BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 16 October, 2005

Sunday

16 October, 2005

big hammer - bigger hammer

(Updated Daily)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Best of TBH Politoons'

Click Here!



Thanks, again, Tim!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MeetWithCindy.org

Bring Them Home Now Tour

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tonight

Erin Hart Show

Please join Erin Hart Saturday and Sunday night from 9pm - 1am (pdt) on 710 KIRO.

Audio streams live - 710KIRO.com.


Erin Hart Show Links


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Joshua Holland: Stuck In Baghdad? Yeah, Right (AlterNet.org)
War on Iraq: Don't believe what you hear from the White House and the Pentagon. We can leave Iraq anytime we please.


NIKKI FINKE: Who Hates Their MTV? (laweekly.com)
How the rebel network sold its soul for bimbos, princesses and bucks


Connie Tuttle: Hold the Vagina
The October issue of Seventeen includes an article about vaginas and all you need to know about them. But you won't find this magazine at Albertons. The chain pulled the October issue from its supermarkets in 11 states, including Arizona.


Is Bush as religious as he claims? (beliefnet.com)
Beliefnet Editor-in-Chief Steven Waldman interviewed Al Franken about his ... book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them," and about his own spirituality. Excerpts from the interview:


Al Franken: The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

HE FLIES THROUGH THE AIR

WITH A PERFECT PRECISION

UPSIDE DOWN BIKER


Zen Man
(at Las Vegas Van's competition)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Reader Update

Re: Katherine Harris

Hi,

I'm sorry but I had to send a story whose headline includes Harris, Faces, and Hole.

Colby in a frostproof place


Thanks, again, Colby!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hubert's Poetry Corner

LUST ON WHISPERING HILL LANE

THOSE AMOROUS DESPERATE LADIES OF WISTERIA LANE ARE MERE INNOCENTS COMPARED TO THE RAGING PRIMAL PASSIONS OF WHISPERING HILL LANE!

"LUST ON WHISPERING HILL LANE"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Click Here

2 Dudes


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Reader Review

'Night Stalker'

by Jayson Tanner

Night Stalker - As Good as X Files and Just as Scary

I made the mistake the other night of watching 2 episodes of Night Stalker right before bed. I had some really bad, freaky nightmares all night long.

I'm ok now. I think. Thanks for asking.

I'm not dissing the show. It's a compliment that someone as jaded as me (when it comes to TV) can be affected by a show to this degree.

Night Stalker is truly scary at times, and always intense and interesting. The acting is as good as Duchovny's and Anderson's in their first few years on The X Files. Of course, they can only go uphill from here. If ABC is comitted to the project, that is.

Stuart Townsend as Kolchak might possibly be a better actor than Duchovny. At least his acting here is better than Duchovny's was in the first few seasons of X Files. And his reporter sidekick Gabrielle Union, is way sexy. It took me many years to like Gillian Anderson's X Files character. I liked Gabrielle right away.

Some of Stalker's themes were covered in X Files (and the much underappreciated Millenium) already but they are interesting themes. Last week's episode, for instance, was about a guy in prison who manipulates people on the outside to kill via mind control/ESP. Yep, it'd been done before but Night Stalker made it interesting again. I'd imagine that if something like this could happen in "real life" it would happen more than once, so I'm ok with the repetition as long as someone can make the subject matter interesting more than once.

Last Thursday's episode was about people being scared literally to death - by their own innermost fears come to life in some kind of psychotic hallucination either brought on by mysterious drugs - or an even more mysterious haunting by a child who was terrified to death many years' ago by his murderous father.- or a combination of both. The backstory scene of the possessed father going after his family with an axe was actually more frightening than Jack Nicholson doing it in The Shining.

Well, if you loved X Files like I did, you won't be dissapointed by this show. Unless you just "have" to have David Duchovny around.

Apparently, and surprisingly, I don't.

Night Stalkers' stars are just as watcheable and the stories are just as good. I was missing this kind of storytelling. So glad to have it back. Scanning the credits I noticed some familiar X Files names: Darrin Morgan and Frank Spotnik, so it's no surprise that Stalker is so much like that great show.

