'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Comment
Re: Boobgate
Are you trying to start another boobgate?
Take a close look at the photo of Leann Rimes you published. Through that
top she is wearing, her left breast, nipple and areola are all clearly
visible (well, OK, you might have to squint a little).
What was she thinking of? She's singing the NATIONAL ANTHEM. How could
she desecrate the national anthem by having boobs that are visible through
her top? Even worse, resident Bush was there and you know how uptight
he is about this sort of thing (but not as bad as Ashcroft).
Then again, a woman's boobs are a work of nature and a beauty to behold,
whereas the boob that is pretending to be president is a lying, evil sack
of shit. Forget I mentioned it. :)
Brain dF
Thanks, Brian!
Not trying for a trifecta, but in a minute or two you may be squinting again...; )
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
from Kip
The Grey Album
DJ Danger Mouse's recent Grey Album, which remixes
Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles White Album,
has been hailed as a innovative hip-hop triumph.
Despite that and the fact that only 3,000 copies of
the album are in circulation, EMI sent cease and
desist letters yesterday to Danger Mouse and the
handful of stores that were selling the album,
demanding that the album be destroyed.
"EMI isn't looking for compensation, they're trying to
ban a work of art," said Downhill Battle's Rebecca
Laurie.
"Special interests, including the major labels, have
turned copyright law into a weapon," said Downhill
Battle co-founder Holmes Wilson. "If Danger Mouse had
requested permission and offered to pay royalties, EMI
still would have said no and the public would never
have been able to enjoy this critically acclaimed
work. Artists are being forced to break the law to
innovate."
The Grey Album has been widely shared on file sharing
networks such as Kazaa and Soulseek, and has garnered
critical acclaim in Rolling Stone (which called it
"the ultimate remix record" and "an ingenious hip-hop
record that sounds oddly ahead of its time"), the
Boston Globe (which called it the "most creatively
captivating" album of the year), and other major news
outlets.
DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM
And while you are there you might as well get:
STAY FREE'S ILLEGAL ART COMPILATION CD
and: COPYRIGHT AND MUSIC: A HISTORY TOLD IN MP3's
Kip
Thanks, Kip!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny & breezy morning, overcast afternoon.
The kid didn't have school, so the day sped by.
No Disinfotainment Today today - check back tomorrow.
Actors Jack Nicholson, left, and Joe Pesci watch the action during the first half of the NBA All-Star game Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Not A Political Person
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres' syndicated daytime talk show is a hit despite what she admits is a lack of personal interest in Topic A for some other TV comedians — the Democratic presidential primary.
"I haven't even been paying attention. I'm not a political person. ... I don't know enough about what's going on to say anything," DeGeneres tells Time magazine in the Feb. 23 issue, out Monday.
DeGeneres said it was "probably fair" to say she will support the Democrat chosen to challenge resident Bush, "but that being said, I really don't know who it will be."
Ellen DeGeneres
Rocker Won't Run for Office
Krist Novoselic
Former grunge rocker Krist Novoselic has changed his mind and decided not to run for lieutenant governor but says he wants to remain active in politics.
Novoselic said he would keep working with Music for America to boost voter participation among young people and continue his efforts for election reform but concluded, "the whole thing about running a campaign and being a public servant isn't the way to do it."
Novoselic was the bass player and one of the founders of Nirvana, which broke up after the suicide of co-founder Kurt Cobain in 1994. Novoselic had some later musical projects but is now retired from performing and lives in southwest Washington state.
He initially supported Howard Dean for president but will be a delegate for John Kerry at the Wahkiakum County Democratic Party convention.
Krist Novoselic
Singer Beyonce performs her song 'Crazy In Love' at halftime during the 2004 NBA All-Star Game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles February 15, 2004.
Photo by Mike Blake
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Quebec Shows Stir Furor
Conan O'Brien
Canadian politicians are denouncing "The Late Show with Conan O'Brien" over a sketch in which a cigar-chomping sock puppet hurled insults at French Canadians.
In the pre-taped skit that aired Thursday night, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog confronted visitors to Quebec City's Winter Carnival.
When one couple confirmed they were French Canadian separatists, the grouchy puppet said, "Listen closely. Hear that? It's the sound of no one giving a " followed by an expletive bleep.
"You're in North America, learn the language!" he hollered at another.
Triumph asked a rotund man if he was a separatist, then suggested he might want to separate himself from doughnuts for a while. The skit also replaced street signs with insulting replicas, including one that mocked Canadian singer Celine Dion.
