BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 13 May, 2008

Tuesday

13 May, 2008

(Updated Daily)

[290 days in a row]

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Thanks, again, Tim!

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Cong. Vito Fossella to Quit, to Spend More Time with His FAMILIES


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Dareland

 
These rebate checks don't make it. They're a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage. More drastic solutions are called for.
 
I remind you there was a TV show in the 50s called The Millionaire about a guy who anonymously gave a random stranger a million bucks. Just because the show was cancelled in 1960 doesn't mean it's a bad idea.
 
Here's my economic plan for America; get rid of all social programs and level the playing field by simply giving absolutely everyone a million dollars, whether they need it or not. Then people can afford whatever they need. Housing problem? Solved. Poverty problem? Solved. Medical care problem? Solved.
 
Traditional wisdom says this will cause inflation, but I don't think so. Prices would not go up because retailers would need to make less money because they're already millionaires. EVERYBODY isn't greedy. Americans would go on spending sprees, giving absolutely every business in America the very shot in the arm it needs, and all the sales tax would feed the government coffers. Banks would be flush with all those people paying off their mortgages and credit card debt.
 
Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Where will this money come from? Half from taxes, in which case everyone has to get TWO million, or nowhere, just like the war in Iraq. No need to use the dead tree version of money. Why waste all that capital on printing and envelopes and postage. Direct deposit from the US treasury will work, simply increasing the debt. Let the country go bankrupt. Who cares? You're a millionaire. Move to Tahiti.
 
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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: The Oil Nonbubble (nytimes.com)
Are speculators mainly responsible for high oil prices? And if they aren't, why have so many commentators insisted, year after year, that there's an oil bubble?


Jim Hightower: GOD AND OIL PRICES (jimhightower.com)
... I was not totally surprised to learn recently that a group of church folks have been holding a series of "pray-ins" at gas stations across the country. They gather in front of the pumps, clasp hands, and reverently beseech God to deliver us from these high prices. "God is the only one we can turn to at this point," says pray-in organizer Rocky Twyman. "Our leaders don't seem to be able to do anything about it," he says. " The prices keep soaring and soaring."


BETH QUINN: Two new recruits in the battle of the bulge (recordonline.com)
And so it has come to this. Boot camp. Exercise boot camp. With a drill sergeant named Jim. Brenda Gilhooly and I are doing it together.


Brad Taylor Negron: My Mother (huffingtonpost.com)
Bruce highly recommends this essay. Mr. Negron really knows how to write.


Cheryl Saban: You Rock, Mom (huffingtonpost.com)
Mom, thank you for giving me life. Let me go on record to state unequivocally that you are a woman of worth and valor. You are precious to me, in every way.


Molly Magid Hoagland: These Are the Good Old Days (huffingtonpost.com)
But of course motherhood has its dark moments. After her death I read some decades-old journal entries; in one she berates herself for yelling so loud at five-year-old me that I was terrified, hands clapped over my ears--"I will never do that again" she vows guiltily. I don't remember that incident at all, nor any other episodes of scary yelling, and the fact that I don't is a great comfort to me in my worst moments as a mother.


The future of Buffy is in the cards (afterellen.com)
A new Buffy tarot will incorporate characters from the series, but also be a working tarot deck.


Malinda Lo: Interview With Zero Chou (afterellen.com)
Out director Zero Chou is one of the few openly lesbian filmmakers in the world, and the only one in Taiwan. Her first film, Splendid Float (2004), which was about drag queens, won three of Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, including Best Taiwanese Film of the Year. Her second film, Spider Lilies (2007), won the Berlinale Teddy Award for Best Queer Feature, and comes out on DVD in the United States on May 6.


Interview with Graham Norton (afterelton.com)
The host of the hit BBC America show talks about being gay in England.


For Sale - Bruce's Newest Book: "The Funniest People in Books, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes"
A couple of screenplay writers rented a house with the proviso that the landlord would redecorate the house. Time passed, and it became apparent that the landlord was not go-ing to keep his promise. Therefore, the writers saw a lawyer, who drew up an agreement in which the landlord allowed the writers to redecorate the house any way they liked as long as they paid for the redecorating. Just before the writers moved out of the house, they painted every wall, every ceiling, and every floor-black.