I'm old enough to remember the original "Kolchack: the Night Stalker" with Darrin McGavin. It was a favorite of mine as a kid. This show is more like X Files than the old Kolchack - but it works anyway. In fact, it "is" the X Files. It's just set in a newspaper's news room instead of the FBI.

If you only watched a few minutes of the pilot and decided to pass, my advice is to give it a decent chance before panning it. I think you'll like it.

I'd imagine this show would also appeal to fans of Buffy, Poltergueist and Tales from the Crypt. Out of all the new shows on TV this year with supernatual themes, for my money, Night Stalker is by far the best one.

Night Stalker - Thursdays at 9pm Eastern - ABC


Jayson Tanner is a free-lance writer and host of his own Contemporary Folk/ Americana/ Cosmic-Country radio program "The Wrecking Ball" which can now be heard on line, Sundays from Noon til 2pm Eastern via the webstream at communityradio.coop

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Subscribe to BartCop!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

JUDY-CULPA

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND PROBE

A BAG OF MOVIE GOODIES - #1

A BAG OF MOVIE GOODIES - #2

A BAG OF MOVIE GOODIES - #3

SAY HALLELUJAH

BUSHOLINI

I LOVE THE SMELL OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MORNING

FIGHT THE FUCKING POWER

TRYING TO FIND A BAD REPUG

"OBSEQUIOUS INSTRUMENTS"

WATCHING CONSERVATIVES BUCK FUTT THEMSELVES

JUDY! JUDY! JUDY! YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER DUMB FUCKING REPUG!

GET HIGH! GET BRAIN!

WHAT PART OF REPUG DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ark Of Darkness

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In The Chaos Household

Last Night

The fall-like weather returned.

Video of Ahnold (on Leno) stating "I haf no $pecial interests. Trust me." is the heart of a commercial running here.

Dear old Dad taught me early on to NEVER trust anyone who says 'trust me.'

More bluntly stated, "'trust me' is politician talk for 'fuck you'."


In the last 2 weeks, the e-page has been visited by readers from:
Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark Domincan Republic Ecuador Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Hong Kong Iceland India Ireland Italy Japan Korea Kuwait Malaysia Mexico Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Turkey United Arab Emirates U.K. Venezuela Vietnam




Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with 60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Cold Case', then a FRESH made-for-TV-movie 'Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial By Fire'.

NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'West Wing', then a FRESH 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by a FRESH 'Crossing Jordan'.

ABC begins the night with a FRESH 2-hour 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', followed by a FRESH 'Desperate Housewives' (runs 1 minute long), then a FRESH 'Grey's Anatomy' (starts 1 minute after the top of the hour).

The WB offers a RERUN 'Reba', followed by another RERUN 'Reba', then a FRESH 'Charmed', followed by a FRESH 'Blue Collar TV', then a RERUN 'Blue Collar TV'.

Faux has more LIVE 'MLB Baseball Playoff', followed on the left coast with RERUNs of programs already seen.

UPN has a RERUN 'Alias', followed by a RERUN 'Fear Factor'.

A&E has 'Cold Case Files', 'The First 48', 'Family Plots', another 'Family Plots', and 'Intervention'.

AMC offers the movie 'Antwone Fisher', followed by the movie 'Meet Joe Black', then the movie 'What Dreams May Come'.

BBC  -   
 [2pm]    'Little Britain' - Episode 1;
 [2:40 pm]    'Little Britain' - Episode 2;
 [3:20pm]    'Little Britain' - Episode 3;
 [6pm]    'Bargain Hunt' - Peterborough 35;
 [6:30pm]    'Bargain Hunt' - Newark 9;
 [7pm]    'Cash in the Attic' - Cooke;
 [9pm]    'Changing Rooms' - Episode 13;
 [12am]    'Changing Rooms' - Episode 13;
 [3am]    'Brilliant' - Episode 1;
 [3:40am]    'Brilliant' - Episode 2;
 [4:20am]    'Brilliant' - Episode 3;
 [6am]    'BBC World News'.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Elton John), and 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.

Comedy Central has the movie 'Malibu's Most Wanted', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', and yet another 'South Park'.

History has 'Decoding The Past', 'Nazi Expeditions', 'Auschwitz: The Forgotten Evidence', and 'Band Of Brothers'.

