BartCop Entertainment Archives - Wednesday, 15 October, 2008

Wednesday

15 October, 2008

(Updated Daily)

[447 days in a row]

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M Is FOR MASHUP - October 15th, 2008

Motown, Martin & Me

By DJ Useo



Well, competition among bootleg compilations is tight, what with people getting older every minute. It feels to people like there's not enough time to listen to an eight-minute track, let alone the full record. Despite this, I urge you all to slow down, put your feet up, chew your food fully before swallowing & give the whole record a chance. If you follow my suggestion, you'll experience the full effect of new mashup collections like 'KING OF THE ROAD - A Bastard Pop Tribute To Dean Martin',' mARKYbOY's Motown Mashed', & my own 'Bruiseo (For Demonstration Purposes Only)'. Between these three mashup collections, you'll find some music that'll bring you back for repeat listens, & even an expanded sense of time awareness.
(Well, maybe)




Starting with the record I know best, 'Bruiseo (For Demonstration Purposes Only), you'll find a thick disc chock-full of dance- oriented mashups likely to have you up on your feet, sweating to hot dance steps. I had already completed an album called 'Bruiseo' when a pal pointed out to me that the tracks were fine, but the record lacked the directness of my newest tracks. Not one to waste good advice, I scrapped the whole album, & hit the mixing programs hard to make a dance-themed record with songs people would find more irresistable. So the record went from having tracks mixing artists like Darden Smith, Timbuk 3 & The Unknowns, to more accessible artists mashed like Depeche Mode, U2 & The KLF. 'Bruiseo' varies from past-oriented tracks like 'Prepare To Nemesis' (Shriekback vs Torch Song) to modern fare like 'Dooms The Commotion' (The Wiseguys vs Azzido Da Bass) with stops along the way for plenty of known faves. Your copy is only a right-click away at groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2008/10/dj-useo-bruiseo-mashup-album.html


I also have a special offer for those hungry for the very nice, but more-varied original 'Bruiseo' record. Contact me at useo8@yahoo.com & I'll link you up with the first 'Bruiseo' album, full of completely different tracks.




'mARKYbOY's Motown Mashed' collects the engaging mashups that mARKYbOY has been posting around the bootleg forums recently. Here they become a manageable, satisfying record full of the MoTown sounds you know put to the newer artists you are just meeting. You get gems like 'Isley Brothers @ Kanye West High School' (Isley Brothers vs Kanye West) & 'Let's Bleeding Stay Together' (Al Green vs Leona Lewis) plus a new unreleased track 'Don't Look Beyond The Shackles' (Dennis Edwards and Seidah Garrett vs Mary Mary) and lots more. You'll find plenty of mainstream pop satisfaction dwelling among the compressed grooves of this baby. mARKYbOY only included the post-tested tracks that had wowed many on sites such as GYBO, SUSN, ACAS4U, Mashuptown, Mashstix , & a few that appeared as exclusives on the massively popular mashup podcast, RAMDOM THOUGHTS.
(All sites worth googling)




If you think you'd enjoy hearing the Supremes, the Jackson 5, or Smokey Robinson mashed with contemporary artists such as Jordin Sparks, Leona Lewis, Kanye West and Madonna, mARKYbOY has made it easier by far to attain that effect aurally. If you enjoy this the way I think you will, take a look on his site for his other recent comp, 'Black to Back - Amy Winehouse Mashed'. It's still available packaged in a shiny new zip file format. Grab both records here -
markyboymashupsite.blogspot.com/2008/09/markyboys-motown-mashed.html




Now, last,but not least, I tell you of Mashup-industries's 'KING OF THE ROAD - A Bastard Pop Tribute To Dean Martin'. I bet you never saw that one coming. For those of you not familiar with Dean Martin, he's the former star of movies & music responsible for such hits as ""Memories Are Made Of This", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway", "Volare", "That's Amore" & "Ain't That A Kick In The Head? I'd tell you more, but it's easy to go to www.deanmartin.com & see for yourself. Or you could ask your Aunt Marge in the retirement home. She is dying to talk about it. Under the direction of DJ Clive$ter, this new bootleg tribute takes DIno into territory unheard of. A challenging record with much successful creativity, 'KING OF THE ROAD - A Bastard Pop Tribute To Dean Martin' gives ten bootleggers free reign over fourteen tracks to test DIno's massive musical range against newer artists like Thomas Dolby, Bob Marley & Beyonce. You'll marvel, gasp, & spasm to such fine tracks as Pilchard's 'Fish Thing', DJ Schmolli's 'My Girl Is King Of The Road', & RIAA's 'I saw Her Things', lol. In the modern tradition of free bootleg comps, 'KING OF THE ROAD - A Bastard Pop Tribute To Dean Martin' is available as a free download here -
www.mashup-industries.com


