In like fashion of all music, mashups sprawl across a wide strath of genres. The gentler the melody, the more often the listen is a time-tested notion. It certainly rings true with the bootlegged craftings of
Bobby Martini. From early on in his releases, his adept manner with appealing tunes has been evident, & quite the lure for his growing following. This is best proven by mentioning the now-7 pages of tracks on his website.
www.bobbymartini.co.uk/
In the span of deuce years The Martini-ster has produced a large body of great pieces, some wonderful long bootleg mixes, & also video versions of his tracks. Listeners of Sirius Satellite Radio and BFBS Radio have been treated to his work, leading to the Sun newspaper voting him one of the best mashup artists. If memory serves, I saw he made the Toronto Star Anti-Hit List a few times as well. A significant achievement for any artist.
The enduring mashup podcast ( www.ramdomthoughts.co.uk ) has featured exclusives from Bobby's software many times. With the upcoming 100th episode anniversary of the show, I expect we'll receive another exclusive soon. Even more honors have been bestowed upon him, but I'll cease before he blushes away entirely.
Fresh off the success of his recent 4-track bootleg Peter Gabriel "Mercy Street" ep, he's not let up & instead delivered "Makes Me Wonder Of This Ain't Love" (Maroon 5 vs Spiller & Sophie Bextor). I was still reeling from "Mercy For The Scientist" (Peter Gabriel vs Coldplay vs Pink) & "Spellbound In Mercy Street" (Peter Gabriel vs Siouxsie & the Banshees). With the many extra appearances on Mashup compilations like the recent "Too Busy Thinking About The Magnificent Seven" from "This One's For Joe: A Joe Strummer Tribute" ( www.mutantpop.net/strummer/ ), we're certain to get a new track from Mr. Martini soon.
One last piece of good news about Bobby M. He's giving me an interview to be run next week! This gives you seven days to catch up on his music & then you get to 'meet the man'. We're in for a treat, so catch the beat, in a week we'll meet & you'll say alreet!
Jim Hightower: THE SHIFTINESS OF TOY MORALITY (jimhightower.com)
Remember last fall when the top honchos of toy corporations were rushing to the media with tug-at-your-heart promises that they would get the lead out of the playthings they were importing from China?
Medical confessions (guardian.co.uk)
Ever wondered if doctors are frightened of catching what you've got? What their notes really mean? Or how to get round their receptionist? We asked five doctors to spill the beans.
Michael Hamersly: "Interview with your vampire: Marilyn Manson" (McClatchy Newspapers; Posted on popmatters.com)
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson has endured more than his share of controversy-and no one could be happier about that than he is. The self-described "Antichrist Superstar," who briefly attended Broward Community College back when he still answered to the name Brian Hugh Warner, has always maintained that his outrageousness is in part a calculated effort to provoke the mainstream.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Children (athensnews.com)
Mem Fox, an Australian children's book author, has had some interesting experiences with very young people. After Mem had published her very first book, "Possum Magic," and had not yet published a second book, one small girl held her hand and told her, "I've got all your books at home." And when Mem traveled to an isolated school on the west coast of South Australia, a small boy asked her if she had really written "Possum Magic." She admitted the fact, and he sighed and said, "I'm sick of 'Possum Magic.'"
mj was first, and correct, writing:
Suicide is Painless, as it brings on many changes. You can take or leave it if you please. Yes, I do know most of the words (well all of them, but I sometimes get the verses out of order). Got really drunk and sang it at a party once.
It was sung as the background to the scene where the Painless Pole (played by John Shuck) committed "suicide" because he believed he was gay and couldn't disappoint his three fiances back home.
Gary in Schenectady was second with:
Suicide is painless.
I am not sure of the artist. MASH is still one of my
favorite shows.
Angelo replied:
"Suicide Is Painless"
Joe S ("When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another."
--Alan Alda) wrote:
The answer is, Suicide is Painless. I'll take their word for it. I hope I'm first today, I couldn't sleep so I got up and turned on my computer. It's the only chance I'll ever have to be first.
