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Archive for March, 2008
Supergrass- Diamond Hoo Ha in Stores June 10th
Author: AJ31 Mar
If you’re like me and you’ve been chomping at the bit to hear the new Supergrass record Diamond Hoo Ha, you probably shat a brick today when the band announced it won’t be released in the US until June 10th. Now you could go and illegally pirate it off the internet (it’s been released in the UK for about a week now), but if you’ve got a conscience, and I hope you do, here’s some video to tie you over until it hits stores.
Supergrass- Bad Blood (newest single from the upcoming album)
Supergrass- Rough Knuckles (behind the scenes studio footage)
Supergrass- Diamond Hoo Ha Man (single, video features Diamond Hoo Ha Men)
Diamond Hoo Ha Track List
1. Diamond Hoo Ha Man
2. Bad Blood
3. Rebel In You
4. When I Needed You
5. 345
6. The Return Of…
7. Rough Knuckles
8. Ghost Of A Friend
9. Whiskey & Green Tea
10. Outside
11. Butterfly
All this Hoo Ha business might have you a little bit confused, so just so to clear things up:
In September 2007, bassist Mick Quinn suffered two broken vertebrae and a broken heel while sleepwalking out of a first floor window in September in France. The band toured in the summer and fall 2007, headlining Guilfest among others and debuting new material, with the youngest sibling of the Coombes brothers Charly, replacing Quinn on keyboard bass on the later dates. Since Quinn’s return, Charly has remained with Supergrass, playing second guitar, percussion & singing backup vocals for them on the Diamond Hoo Ha tour.
Saudi Prince To Build Mile-High Skyscraper
Author: Daniel Taylor31 Mar
Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal is financing the construction of a 5,250ft tall tower in the Saudi Arabian desert, which will be more than double the height of the world’s tallest buildings, still under construction in Dubai and Kuwait, as well as the planned Freedom Tower in NYC:
The tower will have to be capable of withstanding a wide range of temperatures, with its top baking in the desert sun by day but dropping to well below freezing at night. To resist the strong winds prevalent in the area and stop it swaying, giving its occupants a form of high-rise seasickness, it will be fitted with a giant computer-operated damper. Two “mini-towers” will be built on either side of the main tower. Linked to it by elevated walkways, they will anchor it and act as stabilisers.
The project is expected to cost upwards of £5billion ( almost $10 billion ) which seems like a lot, until you take note of the fact that Saudi Arabia pulled in over $200 billion dollars in oil income in 2007.
Biologist Expelled from Expelled Movie
Author: AJ31 Mar
Biologist, professor and blogger PZ Myers was expelled from a Minnesota theater while trying to attend a screening of the forthcoming pro-intelligent design documentary titled Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed featuring Mr. Monotone himself Ben Stein. Myers described his experience as follows:
I went to attend a screening of the creationist propaganda movie, Expelled, a few minutes ago. Well, I tried … but I was Expelled! It was kind of weird — I was standing in line, hadn’t even gotten to the point where I had to sign in and show ID, and a policeman pulled me out of line and told me I could not go in. I asked why, of course, and he said that a producer of the film had specifically instructed him that I was not to be allowed to attend. The officer also told me that if I tried to go in, I would be arrested. I assured him that I wasn’t going to cause any trouble.
I went back to my family and talked with them for a while, and then the officer came back with a theater manager, and I was told that not only wasn’t I allowed in, but I had to leave the premises immediately. Like right that instant.” Scienceblogs.com
So what’s the big deal? Well for one Myers is in the film he was trying to attend. He and other dissenting scientists (including notorious evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins) were interviewed in the film to present the perspective of “Big Science.” Call me crazy but if I was interviewed for a film that promotes a doctrine I disagree with, I’d be curious to see just how piecemeal the footage they shot of me is, and Myers apparently is no different. Unfortunately for him, he appears to have been misled from the beginning out the films intentions.