Give a listen to this trio of home-produced records, & perhaps leave a comment of thanks. You may inspire them to make more. :)





Mix Of The Week - I have been remiss in not featuring a mix by the talented DJ Petrushka. Her 'PAT'S DEEP TRANCE' set gives deep pleasure with lots of recent trance hits. You'll find it remarkably easy to play this baby right on through. Easily-obtained here -
www.divshare.com/download/5447566-0a9
or here -
djpetrushka.multiply.com/journal/item/36/Pats_Deep_Trance_-_Mix



Mashup Tip - Don't touch your tongue to mashups that are frozen.



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McCain Moves Past Ayers, Ties Obama to a BLACK Weatherman


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The Weekly Poll

The New Question

This week's poll:

Unisex Selective Service Registration

OK, Poll-Fans, here it is...

Senator Barack Obama has gone on record that females aged 18-25 be required to register with the Selective Service as males in that age group are required by law to do.

He also is in favor of opening up all 'Combat Arms' positions that women are not currently not allowed to participate in... Candidates differ on female draft

Are you in favor or opposed to these positions?


BadtotheboneBob




Send your response to BadtotheBoneBob (BCEpoll (at) aol.com)





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HAIKU HEADLINES

HOCKEY MOM AND THE

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"NIGHTMARE ON MAIN STREET"

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Gordon Does Good (nytimes.com)
With stunning speed, the British government defined the character of the worldwide rescue effort. Now other wealthy nations have to catch-up.


KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE: Columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize (AP News)
Princeton professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize.


Alexander Zaitchik: Not My Financial Crisis -- I've Got Literally Nothing to Lose (AlterNet.org)
Like most people I know in their 20s and 30s, it takes a stretch of the imagination to understand that I have a stake in the national economy.


Andrew Tobias: Three Months Ahead of Schedule (andrewtobias.com)
President Bush continues to exceed all expectations. Our 232 years of accumulated National Debt, I have been writing in this space for some years, "will have reached $10 trillion or so by the time President Bush leaves office - up from under one trillion when Ronald Reagan took office."


Nathan Gardels: "My Interview with George Soros: End of Financial Crisis Could Be in Sight"
Soros: U.S. influence will wane. It has already declined. For the past 25 years, we have been running a constant current account deficit. The Chinese and the oil-producing countries have been running a surplus. We have consumed more than we produced. While we have run up debt, they have acquired wealth with their savings. Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets. That changes the power relations. The powershift toward Asia is a consequence of the sins of the last 25 years on the part of the United States.


"The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means," by George Soros: A Review by John Cassidy (nybooks.com; and posted on powells.com)
Not many people understood hedge funds back then, but for those in the know Soros's Quantum Fund, which he founded in 1973, was the model: year after year, it had achieved returns in excess of the broader market. After weathering the 1987 stock market crash, Quantum, since 1989 under the day-to-day management of Stanley Druckenmiller, racked up more big gains, culminating in a huge bet against the pound sterling in 1992, which reportedly netted more than a billion dollars. (Soros has never publicly confirmed the exact figure. The British newspapers put it at $1.1 billion.)
and
"The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means," by George Soros: A Review by John Cassidy (nybooks.com; and posted on powells.com)


Scott Burns: Two Candidates with a Nasty Secret (assetbuilder.com)
In the coming election, two major candidates share a nasty secret. Twenty-five years ago the candidates voted for legislation that now hits middle-class retirees hard. Because of this legislation, many retirees now face effective income tax rates of 46 percent--- even though their household income may be less than $100,000.


Christopher Benfey: Emily Dickinson's Secret Lover! (slate.com)
WHY THE BIG NEWS IS BEING IGNORED.


Sal Nunziato: "I Saw The Light: Todd Rundgren's Alive & He's Taking Names" (huffingtonpost.com)
Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn's annual pilgrimage at the beginning of On Golden Pond, aptly describes my relationship with Todd Rundgren. I am now on my 34th year of seeing him in concert.


