Jeep uses this waterfall for its displays. According to the waterfall's builder, the system works like an ink-jet printer, with 3,000 valves organizing the droplets via computer program into visible logos and other messages, which appear as the droplets descend 24-feet into a trough. Talk about attention-getting!
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Sunday, January 13, 2008
RIAA tells Universities to stop P2P downloads or "lose all federal funding"
Why am I angry? The new Higher Education Bill (HEA §494) requires that the Universities stop all P2P downloads that RIAA doesn’t like AND buy Napster or Rhapsody subscriptions for every student on the campus or lose all federal financial aid.
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Gmail gets IMAP
Google's Gmail has just integrated IMAP. However, its only appearing in a select accounts.
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Top 8 Celebrities to die in 2008-holytaco.com
Hilarious explanations of the at-risk celebs and how they will go in the year to come. Complete with charts!!
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Tom Cruise = The Second-in-Command for Scientology Worldwide
Tom Cruise has become the de-facto second-in-command of the Church of Scientology and is consulted on every aspect of the controversial group's planning and policy, according to a new book by the royal biographer Andrew Morton.
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I had no idea Carmen Electra was this pretty...
Okay, I've always though Carmen Electra was over-rated... Until now. This is Carmen without makeup. Wow.
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The 8 Sexiest Ladies of Indie Rock
Britney is a train wreck these days and while Beyonce has the total package, we respect Jay-Z too much to ogle her; besides, he'd totally kick our ass if we did. So we thought it was high time we celebrated some sexy and talented women who are a feast for both the eyes and the ears! Join us as we countdown the 8 Sexiest Sirens of Indie Rock!
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Eminem Hospitalized With Pneumonia; Now Weighs Over 200 lbs
TMZ.com reported that Eminem was rushed to the hospital over the holidays for a serious heart condition and severe pneumonia and now weighs in at 200 pounds.
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NYC Comedian Lives in Ikea Store
When Mark Malkoff thought about where he could stay while his New York City apartment was being fumigated for cockroaches, he quickly ruled out friends' places (too small) and hotels (too expensive).
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Celebrity Sightings: Mr. T & Huge Gun in a Pickup Truck
An anonymous tipster claims that yes, the large burly man in the bed of the F-Series pickup is in fact Mr. T. Also, it's a photo shoot for an upcoming Snickers commercial.
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Nicole Richie gave birth to baby daughter Harlow Winter Kate
Nicole Richie and her rocker boyfriend Joel Madden are the parents of a daughter, the couple's rep at Handprint Entertainment tells PEOPLE.Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.
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small is big, USD 2.500 Car unveiled in India
This is TATA 's people's car . Dealer priced standard Car called NANO for USD 2,500 but will it blend ? :PBTW is it me or does it almost look like SMART from mercedes? really nice design.
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Federer breaks Connors’ record : ranked No. 1 for 161st consecutive week
Roger Federer set a new record for men’s tennis dominance on Monday, when he celebrated his 161st consecutive week as world number one.The Swiss eclipsed Jimmy Connors’s 30-year-old milestone after extending a streak that began on February 2, 2004.
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Martina Hingis Tests Positive for Cocaine At Wimbledon
Martina Hingis said Thursday she has been accused of testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon, and then announced her retirement from professional tennis.
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Federer ends Nadal's 2 year, 81 match winning streak on clay.
Roger Federer beat nemesis Rafael Nadal 2-6 6-2 6-0 to win his fourth Hamburg Masters title and end the Spaniard's record run of 81 straight wins on clay.
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Roger Federer Wins 5th Straight Wimbledon Title
Roger Federer's Wimbledon wave soared to new heights Sunday. Tested at every point by Rafael Nadal in a thriller that featured two tiebreak sets, Federer matched Bjorn Borg's run of five straight.
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Top lesbian tennis coach 'found in bed with girl of 13'
Claire Lyte, 29, allegedly took advantage of the youngster while coaching her at one of the Lawn Tennis Association's academies for talented children.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Robot Chicken Top 10 Star Wars Special Clips
As Voted by kids on Adultswim.com these are the top 10 Robot Chicken Star Wars Special Clips.
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The American Civil War, on United/U.S. map, in Four Minutes
A musical animation, on YouTube, showing The United States/U.S. map changing from The American Civil War in four minutes. One second is equal to one week for timing.
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The Many Faces of The Joker [1940-Present]
The Joker's character has gone through some significant changes in interpretation over the years.
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"You're in the iWorld, Bill... and I am a god here."
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs face off in a battle that involves a giant floating Finder, an iPhone lightsaber duel, and the return of the Commodore 64. I love it.
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Desktop Wars v2
Remember the video where desktop icons were fighting for the supremacy? Well, this is even better!
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One Animator creates CG Feature Film - Killer Bean Forever
For the past 4 years, I've been working at home creating an 85 minute animated CG movie. I was formerly the lead animator for Matrix Reloaded, and this is the trailer to my feature film directorial debut.
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Coolest stop motion ever.
Whiteboard stop motion video. Easily one of the most impressive I've ever seen. MUST check it out. Really good quality too.
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XKCD: Writers Strike
He's just jealous because everyone's up in the attic listening to Stephen Colbert.
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Family Guy Explains The Death Star Flaw
We've long wondered why Darth Vader would allow such a gaping hole in the Death Star's defenses. And after years of tireless debate and study, now we know.
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Adult Swim airs every Futurama episode starting tonight
Starting tonight at 11:00 PM, and continuing until 11:30 PM on the last day of the year, there will be nothing on the schedule but Fry, Leela, Bender, and the rest of the team from Planet Express.
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The Simpsons Season 19 Intro Continues Where Movie Left Off
This is the intro for the first episode of The Simpsons Season 19. Bart writes on the board "I will not wait 20 years to make another movie"
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8 Fairy Tales And Their Actually Not-So-Happy Endings
To make sure kids go home happy, not horrified, Disney usually has to alter the endings. Read on for the original endings to a couple of Disney classics (and some more obscure tales).
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The Simpsons Star Wars intro
What could be better than The Simpsons? How about The Star Wars Simpsons . If only......