Chum Television, which airs the show in Canada, issued an apology and removed the segment in a repeat broadcast.
NBC has declined comment, and O'Brien mentioned the topic only in passing in his monologue during the taping of the final Toronto show on Friday afternoon.
Guest Jim Carrey, a Canadian, later offered O'Brien a subtle opportunity to apologize by bringing on the mascot for the winter carnival, but O'Brien didn't take the bait.
But businessman Peter Soumalias, said who helped bring the New York-based show to Toronto, said Canadians were taking the show too seriously.
"It's a silly puppet that tells silly jokes," Soumalias said. "Most people find it funny."
Conan O'Brien
Watch the Conan - Quebec video
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Says Oscar Nod Is Enough
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas says actors should take great satisfaction in just being nominated for an Academy Award and not worry so much about winning.
"The first place gets an Oscar. The four others are declared losers," Douglas wrote in a column Monday in the Los Angeles Times. "Why? To be voted one of five in any category should make you a winner."
Douglas, 87, has appeared in 86 films and was nominated for Oscars in 1949 for "Champion," 1952 for "The Bad and the Beautiful," and 1956 for "Lust for Life." He was edged out every time.
Douglas was given a lifetime achievement Oscar in 1996.
Kirk Douglas
A vendor displays carnival masks depicting Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci (top L) and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (top R), former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (L), U.S. resident George W.Bush (C) and Osama Bin Laden on sale at a shop in Brasilia February 16, 2004. The masks have become popular as Brazil heads into its annual carnival season festivities.
Photo by Jamil Bittar
Defends Wife, Daughter
Paul McCartney
Former Beatle Paul McCartney has telephoned a top-selling British tabloid to lash out at critics of his wife and his fashion-designer daughter.
The Sun said Monday that it received an "amazing" call the night before from the 61-year-old who wanted to stick up for his wife Heather Mills, 36, who he wedded in 2002 after the death of first wife Linda.
"Heather is a really decent person. All she does is good things... She actually bothers to get up off her backside and do things to help people," McCartney was quoted as saying.
McCartney also dismissed talk of a frosty relationship between Heather -- a campaigner against land mines who lost a leg when she was hit by a police motorcycle in 1993 -- and daughter Stella, one of his four children with Linda.
Paul McCartney
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Demands Apology
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will challenge prime minister Tony Bliar and U.S. resident George W. Bush to apologise for pursuing a counterproductive and "immoral" war in Iraq, a newspaper reports.
In a speech he is due to give in London Tutu will say the turmoil after the war proved it is an illusion to believe that "force and brutality" leads to greater security, the Independent reported on Monday.
It said Tutu would ridicule the "dangerously flawed" intelligence Britain and the United States used to justify military action in Iraq.
"An immoral war was thus waged and the world is a great deal less safe place than before," the paper quoted him as saying.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Isabel Lucas, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, assembles the 'Bug Tumbler' puzzle at the American International Toy Fair held in New York, Monday, Feb. 16, 2004. The American International Toy Fair began Sunday in New York City and runs through Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004.
Photo by Mary Altaffer
Debuts Spanish Version of 'Meridian'
Alice Walker
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker debuted the Spanish translation of her novel "Meridian" in Havana, telling her Cuban fans there is a direct correlation between the U.S. civil rights movement and the socialist revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.
"I thought about Cuba a lot when I was writing this," Walker told a packed audience Sunday at an international book fair. "It has meant very much to me that Cubans have understood what I'm doing. Sometimes in my own country, I am very severely criticized by people who don't bother to read me at all."
"Meridian," first published in English in 1976, explores the private internal and interpersonal struggles of a young protagonist by the same name who is involved in the civil rights movement in the United States.
Alice Walker
Metal At The Royal Opera House
Motorhead
Instead of the usual fluttering of tutus and trilling of sopranos, London's Royal Opera House will resound to the strains of skull-loving heavy metal group Motorhead for a one-time gig Sunday.
Motorhead, in The Guinness Book of Records as the loudest band ever, will rock the grandiose Vilar Floral Hall with hits such as "Ace of Spades."
It will be the first time that a heavy metal act plays at Covent Garden's refined venue, which normally stages classical ballet and opera.
Motorhead
Thousands of cormorant birds fly over oyster beds on Taiwan's offshore Quemoy island, located two kilometers from mainland China, on February 13, 2004. An estimated 20,000 of these migratory birds fly to mainland China every day to search for food, returning to Quemoy in the evening, and raising fears they could bring the deadly avian flu to Taiwan. Picture taken Feb. 13.
Photo by Simon Kwong
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