BartCop Entertainment Archives - Wednesday, 7 May, 2008

Wednesday

7 May, 2008

(Updated Daily)

[284 days in a row]

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

'Best of TBH Politoons'

Click Here!



Thanks, again, Tim!

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

M Is FOR MASHUP - May 7th, 2008

TV Themes Challenge On The Air!

By DJ Useo



To the longtime fan of mashups, there's no more proper spot to keep up with the scene than "Get Your Bootleg On". Formed from an early coalition of bootleggers as a way to keep up with each others' newest tracks, the forum continues to interest new listeners by encouraging posting of mashups, remixes, & original tracks. A highlight of GYBO (as many refer to it) is the regular announcement of themed bootleg challenges. From Rave to Dub, the GYBO challenge provides a fine focus for bootleggers looking for mixing motivation.




Now comes the newest GYBO challenge, "TV TIMES, the GYBO TV THEME TUNE CHALLENGE". All home producers are offered the chance to post any mashup made from a TV theme in a common area so that interested dudes can sample & compare & contrast. I admit I was immediately skeptical as to how successful a track could result from such a theme, but, the genius of it was apparent. Excelente aka John Irwin offered up the fun instant classic "Benny Hilkshake" (Kelis vs Benny Hill Show 'theme') & established how inventive in a new way the concept works. Whether the track makes you smile, or frown, the realized creativity is apparent.




Bobby Martini was inspired to take the superb theme tune from the BBC1 series "Life On Mars", carefully place a few samples in, a little bit of Arman Van Helden, a few voice snippets etc. & come away with a cool tune that you will want as your ringtone. DJ MXR serves up New Order's 'Blue Monday' set against the theme from Desperate Housewives by Danny Elfman & you will be mighty pleased with the final sound. "The Fraggles Rock" from Martini does the unlikely up in a likeable arrangement by grafting The Fraggles theme vs 'Song 2' from Blur.




DJ Not-I seems to have a very popular track with 'Smells Like Futurama" (Nirvana vs Futurama 'theme'). It performs so perfectly, you'd think it started that way. I heard it on net radio already, as well as a few other tracks like Juxtaposeur's 'Ben Ten Theme Remix' & Freerange Meatraiser's 'Go GO Gadget Sirens' (Inspector Gadget 'theme' vs Dizzy Rascal) I was intrigued sufficiently by the challenge to try a couple of my own, so that explains my 'Bounce 2 Hardstyle Bubbles In The Wine' ( The Lawrence Welk Orchestra vs Dj Alligator vs Blutonium Boy) & Star Trek For Science (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's Star Trek 'theme' vs They Might Be Giants). Thanks for the inspiration, GYBO.




There're 62 entries so far ranging from DJ AreDee's 'Darth Pinky and The Brain' (Star Wars & Pinky and The Brain) to Frogthedawg's 'Hello, I love Scooby Doo' (Doors vs Scooby Doo 'theme').So if you think this type of tune appeals to you, be sure & check your nearest search engine for 'TV TIMES, the GYBO TV THEME TUNE CHALLENGE' or register at www.gybo.org & see the direct mixer posts. I'm confident you'll enjoy the experience.




Mix Of The Week - Too good to not be heard is Budtheweiser's new quartet of retro dance 'You Should Be Dancing Vol 1 to 4'. All four volumes saw release this last weekend & I can't quit playing them. Over 4 hours when you place them nose to toe, you'll be glad you heard them.
budtheweiser.multiply.com




Mashup Tip: Always approach mashups with a 13-step interactive plan, or bypass that & mix hodge podge-style.




Correction from DJ Petrushka's story last week on Corrupt DJ'S: Correct Links are:
myspace.com/corruptdjs

myspace.com/kitchmix

And, Polyfonics is the other Corrupt DJ, Pellapushers was incorrect.


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


Is Hillary Just Like RFK?


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

Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Deanna Isaacs: And All I Got Was This Lousy PhD (Chicago Reader)
The University of Chicago's new funding plan has grad students questioning their future in academia.