20 QUESTIONS: Mike Farris (popmatters.com)
Mike Farris, a man with a sweet but mighty tenor, talks with PopMatters 20 Questions about his little slice of Heaven, right here on Earth.


David Hiltbrand: Fishing is the hobby that never got away for Ween musician Mickey Melchiondo (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
It's a scintillating autumn morning and Mickey Melchiondo is in his usual haunt: drifting down the Pennsylvania bank of the Delaware River near New Hope, casting plastic wacky worms into the current to entice smallmouth bass.


David Bruce: Gays and Lesbians (athensnews.com)
Lesléa Newman, lesbian author of "Heather has Two Mommies," worked with gay Beat poet Allen Ginsberg when she attended Naropa Institute's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. One of her duties was to help Mr. Ginsberg answer his mail. She would read each letter out loud, he would listen, and then together they answered each letter.


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The Key to the U.S. Bank Deal: Government to Get Free Checking


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Trivia Question Of The Day

The first known published crossword puzzle appeared in what year?

   A    1865
   B    1898
   C    1913
   D    1923
   E    1929



Send your answer to Marty





Trivia Question from Yesterday

Carat is the unit of weight for all gemstones. The word "carat" comes from the seed of what kind of tree?

   A    Cacao
  B    Carob
   C    Catalpa
   D    Chestnut
   E    Chickory                 Source

The word "carat" comes from the seed of the carob tree pod which is found in tropical climates. These seeds were used until this century to weigh precious gems.         Source





Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   B Carob



Jim from CA replied:
   Carob



Marian the Teacher answered:
   carob



Charlie responded:
   Remembered this from research on the last carat question.
  B Carob
  The idea is that all carob seeds are practically identical, making them perfect as standard weights. The trouble is, that turns out not to be true, as Lindsay Turnbull from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues found out.
  The team collected and weighed 550 seeds from 28 carob trees in Mallorca and found they are just as variable in weight as seeds from 63 other species of tree (Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0476).




Sally said:
   No time for research, but as I recall, the answer is (B) Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua). A way back when, carob seeds were used to measure gold, (since the seeds had a consistent weight).So, hence, we get the word carat from that.
  PS: Will this day never end? (If I could bottle the energy from my g/kids, I would be rich beyond imagination!)




MAM     noted:
   The word "carat" comes from the seed of what kind of tree?

  Carab Tree!
  The term "carat", the unit by which diamond weight is measured, is also derived from the Greek word kerátiòn, alluding to an ancient practice of people in the Middle East weighing gold and gemstones against the seeds of the carob tree by using simple hand held or platform mounted pan balances. The dealer placed the requisite number of carob seeds in one pan and added gems or gold in the other pan until the two pans hung level. Although this sounds primitive, a practiced user can get very accurate weights, and such tools are still in use in much of the world, although carob seeds have been replaced by tiny, carefully calibrated metal "weight standards" marked in carats or grams., with one carat fixed at 0.2 grams.

Carob pod and seeds




And, Joe S ("Carob works on the principle that, when mixed with the right combination of fats and sugar, it can duplicate chocolate in color and texture. Of course, the same can be said of dirt."  ~ Sandra Boynton) wrote:
   The most obvious answer is B: Carob, so I really should make another choice. But I'm not going to. I'm sticking with the obvious and the tasty answer.




  

Thanks to Marianne and Joe S for the pictures.




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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

STOPPING THE REPUG FASCISTS!

DUMB FUCKING AMERICANS!

GOOD FASCISTS NEVER DIE!

THE REPUG HOMEWRECKERS TRY TO BLAME FANNIE AND FREDDIE!

THE CHIMP IS A COMPLETE LOSER!?

RED MEAT FOR THE REPUG HATERS!

"HELP ME! HELP ME!"

THE SHIFT!

BEING AN ASSHOLE IS NOT A VIABLE OPTION!

HOLDING OUR BREATH UNTIL NOVEMBER 4TH!

HEE HAW!

HEE HAW!

HONKY MORONS FOR McPALIN!

McBUSH IS THE PENGUIN!

McBUSH REALLY KNOWNS HOW TO PICK THEM!

McBUSH IS THE PENGUIN!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Still sunny, dry and windy.