Baron Dave ("It's hard to know a man who's chasing you around with a rubber chicken."
-- Ted Baxter, The Mary Tyler Moore Show) said:
"Suicide is Painless", after Painless the Dentist (John Schuck) in the movie.
Chipshot responded:
Having seen the movie back in the late 60s/early 70s, I know that "Suicide is Painless" is the theme song to M*A*S*H.
By the way, when I was in Vietnam in 1972, an airman in my barracks attempted suicide without the expert assistance of medical professionals, and I can assure you it most definitely was not painless for him, especially when, after his recovery, he was court-martialed and given a dishonorable discharge.
Rob A got it:
"Suicide is painless", At least that is the lyric that sticks in my head.
Colby in Frostproof answered:
The song is called "Suicide is Painless".
BadtotheboneBob wrote:
Suicide is painless... I spent 1971 to 1975 in the Army Medical Corps mainly at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX and the MASH mentality was everywhere. We certainly did our jobs well, but had a damn fun time doing it, I'm tellin' ya. Great off-duty parties, too. I saw Led Zeppelin while there March 23, 1973 at the old Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio. Out-frickin'-standing concert... Take that, Bart!
Jimm in Texas replied:
"Suicide is Easy" In M*A*S*H the movie, they were trying to keep one of the guy's from committing suicide.
Kurt S ("When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." -- Jimi Hendrix | "If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you."
-- Don Marquis | "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
~Albert Einstein) wrote:
suicide is painless
The movie actually has the lyrics sung.
Rob & Ann said:
Suicide is painless
S. Bennett responded:
Suicide Is Painless
But only after the first second which really really hurts.
Vic In Alaska added:
If I remember right (and my memory IS running away) it was "Suicide is Painless" and the words were written by the son of the producer of the movie and was even sung in the movie M*A*S*H when the dentist wants to kill himself..gotta confess I received the M*A*S*H trivia game years ago and was undefeated ( he says bragging his ass off)..YUP just looked it up and sure enough
THE SCENE: Capt. Walter Kosciusko "Painless Pole" Waldowski - the best equipped dentist in the army - has decided his womanizing is merely a cover-up for homosexuality. Feeling he has nothing to live for, he can see only one way out: suicide. Painless seeks out his surgical friends for a quick and easy method. "Black capsule!" says Trapper John. Painless wonders if it will really work but is assured by Trapper, "It worked for Hitler and Eva Braun."
So the stage is set for the Last Supper. Painless consumes his Black Capsule and lies down in his coffin. At this Private Seidman, accompanied by guitar, begins to sing:
"Suicide is Painless"
Music by Johnny Mandel
Lyrics by Mike Altman
(Lyrics in red are ones sung in the movie)
Through early morning fog I see
visions of the things to be
the pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see...
[REFRAIN]
That suicide is painless
it brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
and to my pal Sal...Got "home" to Alaska on Dec. 28th..."just in time" Doc says...after he found out my aggressive Parkinson's is caused by a defect in my brain. So i'll keep doing the trivia as long as I can...gotta keep my mind sharp to avoid being predated on by our urban Ursidae and Canis Lupus!!! And if anyone wants to visit the Great-Land..C'mon Up!!!
Charlie answered:
"Suicide is Painless"
I suppose that depends...
Chuck replied:
"Suicide is Painless" theme song from M.A.S.H., one of the better theme songs ever written.
billy said:
Suicide is painless.
I think Loudon Wainright sang it, and occasionally appeared on the show.
Mike M wrote:
Suicide is painless, penned by the director Robert Altman's son, if I am
not mistaken.
Love your compilations; I wake up to BC Entertainment. Keep up the good
work
Nancy replied:
Suicide is Painless
Bruce S answered:
Suicide is Painless
bebo nailed it with:
this is a gimme. suicide is painless.
Tony In Philly said:
"Suicide Is Painless"
Bill W replied:
M.A.S.H. theme song
is titled "Suicide is Painless" performed by Loudon Wainwright IV, I
believe.
