BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 19 January, 2009

Monday

19 January, 2009

(Updated Daily)

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Baron Dave Romm

Inauguration Thoughts

By Baron Dave Romm

Looking Backward, Looking Forward

Quick takes on a few topics leading up to Inauguration

Shockwave Radio Theater podcasts


Franken vs. Coleman: The Saga Continues

Why won't Gov. Tim "Mayor Daley" Pawlenty let Minnesota have two senators?

Just to show up Illinois and Minneosota (and possibly New York), Delaware has two senators even though the guy who won the election is going to be Vice President: Ted Kaufman was sworn in on January 16th. Makes it look easy.


"Barack The Magic Negro"

Haven't heard from Paul Shanklin about We Hate The USA. Oh well. I listened to "Barack the Magic Negro" via YouTube. Quick thought: Not particularly funny, but hardly hate speech. The song continuously talks about the LA Times article from March 19, 2007, 'Obama the 'Magic Negro' by "L.A.-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics. " The article opines, "The Magic Negro is a figure of postmodern folk culture" who is "there to assuage white 'guilt'" at least in the movies. Obama is compared to "Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, Scatman Crothers, Michael Clarke Duncan, Will Smith and, most recently, Don Cheadle".

Yeah, I voted for Obama because he reminds me of Scatman Crothers...

Filking "Puff the Magic Dragon", changing "Obama" to "Barack" presumably for scansion purposes, and having the song come from an unnamed person obviously Al Sharpton works moderately well. The song makes it's point. Indeed, it's a point I have made many times: Obama doesn't come from that tradition of black preachers and doesn't sound like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Jesse Jackson or Rev. Al Sharpton. He sounds like a lawyer. I consider this a plus.

Unfortunately for the attempt at humor, so does Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton, both of who supported the lawyer in his quest for the presidency. Shanklin can riff off minor grumblings -- that's what satirists do -- but his wit was neither sharp nor incisive.

But to repeat the point I've been making for weeks: The controversy isn't about the song itself (though some have expressed outrage in its direction), but that someone who was trying to lead the Republican Party was using the CD of parodies as part of his resume. As usual, the right wing thinks that playground taunts are the political commentary. Relying so heavily on one of the conservative Hollywood elites doesn't help his case.

Meanwhile, my opinion of Chip Saltsman remains the same: A right-wing blowhard with no values worth promoting, who is pandering to the mean-spirited "base" of the GOP. As of this writing (1/18/09), the RNC agrees. According to YourRNC.com Saltsman is dead last among the six candidates with zero pledged votes.

Hatemongering works for fundraising among conservatives, and too often wins in general elections when the complacent conservative news media prints only GOP talking points. Now, partly thanks to the uplifting campaign of Barack Obama, Saltsman is headed for obscurity in the In much the same way that Rick Lazio lost badly for senate in 2000 and faded into the darkness with the campaign "I'm running against Hillary Clinton."

There. That was fun. Now on to actual news.


Keith Olbermann Sums Up the Bush Administration

Keith Olbermann sums up the Bush administration in 9:27. A damning and wide-ranging list, hardly complete.


The Big Party

I predict that the Inauguration of Barack Obama will go pretty well, and the conservative news media will spend altogether too much time on protestors and those trying to disrupt the festivities. Most people will have a great time, and Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.

Assuming all goes well, I think we can bask in the euphoria for a while. Yes, there's lots of work to do. Obama and crew can't sit still, and they won't. Neither can we. We still have to pay attention to our politicians. We'll be digging ourselves out of right-wing rubble for a long time. We can be happy, but we can't be complacent.

I haven't decided what I'm going to do. There are parties galore, and I may go to one or more, camera in hand. I may just stay home and work on the computer with the news in the background.

And I won't be complacent. He gets the benefit of the doubt, at first, and I'm expecting to be pleasantly surprised far more than I'll be disappointed. I don't agree with Obama on everything, and he doesn't get a free ride. As a political observer, he's squarely in my sights. As a humorist, he'll be the butt of some jokes. Of course, unlike his predecessor, he'll probably find them funny as well. ,p>And I still need to keep an eye on the goppies. Heck, I know what Republicans will do: They will lie. They don't know how to do anything else. The election may be over (mostly), but politics will continue.


Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia who produces Shockwave Radio Theater, writes in a Live Journal demi-blog, plays with a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. Dave Romm reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E. Podcasts of Shockwave Radio Theater. Permanent archive. More radio programs, interviews and science fiction humor plays can be accessed on the Shockwave Radio audio page.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me music to play on the air.


