THE VN/VO | The Paradox of Reality Television Fame | The debate on the meaning of reality television seems to be stuck on the “individual,” often heralded (or chastised) for bringing “fame” to the less idealized persona. However, the critics have got the actual revolution wrong. What it has really done is made famous, and…
Boing Boing: Willie Nelson: reggae and Wal-Mart
Boing Boing: Willie Nelson: reggae and Wal-Mart Willie Nelson: reggae and Wal-Mart Countryman In the works since 1995, Willie Nelson’s reggae album Countryman comes out tomorrow… with two different versions of the cover art. Nelson personally digs the pot leaves, but his record label is nipping any potential controversy in the bud. From the Associated…
Relax, this will only hurt for a second.
OUCH! A guy gets a horn in the hiney at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Ancient Shoes – Better than Nikes
Of course big question though is how do they smell? By SUSANNA LOOF, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 10, 2:53 PM ET ZLIN, Czech Republic – Lined with hay and held together by a net of rough string, the leather shoes look bulky, itchy and downright uncomfortable. But if they were good enough for Oetzi,…
Gimme the cash and nobody gets rubbed down!
Gunmen flee with $700 from massage parlor Four armed suspects robbed six employees and a customer of about $700 at a massage parlor on Keeaumoku Street about 10:10 p.m. Friday, police said. The suspects pointed a pistol at a cashier and took money and handbags from the other victims, police said.
Robots roam at Expo
NAGOYA, Japan » Japan has seen the future, and it involves greenery, robots and many different types of trash. Those are the main themes evident at Aichi Expo 2005, the world fair going on through Sept. 25 on the outskirts of Nagoya, Japan’s fourth-largest city. Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Over 10,000 activists to head to HK for WTO protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) – More than 10,000 overseas activists will head to Hong Kong in December to protest at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation, organisers said on Monday. A rights group in Hong Kong that is coordinating the rallies and protests by more than 130 overseas groups also called for frank and open…
Karl Rove is a Dirty Snitch…
This is the kind of scumbag we have setting policy….the kind of guy that uses his power to settle (or attempt to settle) personal vendettas…but then we are in Iraq because W. said “That guy tried to kill my dad.” WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House advisor Karl Rove was one of the secret sources…
Jesus Christ, give Corey Feldman a Break Already….
Holy shit, give the guy a break…hey Corey, if you want to co-host on the fuknpodcast, you are welcome anytime…. ON a humid June day, the latest attempt to revive Corey Feldman’s career is in full swing in a damp studio on the West Side of Manhattan, where the tongue-in-cheek satire “Fatal Attraction: A Greek…
Yo! What up Stumpy!
A zoo official holds a seven-day old Stump-Tailed macaque at the state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Saturday, July 9, 2005. The macaque lost his mother two days ago. Stump-Tailed is one of the rare species macaque in the world. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)