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Homer Simpson takes a photo of himself everyday for 39 years
From "The Simpsons," episode 19x09 which aired December 16, 2007. Homer mimics Noah's photo time lapse over 20 years. "PICTURE A DAY FOR 39 YEARS"
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Daily Show Viewers Know More About Current Events Than Fox News Fans
More than a decade after the Internet went mainstream, the world's richest information source hasn't necessarily made its users any more informed. Americans know less about politics than they did in 1989.
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BREAKING: Lost to end after two more seasons!
ABC insiders confirm: "The network and producers have reached a decision on an end date and they are expected to announce it in the next two weeks. This is meant to be a good thing, because now the producers finally can start mapping out the remaining episodes and start rolling out some of the major reveals and answers we have been waiting for."
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Family Guy Starts Web Only Episodes
Stewie and Brian moonlight online as late-night talk show hosts. Future 10 minute episodes will be released periodically throughout the year as part of a viral marketing campaign.
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Matt Groening on the Simpsons Movie and return of Futurama.
You'll probably find no greater Simpsons fan than me. Frankly, I will go through serious withdrawals when the show finally ends. I told creator Matt Groening that and I think he thought I was being sarcastic. But he let me interview him anyway. There are 18 years of show to cover, plus the upcoming movie and the return of Futurama.
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The Ninja Is Going To Be On Mythbusters!
On Tuesday, Douglas, the Ninja, and myself went up to San Francisco and spent the day with the guys from Mythbusters. We should have a special delivery out by the end of the month. They're doing a whole episode on Ninja Myths that will air on the Discovery Channel here in the states around then.
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Trailer
A first look at Robot Chicken: Star Wars special that premieres on June 17 on Adult Swim.
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Top Five TV Shows that Should be Canceled
MSNBC's list of TV shows that should be canceled. I have a feeling a lot of people aren't going to agree with the top three.
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Firefly: The lost tapes of River Tam
These sessions shed some light on the on what happened to River while she was at "The Academy". The counselor in the video is played by Joss Whedon.
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‘South Park’ To Stick It To Scientology Again - Southpark Scientology II
With the beginning of the show’s 11th season, is a photo of the boys spray-painting grafitti on the church’s LA headquarters sign. It reads “The Church of Scientology is dumb” and “Hi Tom” with a depiction of “South Park” character Eric Cartman’s head.
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GoDaddy Superbowl Commericial - Extended Internet Edition!
Here is the extended version of the GoDaddy Superbowl Commercial, starring Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Cali Lewis. This is not yet posted on their website, but I was able to figure out the link. This is over 2 minutes long, so just go watch it!
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FUTURAMA: BENDER’S BIG SCORE - Title to new Futurama movie!
Obey the Hypno-Toad!With production chugging on the new FUTURAMA direct-to-DVD movies, Matt Groening spilled to iF Magazine about what's to come and the extras that'll be added to make them into a new season of FUTURAMA for Comedy Central. The first movie, BENDER'S BIG SCORE, hits in December. "Everybody Loves Hyptno-Toad," is in your future!
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FOX News asks: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Cardigan sweaters and wearing sneakers apparently had quite a negative influence on a generation. Fox News hosts blame Mr. Rogers for a generation of kids who have a sense of entitlement rather than a work ethic to try hard.
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Countdown Special Comment: Olbermann gets it right again!
Kieth Olbermann is right on target as ususal. The neocons hate government and want to detroy it by starting wars and spending money until the government ceases to function. Mr. Bush has destroyed the constitution as we knew it. The lies, the corruption, just blows my mind. It's time to impeach him but, nobody has enough votes to carry it out.
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"Heroes" renewed for 2nd Season!
Tim Kring, creator and executive producer of NBC's hit series Heroes, told SCI FI Wire that the network's announcement of a renewal for a full second season allows the writers to explore more story possibilities
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When Exactly Did "The Simpsons" Start Sucking?
"Once, it was the greatest show on TV. Every episode was brimming with imagination, excitement and some of the sharpest one-liners to come out of America for decades. But above all it was smart. Then it all changed. A new guard took over and ripped up the rules." Great read on the destruction of this once-beloved show.
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Matt Groening talks about Futurama's comeback
Groening gives the show's loyal fans all the credit in the world for helping the show come back. "The continued devotion of the fans, chiefly on the Internet, kept us thinking that maybe we could bring this back," he said.
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Save Jericho NUTS! Campaign Almost to 10,000lbs of Nuts to CBS!
Jericho fans have send almost 10,00lbs of nuts to CBS to protest the show's cancelation. So far the cost is over $13K JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT. They show no signs of slowing down. The nuts are a reference to a line from the finale and CBS's rationale to cancel. The donation page has a log of whats happened to far, LEND YOUR SUPPORT!
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Google Declares Stephen Colbert As Greatest Living American
Colbert Google bombing himself. Bathtub dedicated to the Greatest Living American
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Best LOST Theory
Take the time to read it, it's worth it. "The island is largely black rock - a naturally occurring magnetic mineral. It has the uncanny property of storing electromagnetic currents - like a big magnetic tape. Magnus Hanso - grandfather of Alvar Hanso and venture capitalist - captained his ship The Black Rock to the island in the nineteenth century"
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I'm Nathan Petrelli and I'm Running For Congress
Welcome to the Nathan Petrelli for Congress campaign site. Through this site, you can learn about me, the issues facing our district, and how you can become a part of the campaign.
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15 (Painfully) Unforgettable Cartoon Theme Songs
For every math formula or anniversary forgotten, there's a cartoon theme song from our youth, tenaciously hogging our limited mental hard drive space. In what is perhaps some sort of small attempt to exorcise these demonically persistent tunes from the depths of our consciousness, we've ranked 15 of of the most memorable.
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TBS has gone too far!
As many know, TV stations are starting to put "Advertisements" at the bottoms of the shows, to advertise products or other items. TBS has been one of the worse with added sound to the ads, or taking up 2/3 of the screen. I was angry with them... but... they have gone to far.
