Here it is, but don’t worry, the dreaded F-word has been taken out. I hope she wins another Oscar so we can see what she does for an encore:
This is trending big in the wake of the Academy Awards:
Here is video from a mass cycling event in Brazil during which a car drives through the crowd of cyclists. Reports claim no one killed, but judging from the speed of impact in the video, some people must have been badly hurt. Viewer discretion advised.
Rocker John Cale, of Velvet Underground fame, made an appearance on American television show, I’ve Got a Secret, on September 16, 1963. Filmed only two years before he was to found the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed, in this clip Cale appears to be an overly grave, studious chap with what must have seemed like …
When I saw that a Big Bang show was trending big, I hoped it would have something to do with Dr. Sheldon Cooper, but no, it’s an Asian boy band:
A friend died last Wednesday. It might seem odd calling him a friend, since I never saw him in the flesh, never spoke to him on the telephone, and have no idea what he looked like. On the other hand, it might not seem so strange. Having such friends seemed and seems strange to me. …
Here’s the promo for Charlie Sheen’s Tuesday interview with 20/20 on ABC. Also, he’s got a ten million dollar tell all book for which he’s hoping to find a publisher:
The Sonics—“Louie Louie” (Etiquette 1965, 2:57) The Kinks invented Power Chord Rock in 1964 in the UK, and lo, it was good. We Yanks (via Link Wray’s “Rumble” in 1958) had already provided the world with Distorted Dread Rock, but it remained for this Pacific Northwest teen dance combo to match The Kinks’ achievement Stateside. …
“Or is it the clothes you wear?”
Kids, don’t try this at home: .
Just discovered this. Very nice. . Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions, by Jacob Slichter, Celebrity Guest Blogger Miles Davis and John Coltrane – So What?, by John Munson, Celebrity Guest Blogger .
Louis CK asks Donald Rumsfeld if he’s a lizard who has tasted human flesh. Rumsfeld refuses to deny this. From a radio interview on the Opie and Anthony show. He also asks if former Vice President Dick Cheney is a lizard. No response there either. Generally painful to listen to. Rumsfeld is pretty tough.
. And here’s the same launch, viewed from the window of a commercial plane flying out of Orlando. .