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"The politics of failure have failed. We must make them work again."
-- alien running for president, The Simpsons


Thanks (again), Baron Dave!

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The Opening Line We'd Like to See in Obama's Inaugural Speech


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The Weekly Poll

New question tomorrow.


BadToTheBoneBob   ( BCEpoll 'at' aol.com )




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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Jo Weider: Coffee Can Be Your Friend (creators.com)
Q: I'm a 28-year-old woman, and I'm trying to build up my shoulders. I think nicely developed shoulders on a woman is sexy. Unfortunately, my boyfriend doesn't want me to develop them because he believes women should look soft and "feminine," and not lift weights. I know he respects you, Joe. Could you please set him straight? His name is Todd.
Joe: I hope you will embrace rather than reject the changes your girlfriend wants to make to her body, Todd. And if you don't, I know a ton of guys who I'm sure would love to meet a young lady who likes to keep herself in shape.


Scott Burns: Bernard Madoff and the Full-Time Equivalent of Murder (assetbuilder.com)
Roy Bean, the famous "hanging judge" of Texas, would be disappointed. Most of the 3,000 readers who wrote in response to my recent column said that hanging is too good for Bernard Madoff. The same column asked readers to suggest the appropriate punishment for a crime so large.


TOBY YOUNG: The recession is not a 'much-needed reality check' - it's a source of great suffering (spectator.co.uk)
Puritans love disasters. No sooner has some calamity befallen mankind than some hair-shirted scold emerges from his priest hole and starts wagging his finger. The message is always the same: 'You are being punished for your immoral lifestyle.'


FROMA HARROP: Taxes Will Have to Be Raised, Eventually (creators.com)
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama portrayed his tax plan as a way to help "spread the wealth around." That was an unfortunate choice of words, though not as silly as the "conservative" formulation that raising taxes "punishes success."


Nora Ephron: It Ought To Be A Word (huffingtonpost.com)
It's true what he said: we misunderestimated him. He was misunderestimated in every way. It was hard to imagine that this feckless leader could do so much damage. But even as the worst emerged, he was given the benefit of the doubt because of the ongoing mysteries of his administration -- mysteries that have remained unsolved in spite of the skills of hundreds of gifted journalists who have attempted to uncover them.


Daniel Gross: Will Anyone Give Bush a Job? (slate.com)
Given recent history, Bush probably expects to profit from ex-presidency. Bill Clinton reported income of more than $90 million from 2000-07. But Bush is very unlikely to earn Clintonian numbers. Ex-presidents peddle image, presence, and experience. In Bush's case, each is tarnished. To aggravate matters, many of the industries in which ex-presidents make easy money are a) doing poorly, and b) based in the Washington-Boston corridor where Bush hostility runs deep.


Ted Rall: OPRAH'S BOOK SNUB
How Winfrey Elevates Lowbrow Tastes and Hurts Reading.


Johann Hari: Homophobic? Then You're Probably Gay (huffingtonpost.com)
Hip hop has long been the ultimate in gay-bashing hate music. Why do they do it? Why do hip-hop artists -- often the victims of bigotry themselves -- incite this hatred?


Jody Rosen: It Was All a Dream (slate.com)
How Biggie changed hip-hop.


Roger Moore: Q&A with 'Notorious' star Jamal Woolard (The Orlando Sentinel)
Before this month, Jamal Woolard was an obscure rapper going by the stage name of Gravy. And Gravy was best known for a 2006 shooting outside of a New York rap radio station.


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Barack's Heroic Action Saves Thousands at Obamastock


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Hubert's Poetry Corner

Your Woman. My Woman! Your Wife - GILDED 3 SUM?

Another partial risque prequel to eight years of disasteer?

"Your Woman. My Woman! Your Wife - GILDED 3 SUM?"


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Sick Days


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Trivia Question Of The Day

What country is the world's largest producer of olives and olive oil?

   A    Greece
   B    Italy
   C    Portugal
   D    Spain
   E    Turkey



Send your answer to Marty





Trivia Question from Yesterday

Technically, an avocado is a ?