Andrew Tobias says, "MoveOn.org sent its list this 60-second quiz, wherein you get five chances to show you know the difference between President Bush and Senator McCain. It's fun! See how you do!"
Quiz: Bush-McCain (bush-mccainchallenge.com)


Paul Krugman: Success Breeds Failure (nytimes.com)
Now that the financial clouds have lifted a bit, the pushback against sensible regulation is in full swing.


Jim Hightower: SPENDING YOUR STIMULUS CHECK (jimhightower.com)
I'm totally excited that our tax rebate checks are coming! Washington has turned into Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy, all rolled into one, now delivering $300 to $600 checks to nearly every one of us.


BETH QUINN: The re-kiddification of the Quinn house (recordonline.com)
I figure that, from the time kids finally grow up and go away until they start coming back with kids of their own, we've got maybe eight good years of making the house adult-friendly.


Michael Hamersly: British pop singer Natasha Bedingfield is enjoying her day in the sun (McClatchy Newspapers)
British pop singer Natasha Bedingfield catapulted to fame in 2005 with her infectious songs "Unwritten" and "These Words (I Love You, I Love You)" dominating Top 40 radio for months. Two years after its release, "Unwritten" lost out to Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammys.


CHRISTIAN JOHN WIKANE: "Saudade: A Conversation with Carly Simon" (popmatters.com)
Tall and tan and still very lovely, Carly Simon takes a cue from Antonio Carlos Jobim on her new album. So why does All About Eve make a cameo?


The day feminist icon Alice Walker resigned as my mother (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)
The Color Purple brought Alice Walker global fame, but her strident views led to an irreconcilable rift, her daughter tells.


20 QUESTIONS: Pico Iyer (popmatters.com)
The compassionate, prolific writer and traveler, Pico Iyer, talks with PopMatters 20 Questions, about the Dalai Lama, Benji, Keith Richards, and Paddington Bear.


Erin Podolsky: Rapper Tech N9ne sells himself hard as he pursues 'the hip-hop presidency' (Detroit Free Press)
It was the mid-1980s, and in Kansas City, Mo., teenager Aaron Dontez Yates decided to move from straight-up beatboxing to writing his own rhymes. All he needed was a name. Not the one his auntie and mama gave him when he was born, but a real name, a name with weight that would give his rhymes that extra layer of respect they deserved.


David Bruce: Wise Up! Good Deeds (athensnews.com)
All too often, funding is not available for school libraries. One student, Mitchell Nesheim, took action. To get books for his Mount Shasta (Calif.) High School Library, he wrote an article for local media in which he posted the names of authors whose books the library wanted and whose books were required or recommended for courses. He then asked the readers of the article to look on their bookshelves for books by those authors and to consider donating them to the school library. This is a great idea because all too many of us have books that we will never reread, but that other people would be happy to read.


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


Clinton, McCain Finally Find an Academic to Support 'Gas Tax Holiday'


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

HOW OLD WAS THIS TREE

YOU CAN MAKE A WILD GUESS....OR

YOU CAN COUNT THE RINGS

zEN mAN
(observing the dismembered skeleton of a 100 foot tall elm tree that decided to fall down on the Laurel Dell road......we counted the rings and it was over 80 years old)

zEN mAN archives


zEN mAN



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

Subscribe to BartCop!

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



Trivia Question Of The Day

Which film was directed by Frank Capra & written by Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel)?

   A:    The Bitter Tea of General Yen
   B:    5000 Fingers Of Dr. T
   C:    State Of The Union
   D:    You Can't Take It With You
   E:    Your Job In Germany


Send your answer to Marty





Trivia Question from Yesterday

What was the name of Dale Evans' horse?