Tonight, Wednesday:

CBS starts the night with a FRESH 'Old Christine', followed by a FRESH 'Gary Unmarried', then the LIVE 'Presidential Debate'.
On the left coast, the night starts early with the LIVE 'Presidential Debate', followed by a FRESH 'Old Christine', then a FRESH 'Gary Unmarried', an old 'CSI: The 2nd One', and some local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Martin Short and Marv Albert.
On a RERUN Craig (from 9/4/08) are Eva Longoria Parker, and Neal McDonough.

NBC opens the night with a FRESH 'Knight Rider', followed by the LIVE 'Presidential Debate'.
On the left coast, the night opens early with the LIVE 'Presidential Debate', followed by a FRESH 'Knight Rider', then some local crap, and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, and Kenny Chesney.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Bill Murray, Rob Corddry, and Ray Lamontagne.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 9/18/08) are Megan McCain and Anthony Green.

ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'Pushing Daisies', followed by the LIVE 'Presidential Debate'.
On the left coast, the night begins early with the LIVE 'Presidential Debate', followed by a FRESH 'Pushing Daisies', then some local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are David Alan Grier, Amaury Nolasco, and Jessie Baylin.

The CW offers a FRESH 'America's Next Top Model', followed by a FRESH '90210'.

Faux has an old 'King Of The Hill', followed by an old 'Malcolm', then the LIVE 'Presidential Debate'.
On the left coast the night starts early with the LIVE 'Presidential Debate', followed by an old 'King Of The Hill', then an old 'Malcolm', followed by some local crap.

MY has a FRESH 'Tony Rock Project', followed by an old 'Under One Roof', then a FRESH 'World's Funniest Moments'.

A&E has 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', still another 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', yet another 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', 'Parking Wars', and another 'Parking Wars'.

AMC offers the movie 'Magnum Force', followed by the movie "The Enforcer', then the movie 'The Gauntlet'.

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. 3 Walnut Tree
 [2:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 11 Vandervell
 [3:00 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 29 Derby 5
 [3:30 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 30 Derby 6
 [4:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 8
 [4:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
 [5:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8
 [5:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 1
 [9:00 PM]    BBC World News America: Special Edition
 [11:00 PM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 1
 [12:00 AM]    Too Ugly To Love - Too Ugly to Love
 [1:00 AM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 1
 [2:00 AM]    Too Ugly To Love - Too Ugly to Love
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 8 Glenn Close, Alan Carr and Amy Macdonald
 [4:00 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 29 Derby 5
 [4:30 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 30 Derby 6
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 39 Brown
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 40 Boyle
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Project Runway', another 'Project Runway', followed by a FRESH 'Project Runway', and a FRESH 'Top Design'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and the SERIES PREMIERE 'Chocolate News'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Richard Lewis.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Tina Brown.

FX has the movie 'Invincible', followed by the movie 'xXx', then a FRESH 'Sons Of Anarchy'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'MonsterQuest', another 'MonsterQuest', followed by a FRESH 'Jurassic Fight Club'.

IFC  -   
 [6:15 AM]   Once Upon a Crime
 [8:00 AM]   IFC Short Film Showcase
 [9:00 AM]   Gerry
 [10:50 AM]   We Married Margo
 [12:20 PM]   IFC News Special
 [12:30 PM]   Once Upon a Crime
 [2:15 PM]   Gerry
 [4:05 PM]   We Married Margo
 [5:35 PM]   Once Upon a Crime
 [7:15 PM]   Kissing Jessica Stein
 [9:00 PM]   Employee of the Month
 [10:45 PM]   Jersey Girl
 [12:30 AM]   Employee of the Month
 [2:15 AM]   Jersey Girl
 [4:00 AM]   Kissing Jessica Stein
 [5:45 AM]   The Importance of Being Earnest    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunter', followed by a FRESH 'Ghost Hunters', then a FRESH 'Destination Truth'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:30 AM]   Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Ice Breaker
 [06:30 AM]   Tina in Mexico
 [08:00 AM]   Slings & Arrows - Season 2: Episode 1: Season's End
 [09:00 AM]   Murder on a Sunday Morning
 [11:00 AM]   Choking Man
 [12:30 PM]   Everything's Gone Green
 [02:05 PM]   Blog Wars
 [03:15 PM]   Marvelous
 [05:00 PM]   One Punk Under God: Episode 3
 [05:30 PM]   Street of Crocodiles
 [06:00 PM]   Choking Man
 [07:30 PM]   Heavy Metal Jr.
 [08:00 PM]   Architecture School: Episode 3
 [08:30 PM]   On the Road in America: Episode 8 - Big Sur, Part 1
 [09:00 PM]   It's a Free World
 [10:45 PM]   Uncle Douglas
 [11:00 PM]   Flying: Confessions...: Part 3
 [12:00 AM]   Architecture School: Episode 3
 [12:30 AM]   The Beat That My Heart Skipped
 [02:15 AM]   Street of Crocodiles
 [03:00 AM]   Live From Abbey Road - Season 1: The Kooks, Wynton Marsalis & Muse
 [04:00 AM]   It's a Free World
 [05:45 AM]   The Sci Fi Boys     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM starts the day with a dose of Ginger Rogers
 [6:00 AM]      Shall We Dance (1937)
 [8:00 AM]      Stage Door (1937)
 [9:45 AM]      Vivacious Lady (1937)
 [11:30 AM]      Carefree (1938)