Steve responded:
"Suicide is Painless." by Johnny Mandel. The best version was in the theatrical rerelease in 1972, played by Ahmad Jamal, it really kicks ass.
Dave in Tucson wrote:
Suicide is Painless
It brings on so many changes...
stevie g replied:
Suicide is painless
Robert C answered:
Suicide is Painless
MAM said:
It is "Suicide is Painless"!
Alan J, in his usual succinct manner, responded:
Suicide Is Painless
Sally replied:
The theme song from "MASH" is: "Suicide is Painless." I used to know the words but since I'm having a bout of, "CRS" (can't remember sh*t) can't recall the lyrics just now...
PS Guess I'm a bit verclamped today. I took the precious grandson and his, "best friend" (both age 8) into the city to see the, "Ticker tape" (toilet paper) Parade for the Giants this morning! We left his house at 8 AM, got into the city about 9, had breakfast, and found a lamp post on which the boys could climb in order to better see - right on Bwd'y near City Hall Park.
I went there because the crowd was all down at the start of the parade - having done several, "Macy's Parades," I know the ropes.
The crowd was SO psyched it wasn't funny. NO political buttons, just a sea of Giant Blue as far as your eyes could see. When the players finally came by, the crowd went crazy. Then, believe it of not, most of the players jumped down from the flatbed truck and went out to "meet and greet" the fans! It was pandemonium! Even with the sharpshooters, quite visible on the ledges and roof's of the tall buildings, the police and security were ballistic.
The fans LOVED it!
As we followed the parade up to the park (for the ceremony) security men began to hand the players their kids - and these huge, gristly guys were terrific with the children. We could hear Tina Turner's, "Simply The Best" blaring from the Park speakers, and got a pretty good standing spot to see the Mayor, Governor, Team owners, yada, yada. Finally, Whoopi Goldberg came out - she said: "I want to thank the New York Giants for taking our mind's off ugly politics. I want to thank the New York Giants for taking our mind's of the taint on sports!" NY'ers Love Whoopi!
When the football guys came on stage, more screaming and cheering - I actually hugged strangers there! Then, it began to rain. I had the boys put on their rain gear, but unfortunately, they looked just like a million other boys, so I decided it was best to get them home (where they are sleeping on my couch right now - dead to the world) until Mom picks them up after work. Too bad I didn't bring my camera, but I had to be on my toes to watch the boys in that kind of a crowd.
Marty, after seeing and experiencing the pure joy rippling thru the streets, busses, subways, and the entire city today, I say: "If any city deserves this win it's NYC!" Had you been here after 9/11 (I was living in CO then, but came to NY for the birth of my granddaughter and stayed the month's of Dec and Jan 2001/2) I tell you, with all the security walking the streets, memorials all around the place, vendors hawking WTC crap - and the fear in people's eyes - it was not the place to be.
But, was it different today? You betcha!
"GO GIANTS GO!"
This, from a non-football fan too! Now the Giants are back in New Jersey where they actually play (you understand). Hmmm, maybe we can do the Meadowlands tonight, hahaha!
Kelly said:
MASH Theme Song: Suicide is Painless
So what do I win?
Jim D wrote:
Suicide is painless
Heilan answered:
The theme song to M.A.S.H. is Suicide is Painless (the dentist's name in the movie is Painless).
Marian the Teacher was correct with:
Suicide is Painless. Love the song.
Joe O' replied:
That would be Suicide Is Painless. In the film version it had lyrics.
What do I win? :-P
Walt said:
Theme song to MASH is "Suicide is Painless" written by the original movie
director's son if I recall correctly.
And, vb responded:
The theme from MASH was "Suicide Is Painless by Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman. Altman, who wrote the lyrics, was the son of Director Robert Altman, and was 14 or 15 years old when he co-wrote it.
My computer is acting up - it turns itself off and reboots.
No warning, just a black screen, then the reboot, and *poof*, there goes everything I was in the middle of. It's not been a fun day. Or night.
If I had the time, I'd cry.