   A:    Butch
  B:    Buttermilk
   C:    Rex
   D:    Tony
   E:    Trigger                 Source







mj was first, and correct, with:
   The answere is B. Buttermilk was a buckskin mare (I think it was a mare). The dog, a german shepherd, was Bullet, and the jeep was Nellie Bell.
  Horse was, according to my parents, one of my first words




Alan J responded:
   Buttermilk



Sandra H replied:
   and poor buttermilk always had to eat trigger's dust!



BGRDDAD answered:
   Buttermilk was one of the most plump, out-of-shape horses on TV ... perfect for Old Dale.



Bill K said:
   Loved those old Westerns when I was a kid. My big brother was an usher (remember ushers?!) and could get me into the theater free. I saved twenty cents! There were two sizes of popcorn, 5 cents and 10 cents. There was always a double feature, cartoons, previews, and a serial on Saturday afternoon. Two of the local theaters had outdoor screens and seating for the warm summer months. This was in suburban St. Louis in the forties and early fifties.



Leo answered:
   Buttermilk



PURPLE GENE responded:
   I USED TO WATCH ROY ROGERS (LEONARD FRANKLIN SLYE) AND DALE EVANS (FRANCIS OCTAVIA SMITH) IN THE 50'S ON SATURDAY MORNINGS....THE KING OF THE COWBOYS ON HIS HORSE "TRIGGER" AND THE GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED "BULLET" AND PAT AND GABBY AND "NELLYBELLE" THE JEEP......AND DALE USE TO RIDE OUT ON HER BROWN BAY NAMED "BUTTERMILK".......EVERY SHOW ENDED WITH ROY AND DALE SINGING "HAPPY TRAILS"...
  IN THE 70'S DALE BECAME A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN AND HAD HER OWN RELIGIOUS TV SHOW......RUMORS HAD IT THAT WHEN ROY DIED IN 1998, HE WANTED TO BE STUFFED AND PUT ON DISPLAY WITH HIS HORSE TRIGGER IN THE ROY ROGERS MUSEUM.....
  THE ANSWER IS B.......BUTTERMILK




McDonald guessed:
   Trigger??



Marian the Teacher said:
   Buttermilk



John in HI replied:
   buttermilk



MAG ("I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library"   Jorge Luis Borges) wrote:
   Buttermilk. I've heard that at the Roy Rogers Museum in CA, this is the question that get the most.



ducks said:
   I'm going with Buttermilk as Dale's horse's name.
  I could be wrong (I often am when I make a guess) but I keep trying.




Vic in AK replied:
   Her horse's first name was B: Buttermilk It's last name was Elmer's, or insert your own glue joke.....sorry......



bebo answered:
   buttermilk



DanD wrote:
   Ooh, how subversive! Now, we all know ROY ROGERS, and we also know that he had a horse (eventually, after it died, I think he had it stuffed). But, what would a "girl" cowboy name her horse? Would she name him Butch? Well, only if she was a switch-hitter. What about Rex? But this is A'murka, and Rex means king. How about "Tony?" Only if he rings twice (like the mailman).
  Well, while the guys were always quick on the Trigger (hey, maybe she was a switch-hitter if Roy really was that fast), the wimmin-folk were always expected to churn the butter ... or perhaps she just bit the "Bullet" and got off beastially.
  Roy Rogers always seemed to be more of a "Park-Avenue" cowboy to me, you know, Broke-back style.
  Anyway, "B" is the answer.




MAM     replied:
   This one I just plain remember! It was Buttermilk!