 [1:00 PM]      Room Service (1938)
 [2:30 PM]      A Man to Remember (1938)
 [4:00 PM]      Love Affair (1939)
 [6:00 PM]      Swing Time (1936)
 [8:00 PM]      Bringing Up Baby (1938)
 [10:00 PM]      The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
 [11:30 PM]      Gunga Din (1939)
 [1:30 AM]      Five Came Back (1939)
 [3:00 AM]      Bachelor Mother (1939)
 [4:30 AM]      My Favorite Wife (1940)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Thursday  -  10/16/08

TCM spends the afternoon with Angela Lansbury, and part of the night with Sabu.
 [6:00 AM]      Pajama Party (1964)
 [7:30 AM]      Muscle Beach Party (1964)
 [9:15 AM]      Gidget (1959)
 [11:00 AM]      The Trouble With Angels (1966)
 [1:00 PM]      Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury (2006)
 [2:00 PM]      Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
 [4:00 PM]      The World Of Henry Orient (1964)
 [6:00 PM]      Gaslight (1944)

 [8:00 PM]      The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)
 [10:00 PM]      The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
 [12:00 AM]      The Jungle Book (1942)
 [2:00 AM]      Song of India (1949)

 [3:45 AM]      Son Of India (1931)
 [5:15 AM]      MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Any opinions?

Or reviews?







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James Brolin and wife Barbara Streisand are seen at Dodger Stadium during the second inning in Game 4 of the National League baseball championship series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian

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Penn State

Rock For Obama

Tie-dyed T-shirts and political slogans made for a heady mixture as the four surviving members of the rock band Grateful Dead put on a concert in support of Barack Obama.

Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart hit a Penn State University stage Monday night to play for about 15,000 people.

It was the quartet's first show together since a 2004 reunion tour. Hart, Weir and Lesh had already jammed together in support of Obama in February in California.

After Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band opened the show, Obama supporters including Penn State assistant football coach Jay Paterno and cornerback Lydell Sargeant took to the stage to endorse him. A taped video message from Obama himself also was projected on a scoreboard.

Rock For Obama

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Upset By Label's Decision

Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw says his record label, Curb Records, released a greatest hits package of his songs against his wishes and without his involvement.

McGraw, 41, said in a statement Tuesday that he's been working on a new studio album for more than a year, playing some of the new songs on tour and wanted to release the CD this fall.

But instead, he said, Curb Records released the greatest hits collection - his third overall and second since just 2006 - last week to extend his recording contract term.

The singer said he had no involvement in the creation or presentation of the record, "Greatest Hits 3."

Tim McGraw

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John Fogerty performs at the Annual STARS 2008 Benefit Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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May Boost Brain

Internet Searching

For middle-aged and older adults, searching the Internet could be a boost to the brain, a new study suggests.

The new study, to be detailed in an upcoming issue of the journal American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, looked at the brain activity of 24 neurologically normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76 as they searched the Internet. Half of the participants had experience surfing the Web, while the others did not.

All the study participants showed significant brain activity during the book-reading task, specifically in the temporal, parietal and occipital lobes of the brain, which are involved in controlling language, reading, memory and visual abilities.

But Internet searches revealed differences between the two groups. While all the participants showed the same activity as during the book-reading, the Web-savvy group also registered activity in the frontal, temporal and cingulate areas of the brain, whereas those new to the net did not. (These areas of the brain control decision-making and complex reasoning.)