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Three More Years of Lewd Humor for South Park Lovers and Haters
$75 million for three more years of cartoons! Do people really like Kenny, Cartman, and Stan that much?
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Why do mafia hit men drop their guns at the scene of a crime?
On Sunday's episode of The Sopranos, the Italians shoot a man they have mistaken for New York boss Phil Leotardo. Later, Bobby Bacala is killed at the model-train store. Both times, the killers drop their guns at the scene of the crime. As Clemenza says in The Godfather "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." How come mafia hit men always drop the guns?
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Why "Lost" is Lost
The top 5 ways "Lost" went all wrong, how it could be fixed, and why it won't be.Fellow disillusioned "Lost" fans should identify with it and get all riled up again. Those "Lost" fans remaining will probably just get annoyed that some of us understand the difference between exposition and character development.
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Bob Barker takes final bow on "The Price Is Right"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Giving away one more car to an ecstatic contestant, TV host Bob Barker taped his last round of "The Price Is Right" on Wednesday, ending 35 years as host of America's longest-running game show and five decades on network television. "I thank you for inviting me into your homes for more than 50 years," Barker said.
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Lost Finale Review -- If you stopped watching, come back
After a wildly uneven season, the writers of Lost delivered on their promises and delivered one of the best episodes ever. Sure, there's still the one-eyed guy who refuses to die, but everything else was nearly pitch perfect. And it all built to one of the coolest endings in Lost history. If you've stopped watching this show, come back!
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Tim Kring to Heroes fans, "Sorry it's sucked so far this season"
Tim Kring, creator of Heroes, told EW recently that he and his team are aware that the second season has been less than spectacular. He outlines some things that they are going to fix after the writer's strike and going into Volume 3. Such things as the BS love stories of Claire and Hiro, too much feudal Japan and more.
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"Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" To Return In January
“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.” — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
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The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever
Ah, the '80s. They gave us so much: Reagan, crack, AIDS, cocaine, Huey Lewis—the list goes on. But most importantly, the '80s gave us poorly designed cartoons that inspired us to become Dino-Riders, travel through the Spiral Zone or try and defy God's natural order and transform into a semi truck.
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PICTURE: What's wrong with mainstream media
I took a screenshot of CNN's frontpage at around 10:00AM this morning, and of the major headlines such as the Gonzales attorney scandal, or the story of the UK soldiers arrested by Iran, which story made the front page?
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10 of the Most Awkward TV Interviews
Going all the way back to Barbara Walters in 1981, and as recently as last month, this list presents the most awkward interview moments of all time.
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Lost: Real-time Airplane Crash edit
A Must SEE! Someone took all the footage of the plane crash from seasons 1,2 and 3. Put it together as it happened. it's really awesome stuff, brings back a nostalgic feel. Hope its hold you over till season 4!
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The Colbert Report: Colbert Interviews O'Reilly
Colbert has achieved his ultimate goal of Interviewing Papa Bear, Bill O'Reilly.
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Schrute Bucks!!
Digg if you saw the office finale. Print out your own Schrute Bucks! If you get 1000 you get an extra 5 minutes for lunch.
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Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Get That Whole BC Thing
Why are people this stupid on tv?????/ Jesus came before the Ancient Greeks, HAHAHAHAHA
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South Park has a silent partner
Trey Parker writes and directs every episode. So what does co-creator Matt Stone do?
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Man Vs Wild Exposed as more BBC programming frauds unfold.
Grylls was filmed building a raft by himself, whereas the crew had actually put it together and dismantled it beforehand, to ensure that it worked. And in a further episode, supposedly "wild" horses rounded up by Grylls had come from a local trekking facility. So why eat the bugs??
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NBC Fires 102 People who work on The Office!
There were also 2 cameramen, 2 camera assistants, 4 hair stylists, 4 makeup artists, 7 wardrobe people, 4 grips, 4 electricians, 2 craft service, 4 props people, 6 construction, 1 medic, 3 art department, 5 set dressers, 3 sound men, 3 stand-ins, 3 accountants, 4 caterers and a producer who's not a writer. All 102 of us are now out of work.
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The 10 Worst Powers to Have on Heroes
Not everyone can have cool powers, like the ability to manipulate time or steal powers. Someone has to be Maya and Alejandro Herrera.
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"Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" To Return In January
“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.” — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Comcast Plays Porn Instead of Cartoon on Disney Channel
This issue was confirmed as a "programming error" which occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
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Turn Yourself Into a Simpsons Character
Absolutely brilliant! Good fun to Simpsonize (potentially former) friends, family, and colleagues - And create your very own unreal-life Simpsons episode... A tip - it kept falling over when I tried to download the picture, and just failed for eternity. So, take a screen capture (press the "Prn Scrn" key), and then ctrl+V into photoshop.
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First Victim of the Strike: THE OFFICE Is Closed!!
“The Office” showrunner Greg Daniels is picketing his own Van Nuys set and cast members – including Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski as well as WGA members Steve Carell, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling and Paul Leiberstein – are not crossing the picket line. Losing its cast shuts NBC’s highest-rated sitcom down a lot faster than other series
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The Food Network is now running McDonalds subliminal advertisements.
I was watching the end of today's Iron Chef and noticed the screen quickly blink red. A few seconds later I start thinking, "Was that the McDonalds logo...?" Thanks to the magic of my Dish Network DVR, I rewind, and put it in to slow motion. Sure enough, Food Network is running subliminal advertisements for Micky D's!!!
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LOST - Extremely creepy reverse speech found in Brainwashing Video
Don't listen to thinks alone at night! This guy has reversed the Audio from the famous brainwashing scene in the recent Lost episode 7 - Not in Portland and found some ultra creepy audio. The key part of the text says "Only fools are enslaved by time and space" the link has the MP3 player. It's really creepy.
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An Open Letter to CNN from Michael Moore
Moore demands an apology from CNN - "I bet you thought my dust-up with Wolf Blitzer was just a cool ratings coup, that you really wouldn't have to correct the false statements you made about "Sicko." I bet you thought I was just going to go quietly away. Think again. I'm about to become your worst nightmare."