Kevin in WLA responded:
   Dale Evans horse was Buttermilk



And, Sally said:
   Now you are talking about MY super-hero's from back in MY youthful TV days!
  Buttermilk (B) was the name of Dale Evans' horse and one of my dearest memories was seeing both Dale and Buttermilk in person back in the day.
  Okay, for starters, who didn't love Roy Rogers and the lovely Dale Evans? I saw them perform at Madison Square Garden (in NYC) a couple of times, read all of Dale's books, and of course, saw all of their movies. How I cried after reading, "Angel Unaware" about the life and death of their precious Down Syndrome daughter. They were the first "celebrities" to admit to, and proudly show off, a child with this affliction - and that alone, was astounding back then.
  I bought their records, and later on, bought their movies on tape. Oh, and I too adopted a child from Korea because I was SO influenced by their adoptions, and lives, BTW.
  In the 90s, I had the chance to see Dale performing in an intimate setting, in Denver, CO. At that time, she had aged quite a bit, her children were grown, and Roy had passed on. She was appearing in one of our beautiful churches in Denver, and although I knew that she had become quite "Christian" (which I am not) I couldn't care less. She was warm, and lively, smiled at everyone in the audience as she strolled the aisles - often reaching out to the people who held out their hands to her. What a beautiful, and genuine lady who is missed by all of her fans. Can't you just see her riding Buttermilk into the sunset, to an awaiting Roy, right now??



  

Thanks to Marianne & PURPLE GENE for the pictures of Dale Evans & Buttermilk.


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


http://dareland.

The latest from http://dareland.blogspot.com
 


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

Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

NOT A GOOD NUMBER!

HECK OF A JOB KYAW HSAN!

THE MAKING OF A FASCIST CANDIDATE!

JACK D. RIPPER IS ALIVE AND WELL!

"IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID!"

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER REPUG CRIMINAL!

WHILE THE ASSHOLE CONSERVATIVES WORRY ABOUT A FETUS!

SHE DRINKS McBUSH UNDER THE TABLE!

BARACKULA THE MUSICAL!



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

Ark Of Darkness

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

In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Overcast most of the day.



Tonight, Wednesday:

CBS starts the nigh with a FRESH 'The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular', followed by a FRESH 'Criminal Minds', then a FRESH 'CSI: The 3rd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Emile Hirsch, Tom Dreesen, and Dirk Arthur.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Felicity Huffman and Mike Doughty.

NBC opens the night with a FRESH 2-hour 'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a FRESH 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Former President Jimmy Carter, Jon Favreau, and P.O.D.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Liam Neeson, BJ Novak, and the Duke Spirit.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Miranda Kerr, Rachael Harris, andSeether.

ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'Wife Swap', followed by a FRESH 'Supernanny', then the FRESH 'Audition: Barbara Walters' Journey'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Christina Ricci, Mario Batali, and Lil Mama.

The CW offers a FRESH 'America's Next Top Model', followed by a FRESH 'Farmer Wants A Wife'.

Faux has a FRESH 'Til Death', followed by a FRESH 'Back To You', then a FRESH 'American Idol'.

MY has a FRESH 'Under One Roof', followed by a recycled 'In Living Color', then 'Breaking The Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 3'.

A&E has all 'CSI: The 2nd One' all night.

AMC offers the movie 'The Great Escape', followed by the movie 'Striking Distance', then the movie 'The Long Kiss Goodnight'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 14
 [12:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 15
 [1:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 4 Moore Place
 [2:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 11 Vandervell
 [3:00 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 9 Ardingly 49
 [3:30 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 8 Oakington 57
 [4:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 10
 [4:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 11
 [5:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 16
 [5:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 17
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Robin Hood - Ep 2 The Booby and The Beast
 [9:00 PM]    MI-5 - Ep 9 Frequently Asked Questions
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Robin Hood - Ep 2 The Booby and The Beast
 [12:00 AM]    MI-5 - Ep 9 Frequently Asked Questions
 [1:00 AM]    Robin Hood - Ep 2 The Booby and The Beast
 [2:00 AM]    MI-5 - Ep 9 Frequently Asked Questions
 [3:00 AM]    Changing Rooms - Ep.13 Chesham
 [3:30 AM]    Changing Rooms - Ep.14 Barges
 [4:00 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 9 Ardingly 49
 [4:30 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 8 Oakington 57
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 2
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 3
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has all 'Top Chef' all night.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Lewis Black's Root of All Evil'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Sen. John McCain.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report are Hasan Elahi and George Johnson.