IFC  -   
 [6AM]    The 47 Ronin: Part I (1941);
 [8AM]    Amateur (1994);
 [9:45AM]    IFC in Theaters (2005);
 [10AM]    All Over The Guy (2001);
 [11:45AM]    IFC October Short Film Collection II (2005);
 [1:45PM]    Amateur (1994);
 [3:30PM]    IFC in Theaters (2005);
 [3:45PM]    The Sweet Hereafter (1997);
 [5:45PM]    East/West (1999);
 [7:45PM]    IFC in Theaters (2005);
 [8PM]    Ready To Wear (1994);
 [10:20PM]    Short Cuts (1993);
 [1:35AM]    Ready To Wear (1994);
 [4AM]    Wide Sargasso Sea (1993);
 [5:45AM]    IFC in Theaters (2005).    (ALL TIMES EDT)

SciFi has the movie 'Merlin', followed by the movie 'Hercules'.

Sundance  -   
 [8AM]    Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man;
 [9AM]    The Al Franken Show: (09/27/05);
 [10AM]    Claude Chabrol L'Artisan;
 [11AM]    Hermitage-niks: A Passion for the Hermitage: Episode 5 - The Remains of an Era;
 [11:30AM]    I Am NOT an ANIMAL: Planet of the Men & Women;
 [12PM]    Amazon Women On The Moon;
 [1:25PM]    Life Is Sweet;
 [3:15PM]    The Flower of Evil;
 [5PM]    Oleanna;
 [6:30PM]    Amazon Women On The Moon;
 [8PM]    Slings & Arrows: Episode 5 - A Mirror Up to Nature;
 [9PM]    Tarnation;
 [10:35PM]    Monster;
 [12:25AM]    Who Killed Bambi?;
 [2:30AM]    Slings & Arrows: Episode 5 - A Mirror Up to Nature;
 [3:30AM]    Monster;
 [5:30AM]    Hermitage-niks: A Passion for the Hermitage: Episode 5 - The Remains of an Era.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

TCM spends the wee hours of the morning with Lon Chaney.
 [6am]    Possessed (1947);
 [8am]    Waterloo Bridge (1940);
 [10am]    Sweethearts (1938);
 [12pm]    The Time Of Their Lives (1946);
 [1:30pm]    Going My Way (1944)     [View Trailer];
 [4pm]    Gigi (1958)     [View Trailer];
 [6pm]    Swing Time (1936)     [View Trailer];
 [8pm]    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2004);
 [9:30pm]    Bullitt (1968)     [View Trailer];
 [12am]    The Phantom of the Opera (1925) SILENT ;
 [1:45am]    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000);
 [3:15am]    The Unholy Three (1930);
 [4:30am]    Unholy Three (1925) SILENT .
    (ALL TIMES EDT)


Monday  -  10/17

TCM features 5 films starring Rita Hayworth, who was born on this day in 1918, then pays a brief tribute to Montgomery Clift, who was born on this day in 1920.
 [6am]    In Caliente (1935);
 [7:30am]    Rita (2003);
 [8:45am]    Susan And God (1940);
 [11am]    Affectionately Yours (1941);
 [12:30pm]    The Strawberry Blonde (1941)     [View Trailer];

 [2:30pm]    The Money Trap (1966);
 [4:15pm]    The Search (1948);
 [6pm]    Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)     [View Trailer];

 [8pm]    The Color Purple (1985)     [View Trailer];
 [11pm]    Walk, Don't Run (1966);
 [1am]    Made In Paris (1966);
 [3am]    The Pawnbroker (1965)     [View Trailer];
 [5am]    The Patient In Room 18 (1938).    (ALL TIMES EDT)



Any opinions?

Or reviews?



(See below for addresses)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


George Clooney, right, talks with Joe Wershba and his wife Shirley, second left, and Ruth Friendly, following a screening of Clooney's new movie 'Good Night, and Good Luck' at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and School of the Arts, in New York, Friday night Oct. 14, 2005. The Weshshbas, who are portrayed in the film, were producers for Edward R. Murrow, while Clooney plays Fred Friendly, executive producer for Murrow.
Photo by Richard Drew
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Click Here!

Moose & Squirrel - The Blog

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zod 2008 - General Zod - 2008 Presidential Candidate

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Strips on Italy Evening News

Roberto Benigni

Oscar winner Roberto Benigni treated Italians watching Saturday's prime time news show to an impromptu strip tease to mark the release of his new film "The Tiger and the Snow" about the war in Iraq.