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Bomb scare in Boston from Aqua Teen Hunger Force ad
Suspicious items in Boston appear to be guerrilla ads for Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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TV Shows That Should Never Have Been Cancelled
Why do they keep pumping out "Apprentice" episodes no one watches (check the ratings, they don't) when they go and cancel shows like "The Tick" or "Firefly." At least give the show a chance to grow an audience (as many shows eventually do on DVD). For shame. Anyways, here's a great list, the shows that never should have been given the axe.
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Conan O'Brien Back With a Beard and a Guitar
Returning without writers, Conan roams the halls playing “Sunshine Of Your Love” and “Purple Haze” while other Late Nighters try to work — and follows that by playing and singing “Creep” while others jam along on Rock Band. Oh yeah, then he sings “Sabotage” … if performed by Edith Bunker.
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South Park wins Emmy for World of Warcraft episode
Last night the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (less than one hour).
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Reporter Hailed for Killing Hilton Story
NEW YORK (AP) - A lighter and paper shredder helped make Mika Brzezinski the symbol of television journalism's guilt trip about Paris Hilton.Brzezinski used both to destroy a script calling for her to read about Hilton's release from jail on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program recently. Part serious, part an act, it has become an Internet sensation.
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Conan O'Brien pays salaries of 80 people
Conan O'Brien is digging deep to help his staff weather the WGA strike. Host of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" will cover the salaries of his non-writing production staff for the foreseeable future, an NBC U spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
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Boycott Now: Fox to Air Family Guy Without Seth MacFarlane!
The overlords at Fox have announced plans to air an original Family Guy episode this Sunday and move forward on three more without the participation of mastermind Seth MacFarlane, who not only serves as show runner but supplies many of the key voices.
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eBay scammer on Judge Judy
Fat woman scams a mother a daughter by "selling them" pictures of cell phones.
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All McGyver Ever Needs … (Picture)
This is HILARIOUS. Pure marketing, and profit potential genius. I wonder if this toy actually sold.
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People banned from SNL
Saturday Night Live's producers, especially Lorne Michaels, have famously and dramatically banned for life several celebrities from ever appearing on the television show. Reasons for these bans vary, as sometimes they can be seen as a rational response to a star's grossly inappropriate on-stage behavior, while at other times the reasons are . . .
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Camera angle mistake reveals Criss Angel's secret! (picture story)
Tivo recording shows the secret behind Criss Angel making a moving go-kart vanish into smoke.
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'Inhumane' Big Brother won't budge on dead father - Digg to show Disgust!
A contestant on the Australian Big Brother reality television program, will not be told that her father had passed away last week, after a decision was handed down by the shows producers. Contestant Emma's father Raymond Cornell died last week and his funeral was held on Monday in Adelaide, but the 24-year-old is still unaware of his death.
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Trippiest Simpsons Picture Ever
A very interesting picture of most of the usual characters in the Simpsons except in a different style.
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Anime-Style Simpsons artist gets hired by Matt Groening -- thanks to Digg!
Long story short: Bongo Comics, Matt Groening's comic book company, is hiring me to do the pencils for a short manga-style Simpsons comic. Also, I've been contacted by 20th Century Fox. They want me to do work for them somehow. I might get a design job for the upcoming new Futurama series!
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Jon Stewart To Pay His Writers Out Of Own Pocket During WGA Strike
In a show of solidarity with his fellow scribes, the Daily Show host has told his writing staff that he will cover all their salaries for the next two weeks, according to a well-placed source. He has also vowed to do the same for writers on The Colbert Report.
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Jon Stewart To Pay His Writers Out Of Own Pocket During WGA Strike
In a show of solidarity with his fellow scribes, the Daily Show host has told his writing staff that he will cover all their salaries for the next two weeks, according to a well-placed source. He has also vowed to do the same for writers on The Colbert Report.
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Can you see it? (Give it a sec, you will...) [PIC]
I recognized this immediately as I was walking through my front room... can you see what my son made? As a geek dad this made me laugh and almost made me cry.
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Why Mr. Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever
15 reasons why Mr. Rogers was, and always will be, the best neighbor, and one of televisions best entertainers, ever.
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What REALLY happened when Bill Gates was leaving The Daily Show set!
Jon Stewart just revealed "unedited" footage of Gates storming out of the set. We all suspected what really happened, and it makes perfect sense...
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Clarkson stung after bank prank
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has lost money after publishing his bank details in his newspaper column.
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BREAKING: GOLDEN GLOBES CANCELLED! WRITERS WIN?
The Hollywood writers strike can now claim its first awards show casualty. The latest I'm hearing from my sources as of a few minutes ago is that NBC will not be televising the Golden Globes as planned on January 13th. Insiders tell me also that the entire event, even if it were held untelevised, will be cancelled.
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The 5 Most Grotesque Canadian PSA's Ever To Air
A list of disgusting accident related Public Service Announcements for Canadian Health and Safety accident prevention program. Warning: These are some severely twisted commercials showing gnarly accidents and are not for the faint of heart.
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Japanese Man Locked Up for a Year and Recorded for a TV Show
A Japanese man was stripped naked and shut him in an apartment, alone with no food, furniture, household goods, or entertainment. He was kept there for over a year until he had won $10 000 in prizes by sending in postcards to contests. All his actions in the room were televised on National TV.
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Dr. Phil = zero credibility
For someone who presents himself as a down-to-earth and honest guy, here's another example of how manipulative Dr. Phil is. We're to believe he'd never seen this footage before? While you may agree with kicking the guy off, it's this kind of grandstanding and staging of righteous indignation that gives Dr. Phil zero credibility in my book.
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The New American Gladiator - Good or Bad?
Lets face it original show was cheezy. But despite the corniness, the show was great because it was about the competitors and the events. Fast forward to 2008 ... and this new version feels like some over-hyped Microsoft Product (Vista anyone?). Nice and shiny on the outside but it fails to deliver in so many ways.
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New 1:30 clip of new Knight Rider show, still no turbo boost
Introducing "Mike Tracer," the son of Michael Knight and more footage of the new turbo-boostless KITT.