Commentoon: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3590


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Hillary's W. Va. Campaign Inadvertently Offends African-Americans


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THE REVEREND MOON

IS CROWNED THE KING OF THE WORLD

THIS IS SCARY SHIT

zEN mAN
(observing a photo of Sun Myung and his wife being crowned king and queen of America at a US Senate office building....wow)

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Trivia Question Of The Day

The epitaph on his tombstone reads "Nothing In Moderation".

   A:    John Belushi
   B:    John Candy
   C:    Errol Flynn
   D:    Ernie Kovacs
   E:    Hunter S. Thompson


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Trivia Question from Yesterday

What is a 'Wilhelm Scream'?

   A:    British slang for fart humor
   B:    German firecracker
   C:    Kaiser roll with horseradish
   D:    Knotts Berry Farm roller coaster
  E:    Recycled sound effect                 Source

'Wilhelm Scream' at Wikipedia has a sound clip,
and IMDb has a list of movies in which it has been used.






Marian the Teacher was first, and correct, with:
   Recycled sound effect, but also a punk rock band.



Alan J responded:
   Recycled Sound Effect



Charlie replied:
   Never new it had a name.
  E: Recycled sound effect




Steve B answered:
   It is a sound effect and a great little band as well.



Vic in AK replied:
   AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the answer is E: Recycled sound effect
  It's shown up more than a few times on my TeeVee show. Can't fault a Ghoul for going the easy ,tried and true route eh?




Sally said:
   A "Wilhelm Scream" is (E) a recycled sound effect.
  PS: Well, I survived the annual "Mother's Day Barbecue," but between you and me - it wasn't a whole lotta fun for me. This because it's always the same cast (plus some visitors) as it was back when I had the first New Jersey, M's Day barbecue four years ago.
  Back then, my neighbor gave me their old gas grill after they bought a new, even bigger, one. (In Colorado, we use good old-fashioned charcoal!)
  My SIL, was thrilled - born and raised in the Bronx, he had never grilled before and practically begged to use the barbecue - after my daughter and I cleaned it and set it up - this is how it goes every GD year:
  Picture this if you will: The daughter attempting to light the barbecue, me reading the instruction manual to her, while the SIL keeps the kids back - and various combinations of this scenario. (SIL and I doing the attempt/read with the daughter entertaining the kids; daughter and SIL attempting/reading and me with the kiddies; daughter and SIL fighting, with me taking the kids out of earshot... (Well, you get the picture.)
  Finally, we enlist the aid of another barbecue guru neighbor (different one each year, but same scenario) who thinks our naivete is a riot. I always KNOW they are "experts," because they wear aprons that proudly state:
  "I was born to barbecue"
  or similar messages on the front!
  To further impress us of their superior BBQ knowledge, they come over sporting a mini weapon (skewer) in their hand, and use it to point and thrust while instructing us on the ABC's of igniting the unit (which we promptly forget over the winter months).
  Jeeze, the humiliation of it all!
  We finally get to eat - but it's always almost dark outside. By the time we finish, clean up, and they get the kids into the car, and everyone leaves - I fall into my chair, and it usually takes me another two days to recover!
  And, it hasn't gotten a whole lot better since the first outdoor feast - but hey, I'm SURE it will be better next year, ya know?




And, Harry M responded:
   E. Sound effect


  




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Reader Suggestion

"Flame Warriors"

Really funny - dead on accurate from what I've seen...

"Flame Warriors"



lynn s


Thanks, lynn!
OMG - I know those people!
Was attaching names from a forum to the examples from the first one on.

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http://dareland.


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

OH MY, THERE'S TROUBLE IN PARADISE!

THE REPUG JIM CROW LAWS!

FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THE ENEMY IS US!

FEEL THE WARM!

REPUG 'GEEKS ON CALL' HIT THE THE WALL!

