My pal, Powerkon, is an up & coming bootlegger who
specializes in mashups. He's recently
come into his own with some mighty popular
tracks. Having fought & scratched his way to
some well-deserved success, he was basking in the
results of his efforts by performing a
moogle search, when he came upon a page of tracks which
featured his biggest cut,
"Chocolate's Song". Only one little snag got in in the
way of his happiness-
HIS TRACK WAS CREDITED TO SOMEONE ELSE!
This someone else had his own website, complete with
a fine grouping of boots, &
membership in the most prestigious bootleg site. This
new 'mixer', called Bookhellish, had
taken it upon himself to appropriate Powerkon's
track, change the credits & post it on
his site as if HE were the actual
maker, apparently, operating under the theory that lying
makes something true.(!) Boldly claiming on his
site. "My album 'Bookhellish-
Apprearing Offline' (sic) is a mixture of both original
and remixed works... Tracks 1-8
are original tracks and tracks 9-18 are
remixed/bootleged tracks and are all created
by myself."
Powerkon pondered "I suppose it's a compliment (in
a way), but, when people hear the
boot I want them to associate it with me. I assume
there is nothing I can do about it."
Words of wisdom in this case, since the original
artists retain all copyright claim
to their material, even if you cut & paste it up & add
some vocals from someone else. Left
with no viable alternatives, Powerkon posted a notice
in a mixers' forum to let folks
know there's someone claiming responsibility for his
work. Powerkon also mentioned how
tracks by DJ's Shmivester, Clolli, & Knifer had turned
up on Bookhellish's site, for indeed,
the cad had not restricted himself to one persons'
work, but lots by multiple mixers.
DJ Peapodking heard of the matter & opined,"I've had
many people claim my mixes
to be theirs. I've found the best thing to do is to
have a strong internet presence such
as having your tunes blogged about on 'hyspace', other
blog sites and established
websites. I've had people stumble upon mixes which were
claimed by others, but then
realized they were actually mine."
Nothing further than a bit of public humiliation
awaits Bookhellish.Powerkon has moved on
to make new tracks. The world turns on, but a cloud of
suspicion hangs over the accused's
head. Are any of the posted tracks on his site actually
created by him? Powerkon wrote him
to announce that he was busted & offered the following
statement in addition," I sent him
a private online message on Nultiply, thanking him for
the compliment. Then I asked if the
pic of his dog on there was really his dog or did he
nick that as well!?!
Joshua Green: They Won't Know What Hit Them (theatlantic.com)
The software mogul Tim Gill has a mission: Stop the Rick Santorums of tomorrow before they get started. How a network of gay political donors is stealthily fighting sexual discrimination and reshaping American politics
George Lakoff: Framing, Death, and Democracy (rockridgeinstitute.org)
We live in a time when comedians outdo pundits. Here's Jay Leno: "President Bush is expected to announce that he is now sending more troops to Iraq, despite the fact that his generals, his military analysts, members of Congress, and most of the American people are against the idea. The reason he is doing it? To give Iraq a government that responds to the will of the people."
This is the actual turnoff from Banff to the # l highway to Calgary.
They built the animals (especially the elk) their own crossing because this was where their natural crossing was. After the higway was built, there were far too many accidents. It didn't take the animals long to learn that this was their road.
MAM
Thanks, Marianne!
I grew up in Elk County, but never saw that many in one location.
Purple Gene's review of the Crime of the Century….The Heist of the Maltese Falcon:
THE BIRD IS GONE….AGAIN !
It happened last night in San Francisco….the famous figurine from the classic movie "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) was stolen in the dark of the night from John's Grill over on Ellis Street. Yeah…that's right….some shady character has done the unspeakable….
WHERE'S SAM SPADE…WHEN WE NEED HIM ?
Well I can tell you, if Bogie were here, he'd be on the case…chasin' the rat down in the back alleys behind Market Street…..out to the docks…and maybe up Coit Tower.