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What Can M*A*S*H Teach You About Blogging?
When a TV show lasts nearly 4 times as long as the subject it covers, it’s a pretty good indication that they did something right. When the series finale becomes the most watched episode in American history, with a whopping 50 million viewers and 60% of households tuning in, you realize the show was remarkable.
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Top 5 Shows The General Public Couldn't Understand
The fact that shows like these are either gone or are about to be canceled makes me vomit when I think about it.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
This is the craziest thing I've ever seen
This guy plays Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes and Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson, ON THE FIDDLE!!!
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Saul Williams NiggyTardust ready for download [label/DRM-free distribution]
The time has come! Pre-order emails for Saul Williams' THE INEVITABLE RISE AND LIBERATION OF NIGGYTARDUST, produced by Trent Reznor, have been distributed. The album is available for free at 192kbps bitrate or 320kps/lossless if you put forward some cash. Please support this artist and label/DRM-free distribution!
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RIAA HEARING! Vitally important
2:15 pm in the newer federal court house at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York, courtroom 21D on the 21st Floor. BE THERE IF YoU CAN !!!
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Help Save Pandora and Internet Radio !
"Hi, it's Tim from Pandora, I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to almost triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites. In response to these new and unfair fees, we have formed the SaveNetRadio Coalition..."
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Many of Bob Marley's Original Recordings Stolen
A huge collection of 1970s music has turned up missing from the archives from the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. Authorities say among the music that has "walked" from the archive are recordings by reggae legends Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
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Napster goes back to MP3s
Napster has announced that it plans to convert its non-subscription music purchases over DRM-free MP3 files. It has yet to finalize agreements with some major labels, but it hopes that the early announcement will give it a competitive edge.
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Copying CDs could be made legal
Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under new proposals from the UK government.
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Kevin and Alex from Diggnation to be in Digg music video?
After making it through another round of the "Crash the Super Bowl" online music challenge, Kina Grannis tells Kevin and Alex that she is up for making a video about the unofficial official Digg song "Gotta Digg" (seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZU2QBhf0xg) at the end of another video of hers on youtube. Check it out and vote for her!!!
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Monday, January 7, 2008
Help Save Pandora and Internet Radio !
"Hi, it's Tim from Pandora, I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to almost triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites. In response to these new and unfair fees, we have formed the SaveNetRadio Coalition..."
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10 Worst Hit Songs of 2007
If this wasn't the worst ever year for popular music, then there's some other year that I probably lived through and feel painfully sorry for in retrospect. Here, though, we present ten separate case studies as evidence that our mass culture music is sinking deeper and deeper into a panoply of stinky sh*t
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How our financial system really works
Clear video explaining how our financial system works. Heard people talking about national debt, creating money out of nothing and the Federal Reserve? Watch this video and learn all there is to know.
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Nine Inch Nails Concept Album Builds Story With Websites From The Future
A set of websites have emerged in support of the new Nine Inch Nails album "Year Zero". The first of the sites was discovered by fans who noticed highlighted letters on the back of a nine inch nails shirt for a tour that kicked off this weekend. This led to the discovery of various IP addresses and an entire story of the future built through sites.
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This dude sings better than most girls!!
Nick Pitera entered a contest to sing a song from "The Little Mermaid" and win a trip to Broadway. Most dudes who entered sang one of the guy's songs. Not Nick...
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New Tay Zonday Video!
Tay Zonday Has A New Video"Dr. Pepper decided to make me a music video to celebrate their new Cherry Chocolate beverage! It was a fantastic shoot and I met lots of talented people!" - Says the movie description.
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Girl gives Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" a handjob!
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Feist - 1 2 3 4
You know that video from the new iPod commercial? Well its pretty amazing. Here it is in its entirety.
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RIAA claims rights to all artists' royalties
The RIAA is looking more and more like the Mafia. Not only is it trying to kill Internet radio, but its royalty-collecting subsidiary, SoundExchange, is now claiming the right to collect royalties for ALL artists, even those who want nothing to do with the RIAA and its jackbooted henchmen.
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RIAA Boycott: Congress Introduces "Fair Use" Bill; They're Totally With Us
Wait a minute… could this be… good news on the DRM front? Really? Somebody pinch me. Reps. Rich Boucher (D-Va.) and John Dolittle (R-Calif.) introduced their "Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship" (or FAIR USE) Act today, one that aims to make crippled DRM illegal.
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The Cal Marching Band's Amazing 16-bit Video Game Halftime Show
They run through a number of classic game songs, all while forming scenes from the games out of the band itself. It's got everything from Pong and Tetris to Zelda and Mario, and it's amazing.
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Travis Barker makes that annoying 'Crank That' Soulja Boy song MUCH better
Travis Barker adds drums to the songs. Lots of drums. I hated that song before, this I can actually listen to.Nice Remix.
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The origins of the Futurama theme music.
Perhaps one of Henry's most well-known influences on contemporary popular culture is to the theme song of the TV series Futurama. The tune is inspired by Henry's 1967 song "Psyché Rock." Ceremony (1969) (in collaboration with English band Spooky Tooth)
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RIAA - Sue Bush's Daughters for $1,800,000 in Damages
Mitchell Silverman, an attorney in Florida, noticed in a recent news-story that GW Bush's twin daughters presented him with a mix CD of exercise music for Father's Day. Since the record industry maintains that making and distributing mix CDs is a copyright infringement, Silverman sent their legal offices a letter on letterhead asking them to sue.
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50 Cent busted lip syncing
RAPPER 50 Cent has suffered an embarrassing blow at the BET awards, when he was caught lip synching live on stage, watched by millions of people.Entertainment site MediaTakeOut.com report that 50 Cent was caught out from the beginning of his performance, after being ceremoniously lowered onto stage on a podium.
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U of Nebraska to RIAA: here's a bill for the time you're wasting
The University of Nebraska is so pissed off with the RIAA's outrageous requests to help rat out students who file-share that it has sent the RIAA a bill for the time the University has wasted dealing with the RIAA's demands. Go Corn Huskers!