HECK OF A JOB BUSHIE!

THE BUSH LEGACY!

THINGS THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN McBUSH!

ONCE AN ASSHOLE ALWAYS AN ASSHOLE!

PRICK OF THE YEAR!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Thick marine layer never burned off. Overcast, cool and pleasant.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'NCIS', followed by a FRESH 'Shark', then a RERUN 'Criminal Minds'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Regis Philbin, Laura Dern, and Death Cab for Cutie.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are John Cusack and Paraminder Nagra.

NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Most Outrageous Moments', followed by a RERUN 'Most Outrageous Moments', then a RERUN 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', followed by a FRESH 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Evangeline Lilly, Ben Barnes, and Switchfoot.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Steve Carell, Alyson Hannigan, and Duffy.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Kaley Cuoco and Gavin Degraw.

ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Jim', followed by another RERUN 'Jim', then a FRESH 'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Womens' Murder Club'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 4/24/08) are David Spade, Jean Smart, and Ashlee Simpson.

The CW offers a FRESH 'Beauty & The Geek', followed by a FRESH 'Reaper'.

Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by a FRESH 'Hell's Kitchen'.

MY 'Street Patrol', another 'Street Patrol', 'Jail', and another 'Jail'.

A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', 'Gene Simmons', and another 'Gene Simmons'.

AMC offers the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day', followed by the movie 'Missing In Action', then the movie 'Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 6
 [12:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
 [1:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 7 Oscars
 [2:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 3 Miles
 [3:00 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 12 Kedleston 72
 [3:30 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 13 Newark 61
 [4:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 2
 [4:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 3
 [5:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
 [5:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 11
 [6:00 PM]    Doctor Who - Ep 2 The End of the World
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 14
 [9:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 15
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 14
 [12:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 15
 [1:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 14
 [2:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 15
 [3:00 AM]    Doctor Who - Ep 2 The End of the World
 [4:00 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 12 Kedleston 72
 [4:30 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 13 Newark 61
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 8
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 9
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has all 'Work Out' all night.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', and 'Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Bill Moyers.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Jennifer Hooper McCarty.

FX has the movie 'The League Of Extraordinary Gentlement', followed by the movie 'Hellboy'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Mega Disasters', another 'Mega Disasters', and 'Time Machine'.

IFC  -   
 [07:35 AM]   IFC Short Film Showcase
 [08:35 AM]   Au Revoir Les Enfants
 [10:30 AM]   Requiem
 [12:05 PM]   Happy Here and Now
 [01:45 PM]   IFC News Special: 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
 [02:15 PM]   Au Revoir Les Enfants
 [04:05 PM]   Requiem
 [05:40 PM]   Happy Here and Now
 [07:15 PM]   The Deep End
 [09:00 PM]   IFC News: 2008, Uncut
 [09:05 PM]   Maria Full of Grace
 [10:50 PM]   IFC In Theaters
 [11:00 PM]   The Sleeping Dictionary
 [01:00 AM]   Mansfield Park
 [03:00 AM]   Maria Full of Grace
 [04:50 AM]   Happy Here and Now     (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Stargate SG-1', another 'Stargate SG-1', still another 'Stargate SG-1', and 'ECW'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:15 AM]   A Good Woman
 [07:00 AM]   Small Faces
 [09:00 AM]   Episode 7
 [09:30 AM]   Furnish
 [10:00 AM]   We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
 [11:40 AM]   The Angelmakers
 [12:15 PM]   A Good Woman
 [02:00 PM]   Mutual Appreciation
 [04:00 PM]   Small Faces
 [06:00 PM]   Paul Simon, Corinne Bailey Rae & Primal Scream
 [07:00 PM]   Rat
 [08:30 PM]   Six Shooter
 [09:00 PM]   Recycle
 [09:35 PM]   Burning the Future: Coal in America
 [10:30 PM]   Episode 7
 [11:20 PM]   In Short: Pride 1
 [12:00 AM]   In Short: The Quay Brothers
 [02:00 AM]   Chrystal
 [04:00 AM]   Episode 7
 [05:00 AM]   Rat     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Uncertain Glory (1944)
 [7:45 AM]      Enchanted April (1935)
 [9:15 AM]      Law of the Tropics (1941)
 [10:45 AM]      Always In My Heart (1942)
 [12:30 PM]      The Very Thought Of You (1944)
 [2:15 PM]      Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
 [3:45 PM]      The Secret Heart (1946)
 [5:30 PM]      And One Was Beautiful (1940)
 [6:45 PM]      I'll Wait For You (1941)
 [8:00 PM]      Steel Magnolias (1989)
 [10:15 PM]      Raintree County (1957)
 [1:30 AM]      Jezebel (1938)
 [3:30 AM]      The Toy Wife (1938)
 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #6 (1955)    (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  05/14/08