Benigni, whose poignant Holocaust film "Life is Beautiful" won the 1998 Oscar for best foreign film, left the newscaster on Italy's most watched evening news program open-mouthed when he began unbuttoning his shirt during an interview.

A laughing Benigni removed his shirt and draped it over the newscaster's shoulders.

Benigni is a vociferous critic of media tycoon Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and he led a crowd of thousands in Rome on Friday in protest at the center-right government's decision to cut state arts funding by 35 percent.

Prior to removing his shirt, Benigni had already hijacked the opening credits of the 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) news, jumping behind the newscaster and announcing: "Berlusconi has resigned."

Roberto Benigni

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Time Is On Our Side

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Billboard Century Award

Tom Petty

Tom Petty will receive the Century Award, Billboard's highest honor for creative achievement, at this year's Billboard Music Awards.

The show will air live on the Fox network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Dec. 6.

Previous award recipients include George Harrison, Buddy Guy, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Carlos Santana, Chet Atkins, James Taylor, Emmylou Harris, Randy Newman, John Mellencamp, Annie Lennox, Sting and Stevie Wonder.

Tom Petty

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


This photo provided by the Women's Foundation of California Friday Oct. 14, 2005 shows Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, talking to actor Ted Danson at the Women's Foundation of California Gala Benefit in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Clinton has nearly $14 million in the bank for her 2006 re-election campaign after raising more than $5 million in the three-month period that ended Sept. 30, aides said Friday.
Photo by Matt Sayles
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cover Ups

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Society of Singers Honor

Elton John

Barry Manilow had a confession to make at the October 10 Society of Singers' annual Ella Awards. "I've always wanted to marry Elton John," he announced to the crowd, as he paid tribute to the evening's honoree.

The event, at Los Angeles' Beverly Hilton, raised money for the SOS, which provides emergency funds for singers in need. According to SOS president Jerry Sharell, the evening broke an SOS fund-raising record previously set in 1990, when Frank Sinatra was honored.

In his acceptance speech, John recalled a youth spent listening to such singers as Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald (for whom the awards are named), Sarah Vaughan, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby. But he admitted that he would have to turn down Manilow's proposal: "I couldn't have married you, Barry. There would have been too much fuss in front of the mirror."

Elton John

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

visual complexity

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Returns Home to New Orleans

Fats Domino

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Fats Domino, who was missing for days after Hurricane Katrina, returned home on Saturday to load some of his muddied gold records into the trunk of a car.

Outside the bright yellow headquarters of Fats Domino Publishing, Domino's son-in-law, Charles Brimmer, helped the musician load mementos from his legendary career into the car.

Told only three of his 21 gold records -- "Rose Mary," "I'm Walkin'," and "Blue Monday" -- had been found, Domino said, "Well, somebody got the rest of them."

"I don't know what to do, move somewhere else or something," Domino said. "But I like it down here."

Fats Domino

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Texas Town Celebrates Frog's B-Day

Kermit

Kermit the Frog began a globe-hopping tour to celebrate his 50th showbiz birthday in this small West Texas town that shares the beloved amphibian's name.

The town of about 5,700 rolled out the green carpet Friday for the singing, dancing Muppet and former "Sesame Street" star, giving him the key to the city, dubbing him grand marshal of the homecoming parade and crowning him honorary homecoming king.

The town, one of two in the country named Kermit, also painted Kermit's face on the community's large water tower. The local Dairy Queen offered green French fries and ice cream in his honor. A park in town also will bear his name.

Kermit

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Hollywood icon Tab Hunter talks about his days as a movie star during a book signing, Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, in New York. Hunter was promoting his book 'Tab Hunter Confidential.'
Photo by Julie Jacobson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Miner Museum of Vintage, Exotic & Just Plain Musical Instruments

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Today' Reporter Paddles in Shallow Water

Michelle Kosinski

If Michelle Kosinski's canoe had sprung a leak on NBC's "Today" show Friday, she didn't have much to worry about.

In one of television's inadvertently funny moments, the NBC News correspondent was paddling in a canoe during a live report about flooding in Wayne, N.J. While she talked, two men walked between her and the camera - making it apparent that the water where she was floating was barely ankle-deep.