After digging a little deeper I discovered that Myers was originally told the film would be titled “Crossroads: The Intersection of Science and Religion,” seemingly a fair and balanced evaluation of both perspectives. Then, according to Myers blog, he found himself featured in a press release for a separate film titled Expelled, under a different production company, Premise Media, but with the same producer, Mark Mathis, that had arranged his previous interview. Sound a little fishy? Well it is. Myers is not alone. Many other scientists had the same encounter and you can read about them here. Mathis claims that Crossroads was a working title for the film, but domain name registration dates say otherwise.
Should any of this really be surprising? Not really. Take a trip over to expelledexposed.com and you’ll read plenty of reviews that paint a picture of the film more akin to religious propaganda than scientific debate.
For more info check out this clip of a discussion between Myers and Dawkins on the whole Expelled debacle:
Bruno
Author: Ms. Nickels31 Mar
He’s back… Sacha Baron Cohen now takes on the character of gay Austrian “Bruno” in a new upcoming movie rumored to be titled Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt. Here, he’s at the Wichita airport in Kansas, making Midwesterners nervous:
It was enough to make the officials at the airport rewrite their policy on commercial filming inside the terminal. The film crew had gotten permission to tape a scene based on a “European man visiting America”. Things got scary when the actors start dancing in tight short shorts, kissing, and fighting in the airport. Security couldn’t find anything illegal about it but they told them to kick rocks anyway.
New American Apparel Trend
Author: Ms. Nickels31 Mar
You could do some damage with these. Please please please don’t wear them anywhere else besides the beach, the pool, or inside your home. You may have an ass that looks this good, but my boyfriend doesn’t need to see it. Product reviews say to buy a size up. No doubt.
High Sierra Music Festival 2008 Announces Lineup
Author: ryan31 Mar
Nestled in the cozy mountain valley of Quincy, CA, the High Sierra Music Festival has served as the pinnacle of Northern California summer music events. The typically “earthy” vibe that made the festival such a hit with jam band aficionados and world music enthusiasts has branched out as of the last few years to include fringe jam groups like My Morning Jacket, Drive-By Truckers and The Mother Hips, all the while mixed in with a healthy brood of other intriguing misfits of rock.
This year’s lineup goes a step further in the indie rock credential lunge by including Built To Spill on the lineup, a booking that should boost attendance to a newer, less B.O.-tinged realm.
I’m looking forward to seeing how many diehard High Sierra junkies actually give the band a listen, seeing as how both My Morning Jacket, Son Volt and Drive-By Truckers were all largely ignored while groups like Leftover Salmon held captive a legion of devotees. And I can’t WAIT to see how Buckethead goes over…
At least this guy will be there…
Lineup thus far:
BOB WEIR & RATDOG, GOV’T MULE, MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, BUILT TO SPILL,
MIKE GORDON, RAILROAD EARTH, CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO, IVAN NEVILLE’s DUMPSTAPHUNK,
ROBBEN FORD, ABIGAIL WASHBURN & THE SPARROW QUARTET FEAT. BELA FLECK, JAMES HUNTER,
NEW MONSOON, THE SLIP, SURPRISE ME MR. DAVIS, BASSNECTAR,
THE MOTHER HIPS, EMMITT-NERSHI BAND, CRITTERS BUGGIN,
THE LEE BOYS, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, SPAM ALLSTARS,
GROOVESECT WITH FRED WESLEY, MARCHFOURTH MARCHING BAND,
BUCKETHEAD,AKRON/FAMILY, SCOTT AMENDOLA BAND,
BLVD AND MC SOULEYE, ROTARY DOWNS,
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, AND MANY MORE!
4 DAYS, 4 NIGHTS, 5 STAGES, LATE NIGHT SHOWS
KIDZONE, YOGA, PILATES, GREAT FOOD,
MICROBREWS, CRAFT FAIR, DAILY PARADES,
INTIMATE PLAYSHOPS, FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
PLUMAS-SIERRA FAIRGROUNDS, QUINCY, CA
TICKETS NOW ON SALE, HIGHSIERRAMUSIC.COM
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