  A    Berry
   B    Fruit
   C    Melon
   D    Nut
   E    Vegetable                   Source


The avocado (Persea americana), also known as palta or aguacate (Spanish), butter pear or alligator pear, is a tree native to Mexico, South America and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. The name "avocado" also refers to the fruit (technically a large berry) of the tree that contains a pit (hard seed casing) which may be egg-shaped or spherical.            Source





Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   Some terminology problems here. Some would say that berries are a subset of fruits, which are in turn a subset of vegetables, though some distinguish fruits from vegetables, which puts George W. Bush solidly in the vegetable category, and some do distinguish fruits from berries as well.. Anyway, it seems that whomever one asks about this, an avocado has to count as a
  A Berry
       
  So I'll go with that.




Alan J answered:
   A Berry



Adam in NoHo replied:
   It's a A-Berry, but I wouldn't have thought so with the single seed.



Marian the Teacher responded:
   berry



Jim from CA answered:
   Avocado is a berry



Sally, in unsunny NJ, said:
   Technically, an avocado is a drupe - a fleshy stoned fruit (B). Other drupes include cherries, peaches, mangoes and olives. It's also a common crossword puzzler - ya know?
  I wondered if any readers have ever tried to grow from the avocado pit? I've had some stupendous trees going - no fruit of course - but very pretty once they get going and the leaves come out.
      
  Self explanatory photo of growing from the pit. At this point, they can be transferred to soil in a pot.
  PS: You posted interesting insights into the Wyeth clan today. I always enjoy reading the personal observations and experiences about such newsworthy folks. Thanks, MAM.




And, Joe S wrote:
   My first guess was a nut, but that of course is wrong. The correct answer is;
  A Berry
      
  The fruit of the avocado tree is the duck-billed platypus of the plant world. An avocado is considered a fruit, but is closer to a berry in botanical terms. It is primarily used as a vegetable, yet it contains enough fat to pass as a meat substitute in sandwiches and other dishes. In some respects, an avocado is a tropical fruit akin to a banana, but its oily content and nutty flavor are reminiscent of an olive.





  


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Humor Gazette

Inauguration Day

Inauguration Day Humor - Humor Gazette




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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

HOW THE MOVIES MADE A PRESIDENT!

THE "HIPSTER" HERO!

THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD US!

EIGHT YEARS IN EIGHT MINUTES!

IT'S LIKE STEPPING IN DOG SHIT. THE STINK WON'T GO AWAY!

MAKING FUR COATS FOR CONSERVATIVES!

SAVING PRIVATE RATCHET!

THE REAL DEAL!

FEEL THE LOVE!

TWO GREAT ACTORS MAKE A SCRIPT THAT IS THINNER THAN PIANO WIRE WORTH A LOOK! BENJAMIN BRADDOCK 41 YEARS LATER!

"I JUST WANT TO BE THERE!"



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Not as hot, but very dry.




Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Big Bang Theory', followed by a FRESH 'How I Met Your Mother', then a FRESH '2½  Men', followed by a FRESH 'Worst Week', then a FRESH 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 12/17/08) are Jennifer Aniston, a Top Ten List by Jim Carrey, and Broken Social Scene.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Sarah Chalke, Kevin McKidd, and Seal.

NBC begins the night with a FRESH 2-hour 'Superstars Of Dance', followed by a FRESH 'Momma's Boys'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Jimmy Fallon, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Lee Ann Womack.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Teri Hatcher, Aries Spears, and Q-Tip.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly is Unwritten Law.

ABC starts the night with a FRESH 2-hour 'The Bachelor 13', followed by a FRESH 'True Beauty'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 1/6/08) are Kathy Griffin, Sally Hawkins, and Mike Birbiglia.

The CW offers a FRESH 'Gossip Girl', followed by a FRESH 'One Tree Hill'.

Faux has a FRESH 'House', followed by a FRESH '24'.

MY has a recycled 'Twilight Zone', followed by another recycled 'Twilight Zone', then a FRESH 'Masters Of Illusion'.

A&E has 'Intervention', another 'Intervention', followed by a FRESH 'Intervention', then a FRESH 'Paranormal State', and another FRESH 'Paranormal State'.