Later, an NBC News spokeswoman explained that Kosinski had been riding in deeper water near an overflowing river down the street, but there were concerns that the current was too strong for her.

"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said.

Michelle Kosinski


Watch the video - Today Show Photo-Op @ Crooks And Liars.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Troubles Ripple Through Art World

J. Paul Getty Museum

A plot fit for a Hollywood thriller has been unfolding at the venerable J. Paul Getty Museum, a gleaming hilltop refuge that Italian authorities claim houses pilfered art.

A decade after leading efforts against the illegal trade of artifacts, the museum's recently departed antiquities curator faces trial next month in Rome over allegations that she knowingly received dozens of stolen items.

The internationally renowned Getty finds itself deflecting a barrage of questions about how it amassed its world-class collection of Roman, Greek and Etruscan works. And the art world is left to wonder whether the museum's current dilemma will refocus attention on how art is acquired.

J. Paul Getty Museum

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Violinist Midori, right, performs with New York Philharmonic conducted by Marin Alsop, Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Photo by Osamu Honda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Death Psychic

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Death Was Accident

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee's former producer, Raymond Chow, says the kung fu star's sudden death at age 32 is a straightforward case of taking the wrong medicine.

Lee died of an edema, or swelling of the brain, in the home of Hong Kong actress Betty Ting Pei in 1973. The coroner described his passing as "death by misadventure."

The circumstances of Lee's death fueled speculation that drugs were involved and Lee was having an affair with Ting.

Chow, one of the founders of Golden Harvest studios, said Lee died because he took headache medication that he was "hypersensitive" to at someone else's home, refraining from referring to Ting directly.

Bruce Lee

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


A Japanese woman puts on makeup as Maiko, Japanese traditional dancing girls, at the Katsura Studio in Tokyo October 15, 2005. The rental costume, makeup and photography cost 12,000 yen ($105) at the studio.
Photo by Toru Hanai
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Office Sign Generator

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Painstaking Window Washing

Chartres

Stephane Petit's patients arrive at his clinic almost unrecognizable, their skin invaded by microbes, their faces blackened by pollution, their jewel-toned robes sullied by candle smoke and the debilitating breath of millions of well-intentioned admirers.

Petit is a doctor to some of the world's oldest stained-glass masterpieces: the blue-hued mosaics of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, which stands in this medieval village 50 miles southwest of Paris. His patients -- saints and butchers, priests and blacksmiths -- have survived more than seven centuries of revolution, war and atmospheric grime buildup.

"The glass is full of mini-craters," said Petit, a man of 40 built like a cornstalk, his rail-thin body topped by a mop of thick, unruly dreadlocks. "There's lichen and algae. Microbes from the stone move in and invade the place. Sometimes only a fossil of the paint remains."

Chartres

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Models display the creations of Portuguese designer Pedro Mourao during the Lisbon Fashion Week Saturday, Oct. 15 2005 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Photo by Sergio Azenha
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Euphemism Generator

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Conference in Texas Draws Hundreds

Bigfoot

Next to a lifelike replica of a giant ape head, the believers milled around tables Saturday covered with casts of large footprints, books about nature's mysteries and T-shirts proclaiming Bigfoot: Often Imitated, Never Invalidated.

While they can have a sense of humour about it, the search for the legendary Sasquatch is no joke for many of the nearly 400 people who came to discuss the latest sightings and tracking techniques at the Texas Bigfoot Conference.

Hoaxes have been a large part of the making of the Bigfoot legend. California construction company owner Ray Wallace donned 40-centimetre-long wooden feet to create tracks in mud in 1958 and it led to a front-page story in a local paper that coined the word Bigfoot.

But there have been more than 2,550 seemingly credible Bigfoot sightings reported in North America in the last century, said Christopher Murphy's 2004 book Meet the Sasquatch.

Bigfoot

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"SLOWLY I TURNED"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Put on Auction Block

Apothecary Artifacts

On the auction block: refined skunk oil, goose grease, a pack of medicinal cigarettes ("Promotes easier breathing") and empty bottles that once held cocaine, morphine and amphetamine multivitamins.

Thousands of medicinal products from a bygone era have been pulled from the basement of one of Alaska's oldest drugstores to be sold to the highest bidder Saturday.

