.
The 85-year-old "60 Minutes" commentator is among the candidates on Playgirl magazine's online ballot for sexiest TV newscaster.
Among the 18 men on the list: CNN's Bill Hemmer, MSNBC's Lester Holt and Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith. The "big three" network anchors - Peter Jennings from ABC, Dan Rather from CBS and Tom Brokaw from NBC - also are on the ballot.
Voters can click onto www.playgirlmag.com. The winner will be announced in September and profiled in the magazine's October issue - with his clothes on. Playgirl also will make a contribution to a charity of the winner's choice.
Andy Rooney
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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
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'Scrubs' Star's Film Wins Festival Award
Zach Braff
A record 20,000 people who attended the fifth annual Maui Film Festival honored Zach Braff's "Garden State" with the award for best feature film.
Braff, who plays Dr. John "J.D." Dorian on the NBC series "Scrubs," accepted the award as the five-day festival concluded over the weekend.
"Garden State," scheduled for release in theaters July 30, is Braff's directorial debut. He also wrote the screenplay.
Zach Braff
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Disney unveils four new 37-cent U.S. postage stamps featuring Disney characters at a ceremony in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, June 23, 2004.
Photo by Nick Ut
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Wins More Than $500G on Jeopardy
Ken Jennings
A Utah man is the new Jeopardy! king, having pocketed more than a half-million dollars during a dominating 16-show run on the quiz show.
Ken Jennings was seen on his 16th straight Jeopardy! episode Wednesday, winning once again to bring his total winnings to $512,959.
Jennings is no stranger to the world of quick quiz. He was a member of Brigham Young University's successful College Bowl team in the 1990s. Jennings also edits literature and mythology questions for the National Academic Quiz Tournament.
Ken Jennings
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Prices Hit All-Time High
Movie Tickets
The cost of going to the movies hit an all-time high last year as the construction boom in plush multiplex cinemas continued to push up ticket prices, according to research on Wednesday.
The global average ticket price in 2003 was $5.20, up 4.8 percent in local currency terms.
At 1,252 yen -- $10.80 in 2003 average currency terms -- Japanese ticket prices were the most dear. Rounding out the top five were Switzerland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Britain ranked tenth.
In the United States, the largest movie-going market, average ticket prices rose for a 10th straight year to $6.04, climbing 45 percent over the decade, Screen Digest said.
Movie Tickets
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Formerly 'The Vidiot'
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Returning to Vegas After 9 Years
Joan Rivers
Comedian and celebrity fashion critic Joan Rivers will return to Sin City for the first time in nine years, appearing for four nights at the Stardust hotel-casino.
Rivers will be performing her "Can We Talk?" routine, a candid discussion about everyday life. The four-night engagement begins Wednesday.
Joan Rivers
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The leader of the Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, center, seen during a service inside Moscow's giant Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Wednesday, June 23, 2004, with the icon of the Virgin Mary of Tikhvin at right. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the return of the revered icon of the Holy Mother after decades in the United States.
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U.S. Biker Sets Record
'Iron-Butt'
A U.S. motorcyclist made the 5,632-mile trek from the northernmost road in Alaska to the southernmost tip of Florida in 100 hours and set a transcontinental record certified by the "Iron Butt Association" of bike enthusiasts.
"I'm a little tired ... a little bit bruised," biker Gary Eagan said by phone from Key West, Florida, on Tuesday, a day after finishing the journey on his Ducati Multistrada.
He bested the old transcontinental "Iron Butt" record of 114 hours and 49 minutes, set last year by a BMW rider from Maryland.
Eagan said he endured suspicious border patrol agents, traffic snarls and torrential thunderstorms but completed the trek without any speeding tickets.
'Iron-Butt'
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Two Spins on What Happened
Tommy Lee
There's plenty of spin about what happened at the Bellagio's Light nightclub when former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was spinning the tunes. Sean Christie, the club's director of marketing, said Lee had to be removed by security officers, but Lee's manager said the 41-year-old drummer walked out of Sunday's show.
Lee was there for a disc-jockey gig during a Father's Day party, Christie told the Las Vegas Sun in Tuesday's editions.
"He was playing lousy music," Christie said. "We told him to wrap up his set and make a graceful exit. When he refused, we said we would just pull the plug on him, which is what we ended up doing."
In a statement Wednesday, Lee's manager, Carl Stubner, said, "Tommy walked out of the venue (with his personal security helping him with his gear) after 30 minutes into the show since it was clear that the `club' management wanted him to play top 40 hip-hop tunes for their lounge."
Tommy Lee
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Donating 16 Mm Films
St. Louis Schools
With celluloid made obsolete by video and DVDs, the St. Louis school system is donating to a group of cinema buffs 2,100 educational films from the days when one lucky kid in the classroom would get the privilege of running the whirling, clacking projector.
The entire collection of 16-millimeter films will go to the nonprofit Academic Film Archive of North America. Among the titles: "Marijuana," an anti-drug flick narrated by Sonny Bono, and "Beware of Strangers," featuring Bill Cosby's cartoon character Fat Albert.
The collection is about 50 years old and consists of around 6,000 reels. The move comes months after the cash-strapped school system's audiovisual department - believed to be the nation's oldest, dating to shortly after the 1904 World's Fair in the city - was ordered scrapped.
St. Louis Schools
Academic Film Archive of North America
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Sraight Outta Long Beach
'Patriot Act Abuses Plain'
Reader Peter Alvarez says John Ashcroft "is probably the most qualified attorney general this country has ever had."
He said this in a letter to our editor Thursday, and challenged me to provide "examples of abuses involving the Patriot Act."
While Ashcroft does not share the Justice Department's case files with me, I still must wonder, Mr. Alvarez, what planet you have been living on.
Where were you these past three years while, amid considerable publicity, our government was imprisoning people without making charges against them, holding them without trials, and not allowing them to talk to attorneys?
Where were you when, only six weeks after 9/11, the Congress made it legal to search your prescriptions, e-mails, bank and library records not because you are a suspicious person, but because someone who sent you an e-mail may be deemed a suspicious person?
For the rest, Tom Hennessy - 'Patriot Act Abuses Plain'
This was in the local fishwrap, the Long Beach Press-Telegram - a newspaper that tends to make 'Faux' seem 'fair & balanced,' if not liberal. So far as I'm concerned, the comics, the Sunday TV Guide, & Tom Hennessy are the only parts worth reading.
This as a good sign - the 'elephant in the living room' is finally being acknowledged in these parts - AFT!
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A spring peeper frog found in West Virginia is shown on a leaf in this undated photo provided by the Division of Natural Resources. Throughout the spring, volunteers will be fanning across West Virginia's wetlands and woodlands to listen for the mating calls of frogs, trying to determine whether populations are on the rise or fall.
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