FX has the movie 'Walk The Line', followed by the movie 'Rent'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'MonsterQuest', and 'UFO Hunters'.

IFC  -   
 [06:10 AM]   Umberto D.
 [07:45 AM]   Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
 [09:15 AM]   In America
 [11:05 AM]   Eulogy
 [12:35 PM]   Umberto D.
 [02:05 PM]   Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
 [03:35 PM]   I Am David
 [05:15 PM]   Eulogy
 [06:45 PM]   Roadside Prophets
 [08:30 PM]   The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman #3
 [09:00 PM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [10:40 PM]   IFC News: 2008, Uncut
 [10:45 PM]   24 Hour Party People
 [12:45 AM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [02:25 AM]   24 Hour Party People
 [04:30 AM]   Roadside Prophets     (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunters', and the movie 'Children Of The Grave'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:00 AM]   The Keys to the House
 [07:00 AM]   The Galindez File
 [09:00 AM]   Episode 9
 [10:00 AM]   September 11
 [12:15 PM]   As Seen Through These Eyes
 [01:30 PM]   L'Avventura
 [04:00 PM]   Drop Back Ten
 [05:30 PM]   The Puffy Chair
 [07:00 PM]   Plunkett & Macleane
 [09:00 PM]   Episode 2
 [09:30 PM]   Episode 3
 [10:00 PM]   A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
 [12:00 AM]   Samuel Jackson on Bill Russell
 [01:00 AM]   Episode 2
 [01:30 AM]   Henry & June
 [04:00 AM]   Episode 4
 [05:30 AM]   Touch the Sound     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM begins with a salute to Gary Cooper, who was born on this day in 1901, then spends the night with Frank Sinatra.
 [6:00 AM]      A Farewell To Arms (1932)
 [7:30 AM]      Meet John Doe (1941)
 [9:45 AM]      Sergeant York (1941)
 [12:15 PM]      The Fountainhead (1949)
 [2:15 PM]      The Pride Of The Yankees (1942)
 [4:30 PM]      The Westerner (1940)
 [6:30 PM]      High Noon (1952)

 [8:00 PM]      From Here To Eternity (1953)
 [10:15 PM]      Kings Go Forth (1958)
 [12:15 AM]      Never So Few (1959)
 [2:30 AM]      None but the Brave (1965)

 [4:30 AM]      Wings For The Eagle (1942)    (ALL TIMES EST)


Thursday  -  05/08/08

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Modern Times (1936)
 [7:30 AM]      Bachelor Mother (1939)
 [9:00 AM]      Task Force (1949)
 [11:00 AM]      Love Crazy (1941)
 [12:45 PM]      Written On The Wind (1956)
 [2:30 PM]      The Buccaneer (1958)
 [4:30 PM]      Thunder Road (1958)
 [6:15 PM]      The Entertainer (1960)
 [8:00 PM]      Grand Prix (1966)
 [11:00 PM]      The Green Helmet (1961)
 [12:45 AM]      To Please A Lady (1950)
 [2:30 AM]      The Crowd Roars (1932)
 [4:00 AM]      Corvette Summer (1978)    (ALL TIMES EST)



Any opinions?

Or reviews?







(See below for addresses)

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


Musician Neil Young appears to be taking a computer off the podium during the Sun Microsystems JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Sun announced a collaboration with Young for the release of upcoming Neil Young archive series on Blu-ray Disc that is powered by Java technology.
Photo by Paul Sakuma
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Click Here!

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

London Concert To Mark 90th Birthday

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela will come to London in June to celebrate his 90th birthday with a series of events attended by stars and politicians including Oprah Winfrey, Robert de Niro and Bill Clinton, organizers said on Tuesday.

"You all know that I am supposed to be retired but my friends and the charitable organizations that bear my name want to use my 90th birthday year to raise funds to continue our work and so of course I want to help them," Mandela said.

"So, we have a bargain -- I am going to London and they will host a concert in Hyde Park, which will raise awareness of our continuing work and much needed funds," he added in a statement.