This theft is straight out of a book written by Dashiell Hammett…the fabled creator of Sam Spade and the man responsible for "The Thin Man" (1934) starring Myrna Loy….."Woman in the Dark (1934) starring Fay Wray and "Satan Met a Lady" (1936) starring Bette Davis. I guess he would be inspired by the recent events, to write a new installment to his Sam Spade legacy……………
But…as Bogie says at the end of "The Maltese Falcon" (as he hands Mary Astor over to the cops)…."This is the stuff dreams are made of".
Purple Gene give this recent Heist of the Maltese Falcon 10 old black and white film noir nods of approval out of 10 for helping us remember what is really important (Not what was in Anna Nicole's refrigerator when she died)
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'Jericho', followed by a FRESH'Criminal Minds', then a FRESH'CSI: The 3rd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Martha Stewart, Otto Petersen with George, and Norah Jones.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are David Hasselhoff, Richard Wiese, Tom Lennon and Ben Garant, and K.T. Tunstall.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'Friday Night Lights', followed by a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', then a FRESH'Medium'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Sports Illustrated swimsuit-issue cover model, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Drew Barrymore, Marc Maron, and Apples in Stereo.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly are Molly Sims and Low Stars.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'George Lopez', followed by a FRESH'Knights Of Properity', then a RERUN of last week's 'Lost', followed by a FRESH'Lost'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Clay Aiken, Gabrielle Union, and Madeleine Peyroux.
The CW offers the SEASON FINALE'Beauty & The Geek', followed by a FRESH'One Tree Hill'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'American Idol'.
MY has a FRESH'Wicked Wicked Games', followed by a FRESH'Watch Over Me'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', another 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The Sopranos', and more 'The Sopranos'.
AMC offers the movie 'Hidalgo', followed by the movie 'Original Sin', then the movie 'No Way Out'.
BBC -
[1:00 PM] As Time Goes By - Episode 6;
[1:40 PM] Are You Being Served? - Ep. 4 Cold Store;
[2:20 PM] Keeping Up Appearances - Episode 6;
[3:00 PM] The Benny Hill Show - Episode 44;
[4:00 PM] The Saint - Ep. 27 When Spring is Sprung;
[5:00 PM] The Avengers - Ep. 6 The Winged Avenger;
[6:00 PM] BBC World News - BBC World News;
[6:30 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 1 Ogden White;
[7:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 7 Born Free;
[8:00 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway????? - Episode 9;
[8:30 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway????? - Episode 7;
[9:00 PM] Turn Back Your Body Clock - Episode 5;
[9:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House????? - Episode 7;
[10:00 PM] The Wow Factor - Episode 5;
[11:00 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway????? - Episode 1;
[11:30 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway????? - Episode 2;
[12:00 AM] The Benny Hill Show - Episode 43;
[1:00 AM] Turn Back Your Body Clock - Episode 5;
[1:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House????? - Episode 7;
[2:00 AM] The Wow Factor - Episode 5;
[3:00 AM] Little Angels - Episode 1;
[3:40 AM] Little Angels - Episode 2;
[4:20 AM] Little Angels - Episode 3;
[5:00 AM] Teen Angels - Ep 3 Parkinson Family;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News - BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', 'Top Design', another 'Top Design', and a FRESH'Top Design'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Naked Trucker'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Ishmael Beah.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Lance Armstrong.
FX has the movie 'White Chicks', followed by the movie 'Spawn', then the movie 'Spawn', again.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'St. Valentine's Day Massacre', and another 'Modern Marvels'.