AMC offers the movie 'A Fistful Of Dynamite', followed by the movie 'Casino'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 6
 [12:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 7
 [1:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 3
 [1:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4
 [2:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Curry Lounge
 [3:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 4
 [4:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 11
 [4:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 5
 [5:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Rococo
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 4 Bonapartes
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    The American Future: A History by Simon Schama - Ep 1 American War
 [9:00 PM]    The American Future: A History by Simon Schama - Ep 2 American Fervor
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    The American Future: A History by Simon Schama - Ep 1 American War
 [12:00 AM]    The American Future: A History by Simon Schama - Ep 2 American Fervor
 [1:00 AM]    The American Future: A History by Simon Schama - Ep 1 American War
 [2:00 AM]    The American Future: A History by Simon Schama - Ep 2 American Fervor
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 3 Goldie Hawn, Sandy Toskvig
 [4:00 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 12
 [4:30 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 13
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 20 Hirst
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 21 Innes
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has a FRESH 'Inside The Actors Studiio' (Ricky Gervais), followed by the movie 'The Queen', then the movie 'The Queen', again.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'Futurama', and 'Drawn Together'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera Abderrahim Foukara.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Frank Rich.

FX has the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', followed by the movie 'Fantastic Four', then the movie 'The Grudge 2'.

History has 'The Presidents', another 'The Presidents', 'Secret Access: Air Force One', and 'The White House: Behind Closed Doors'.

IFC  -   
 [6:45 AM]   Mon Oncle Antoine
 [8:35 AM]   This Is Not a Film
 [10:05 AM]   Eulogy
 [11:40 AM]   Mon Oncle Antoine
 [1:30 PM]   This Is Not a Film
 [3:05 PM]   Eulogy
 [4:35 PM]   Mon Oncle Antoine
 [6:25 PM]   Paranoia 1.0
 [8:00 PM]   American Psycho
 [9:45 PM]   Assassination Tango
 [11:40 PM]   IFC Shorts
 [12:00 AM]   Amores Perros
 [2:35 AM]   American Psycho
 [4:20 AM]   Assassination Tango    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has all 'Lost' all night.

Sundance  -   
 [05:25 AM]   Colma: The Musical
 [07:05 AM]   The Puffy Chair
 [08:30 AM]   It's a Free World
 [10:10 AM]   Man Push Cart
 [11:35 AM]   Zizek!
 [12:45 PM]   Eileen Gray: Invitation to a Voyage
 [01:45 PM]   Requiem for Billy the Kid
 [03:15 PM]   Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death ...& Insects
 [04:15 PM]   Shot in Bombay
 [06:00 PM]   The Fortune Hunter
 [07:00 PM]   Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
 [08:15 PM]   Crazy Love
 [10:00 PM]   Eco Documentaries - Season 2: The Unforeseen
 [11:45 PM]   Recycle
 [12:00 AM]   Spectacle: Rufus Wainright
 [01:00 AM]   Iconoclasts - Season 4: Tony Hawk + Jon Favreau
 [02:00 AM]   Heading South
 [03:45 AM]   The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
 [05:30 AM]   Man Push Cart     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      The Search (1948)
 [8:00 AM]      None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
 [10:00 AM]      Johnny Belinda (1948)
 [11:45 AM]      The Human Comedy (1943)
 [1:45 PM]      Elmer Gantry (1960)
 [4:15 PM]      Lilies of the Field (1963)
 [6:15 PM]      A Patch Of Blue (1965)
 [8:00 PM]      No Way Out (1950)
 [10:00 PM]      A Soldier's Story (1984)
 [12:00 AM]      Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
 [2:00 AM]      A Dry White Season (1989)
 [4:00 AM]      Intruder In The Dust (1949)
 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #13 (1955)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Tuesday  -  01/20/09

TCM spends the daylight hours saluting Patricia Neal, who celelbrates her 83rd birthday today.
 [6:00 AM]      It's A Great Feeling (1949)
 [7:30 AM]      The Fountainhead (1949)
 [9:30 AM]      John Loves Mary (1949)
 [11:15 AM]      Washington Story (1952)
 [12:45 PM]      A Face In The Crowd (1957)
 [3:00 PM]      Psyche 59 (1964)
 [4:45 PM]      Private Screenings: Patricia Neal (2004)
 [5:30 PM]      The Subject Was Roses (1968)

 [7:30 PM]      "Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence" (2008)
 [8:00 PM]      Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
 [10:00 PM]      Bringing Up Baby (1938)
 [12:00 AM]      The Little Minister (1934)
 [2:00 AM]      The Philadelphia Story (1940)
 [4:00 AM]      Morning Glory (1933)
 [5:30 AM]      Festival of Shorts #30 (2000)     (ALL TIMES EST)



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Pete Seeger, center, Bruce Springsteen, right, and Seeger's grandson Tao Seeger, perform during the ' We Are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial' in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
Photo by Carolyn Kaster

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Fractal World Gallery Thumbnails

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Iraqi Playwright

Jawad al-Assadi

After nearly three decades of self-imposed exile, Iraq's well-known playwright and director Jawad al-Assadi returned to Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, believing that the new Iraq was going to be better.