Proceeds from the concert will go to the 46664 global HIV/AIDS campaign named after his prison number.

Nelson Mandela

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

Tops List Of `Challenged' Books

'And Tango Makes Three'

A children's story about a family of penguins with two fathers once again tops the list of library books the public objects to the most.

"And Tango Makes Three," released in 2005 and co-written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, was the most "challenged" book in public schools and libraries for the second straight year, according to the American Library Association.

Other books on the ALA's top 10 list include Maya Angelou's memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," in which the author writes of being raped as a young girl; Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," long attacked for alleged racism; and Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass," an anti-religious work in which a former nun says: "The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake."

Overall, the number of reported library challenges dropped from 546 in 2006 to 420 last year, well below the mid-1990s, when complaints topped 750. For every challenge listed, about four to five go unreported, the library association estimates.

'And Tango Makes Three'

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


Archbishop Desmond Tutu, center, joins performing artists Idrissa Diop, left, and Naomi Striemer, right, at the launch of the Internet site www.welovefreemusic.com in conjunction with SOS Records in New York, Tuesday, May 6 , 2008. Steven Nowack president and founder of SOS Records, says his company will be the first to offer all its music as free downloads from its site.
Photo by Bebeto Matthews
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Webby's "Person of the Year"

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert, whose U.S. presidential campaign was cut short, came out a winner on Tuesday when he walked away with a Webby award as the Internet's "Person of the Year."

Other special achievement winners in the 12th annual Webby awards, known as the "Oscars of the Internet," included Black Eyed Peas' frontman and songwriters will.i.am, recognized as "Artist of the Year," and French filmmaker Michel Gondry, who took home honors as "Video Person of the Year."

The Webby awards, which honor excellence on the Internet, are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-person judging academy. Winners will be honored at ceremonies on June 9th and 10th in New York, and, as always, will be limited to just a five-word acceptance speech.

Stephen Colbert

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

King-Mellencamp Musical Postponed

'Ghost Brothers of Darkland County'

A musical by John Mellencamp and Stephen King, scheduled to be produced next season in Atlanta, has been postponed, the Alliance Theatre announced Monday.

The Alliance announced in February that "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," with music by Mellencamp and a book by horror master King, would open in April 2009, with the object of preparing it for a Broadway run.

The Alliance notified subscribers on Monday that the project has been delayed because of "unanticipated scheduling problems which could not be resolved in time for the production."

The Alliance said it now hopes to produce the show during its 2009-2010 season.

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

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

bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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

Finally Getting Degree From Syracuse

Vanessa Williams

Nearly 25 years after leaving Syracuse University, Vanessa Williams will get her bachelor of fine arts degree this weekend.

The 45-year-old actress-singer, who stars in ABC's "Ugly Betty," will also deliver the convocation address Saturday to graduates of Syracuse's College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Williams attended Syracuse's drama department as a musical theater major from 1981-1983. She earned the remaining credits for her degree through industry experience and performances on stage and screen.

Vanessa Williams

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


Mary Tillman, mother of mother of Pat Tillman, who died by friendly fire in Afghanistan, is interviewed on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York, Tuesday May 6, 2008. She has written a book, 'Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman,' about the former pro football player's life and her family's efforts to uncover the truth surrounding his death.
Photo by Richard Drew
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Canadian Students Break Out In Song

Music Monday

Hundreds of thousands of Canadian students broke out in song at the same time across the country on Monday during the fourth annual Music Monday.

The event, started by the Coalition for Music Education in Canada, aims to promote the importance of music education for children and to protect music programs in schools.

More than 650,000 students from 1,500 schools and communities from coast-to-coast sang in the afternoon event. Music teachers took their pupils into the community for the simultaneous concert to sing "Our Song," which was written by Canadian female music duo Dala.

The event began in 2005, focusing on students in schools, but has since grown to include community ensembles, choirs, orchestras and professional symphonies.