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Hip Hop Isn't Dying, It Just Sucks
Hip hop sales are down. But why? Countless articles have said the problems with hip hop stem solely from its content. Not true. Hip hop first and foremost is a musical art-form. Right now, hip hop just isn’t living up to musical standards. It’s just plain bad.
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A girl on Youtube has a wonderful voice - straight from the 20ies
This girl is quite a phenomenon on Youtube. Never contacted by media industry she adds a video almost every day. Check out What a Wonderful World, Santa Baby, Mambo Italiano and others. This site has a list of links to Youtube videos and no ads as of yet. Best of luck to her.
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Pearls Before Breakfast
Joshua Bell is one of the world's greatest violinists. His instrument of choice is a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius. If he played it for spare change, incognito, outside a bustling Metro stop in Washington, would anyone notice?
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Why Today's Music Sounds Like Shit
Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recording technology has changed the way albums are produced, mixed and mastered — almost always for the worse. Producers and engineers call this "the loudness war," and it has changed the way almost every new pop and rock album sounds...
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Hip Hop Sales Collapsing: "They can no longer fool the white kids."
Hip-hop now faces a generation that takes gangsta rap as just another mundane marker in the cultural scenery. "It's collapsing because they can no longer fool the white kids," says Nickels. "There's only so much redundancy anyone can take."
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Timbaland ripped off a track from my buddy.
He literally stole the whole musical line to build this song around. I talked to Tempest and he told me that it's no use going to court, eventhough Scene.org supplied papers saying the song got uploaded on their servers in 2000. Fighting a big corporation like Geffen costs tons of money and time, which he does not have.
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When Pigs Fly: A Brief History of Record Industry Suicide
For the major labels, it's over. It's fucking over. You're going to burn to the fucking ground, and we're all going to dance around the fire. And it's your own fault. Surely, somewhere deep inside, you had to know this day was coming, right?
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Nine Inch Nails' "Year Zero" disk holds a secret.......
If you picked up the new album today, you opened it up to find a black CD. Put upon putting it in your computer and listening to it for a while, you'll find the CD isn't black anymore when you take it out......
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Ever Wondered Who The RIAA Really Are?
The RIAA is actually made up of many different Record LabelsThese is a complete list of them all.Digg this article and crash the RIAA server!
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Nine Inch Nails Help Seal Record Industry's Coffin
Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor wrote on the NIN site that the writing is on the wall for the traditional music distribution model, saying that the music business has radically mutated from one thing to something inherently very different today and that “it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as
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NINE INCH NAILS Frontman Says His Record Company Is Run By 'Thieves'
It's a very odd time to be a musician on a major label, because there's so much resentment towards the record industry that it's hard to position yourself in a place with the fans where you don't look like a greedy asshole. But at the same time, when our record came out I was disappointed at the number of people that actually bought it.
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Trent Reznor: Steal My Music
Reznor to Fans: "Has anyone seen the price come down? Okay, well, you know what that means - STEAL IT. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin'. Because one way or another these motherfuckers will get it through their head that they're ripping people off and that that's not right."
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Trent Reznor: "No wonder people steal music."
The NIN frontman blogs: "As the climate grows more and more desperate for record labels, their answer to their mostly self-inflicted wounds seems to be to screw the consumer over even more. A couple of examples that quickly come to mind..." He then details how his own label insists on screwing fans, and how he hopes to counteract that soon.
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Trent Reznor splits from Universal Music, goes completely independent
No doubt as a reaction to all the bad press he's been giving record labels, Universal/Interscope has relieved Trent Reznor of his contractual duties. As of today, Nine Inch Nails is working without a useless money-grubbing middleman and going straight to the fans. The revolution continues...
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Cute Girls Sing Awesome Song About Digg
"And when I see those stories about Senator Ron Paul, I don't even RTFA; I just digg them all!" Crash The Super Bowl Semi-Finalist Kina Grannis sings a hilarious song about Digg--check out the video! (Lyrics included.)
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Cute Girls Sing Awesome Song About Digg
"And when I see those stories about Senator Ron Paul, I don't even RTFA; I just digg them all!" Crash The Super Bowl Semi-Finalist Kina Grannis sings a hilarious song about Digg--check out the video! (Lyrics included.)
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"Gotta Digg" The official Digg song! Super Bowl Finalist
So one of my friends, Kina Grannis, made a song about Digg and its really good! She's one of the top 10 finalists competing for a chance to be signed by Interscope Records and have her music video be played during the Super Bowl! You can watch the video here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHzuLY1lcM. Vote for her at www.crashthesuperbowl.com
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**DIGG THIS** Radiohead's In Rainbows Just got bought for over $1,000 (PICS
Purebuttons.com, LLC has purchased the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows, for $1,000.00 in support of Radiohead's "silent" effort to revolutionize the music industry. (continues) If you support the entertainment and the music industry, check it out and digg it.
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Many of Bob Marley's Original Recordings Stolen
A huge collection of 1970s music has turned up missing from the archives from the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. Authorities say among the music that has "walked" from the archive are recordings by reggae legends Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Thesixtyone: Music discovery game connects indies and fans
Thesixtyone is a "music discovery game" created by two students who quit their jobs to build a site that helps musicians and fans discover each other. Fans use Digg-style thumbs-up to rate the music that's uploaded, but the game is that each rating costs you points, and you get more points if you rate up song that lots of other people rate up too.
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Last.fm Addon - Animated Avatars of Your Favorite Artists
Last.fm addon (pict.fm) creates avatars with your favorite artists and bands. Your last.fm nickname is only required.
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23 songs that should never be covered again
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it can go way too far. The Onion AV club examines a list of songs that have been beaten like a dead horse.
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The Man Who Shot Pantera's “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott
"The Revenge of Crazy Nate": Back home in Marysville, Ohio, people knew Nathan Gale as a big, weird guy who couldn’t hold down a job and loved Pantera. No one paid much attention to him, until the night last December when he climbed onstage and shot “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott in the head.
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Top Ten Career Turn-Arounds in Rock Music
Just when everyone had these artists pigeonholed, they pulled a career 180 that surprised just about everybody.