IFC -
[06:25 AM] All The Little Animals;
[08:25 AM] Media Lab Shorts Uploaded;
[08:55 AM] Ed Wood;
[11:05 AM] Unhook the Stars;
[12:55 PM] The Dancer Upstairs;
[03:15 PM] All The Little Animals;
[05:15 PM] Ed Wood;
[07:25 PM] The Big Kahuna;
[11:00 PM] But I'm a Cheerleader;
[02:30 AM] But I'm a Cheerleader;
[04:00 AM] The Big Kahuna;
[05:35 AM] Media Lab Shorts Uploaded. (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[06:05 AM] Fela Kuti - Music is the Weapon;
[07:00 AM] A Man's Gotta Do;
[08:35 AM] Dark Water;
[10:30 AM] The Grace Lee Project;
[11:45 AM] Seamless;
[01:00 PM] Imagining Argentina;
[03:00 PM] Coney Island Baby;
[04:45 PM] The Heart of Me;
[06:30 PM] Sabah;
[08:00 PM] I Want You;
[09:30 PM] IN SHORT: The Art of Seduction;
[10:00 PM] Jude;
[12:00 AM] One Punk Under God: Episode 4;
[12:30 AM] IN SHORT: The Art of Seduction;
[01:00 AM] Iconoclasts Season 2: Episode 4: Isabella Rossellini + Dean Kamen;
[02:00 AM] City of Men - Season 3: Episode 4: Hip Sampa Hop;
[02:30 AM] Monty Python's The Meaning of Life;
[04:30 AM] Fela Kuti - Music is the Weapon;
[05:30 AM] Sabah. (ALL TIMES EST)
U.S. actor and director John Waters reacts during a photo-call for his movie 'This Filthy World' at the 57th International Film Festival Berlin 'Berlinale' in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007.
Photo by Markus Schreiber
Thieves have stolen a copy of the bird statue at the heart of "The Maltese Falcon" from the San Francisco restaurant used as a setting for the 1941 film classic starring Humphrey Bogart as the rough-and-tumble private detective.
The small, black figure was swiped over the weekend along with 20 vintage books, including copies of the 1930 Dashiell Hammett novel on which the film is based.
John Konstin, whose restaurant John's Grill bills itself as the "Home of the Maltese Falcon," said the thief broke into the case displaying the statue over the weekend. Konstin is offering a $25,000 reward for the replica's return.
Actors William Baldwin (L) and Alan Cumming pose with a sample of K-Y Intrigue at an art gallery featuring 'Intrigue: The Art of Sensuality' in New York February 12, 2007. The exhibition is a mixed-media installation including paintings, photography and sculptures by contemporary artists, exploring the image and role of sensuality in modern culture.
Photo by Zack Seckler
Jane Goodall, renowned for her work on African primates, and naturalist David Attenborough will receive honorary doctorates commemorating Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus, Sweden's Uppsala University said.
The pair will receive their distinctions at the university's spring conferment ceremony on May 26, it said.
Celebrations are taking place across Sweden this year marking the 300th anniversary of Linnaeus' birth on May 23, 1707.
Middlebury College history students are no longer allowed to use Wikipedia in preparing class papers.
The school's history department recently adopted a policy that says it's OK to consult the popular online encyclopedia, but that it can't be cited as an authoritative source by students.
The policy says, in part, "Wikipedia is not an acceptable citation, even though it may lead one to a citable source."
Lauren Bacall says she doesn't believe in retirement, but after more than 60 years in movies, she's not impressed with the state of the business.
Bacall, 82, came to the Berlin film festival Tuesday to present Paul Schrader's "The Walker." She stars as one of a group of rich, influential Washington wives who are clients of a high-class escort, played by Woody Harrelson.
"I have too much energy to stop working and I don't believe in retirement," Bacall said. Making films, she added, "means to me mostly ... staying alive."
Comedy Central's brand new "The Sarah Silverman Program" and Sci Fi Channel veteran "Battlestar Galactica" will be back for additional seasons.
"Sarah Silverman," which debuted February 1, has been renewed for a second season. The news comes after the show's second episode aired Thursday.
Meanwhile, Sci Fi is expected to announce Tuesday that it's giving the critically acclaimed "Battlestar" a fourth-season pickup. The network has ordered 13 episodes, targeted for a January premiere.
Actor Omar Sharif of "Dr. Zhivago" fame pleaded no contest on Tuesday to hitting a Beverly Hills parking attendant in the face and was sentenced to probation and anger management counseling.