Music Monday

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

I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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

Stalker Convicted

Uma Thurman

A lovesick former mental patient was convicted Tuesday of stalking and harassing Uma Thurman for more than two years, showing up on her front doorstep and movie set and sending the actress a series of creepy love letters.

Jack Jordan, a 37-year-old out-of-work lifeguard and pool cleaner, faces up to a year in jail. He was convicted of stalking and one count of aggravated harassment, and acquitted of two other harassment counts.

Jordan, who looked calm, was led from the courtroom in handcuffs. The judge ordered a psychiatric exam before his next court date on June 2.

Prosecutors say he had stalked the "Kill Bill" and "Pulp Fiction" star since 2005, when his crush on Thurman became so intense he said he had to be with her.

Uma Thurman

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


(L to R) Actress Ashley Olsen, designer Christian Louboutin and actress Mary Kate Olsen arrive for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" in New York, May 5, 2008. The superhero mania that is invading American cinemas this summer has taken hold at one of the country's most distinguished art museums with an exhibit on how their colorful costumes have influenced fashion.
Photo by Lucas Jackson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FilesChapter 11

Tropicana Casinos

The owner of Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, nearly five months after New Jersey regulators stripped the Tropicana Casino and Resort of its license.

Tropicana Entertainment LLC said Monday it plans to continue operating its remaining properties throughout the country, including the famed Tropicana Casino and Resort on the Las Vegas strip, and will keep current staffing levels.

The company was buffeted by a chain of events that began Dec. 12 when the New Jersey Casino Control Commission determined that the company was incapable of running the "first-class operation" required by state law and stripped the Tropicana in Atlantic City of its casino license after less than a year.

That touched off a funding crisis that the company desperately struggled to fend off until filing for protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, listing assets of $2.8 billion and liabilities of $3.3 billion.

Tropicana Casinos

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

Equipment Stolen

Martha Reeves

Detroit City Council member and ex-Motown star Martha Reeves says thieves broke into her childhood home and stole about $1 million worth of uninsured recording equipment.

Reeves says speakers, microphones and karaoke machines were among the items taken Sunday night. She says the backdoor of the house on Detroit's east side was kicked in.

Reeves says "somebody should have called the police while this was happening."

Martha Reeves

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


American sculptor Richard Serra looks on after being awarded by French Culture Minister Christine Albanel, unseen, with the medal of Commander in the Order of Arts and Literature, during a ceremony within the inauguration of Serra's exhibition's at the Grand Palais museum in Paris Tuesday May 6, 2008. Beneath the delicate glass and filigree metal dome of Paris' Grand Palais, five mammoth steel monoliths, rust-brown and pockmarked, reach toward the sky. They're the work of celebrated American sculptor Richard Serra, who in a new exhibition manages to infuse the pieces that stand 76 feet tall and weigh 73 tons with an almost eerie weightlessness.
Photo by Remy Gabalda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

30-Second Ads - $3 Million

Super Bowl

NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co, plans to say next week that the entry price for a 2009 Super Bowl 30-second ad will be $3 million, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.

The $3 million mark has never been the starting price for a commercial at the Super Bowl, though individual slots have sold for that much before, the report said.

Prices to buy a 30-second spot for the 2008 Super Bowl averaged $2.7 million, it was reported earlier.

Super Bowl

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

Free Airport Concert

Philippe Quint

A Grammy-nominated violinist who left his $4 million, 285-year-old Stradivarius in a taxi repaid the driver who returned it with a free concert at an airport taxi stand on Tuesday.

Philippe Quint, 34, left his 1723 Ex-Keisewetter violin in Mohammed Khalil's taxi when returning from Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey at 3 a.m. last week and Khalil later returned it without knowing its value, Quint said.

After frantically reporting the loss to the taxi commission, reviewing photos of licensed taxi drivers and informing police, Quint went back to the taxi stand hoping the driver would reappear.