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All I Want for Christmas Is Not To Hear That Damn Song
A little advice: When friends and relatives come visiting around Christmas, don't haul out those old CDs with Madonna's rendition of "Santa Baby" or Barbra Streisand's "Jingle Bells?" And by all means, avoid "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
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NIИ: McDonald's Steals Artwork from Nine Inch Nails
A side-by-side comparison of art found at a UK McDonald's and screenshots from a teaser trailer of "The Fragile".
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Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2007
Jay-Z triumphed, and Rihanna offered us shelter under her umbrella, while Springsteen, Bright Eyes and Arcade Fire reported on the storm
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MTV: 2007 - The Year The Music Industry Broke
In the first installment of our three-part series on the future of music, we take a look back at what went wrong and when.
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The 15 Worst Christmas Songs Ever Created
Holiday music, you either love it or hate it ... unless it is one of these 15 awful songs which everyone hates. These are 15 terrible terrible Christmas songs that are painful to listen to.
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2007: The Music Industry by the Numbers
If you go by the numbers (or, really, any other indicator), 2007 was the worst 12-month period the music industry has ever seen. Yes, it was bad times all around ... so bad, in fact, that no mere essay could encapsulate it all...
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Congress considers bill to make radio "pay to play"
While radio does pay a fee to songwriters, it pays no performance rights fee, in contrast to just about every other developed country on the planet. The broadcasters argue that they are providing free advertising to musicians, who then make money from touring and record sales.
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Pirate Bay Use Peer Power to Take Back the Grammys
The Pirate Bay is encouraging its users to vote for Familjen, an independent artists who is nominated for a Swedish Grammy. They are using the power of peers to break with the tradition of music cartels that reward their own artists, and to annoy the IFPI of course.
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Wired Interview with Trent Reznor
"And so, a couple years ago I kind of realized that music essentially is free now. I'd prefer if it wasn't. But it is. And being on the other side of that argument is a losing battle."
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MUST LISTEN: A guy SCANS old records to listen to them!
Really cool idea! This guy scans his old records to see if he can extract audio data from the scanned images! With downloadable MP3's of what he found.
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Cute Girls Sing Awesome Song About Digg
"And when I see those stories about Senator Ron Paul, I don't even RTFA; I just digg them all!" Crash The Super Bowl Semi-Finalist Kina Grannis sings a hilarious song about Digg--check out the video! (Lyrics included.)
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"Gotta Digg" The official Digg song! Super Bowl Finalist
So one of my friends, Kina Grannis, made a song about Digg and its really good! She's one of the top 10 finalists competing for a chance to be signed by Interscope Records and have her music video be played during the Super Bowl! You can watch the video here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHzuLY1lcM. Vote for her at www.crashthesuperbowl.com
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Most Hilarious Guitar Design Ever
Here's Stig Pedersen from Denmark's D-A-D (formerly known as Disneyland After Dark but don't let the Walt Disney Corporation hear you calling them that else their lawyer-dialling fingers get twitchy) wielding another one of his barking mad two-string basses. Absolute genius!
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Jazz Great, Oscar Peterson Dies
One of the word's most famous and talented jazz pianists, Oscar Peterson, has died at the age of 82. He died due to kidney failure on December 23rd. In his career he recorded more than 200 albums and worked with the biggest names in jazz, from Dizzy Gillespie to Count Basie.
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Radiohead's "In Rainbows" NYTimes #1 Album of 2007
While Radiohead’s discontinued pay-what-you-want proposition for downloading its new album made a great music-business story, the more lasting news is that “In Rainbows” — in either its one-disc or two-disc configurations — needs no gimmicks.
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3 down, 1 to go: Warner Music Group drops DRM
Warner is making all of its music available as MP3 files for sale at Amazon's music store.
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Rolling Stone Readers' Twenty-Five Favorite Videos of 2007
From NIN's surveillance footage to Justice's parade of animated Tees to Mute Math's backwards feat, watch some of the year's best clips.
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Why Today's Music Sounds Like Shit
Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recording technology has changed the way albums are produced, mixed and mastered — almost always for the worse. Producers and engineers call this "the loudness war," and it has changed the way almost every new pop and rock album sounds...
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RIAA suing citizen for copying legally purchased CDs to PC
"Ira Schwartz, the industry's lawyer in the case, is arguing that MP3 files created on his [Jeffrey Howell's] computer from legally purchased CDs are indeed "unauthorized copies," and while we've no idea what will become of all this, we suppose you should go on and wipe those personal copies before you too end up in handcuffs."
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RIAA not suing over CD ripping
Okay, so we've done some digging into the RIAA's lawsuit against Jeffery Howell, in which the industry is claiming that ripped MP3s are "unauthorized copies," and it turns out that Jeffery isn't actually being sued for ripping CDs, like the Washington Post and several other sources have reported, but for plain old illegal downloading.
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Ho-ho-horrible: Music sales plunge 20 percent this Christmas
Music sales tanked this Christmas, dropping 20 percent lower than last year's level. Labels are looking to boost their digital sales numbers to compensate for the CD's decline, even if that means dropping DRM.
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Ripping CDs to computer is illegal. RIAA files Federal Suit.
The Recording Industry Association of America has filed a landmark federal lawsuit in Arizona, claiming that it is illegal for users to make copies of CD tracks to their computer for personal use.
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Radiohead: Artists often screwed by digital downloads
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has been telling anyone who will listen that digital downloads for artists are a bad deal under most recording contracts.
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Another school says "no" to RIAA prelitigation letters
Nothing more than IP addresses sit at the foundation of most of the RIAA's subpoenas and prelitigation letters, and the University of Washington says it has problems passing on legal threats based on them.
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Music for a phone keypad
Play songs such as Funkytown, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Ten Little Indians and much more by using your phone.
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Trent Reznor releases Saul William's album download info
As of 1/2/08,154,449 people chose to download Saul's new record.28,322 of those people chose to pay $5 for it, meaning:18.3% chose to pay.
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U.S. Album Sales Fell 9.5% in 2007 - Online sales up 45%
Album sales in the United States plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks, according to figures released Thursday.