Internet Searching

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'Not My Dad's GOP'

Christopher Buckley

A week after endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president, Christopher Buckley, a writer and son of William F. Buckley Jr., is leaving National Review, the conservative magazine founded by his father more than 50 years ago.

"Within hours of my endorsement appearing in The Daily Beast it became clear that National Review had a serious problem on its hands," Buckley wrote in a blog posted Tuesday on thedailybeast.com, the online broadsheet founded by Tina Brown.

"So the next morning, I thought the only decent thing to do would be to offer to resign my column there. This offer was accepted - rather briskly! - by Rich Lowry, NR's editor, and its publisher, the superb and able and fine Jack Fowler."

On his blog posting Tuesday, Christopher Buckley - whose books include "Thank You for Smoking" and the recent "Supreme Courtship" - said he had received a great deal of angry e-mails and observed that "conservatives have always had a bit of trouble with the concept of diversity. The GOP likes to say it's a big tent. Looks more like a yurt to me."

Christopher Buckley

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bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Ends Large Format

Rolling Stone

After more than four decades of standing out with a larger format than other magazines, Rolling Stone will step back and look like everyone else starting with the Oct. 30 issue, due out this week.

The adoption of a standard format could boost single-copy sales and reduce production costs for advertising inserts such as scent strips and tear-out postcards. The magazine says any cost savings, though, will be offset by the inclusion of more pages and the shift to thicker, glossier paper.

Rolling Stone chose Barack Obama, who is campaigning for president on a theme of change, for the cover of the Oct. 30 issue. By contrast, the last issue in the oversize format featured a cartoon of Obama's opponent, John McCain.

Rolling Stone

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Turkish Nobel Literature Prize winner Orhan Pamuk looks at his camera during the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt book fair, October 14, 2008. The world's largest book fair with its focal theme on Turkish literature will run from October 14 until October 20.
Photo by Arne Dedert

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Baby News

Finley & Harper Lockwood

Lisa Marie Presley has named her newborn twin daughters Finley and Harper.

Cindy Guagenti, a publicist for the 40-year-old singer, confirmed the names Tuesday, a week after Presley, who lives in the Los Angeles area, gave birth by Caesarean section.

Presley is the daughter of Elvis Presley and is married to music producer Michael Lockwood. She has a 19-year-old daughter, Riley, and a 15-year-old son, Benjamin, from her marriage to musician Danny Keough, which ended in 1994. She was briefly married to Michael Jackson and to Nicolas Cage.

Finley & Harper Lockwood

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Checkered History On Ethics Issues

Palin

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose reformer image took a hit in a report concluding she abused her powers to settle a family score, has skirted state ethics rules before for personal benefit and used her office to help friends and supporters, according to an Associated Press review of records.

Palin's first try at statewide office, after six years as mayor of Wasilla, was an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor in 2002. To raise money, she improperly used her City Hall office and equipment, city records show. A year later she would make headlines by blasting a fellow Republican for, among other things, improperly using his government position to boost his campaign.

Then, in 2006, Palin won the governor's race with a vow to reform state ethics. But in less than two years, she has repeatedly taken actions that violated her own stated standards for ethical behavior - if not state law. In the process, the Republican vice presidential nominee has become much like the old-school politicians she attacked during her rise to power.

Palin

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A gallery technician works on a 6th century mosaic pavement from Thebes at a preview of the Byzantium 330-1453 exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, in London October 14, 2008. The exhibition opens on October 25 and runs until March 22, 2009.
Photo by Luke MacGregor

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Court Case Over Book Deal

King Heirs

The children of Coretta Scott King and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. faced off in an Atlanta courtroom Tuesday in a dispute over their mother's personal papers that could derail a lucrative book deal.

The Rev. Bernice King, Martin Luther King III and Dexter King have looked more like adversaries than siblings in recent months. The surviving three King children are involved in three lawsuits.

Dexter King, as the head of his father's estate, is seeking his mother's papers, which are currently in his sister's possession. Bernice King is refusing to turn over the papers, claiming her mother did not want to participate in the $1.4 million book deal.

Communication between the siblings is limited now to messages between attorneys, Dexter King said. When asked if his feelings were hurt, he said he was "beyond that" and "numb" to the situation. Still, he said he held out hope for reconciliation.