Then he received a call from the Port Authority, which operates the airport, and was told Khalil had returned with the prize to the taxi stand, where they soon met up.

Philippe Quint

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


U.S. Marines, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols through a poppy field near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan Thursday May 1, 2008.
Photo by David Guttenfelder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Led Zeppelin, The Ride

Hard Rock Park

The Led Zeppelin classic "Whole Lotta Love" throbs from the 1,200-watt sound system as the slick silver and white roller coaster nears the top of its serpentine track.

Lead singer Robert Plant shrieks, "Woman. You need. Loooooooove..." And as he does, riders scream as the car falls from a height of 155 feet, reaching speeds of 65 mph.

Welcome to Hard Rock Park, America's newest theme park and the first one built in the nation in a decade. Here the theme is not movies or fairy tales or water shows. It's that American invention, rock 'n' roll.

The $400 million park in the heart of South Carolina's $16 billion tourism industry had a soft opening in April that it called a "sound check." The grand opening is slated for June 2-3, with concerts by the Eagles and The Moody Blues.

Hard Rock Park

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

Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for April 28-May 4. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

    1. (1) "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 25.09 million viewers.
    2. (2) "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 22.8 million viewers.
    3. (4) "Dancing With the Stars" (Monday), ABC, 18.22 million viewers.
    4. (9) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 18.01 million viewers.
    5. (8) "Dancing With the Stars" (Tuesday), ABC, 17.06 million viewers.
    6. (6) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 16.76 million viewers.
    7. (11) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 15.31 million viewers.
    8. (14) "NCIS," CBS, 14.76 million viewers.
    9. (28) "House," Fox, 14.64 million viewers.
   10. (15) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 13.88 million viewers.
   11. (23) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.03 million viewers.
   12. (16) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 12.92 million viewers.
   13. (18) "Without a Trace," CBS, 12.83 million viewers.
   14. (16) "Survivor: Micronesia," CBS, 12.32 million viewers.
   15. (28) "Law And Order: SVU," NBC, 12.31 million viewers.
   16. (26) "Hell's Kitchen," Fox, 11.94 million viewers.
   17. (18) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 11.57 million viewers.
   18. (32) "Cold Case," CBS, 11.56 million viewers.
   19. (28) "CSI: NY," CBS, 11.51 million viewers.
   20. (18) "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.73 million viewers.

Ratings

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


A stork is seen as the sun sets, near the town of Volozhin, 70 kilometers (48 miles) northwest of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, May 4, 2008.
Photo by Sergei Grits
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


CURRENT MOON
lunar phases


Subscribe to BartCop!



Click Here!






My Guest Map


page of flags


Erin Hart Show Links


PersephonePlus

Shameless Commerce's Buy Bruce's Anecdote Books

Newton's Castle

Custom Kaleidoscopes by Ed the "BearMan"

The Lonesome Mongoose

the48er:
progressive books, liberal minds

Media Matters

Blah 3

What Really Happened

The Iraq Page

Today In Iraq

Freeway Blogger

Newhead News

I'm Not Sorry

The Republican Dictionary

Unpopular Ideas

Project for the OLD American Century

The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol

skippy the bush kangaroo

2 Dudes

Izzy Guaal

The Mr. Nice Guy Show

The Ointment

DommeCile ... Abandon Hope

Twisted Barbie

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

Woodstock Preservation Alliance

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

War Is A Racket - Major General Smedley Butler

The War Prayer - Mark Twain

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

Who served?

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

Bill Clinton - Chris Wallace/Faux News - 09/23/06 - Transcript


Stephen Colbert - White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Transcript


100 Most Banned Books


Photos from D.C. - Nancy Maynard

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

Church of Reality - click here for more information

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

Disinfotainment Today - Click Here!

FAnnetastic!


Click Here!

Click Here!

After Downing Street : Click Here!

Saint Clinton

Raw Story - Click Here!

Click Here!

FlashRing - Click Here!

Drink In Hand - Click Here!

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










©  2008  suprmchaos.com