Tonight, Wednesday:
CBS starts the night with a RERUN'2½ Men', followed by a RERUN'Big Bang', then a RERUN'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The 3rd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Eli Manning, Vince Vaughn, and A Fine Frenzy
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Bradley Whitford, Lake Bell, and Cynthia Littleton.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', then a FRESH'Law & Order'.
Leno is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
Conan is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
Carson 'The Scab' Daly is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'Wife Swap', followed by a FRESH'Supernanny', then a FRESH'Cashmere Mafia'.
Jimmy Kimmel is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
The CW offers a FRESH'America's Next Top Model', followed by a RERUN'One Tree Hill'.
Faux has a FRESH'American Idol', followed by a FRESH'Moment Of Truth'.
MY has 'Whacked Out Videos', another 'Whacked Out Videos', and 'Masters Of Illusion: Impossible Magic'.
AMC offers the movie 'Lionheart', followed by the movie 'Sniper', then the movie 'Iron Eagle'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House;
[1:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 8 Clarke;
[2:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 31 Kedleston 47;
[2:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 32 Kedleston 46;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9;
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 3;
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 4;
[5:00 PM] My Family - Ep 6 And other Animals;
[5:30 PM] Coupling - Ep 9 The End of the Line;
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[8:00 PM] Dancing with the Stars - Episode 5;
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[11:00 PM] Dancing with the Stars - Episode 5;
[1:00 AM] Coupling - Ep. 6 The Cupboard of Patrick's Love;
[1:40 AM] The Catherine Tate Show - Episode 3;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link- Episode 11;
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep.1 Liverpool;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 16 Cricket;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 31 Kedleston 47;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 32 Kedleston 46;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 40 Boyle;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 41 Mayhew;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and a FRESH'Reno 911!'.
Jon Stewart is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
Colbert Report is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
FX has the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', followed by the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', then the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', again.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'MonsterQuest', and 'UFO Hunters'.
IFC -
[07:40 AM] IFC Short Film Showcase;
[08:40 AM] Marvin's Room;
[10:25 AM] The Barbarian Invasions;
[12:15 PM] Seed;
[01:40 PM] Casa de los Babys;
[03:20 PM] Marvin's Room;
[05:05 PM] Seed;
[06:30 PM] Blood Guts Bullets & Octane;
[08:00 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know #109;
[08:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know #110;
[09:00 PM] The Prophecy;
[10:45 PM] Suicide Kings;
[12:35 AM] Dinner For Five #50;
[01:05 AM] The Prophecy;
[02:45 AM] Suicide Kings;
[04:40 AM] Blood Guts Bullets & Octane. (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunters', 'Ghost Hunters International', and 'UFO Hunters'.
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers;
[09:00 AM] Mike Myers + Deepak Chopra;
[10:00 AM] Darwin's Nightmare;
[12:00 PM] Breathless (1960);
[01:30 PM] Help!;
[03:15 PM] Household Saints;
[05:30 PM] Live-In Maid;
[07:00 PM] Episode 4;
[07:30 PM] Karl Lagerfeld is Never Happy Anyway;
[08:30 PM] Adam & Paul;
[10:00 PM] A Good Woman;
[11:45 PM] Stronger;
[12:00 AM] Mike Myers + Deepak Chopra;
[01:00 AM] Episode 1;
[01:30 AM] Help!;
[03:15 AM] In Short: Festival 9;
[04:00 AM] Episode 2;
[05:30 AM] Language Does Not Lie. (ALL TIMES EST)
Pete Fountain plays the clarinet as he leads his Half Fast Walking Club Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Carnival revelers were greeted with warm weather for Fat Tuesday.
Photo by Alex Brandon
With teleprompters emptied by the writers strike, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been transformed into a bloodthirsty, if well-dressed mob.
The trio appeared on each other's late-night TV shows Monday in a mock feud over who "made" Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.
The fight began weeks ago, when O'Brien claimed responsibility for any success of Huckabee's campaign after the former Arkansas governor appeared on his "Late Night" show. Colbert took offense, having frequently touted the effect of the "Colbert bump" in the polls.