King Heirs

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Film A Victim Of Violence

John Travolta

Officials say that a John Travolta movie has suspended filming in one of the Paris area's toughest housing projects after 10 cars to be used in the movie were burned.

Filming of some scenes of the action movie "From Paris With Love" was supposed to start this week but local officials and the production company say it was put on hold because the cars were burned by unknown suspects early Monday.

Cars are regularly burned in French housing projects, most famously during rioting that raged for three weeks in 2005 in poor neighborhoods across the country.

The mayor's office of Montfermeil, where the housing project is located, says 90 residents were to serve as extras. The Europacorp production company says only that filming of the housing project scenes is suspended pending a review.

John Travolta

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Tax Refund

Bjorn Ulvaeus

A former member of ABBA can cash in 85 million kronor (US$12 million) after winning a court case against the national tax authority.

Bjorn Ulvaeus' legal adviser says a court approved his appeal against a decision to increase the amount of his income it considered taxable.

Ulvaeus signed contracts to hand over the rights to his song royalties to different companies. He claimed that excluded them from his personal income.

Swedish authorities had claimed the deals were shams and that the star still had access to the money and should include them as his income.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

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A boy wears a pizza-shaped hat during the Columbus Day parade in New York October 13, 2008.
Photo by Shannon Stapleton

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Pleads Not Guilty

Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman pleaded not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and reckless driving Tuesday, his lawyer said.

Both charges are misdemeanors and stem from a September incident at a bowling alley in Payson, about 60 miles south of Salt Lake City. Coleman lives in nearby Santaquin.

According to court documents, Coleman, his wife and his bodyguard were bowling in early September when Colt Rushton took a few photos of Coleman with his cell-phone camera and took a few more of Coleman's truck in the parking lot.

Gary Coleman

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Sundays In San Francisco

Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane Church

On Sundays, the sound of a saxophone marries murmuring voices and drifts out of Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane Church.

Two dozen or so parishioners arrive and wriggle into their seats as Archbishop Franzo Wayne King blows his horn in a soft, welcoming solo before the more bombastic "sound baptism," the term King coined for the religious experience he and his wife had at a Coltrane concert in 1965 that eventually led the the church's founding.

The small, storefront space fills with the musky smell of incense as King's wife, the Rev. Mother Marina King, and the Sisters of Compassion begin with an opening prayer: "Cleanse us, oh Lord, and keep us undefiled that we may be numbered among those blessed ones." Parishioners - some dreadlocked, others dressed in their Sunday best; some black, some white - sing along or clasp their hands and hang their heads in prayer.

For decades the church had a growing following, and has been profiled in The New York Times, Life magazine and the BBC. Ten years ago it was common for a passerby to see the famous storefront church's Sunday congregation spilling out onto the sidewalk. These days they are more likely to see empty chairs between the dancing congregation members.

Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane Church

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Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 6-12. 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) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 23.49 million viewers.
    2. (2) "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 18.59 million viewers.
    3. (3) "NCIS," CBS, 16.3 million viewers.
    4. (7) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 16.19 million viewers.
    5. (10) "CSI: NY," CBS, 15.87 million viewers.
    6. (6) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 15.51 million viewers.
    7. (X) "Dancing with the Stars Results," ABC, 15.07 million viewers.
    8. (3) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 14.8 million viewers.
    9. (19) "The OT," Fox, 14.23 million viewers.
   10. (12) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 14.07 million viewers.
   11. (10) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 13.88 million viewers.
   12. (14) "Survivor: Gabon," CBS, 13.28 million viewers.
   13. (5) "Sunday Night Football: New England at San Diego," NBC, 13.05 million viewers.
   14. (19) "Eleventh Hour," CBS, 11.37 million viewers.
   15. (17) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 11.34 million viewers.
   16. (19) "Life On Mars," ABC, 11.33 million viewers.
   17. (22) "Cold Case," CBS, 11 million viewers.
   18. (X) "SNL: Weekend Update," NBC, 10.85 million viewers.
   19. (13) "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.75 million viewers.
   20. (27) "Bones," Fox, 10.56 million viewers.

Ratings

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People pass the illuminated Brandenburger Tor Gate during the Festival of Lights in Berlin, October 14, 2008. Several landmarks of the German capital, including boulevards, squares, towers, historical and modern buildings will be illuminated for one week. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens.
Photo by Pawel Kopczynski

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