Some of the estimated 3,000 items that once lined the shelves of Seward Drug Co. date to the early 1900s and are still neatly ensconced in their original containers.

Most of the lot was stored for decades in the basement of the Seward Drug Co., which started in 1904 as the first apothecary shop in the town of Seward, about 80 miles south of Anchorage. The store burned down in 1941 but owner James Woern believes much of what was stored in the basement survived.

For the rest, Apothecary Artifacts

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Halloween Projects

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In Memory

Baker Knight

Prolific songwriter Baker Knight, whose hits were recorded by stars ranging from Elvis Presley to Ricky Nelson, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, has died at age 72.

From the 1950s to the 1970s, Knight wrote almost 1,000 songs. More than 40 singers recorded his tunes, which include the 1970 Presley hit "The Wonder of You" and Martin's "Somewhere There's a Someone" and "That Old Time Feelin'." Nelson and McCartney sang the same Knight hit, "Lonesome Town," decades apart.

Knight learned to play guitar while in the Air Force. He formed a rock band, Baker Knight and the Knightmares, whose height of fame was opening for country stars Carl Perkins and Conway Twitty in 1956.

After the band split up, Knight moved to Los Angeles for a movie role that never materialized. He returned to Birmingham in 1985 and began to suffer from agoraphobia and a condition similar to chronic fatigue syndrome, which put his songwriting career on hold.

Knight is survived by his daughter, Tuesday, and a son, Thomas Baker Knight.

Baker Knight

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Surrogate mother Rosie tends to Baina, a six-month-old female gorilla at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Baina was abandoned by her mother, Timu, who is the world's first test tube gorilla, and Rosie, Timu's mother and Baina's grandmother has begun caring for the baby gorilla.
Photo by Nati Harnik
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


CURRENT MOON
lunar phases


Subscribe to BartCop!



Click Here!





My Guest Map


Erin Hart Show Links


THE MERIA HELLER SHOW


PersephonePlus

Custom Kaleidoscopes by Ed the "BearMan"

Media Matters

Take Back The Media!

Blah 3

The Slab

What Really Happened

The Iraq Page

Today In Iraq

Freeway Blogger

I'm Not Sorry

The Republican Dictionary

Unpopular Ideas

Project for the OLD American Century

The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol

skippy the bush kangaroo

NastyBoy

TrimmedBush

Nick's Blog

Wherever you may find us

2 Dudes

The Mr. Nice Guy Show

Dick Eats Bush

Comedy Ointment - Fake news. Real attitude

DommeCile ... Abandon Hope

Twisted Barbie

Tim Beasley's Celebrity Stars

Woodstock - Preservation Archives

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Who served?

The Chickenhawk Database

Congressional Members with Military Service

Who Died and Made You President? :: The Bean Magazine

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

100 Most Banned Books


Photos from D.C. - Nancy Maynard

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Click Here!

Avery Ant and his One Minute Rant - Click Here!

The Downing Street Memo :: Click Here

After Downing Street : Click Here!

Saint Clinton

Click Here!

Click Here!

Operation Yellow Elephant - Click Here!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Welcome !


You have reached the Home page of BartCop Entertainment.
Make yourself home, take your shoes off...
Go ahead, scratch it if it itches.

The idea is to have fun.

Do you have something to say?
Anything that increased your blood pressure, or, even better, amused or entertained?

Do you have a great album no one's heard?
How about a favorite TV show, movie, book, play, cartoon, or legal amusement?
A popular artist that just plain pisses you off?
A box set the whole world should own?
Vile, filthy rumors about Republican musicians?
Just plain vile, filthy rumors?
This is your place.

(In other words, submissions are welcome.)


Send mail to Marty
( SuprmChaos at yahoo dot com )

Or this Marty
( SuprmChaos at aol dot com )

Or this Marty
( SuprmChaos at hotmail dot com )

Or this Marty
( marty at suprmchaos dot com )


Thank you

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Previous Issue


BartCop Entertainment Archives

Home

Links

Return to BartCop




"Management reserves the right to edit, yada yada."


''You send it to me, it's mine.''















Legal Stuff


































Established 26 July, 2001








































Who Links Here





Heh heh heh










©  2005  suprmchaos.com