Although I will be forever grateful to director Christopher Nolan and actor Christian Bale for saving the Batman movie franchise, it’s hard to get excited about The Dark Knight Rises in lieu of this recent news about the villains.
It’s not easy rounding up over a hundred funny named gangsters and although the FBI is getting most of the credit, a contingent of authorities assisted. Read more »
Pope Benedict waded into Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandal that unlike the Vatican’s, doesn’t involve little boys and said: “Society and public institutions must rediscover their soul, their moral and spiritual roots.” He should know.
For Art Rotterdam 2011, Tinkerbell abducted eighteen-year-olds from “teen porn” and tried to soften the trauma with quilted flowers and butterflies to show that “much of the public indignation is nothing more than a sham.” Somehow, that makes it even more perverse, but a lot prettier. Almost 18+, Tinkerbell, Jan 13 – Feb 10, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
Marley brothers Stephen and Damian dropped this “Jah Army” track late last year, but have now released a new version featuring Buju Banton, who straight rips it: “Dem lock me a in a jail and talk bout dem nah gimme me no bail, mi and mi friend Josey Wales…”
Pablo Escobar Taken Down in Ukraine
Well, this is confounding! I can’t tell what’s more amusing, the fact that the image of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was wishing Khrakov, Ukraine a Happy New Year from a billboard until he was just taken down by the police or… the RT newscaster’s fascinated narration of this nonsense (video below). Read more »
On Wednesday night, the security system at Eminem’s suburban Detroit home was set off, but the rapper and crew didn’t find any Stans trying to break in, so they assumed it was a false alarm. However, after taking another look the following day, they found the culprit. A deer trying to jump the iron fence impaled itself and died according to radio show “Mojo in the Morning,” who obtained an exclusive photo of the trespasser from Eminem’s brother Nate. Read more »
Watch NYC’s working heroes throw in the towel (or the messenger bike, the chalk, the cab keys) and get together for a little soccer in this likable short doc-style film from Yves Wilson. Sniff sniff. Can’t smell any corporate sponsorship on this one, so go ahead and enjoy it without feeling like you’re watching a commercial disguised as a video.
Yesterday, LA Raw protested Smithsonian Secretary Clough with BLU coffins and a DIY A Fire in My Belly cross in a Funeral Procession of Free Artistic Expression outside Town Hall LA where Clough repeated his excuses.
For the past 20 years, there has been a dress code that prohibited taxi drivers from wearing swimwear, t-shirts or tank tops, but the Taxi and Limousine Commission decided to amend that rule and now cabbies have to wear stuff that “presents a professional appearance.” Whatever that means. I wonder how many other non-issues the agency will tackle this year, it’s still only January. (Photo: Mark Simons/flickr)
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