Debating - as Colbert called it - the "transitive property of Huckabee," Stewart was eventually roped in, having hosted O'Brien on his MTV program "The Jon Stewart Show" in 1994.
Guests at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar nominees luncheon, best actor nominee George Clooney (C) with best supporting actor nominees Casey Affleck (L) and Spanish actor Javier Bardem, pose together in Beverly Hills prior to the luncheon February 4, 2008.
Photo by Todd Wawrychuk
Less than a week after being sworn in as a U.S. citizen, Craig Ferguson learned he'll be telling jokes to resident Bush.
The CBS "Late Late Show" host revealed Tuesday that he's been booked as the entertainer at the annual White House correspondents' dinner in Washington, scheduled April 26.
Ferguson, a Scotsman, recently passed an American citizenship test and was formally sworn in Friday. For his late-night viewers, he described the correspondents' dinner as "like the Oscars for politicians."
He left Universal Studios more than a decade ago, but thanks to his protege, Steven Spielberg, he'll always have a place on the Universal lot.
Sheinberg Place, named for veteran studio executive Sid Sheinberg, was dedicated Monday at a ceremony honoring the former studio chief. Among those in attendance were Dreamworks SKG founders David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Spielberg.
The former studio chief, who left Universal in 1995, said he stays "modestly involved" in the film business through his production company. But most of his time these days is spent working with Human Rights Watch and other international humanitarian organizations. He said he rarely has time to visit the studio lot he ran for more than 20 years.
Saying Barack Obama embodies political hope absent since Robert Kennedy was slain 40 years ago, three surviving members of the Grateful Dead rock band reunited on Monday for the first time in four years to back the presidential candidate.
"Every few generations a guy like this comes along," drummer Mickey Hart told a news conference a day before California's primary, in which Obama, a senator from Illinois, faces New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. "It seems like desperate times and we're desperate people."
At a San Francisco concert in front of 2,400 fans, singer-guitarist Bob Weir, 60, said the band had never before, performed on behalf of a presidential candidate, although they have often embraced liberal social causes.
"The last time hope was in the air, it was ended by a bullet," Weir said, referring to Kennedy, who was assassinated on the night he won the California Democratic primary in 1968. "We've been reluctant to do political events all along."
In this photo provided by Peroni Italy, musicians Rick Nielsen, left, and Joan Jett arrive backstage at the John Varvatos fall 2008 fashion show in New York, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
Photo by Marion Curtis
Woody Allen has found a partner in Spain. Producer-distributor Mediapro has signed a pact to finance and co-produce three Allen films during a three-year period beginning in 2009. His sister Letty Aronson's Gravier Prods. also will produce.
Allen's upcoming romantic comedy-drama "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" was shot in Spain and financed and co-produced by Spain-based Mediapro. The Weinstein Co. recently picked up North American rights to the film.
In recent years, Allen often has gone (and filmed) where the money is, traveling from his New York home base to the U.K. for the BBC Films productions "Match Point" and "Scoop" and to Spain for "Barcelona." Shooting locations for the Mediapro projects have not yet been determined
A federal judge has reduced by more than half the amount of damages that a fundamentalist Kansas church must pay to the father of a Marine who was killed in Iraq.
The Westboro Baptist Church and three of its members, who picket military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality, must pay Albert Snyder damages of $5 million for emotional distress and invasion of privacy, U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett ruled Monday. The original jury award in October was $10.9 million.
Snyder sued the Topeka, Kan., church after a 2006 demonstration at the Maryland funeral of his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder. He claimed the demonstration intruded upon what should have been a private ceremony and sullied his memory of the event.
A jury agreed, and in October found the church and three of its leaders - Fred Phelps and his two daughters, Shirley Phelps-Roper and Rebekah Phelps-Davis - liable for invasion of privacy and intent to inflict emotional distress.
Actor Harry Dean Stanton poses as he arrives at a party hosted by Chopard honoring French Academy Award nominee Marion Cotillard at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, California February 4, 2008.