TCM spends the night with Frank Sinatra.
 [6:00 AM]      All-American Co-Ed (1941)
 [7:00 AM]      Something to Sing About (1936)
 [8:45 AM]      The Fighting 69th (1940)
 [10:15 AM]      The Flying Deuces (1939)
 [11:30 AM]      Kissin' Cousins (1964)
 [1:15 PM]      Jive Junction (1944)
 [2:30 PM]      The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
 [4:15 PM]      Indiscreet (1958)
 [6:00 PM]      Lover Come Back (1961)
 [8:00 PM]      The Tender Trap (1955)
 [10:15 PM]      Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
 [12:15 AM]      High Society (1956)
 [2:15 AM]      The Pride And The Passion (1957)
 [4:45 AM]      A Hole in the Head (1959)     (ALL TIMES EST)



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Actor Jimmy Fallon is shown with Lorne Michaels (L) and Jeff Zucker (R), President and Chief Executive Officer, NBC Universal, in New York City, May 12, 2008. Fallon has been selected by NBC to take Conan O'Brien's place as host of 'Late Night' when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of 'The Tonight Show.'
Photo by Chris Haston
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Cannes Film Festival

Sean Penn

Sean Penn, 47, who heads the nine-strong jury that will award the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival opening this week, has seen his stock rise since the mid-1990s, with a best actor Oscar for 2003's "Mystic River" and three more Academy Award nominations.

Although his work behind the lens has been restricted to a handful of films, Penn won critical acclaim for his sensitive directorial performance on last year's moving drama "Into the Wild."

As Penn's career has flourished he has also become a vocal political activist, regularly enraging conservative pundits in the United States for his strident criticism of resident George W. Bush, who he has said should be impeached.

He was lambasted for visiting Iraq in December 2002, which came two months after he paid 56,000 dollars for an advertisement in the Washington Post protesting Bush's "War on Terror" and planned invasion of Iraq.

Sean Penn

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His Own Spider

Neil Young

Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians -- his own spider.

An East Carolina University biologist, Jason Bond, discovered a new species of trapdoor spider and opted to call the arachnid after his favorite musician, Canadian Neil Young, naming it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.

Bond discovered the new spider species in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2007. He said spiders in the trapdoor genus, who tend to live in burrows and build trap doors to seal off their living quarters, are distinguished from one species to the next on the basis of differences in genitalia.

Young is not the first musician to have a creature named after him. A species of beetle that looks as if it is wearing a tuxedo -- the whirligig beetle, or Orectochilus orbisonorum -- was named earlier this year after the late rock 'n' roll legend Roy Orbison and his widow Barbara.

Neil Young

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Comedian Kathy Griffin attends the NBC Universal Experience at Rockefeller Center as part of Upfront Week on Monday, May 12, 2008 in New York.
Photo by Peter Kramer
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Moving To NYC

'Ugly Betty'

Production of ABC's "Ugly Betty" is moving to New York. The announcement was made Monday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson and ABC Studios President Mark Pedowitz. They say the show will take advantage of a 35 percent tax credit from the city and state when it makes the move from Los Angeles.

The comedy will be filmed in Manhattan and Queens. It is expected to create more than 200 full and part-time jobs.

