Everyone’s favorite Showtime show, Weeds, comes back on June 16th! I’d plan the usual Weeds party (which totally does not include the consumption of marijuana…), but I’ll be getting my high from the Snoop Dogg concert here in our little town of Chico. I’ve always dreamed of going to a Snoop show. Remember in Old School when Vince Vaughn organized that FAT house party and Snoop Dogg shows up on stage outta nowhere? That shit is my fantasy!

Then again, so is growing hella weed and making serious cash off of it, making my kids sell drugs, and artfully dodging all the trouble that’s thrown at me. I’ll DVR the new episode fer sher…

When we last left off, all of Agrestic was up in flames because the Mexicans had taken revenge on the biker dudes’ marijuana field (because they beat up Nancy’s oldest son since Nancy wouldn’t buy their schwaggy weed). Nancy had just gone back to her house to pour gasoline everywhere to ensure that it would burn down (probably to get insurance money?). The cops had found the hilariously huge stolen cross from the church which ended up becoming the grow-light for Nancy and Conrad’s crops that weren’t ready for harvesting (thus she had to go to the schwaggy shady biker dudes). So, naturally, when the cops went to check out where the cross was, they found all the weed. The house was in Sullivan’s name, who claims to know nothing and blames Celia (Nancy’s partner by force) who blames Nancy. But Nancy already GTFO and the preview to the new 4th season shows her setting up shop with Guillermo near the San Diego / Mexico border. New, shadier deals are going to go down (uh, hello, cocaine) and Nancy will no doubt be hooking up with dreamy-ass Guillermo. Um, YUM! <333 Cannot wait.

Usually, playing video games are the one way to ensure that you’ll never fuck or be fucked by anybody. But Wii Fit is changing the game. Its the sexiest thing that’s happened to gaming since…well, basically ever. Thanks to Thug E Fresh for the link, as usual.

Def Jux recording artist Tero "Camu Tao" Smith lost his two year battle with lung cancer this past Sunday at the age of 30. From labelmate and collaborator El-P’s blog:

TODAY, around 2pm, our dear friend, family member and musical collaborator Tero "CAMU TAO" Smith passed away in his home town of Columbus, Ohio. Tero had been quietly fighting for his life for the last year and a half after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

To those who knew Tero, he was an almost uncategorizable force of nature. Wild, hilarious, proud, loving, tough, outspoken, spontaneous and brilliant. He wore his heart on his sleeve and he dripped creativity, leaving inspiration and awe in the hearts and minds of anyone who was fortunate enough to see him work.

We, his friends and family, have truly had our collective hearts broken by his passing. Not only because of the loss of our friend, but because of the loss of his contribution to those who never knew what we knew about his talent and his potential. He was the secret that no one wanted to keep and we always knew that one day his vision and his heart could change music forever the way he changed all of our lives.

His departure from us all 1 month away from his 31st birthday is nothing less than a tragedy… nothing less than a crime. he was a gift to us all and he is irreplaceable. Rest in peace, Mu. We will love you forever. May god bless you and your family.

R.I.P.
Tero "CAMU TAO" Smith
born 6/26/77, passed 5/25/08
wm/cc

sincerely,
jaime "el-p" meline (on behalf of many, many wonderful and broken hearted friends)

News media has been invited to view footage that purportedly shows a four-foot tall alien tomorrow in Denver, Colorado by a man named Jeff Peckman, who is also looking to set up a local Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission to prepare Denver for what forthcoming alien contact:

An instructor at the Colorado Film School in Denver scrutinized the video "very carefully" and determined it was authentic, Peckman said.

Peckman, 54, said the video was among the reasons he was "compelled" to launch the proposed ballot initiative, which has generated news as far as South Africa.

"It shows an extraterrestrial’s head popping up outside of a window at night, looking in the window, that’s visible through an infrared camera," he said. The alien is about 4 feet tall and can be seen blinking, Peckman said earlier this month.

In a statement, Peckman said "other related credible evidence" proving aliens exist will be shown at Friday’s news conference, too.

Hmmm. Remember the last time this happened?

I recently discovered the artwork of Sheila Metcalf Tobin and I think it rocks. She was trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now resides in Berkeley, California. Her paintings are of botanicals and are all mixed media done on maple plywood. There are some samples below - for more visit her Web site at www.sheilametcalftobin.com.

Though Fall Out Boy chairman and overall winnar of the music world Pete Wentz’s penis has been widely seen on the internetz, there was as of yet no HARD evidence that his use of anti-anxiety pills hadn’t made his rock as soft as his band’s. Now however, comes the announcement that Pete Wentz has won his very own fuck trophy with his new wife Ashlee Simpson:

"While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child. This is truly the most joyous time in our lives and we are excited to share the happy news and start our family." - Pete and Ashlee Wentz

All jokes aside, congrats to the new couple on their pre-baby.