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Will fans pay? Reznor opens books on ‘Net music experiment
Trent Reznor produced the new Saul Williams rap record, then offered it online for 1) free or 2) five dollars. 18 percent of the downloaders paid. Success?
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RIAA CD liner parody
Don't laugh too hard, this could be a glmpse of the future if the RIAA has it's way...
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NIИ: McDonald's Steals Artwork from Nine Inch Nails
A side-by-side comparison of art found at a UK McDonald's and screenshots from a teaser trailer of "The Fragile".
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MUST LISTEN: A guy SCANS old records to listen to them!
Really cool idea! This guy scans his old records to see if he can extract audio data from the scanned images! With downloadable MP3's of what he found.
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Most Hilarious Guitar Design Ever
Here's Stig Pedersen from Denmark's D-A-D (formerly known as Disneyland After Dark but don't let the Walt Disney Corporation hear you calling them that else their lawyer-dialling fingers get twitchy) wielding another one of his barking mad two-string basses. Absolute genius!
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
''21'' ready to roll at Texas film festival
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The gambling drama ''21,'' starring Kate Bosworth and Jim Sturgess, will open the 15th annual South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 7.
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The 10 Most Obnoxiously Overquoted Movies
Nothing makes a great movie suck like people quoting it day in and day out for months at a time. And all because they wouldn't stop quoting movies like these...
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The Lost “Star Wars” Opening Scenes
Okay, so I’m as big a Star Wars fan as the next guy, but this really threw me. This YouTube video shows a “lost” beginning to the original Star Wars movie, and it’s terrible. Apparently these scenes were cut due to “time restrictions,” and boy am I glad. This is one of the best examples I’ve seen of how editing makes a movie better.
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The Ten Hottest Movie Babes of ‘07!
To honor the hot chicks of 2007’s releases, here’s a list of the ones that really came on strong. While there are other good lookin’ tomatoes in films, these are the ones that really made a splash, and maybe a little news.
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First Image Of Harrison Ford As Indiana Jones Since 1989
Check out the first official image of "Indiana Jones 4" of Harrison Ford as the man himself! I have to say, he’s looking pretty good for a guy in his 60s. You can definitely tell that he has aged, but I think it’s a good look.
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George Lucas Announces Two More Star Wars Movies
We absolutely knew that George Lucas was not done with the Star Wars universe. The Star Wars creator revealed to Fox News that he will make two more live-action Star Wars films.
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FUTURAMA returns November 27th
The first of four feature-length DVD movies will arrive in stores on November 27th!
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Holy Dark Knight! Check Out Batman's New Suit!
This is apparently a scan from the newest Entertainment Weekly where they premiere the first shot of Batman sporting his new suit in THE DARK KNIGHT. Not much has changed, but there are a few new things you can spot pretty easily.
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Why Commercials Before Movies Is Worse Than Piracy
I estimate the movie industry owes me $480 for uncompensated ad watching time out of the $456 million they made off pre-movie commercials. The principle for piracy and time theft is the same. Taking an asset (a movie, or your time) without providing the due compensation for taking that asset. So where do we start the class action lawsuit?
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7-Eleven = Kwik-E-Marts!!! (GREAT PICS)
It's all part of a campaign to hype the July 27 opening of "The Simpsons Movie"
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New Images from Wachowskis' "Speed Racer"
"The effects are beyond belief. We called it 'car fu,' because it was like kung fu with the cars," says producer Joel Silver. "We couldn't have made this movie until right now." But effects, he says, take a back seat to the Wachowskis' true love of the old series: the cars, costumes and message.
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Speed Racer Trailer Online Now!!
You've probably already seen the pics, so now it's time to enjoy the first trailer for one of this summer's most anticipated films, Speed Racer.
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Must-See Trailer: Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro
Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA – a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest.
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6 Good Movie Ideas Gone Wrong
Some movies sound like good ideas. Great ones in fact. But somewhere between conception and birth they become bastardized versions of what they could have been. Here are 6 of the worst offenders.
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First Punisher: War Zone Photo Released!
So, what do you guys think? I personally think Tom Jane looked the part better than Ray Stevenson.
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How Not to Break An Audi A4 Window
Some guys tried for 8 minutes to break an Audi A4 window using a screwdriver, a winch, the foot, the fist and more. See if they managed to do it.
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New Jumper Trailer
The latest trailer for 'Jumper'. Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen.
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Box Office: Golden Compass disaster! Juno a record-breaker!
New Line’s The Golden Compass, which has a reported budget of $200M+, has staggered out of the starting gate with an opening day of $9M or so, and it will likely muster only an estimated $27M for the weekend.
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The Hottest Unproduced Screenplays of 2007
This list is compiled with a poll of 150 development executives and high-level assistants, and contains a ranking of the hot screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, which were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2007 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year.
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Incredibly Detailed List of Easter Eggs in Pixar Movies
Here is an awesome list of where the in-jokes & self references in Pixar's feature films & shorts are located.
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The Batmobile from "Batman Forever" sells for $297,000
Why this was a really bad deal: 1. It was never used during filming, only for promotion; 2. It costs a lot! 3. The guy isn't even allowed to drive it on public roads.
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International Iron Man Poster and New Dark Knight Close-Up
Uruloki has some new scans from the French magazine CinéLive, which features a new close-up photo of Batman’s updated batsuit from The Dark Knight, and a new international Iron Man poster.
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The Top 10 Life Ruining Movies of All-Time
I thought I’d compile a list of life ruining films. In other words, films that have ruined lives in the same way that World of Warcraft has. What I mean by ‘life ruining films’ is that the film has in some way altered the realities of many many people.
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Indiana Jones 4 Poster Revealed!
Check out the gorgeous new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster! It's beautifully drawn by very talented Drew Struzan and comes straight from IndianaJones.com.
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After Talks Fail, Writers' Strike Could Drag On
The collapse of talks between striking screenwriters and the nation's film and television producers sets the stage for a long, cold winter in Hollywood that could effectively shut down much of the entertainment industry and usher in sweeping changes in the TV business.
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