"Law & Order," "30 Rock" and "Gossip Girl" are filmed in Manhattan.

'Ugly Betty'

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Leads In Unsolicited Campaign Songs

Obama

Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago - no superdelegates needed.

John McCain and Hillary Clinton also have plenty of musical support in the first presidential election of the YouTube era. But from will.i.am's star-studded viral hit "Yes We Can" to amateur odes folk to Spanish-language tunes and even a Jamaican reggae tribute, Obama is the leader in what observers are calling a new form of political campaigning.

"Songs about candidates have really taken off," says Steve Grove, head of The YouTubes.com's news and politics division. "They've found a new way to support their candidates. ... it stretches from regular average voters all the way up to somebody like will.i.am in terms of being kind of like a new, broader trend in political video."

Obama

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Artwork On Display In London

Bob Dylan

An exhibition of art by singer Bob Dylan is to go on display in London for the first time.

The show, opening at London's Halcyon Gallery next month, features drawing and sketches made by Dylan while on the road from 1989 to 1992.

"This is an incredible opportunity for viewing this powerful body of work which gives an insight into the artist's soul," Halcyon Gallery President Paul Green said of The Drawn Blank Series.

Bob Dylan

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In this image released by Capture Imaging, Seth MacFarlane, creator of the animated series, 'Family Guy,' performs 'Freakin' Sweet!' to benefit Center Theatre Group's New Play Production Program held at the Ahmanson Theatre on Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Ryan Miller
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Hospital News

Roy Horn

Roy Horn, one-half of magician duo Siegried and Roy, underwent a knee operation Monday in Graz, southern Austria, and was doing well, his surgeon Peter Panzenboeck told a press conference.

His condition was, "given the circumstances, very satisfactory," said Panzenboeck, adding that recovery would take about 10 days.

A local newspaper reported Sunday that the German-born illusionist, who was attacked by one of his white Bengal tigers during a performance in Las Vegas in October 2003, was to receive a knee cartilage transplant.

Roy Horn

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"Playing the Building"

David Byrne

Ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne plans to turn a landmark building in Manhattan into a giant musical instrument.

State officials say Byrne will create a temporary installation in the Great Hall of the Battery Maritime Building, which is next to the Whitehall Ferry Terminal.

The "Playing the Building" installation will include devices attached to ceiling beams, plumbing, electrical conduits and other parts of the structure. Sound will be produced through vibration, making the building function as an instrument.

David Byrne

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Now A Teaching Tool

Wikipedia

Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.

Recently, university teachers have swapped student term papers for assignments to write entries for the free online encyclopedia.

Wikipedia is an "open-source" web site, which means that entries can be started or edited by anyone in the world with an Internet connection.

Writing for Wikipedia "seems like a much larger stage, more of a challenge," than a term paper, said professor Jon Beasley-Murray, who teaches Latin American literature at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Wikipedia

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Chinese opera actors perform during the annual Bun Festival in Hong Kong's island of Cheung Chau May 12, 2008. The festival celebrates the islanders' deliverance from famine many centuries ago and is meant to placate ghosts and restless spirits.
Photo by Victor Fraile
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Another Dog & Pony Show

Bush Administration

The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.

Arthur Brennan, who briefly served in Baghdad as head of the department's Office of Accountability and Transparency last year, and James Mattil, who worked as the chief of staff, told Senate Democrats on Monday that their office was understaffed and its warnings and recommendations ignored.

Brennan also alleges the State Department prevented a congressional aide visiting Baghdad from talking with staffers by insisting they were too busy. In reality, Brennan said, office members were watching movies at the embassy and on their computers. The staffers' workload had been cut dramatically because of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's "evisceration" of Iraq's top anti-corruption office, he said.

The State Department's policies "not only contradicted the anti-corruption mission but indirectly contributed to and has allowed corruption to fester at the highest levels of the Iraqi government," Brennan told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.

Bush Administration

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Trial Delayed

Clear Channel

Talks are underway to settle a dispute over financing the $20 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc, the company said in a statement on Monday.

