Jan. 17th, 2006
I'm dying laughing, here.
Jan. 17th, 2006 07:33 am
Devo is set to revamp their image for a younger generation with a new project..
A new generation of music fans will get hip to one of new wave's most iconic acts through Devo 2.0.
For the project, all five members of Devo regrouped to re-record some of its best known songs, including the 1980 hit "Whip It!" with vocals provided by a quintet of kids. Also included will be "Cyclops" and "The Winner," the first new studio tracks from Devo in nearly two decades.
The "Devo 2.0" CD is due March 17 via Disney Sound. A companion DVD will feature animated and live action videos for each of the tracks directed by Devo bassist and co-founder Gerry Casale.
source:billboard.com
The best part: an example!
Newsbites.
Jan. 17th, 2006 09:29 amAfter all the studies showing that US soldiers are dying because the Army is supplying inadequate armor, soldiers are purchasing their own armor. This has shamed the Army into taking action: If you're killed wearing non-standard armor, they cancel your family's benefits.
Also,
UK court nails hitman for breach of contract after he *doesn't* kill a suicidal woman as he agreed to, and she sues him.
Also,
Doctors discover the purpose of the appendix: Storing buckshot!
Also,
Florida man dives from overpass onto highway. At least 8 motorists run over the body and keep going without stopping.
Also,
Free tip: professional cartoonists draw really good police sketches after you rob them without a mask.
Also,
CNN mistranslates Iranian government statement "We have a right to nuclear energy. With civilisation, we do not want or need nuclear weapons" as "We have a right to nuclear weapons."
Hilarity ensues.
Also,
Millie Bonilla and Sheila Foster said they were denied access to the beach at Greenwich Point Park on June 7 because of their skin color. Mrs. Bonilla is Puerto Rican and Mrs. Foster is African American. They were part of an exercise group meeting at the beach.
Kelly Houston, the town's affirmative action officer, dismissed the complaint on grounds that the women were not carrying the $25 resident beach cards that are required to enter the park.
Ms. Houston might have been able to sustain her ruling had she not sent an e-mail three weeks earlier to the exercise group leader the women had hired for their class. Her e-mail advised him to be discreet about bringing "black people" to the beach and to cut the number of black participants in the class.
Also,
"Ariel Sharon opens eyes, sees shadow, goes back to sleep for 6 more weeks."
Also,
UK court nails hitman for breach of contract after he *doesn't* kill a suicidal woman as he agreed to, and she sues him.
Also,
Doctors discover the purpose of the appendix: Storing buckshot!
Also,
Florida man dives from overpass onto highway. At least 8 motorists run over the body and keep going without stopping.
Also,
Free tip: professional cartoonists draw really good police sketches after you rob them without a mask.
Also,
CNN mistranslates Iranian government statement "We have a right to nuclear energy. With civilisation, we do not want or need nuclear weapons" as "We have a right to nuclear weapons."
Hilarity ensues.
Also,
Millie Bonilla and Sheila Foster said they were denied access to the beach at Greenwich Point Park on June 7 because of their skin color. Mrs. Bonilla is Puerto Rican and Mrs. Foster is African American. They were part of an exercise group meeting at the beach.
Kelly Houston, the town's affirmative action officer, dismissed the complaint on grounds that the women were not carrying the $25 resident beach cards that are required to enter the park.
Ms. Houston might have been able to sustain her ruling had she not sent an e-mail three weeks earlier to the exercise group leader the women had hired for their class. Her e-mail advised him to be discreet about bringing "black people" to the beach and to cut the number of black participants in the class.
Also,
"Ariel Sharon opens eyes, sees shadow, goes back to sleep for 6 more weeks."
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Jan. 17th, 2006 09:57 am
His name is Reinhard Kuester, and he's smiling from within his very own homemade sub. It's named "Nemo", and it can dive to 98 feet. It's seen here making its maiden voyage in the Helene-See lake near Frankfurt, Germany.
Worse: Homemade subs are apparently relatively common.
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Jan. 17th, 2006 09:59 am
These are earthquake survivors in the town of Balakot, Pakistan, offering prayers for Eid.
From the Washington Post.
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Jan. 17th, 2006 10:44 amUS Supreme Court upholds Oregon's euthanasia law.
Countdown to rabid fundies complaining that the courts *aren't* activist enough: 3, 2, 1....
Countdown to rabid fundies complaining that the courts *aren't* activist enough: 3, 2, 1....
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Jan. 17th, 2006 01:27 pmWhat Flash was meant for: remembersegregation.org, using it to make a point in a truly eloquent way.
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Jan. 17th, 2006 02:14 pmLawrence Lessig, Stanford law professor, has a question to the people who shut down homemade music video sites: "Now that you've succeeded in stopping thousands of kids from spending hundreds of thousands of hours to make fantastically creative content that promotes your work for free, do you really expect to sell more records next year?"
Please, think of the otaku and their Creed CDs.
Please, think of the otaku and their Creed CDs.
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