He discovered he was wrong.

Shocked by the violence and fear among his people, al-Assadi decided last year to settle in Beirut and open his own theatre.

But violence has followed him. Lebanon is gripped by its worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war, and about a dozen politicians, journalists and soldiers have been slain since 2005.

Al-Assadi is now wondering if it was a mistake to come here. But he harbours no regrets about leaving Iraq. Returning to his homeland right now, he said, would be like "offering yourself as a cheap and ignorant martyr."

Jawad al-Assadi

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Singers Joss Stone, left, and Stevie Wonder perform at the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 in Washington.
Photo by Evan Agostini

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21 Creative Modern Rugs & Mat Designs

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Earpiece Controversy

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey is at the centre of controversy over his recently postponed London play - amid accusations the show's star Richard Dreyfuss has to be fed his lines through an earpiece.

The premiere of the Spacey-directed Complicit was due to take place at the city's Old Vic theatre, where the Hollywood star is artistic director, on Monday.

But opening night was pushed back until the following week because the show needs "more development time", according to a spokesperson.

And now Jaws star Dreyfuss has been accused of failing to learn his lines properly and being told what to say on stage through an earpiece, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Kevin Spacey

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Amazing 3D Sidewalk Art

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100 Trillion Dollar Note

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe will introduce a 100 trillion dollar note, in its latest attempt to keep pace with hyperinflation that has left its once-vibrant economy in tatters, state media said Friday.

The new 100,000,000,000,000 Zim-dollar bill would have been worth about 300 US dollars (225 euros) at Thursday's exchange rate on the informal market, where most currency trading now takes place, but the value of the local currency erodes dramatically every day.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is introducing three other notes in trillion-dollar denominations of 10, 20 and 50, the government mouthpiece Herald newspaper said.

The last official estimate put inflation at 231 million percent in July, but outside experts now believe it is many times higher.

Zimbabwe

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bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Museum Receives Musical Gift

'Big'

A Philadelphia museum has received a musical gift for children and "Big" kids alike.

The 16-foot walk-on piano Tom Hanks played in his 1988 film "Big" will be on display next month at the city's Please Touch Museum.

The instrument is a gift to the children's museum from a couple in suburban Merion who bought it after the movie's release.

It was built in Philadelphia by Remo Saraceni who called his invention a Walking Piano.

'Big'

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Scottish singer Donovan reacts after being awarded the 'Officier des Arts et Lettres' from the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Christine Albanel during the 43rd MIDEM (International record music publishing and video music market) in Cannes, southern France, Sunday Jan. 18, 2009.
Photo by Eric Gaillard

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Internet Archive: Prelinger Archives

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Own Google Channel

Pope

The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI is getting his own channel on Google.

It says the Vatican TV Center and Vatican Radio are collaborating with Google on the project.

The Vatican's press office said Saturday that texts and video of the pope's speeches as well as news about the pontiff would be posted directly onto the channel.

Pope

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Vidiot Speak

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Threatens Orangutans

Palm Oil

Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study our closest relatives: It was chimpanzees for Jane Goodall, mountain gorillas for Dian Fossey and the elusive, solitary orangutans for Birute Mary Galdikas.

Nearly four decades later, 62-year-old Galdikas, the least famous of his "angels," is the only one still at it. And the red apes she studies in Indonesia are on the verge of extinction because forests are being clear-cut and burned to make way for lucrative palm oil plantations.

Galdikas worries many questions may never be answered. How long do orangutans live in the wild? How far do the males roam? And how many mates do they have in their lifetime?

There are only an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, 90 percent of them in Indonesia, said Serge Wich, a scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa. Most live in small, scattered populations that cannot take the onslaught on the forests much longer.

Palm Oil

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Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait, right, takes a picture of himself and Robin Williams at the premiere of 'World's Greatest Dad' at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
Photo by Matt Sayles

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Characters you never knew had the same voice actor

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Future Funding For Failed Policy?

Abstinence-Only

With the exit of the Bush administration, critics of abstinence-only sex education will be making an aggressive push to cut off federal funding for what they consider an ineffective, sometimes harmful program.

How quickly and completely they reach their goal is uncertain, however, as conservative supporters of abstinence education lobby Congress and President-elect Barack Obama to preserve at least some of the funding, which now totals $176 million a year.