A trial over the case was delayed by a day in New York and hearings were postponed in Texas as the discussions went on.

Clear Channel struck the deal to be bought by private equity firms Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital at the peak of the private equity boom last year. The market has changed drastically since then, with the cost of financing leveraged loans skyrocketing.

The deal descended into litigation this year when THL and Bain filed complaints in New York and Texas against six Wall Street banks -- Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Group, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Deutsche Bank AG and Wachovia Corp -- to enforce their agreement to fund the buyout.

Clear Channel

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Granted Divorce Decree

Paul McCartney

Sometimes love isn't all you need. A judge in London granted a preliminary divorce Monday to former Beatle Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. If no one objects, the divorce will be final in six weeks.

Mills will retain custody of the couple's 4-year-old daughter, Beatrice. McCartney will retain the bulk of his fortune, estimated by the court at $880 million.

The split makes McCartney, at age 65, the last of The Beatles to get a divorce.

John Lennon left his first wife, Cynthia, for Yoko Ono. Ringo Starr and his first wife, Maureen, divorced after 10. And George Harrison's marriage to Patti Boyd ended after 11 years.

Paul McCartney

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People hold soccer balls during a performance at the Ernst Happel soccer stadium in Vienna May 11, 2008. About 1,800 people stripped naked on Sunday for U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick at the stadium that will host the Euro 2008 soccer final.
Photo by Herwig Prammer
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Life Extended

"Reaper"

The CW has picked up cult-favorite supernatural comedy-drama "Reaper" for a second season.

"Reaper" will return for 13 episodes midseason and will likely be paired with "Supernatural" on Thursday nights after "Smallville" concludes its run.

The network made the decision Monday, going down to the wire on whether to pick up the series before the CW's "upfront" presentation to advertisers the next day.

"Reaper"

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Consider Dropping Paper Catalogs

Publishers

A publishing institution, faithfully mailed at least twice a year to thousands of stores and libraries for about as long as the industry has existed, may be on its way out: The paper catalog.

HarperCollins announced Monday that it was planning to make their listings of upcoming releases available only online, calling the current system both economically and environmentally indefensible.

Other major publishers are moving in a similar direction, including Penguin Group (USA) and Random House Inc.

According to HarperCollins, about 100,000 catalogs - a print run worthy of a best-selling novel - are sent for each publishing season: summer, winter and fall. Besides saving money and paper, online catalogs can be updated instantly to reflect changes in price and cover art and can include other media. The Harper catalogs will offer links to reviews, interviews, audio excerpts and promotional video.

Publishers

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Copped In Claremont

Crystal Skull

A large crystal skull similar to those at the center of the upcoming Harrison Ford movie was recently stolen from a New Age store, puzzling employees in part because of the laid-back nature of shop regulars.

The skull, named Solar Ray by owner Don Marr, had been on loan at Kindred Spirits for about four months and went missing about two weeks ago. It had sat on an altar in the store's classroom area and was considered one of the shop's prized objects.

"He was on an altar, and he just enjoyed being here," said employee Kristen Nestor, who supervises the store's weekly crystal-reading classes. "He participated in our classes.

Marr filed a police report on the missing skull last week, but police have had no luck so far.

Crystal Skull

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In Memory

Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital on Monday after a long illness, local media said.

The web portal of Poland's leading daily, Gazeta Wyborcza, said Sendler, 98, died in Plocka Street hospital early on Monday. The hospital declined to comment on the report.

Using her position as a social worker, Sendler regularly entered the ghetto, smuggling around 2,500 children out in boxes, suitcases or hidden in trolleys.

The children were then placed with Polish families outside the ghetto, created by Nazi Germany in 1940 for the city's half a million strong Jewish population, and given new identities.

But in 1943 Sendler, who led the children' section of the Zegota organization which helped Jews during the war, was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo.

She only escaped execution when Zegota managed to bribe some Nazi officials, who left her unconscious but alive with broken legs and arms in the woods.

Sendler was honored with Israeli Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations medal in 1965 for her actions, and later made an honorary Israeli citizen.

Irena Sendler

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