Sharif, 74, the Egyptian-born actor who played the romantic gentleman lead in movies such as "Funny Girl" and "Lawrence of Arabia," did not appear in Beverly Hills Superior Court to settle the 2005 case but entered his plea through his lawyer.
A no contest plea is equivalent under California law to pleading guilty. Sharif had originally pleaded not guilty and changed his plea on the day his jury trial was set to begin.
He was sentenced to two years probation, 15 sessions of anger management counseling and told to stay away from the parking attendant. He was also fined $1,000.
The Hollywood Hills mansion of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill was burglarized over the weekend, police said Tuesday.
The home was broken into between Friday and Monday when no one was home, said police Sgt. Lee Sands. A person arriving at the house Monday morning discovered the crime and called police, he said.
The house is not the couple's principal home, said Paul Freundlich, Hill's publicist. The singers, who live in Nashville, Tenn., were not in Los Angeles for Sunday night's Grammy Awards, he said.
For the fourth time in eight years, the Kansas Board of Education is preparing to take up the issue of evolution and what to teach -- or not teach -- public school students about the origins of life.
After victory at the polls in November, a moderate majority on the 10-member board in the central U.S. state plans to overturn science standards seen as critical of evolution at a board meeting on Tuesday in Topeka.
New standards would replace those put in place in 2005 by a conservative board majority that challenged the validity of evolution and cited it as incompatible with religious doctrine.
The repeated changes have left schools and teachers scrambling to keep up. Educators say some aspects of a curriculum change can usually be implemented by the next school year but some, such as buying new textbooks, can take years.
A woman walks past a Chinese character for 'Good Fortune' part of Lunar New Year decoration outside a temple in Beijing February 13, 2007. Chinese around the world are preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Pig on February 18.
Photo by Claro Cortes IV
The Army and Marine Corps are letting in more recruits with criminal records, including some with felony convictions, reflecting the increased pressure of five years of war and its mounting casualties.
According to data compiled by the Defense Department, the number of Army and Marine recruits needing waivers for felonies and serious misdemeanors, including minor drug offenses, has grown since 2003. The Army granted more than double the number of waivers for felonies and misdemeanors in 2006 than it did in 2003. Some recruits may get more than one waiver.
The military routinely grants waivers to admit recruits who have criminal records, medical problems or low aptitude scores that would otherwise disqualify them from service. Overall the majority are moral waivers, which include some felonies, misdemeanors, and traffic and drug offenses.
The number of felony waivers granted by the Army grew from 411 in 2003 to 901 in 2006, according to the Pentagon, or about one in 10 of the moral waivers approved that year. Other misdemeanors, which could be petty theft, writing a bad check or some assaults, jumped from about 2,700 to more than 6,000 in 2006. The minor crimes represented more than three-quarters of the moral waivers granted by the Army in 2006, up from more than half in 2003.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Feb. 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
1. (1) "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 33.36 million viewers.
2. (2) "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 27.91 million viewers.
3. (6) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 25.20 million viewers.
4. (11) "House," Fox, 24.88 million viewers.
5. (4) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 22.52 million viewers.
6. (X) " Grammy Awards," CBS, 20.06 million viewers.
7. (8) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 18.43 million viewers.
8. (7) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 18.01 million viewers.
9. (16) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 17.68 million viewers.
10. (12) "Deal or No Deal" (Monday), NBC, 17.41 million viewers.
11. (29) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 16.93 million viewers.
12. (13) "Survivor: Fiji," CBS, 16.44 million viewers.
13. (16) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 16.27 million viewers.
14. (21) "NCIS," CBS, 16.16 million viewers.
15. (16) "CSI: New York," CBS, 14.97 million viewers.
16. (13) "Rules of Engagement," CBS, 14.84 million viewers.
17. (27) "Heroes," NBC, 14.62 million viewers.
18. (25) "Shark," CBS, 14.53 million viewers.
19. (10) "Lost," ABC, 14.49 million viewers.
20. (28) "Ugly Betty," ABC, 14.28 million viewers.
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