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Monthly Archives: July 2011
House Republicans defend debt ceiling hike!
A) Hilarious? B) Tragic? C) Who gives a flying fuck anymore? D) All of the above.
The saddest thing about the whole debt ceiling spectacle is that the Democrats hold the Senate and the White House during the worst economic downtown since the D… Continue reading
Alice Cooper picks his favorite records
Alice Cooper guested on the classic BBC Radio show Desert Islands Discs in 2010, where he discussed the highs and lows of his long and successful career, and chose some of the records which best captured those moments from his past. Dear olde A… Continue reading
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Sonny Bono channels Alice Cooper on ‘The Love Boat’
Sonny Bono gets hardcore in this 1978 episode of The Love Boat.
The song is “Smash It’ and it ain’t bad.
Posted in Amusing, Music, Television
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‘Beatles Bossa Nova’
Anita Lindblom turns “The Girl From Ipanema” into a Beatles tribute called “Beatle Bossa Nova” released as a single in1964.
Lindblom is a former Swedish pop star with a bit of a bad girl image who’s had a rather t… Continue reading
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Bruce Springsteen in a video he’d probably prefer you didn’t see
“Danskins In The Dark.”
Raw footage of Bruce Springsteen lip-syncing and hip swinging to “Dancing In The Dark” for a video that, until now, never saw the light of day. Jeff Stein had been hired to shoot the video, but wh… Continue reading
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Bikini-clad go-go girls do The Jellyfish
This rocks on so many levels I can’t even begin to list them all. So, let’s forget about the multiple dimensions of pop culture bliss unfolding before our eyes and ears and just bask in the glow of Neil Sedaka doing a ska tune while… Continue reading
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Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension
More goodness for you weekend hippies.
The Universe is psychedelic. Just take a look.
Or just close your eyes.
‘Hofman’s Potion’: LSD now more than ever
This wonderfully insightful documentary on one of the 20th centuries most significant discoveries will make you long for the day when pharmaceutical-quality LSD is once again made available to adults who want to experience it. As humanity seems… Continue reading
The Bloc rockin’ beats of Petr Novak
A rock star and outspoken social critic in his homeland of Czechoslovakia, Petr Novak’s musical career was cut short by an oppressive political regime and his own self-destructiveness. In the 1960s and early 70s, Novak symbolized for Czec… Continue reading
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The US debt: Who we owe (and who got us here in the first place) in a simple chart
Click here to see the full chart on the New York Times website.
A timely and handy chart for the understanding what’s going on with the deficit negotiations in Washington.
Remember that during the Clinton administration there was actua… Continue reading