And even if federal funding is halted, some states - such as Georgia - are determined to keep abstinence programs going on their own, ensuring that this front in the culture wars will remain active.

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of American, depicted the federal abstinence-only program as "an utter failure that has wasted more than $1.5 billion" over the past decade. Like other critics, she noted that several major studies - including a federally funded review - have found no evidence that the abstinence-only approach works in deterring teen sex.

Abstinence-Only

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Vintage Scans: Rhythm Style

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Canarsie

Djumbala Club

Police say four men were stabbed at a New York City nightclub advertising the "official" after-party for the film premiere of "Notorious" about rapper Biggie Smalls.

Police said Saturday a 21-year-old victim stabbed numerous times was in critical condition at Brookdale Hospital. Three other who were stabbed were in stable condition.

The Djumbala club is in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn about three miles from the slain rapper's home. Police did not immediately release further information.

Smalls' debut CD, 1994's "Ready to Die," helped re-energize the East Coast rap scene. He was killed in Los Angeles in 1997.

Djumbala Club

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Actor Ron Jeremy attends the premiere of the movie "Finding Bliss" at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, January 18, 2009.
Photo by Ramin Rahimian

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QuoteStumbler

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Punches Photographer

Grace Mugabe

A British photographer said Sunday he had been beaten up and punched repeatedly by the wife of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as he was trying to snap photos of her in Hong Kong.

Grace Mugabe, 43, flew into a rage when she saw photographer Richard Jones waiting outside as she left the five-star Kowloon Shangri-la Hotel with a female friend and a bodyguard in the southern Chinese city on Thursday.

Three or four large African bodyguards appeared from the hotel and tried to approach Jones following the assault. But they were stopped by security officers at Tsim Sha Tsui Centre near the hotel, Sheridan said.

The Sunday Times said Mugabe's trip to Hong Kong was part of a Far East holiday with her family. She had been in Singapore with her husband before flying to Hong Kong on January 9, the report said.

Grace Mugabe

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The Hungarian language, a grammatical guide

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Weekend Box Office

`Paul Blart: Mall Cop'

Kevin James bumbles and stumbles to take down the bad guys, but his "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" had no trouble nabbing the top spot at the box office this weekend.

Last week's No. 1 movie, "Gran Torino," dropped to second place but only by 25 percent. The Warner Bros. drama, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as a bigot who becomes a reluctant neighborhood hero, made $22.2 million this weekend for a cumulative gross of $73.2 million.

Fourth was "Notorious," about slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., which made $21.5 million. That's the biggest opening ever for Fox Searchlight, which previously released such critical darlings and crowd-pleasers as "Juno" and "Little Miss Sunshine."

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Tuesday.

    1. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," $33.8 million.
    2. "Gran Torino," $22.2 million.
    3. "My Bloody Valentine 3-D," $21.9 million.
    4. "Notorious," $21.5 million.
    5. "Hotel for Dogs," $17.7 million.
    6. "Bride Wars," $11.75 million.
    7. "The Unborn," $9.8 million.
    8. "Defiance," $9.2 million.
    9. "Marley & Me," $6.3 million.
   10. "Slumdog Millionaire," $5.9 million.

`Paul Blart: Mall Cop'

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In Memory

Bob May

Bob May, who won a cult following as The Robot in the hit 1960s television show "Lost in Space," died Sunday of congestive heart failure. He was 69.

He was a veteran actor and stuntman who had appeared in movies, TV shows and on the vaudeville stage when he was tapped by "Lost in Space" creator Irwin Allen to play the Robinson family's loyal metal sidekick.

Although May didn't provide the robot's distinctive voice (that was done by announcer Dick Tufeld), he developed a devoted following of fans who sought him out at memorabilia shows.

The grandson of famed vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, May was introduced to show business at age two when he began appearing in the "Hellzapoppin" comedy revue with Johnson and his partner, Ole Olsen.

He went on to appear in numerous films with Jerry Lewis and in such TV shows as "The Time Tunnel," and "77 Sunset Strip."

He was also a stuntman in such 1950s and '60s TV shows as "Cheyenne," "Surfside 6," "Hawaiian Eye," "The Roaring 20s" and "Stagecoach."

May and his wife lost their house in November when a wildfire destroyed their upscale mobile home park in the San Fernando Valley's Sylmar section.

Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Judith; his daughter; Deborah, his son, Martin; and four grandchildren.

Bob May

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