Photo by Fred Prouser
More than four years after his death, John Ritter's relatives are taking their $67 million lawsuit to trial Tuesday, claiming the actor would have survived if two doctors had recognized his heart abnormality and not treated it as a heart attack.
The procedure for treating a heart attack is the "exact opposite" of what a patient with Ritter's condition would have undergone, according to legal papers filed by lawyers for the plaintiffs.
Defense lawyers say that Ritter's condition - aortic dissection, a tear in the aorta - mimics a heart attack and that the doctors did nothing wrong.
The trial, which begins with jury selection Tuesday in Superior Court, is expected to delve into radiology scans and the world of emergency medicine, where split-second decisions can mean life or death.
Actress Rebecca De Mornay, best known for starring opposite Tom Cruise in the hit film "Risky Business," was sentenced to three years' probation on Tuesday after pleading no contest to drunken driving.
De Mornay also was ordered by Superior Court Judge H. Chester Horn to enroll in a three-month alcohol-education program and pay fines, restitution and fees totaling more than $1,400.
De Mornay's attorney entered a no contest plea on her behalf to a single count of driving with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit. A no contest plea is the equivalent of pleading guilty under California law.
Carnival revellers dressed as a "Peliqueiros" run through a street in Spain's northwestern village of Laza February 5, 2008. "Peliqueiros", or ancient tax collectors, pursued villagers through the streets ringing their cowbells and hitting villagers with their sticks.
Photo by Miguel Vidal
Boxoffice comeback champ Sylvester Stallone has inked a lucrative deal to direct and star in two action films with "Rambo" producers Danny Dimbort,
Several scripts are being considered for follow-ups to his surprise hit sequels to "First Blood" and "Rocky." With Nu Image/Millennium's new Writers Guild of America interim deal speeding up the process, the first script is expected to be ready by the fall, with production set to begin shortly thereafter.
Stallone will produce the films with Kevin King-Templeton and Lerner. Dimbort, Short and Boaz Davidson will serve as executive producers.
Yankee fans won't like it, Red Sox fans won't like it and Rudy Giuliani certainly won't like it. When Topps baseball cards hit the stores this week, about one in every 70 packs will include a picture of Giuliani, fist raised in victory, celebrating with the Sox on the field after their World Series win.
Giuliani wasn't really there, of course. For years, the former New York City mayor has been known as a die-hard Yankee fan. But he did alienate some Yankee fans by declaring in October that he was rooting for the Sox in the Series - "I'm an American league fan," he said - and Topps ran with the idea.
"We took that and thought it would make for a funny card, since the Red Sox won," said Clay Luraschi, baseball brand manager for The Topps Co. "We thought, let's put him in the championship dog pile."
Giuliani - who also appeared, by himself, on a 2004 Topps card - was not consulted about the new card, Luraschi said. Messages left Tuesday at Giuliani's campaign and work numbers were not immediately returned.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old.
Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mind control that Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gained medical respectability.
He began teaching TM in 1955 and brought the technique to the United States in 1959. But the movement really took off after the Beatles visited his ashram in India in 1968, although he had a famous falling out with the rock stars when he discovered them using drugs at his Himalayan retreat.
Maharishi's roster of famous meditators ran from The Rolling Stones to Clint Eastwood and new age preacher Deepak Chopra.
Maharishi was born Mahesh Srivastava in central India, reportedly on Jan. 12, 1917 - though he refused to confirm the date or discuss his early life.
He studied physics at Allahabad University before becoming secretary to a well known Hindu holy man. After the death of his teacher, Maharishi went into a nomadic two-year retreat of silence in the Himalayan foothills of northern India.
With his background in physics, he brought his message to the West in a language that mixed the occult and science that became the buzz of college campuses. He described TM as "the unified field of all the laws of nature."
Three 39 days-old white tigers are presented at the Metropolitan Zoo in Santiago, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. Luna, a captive tiger not pictured, gave birth to two males and one female last Dec. 28, 2007.
Photo by Santiago Llanquin
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