Games : Tekken 6

Useless Fact Of The Week

There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world.

Sunday Reading

Here are a few things that I have come across that I would like to share:


The Dirty Side of The Music Business -- Duff McKagan is making some good points here (dside)


Have you seen this? The Google Wave

White Men Can't Rap? That's a decision for you to make. (shockhound)

Tone Loc collapses...... I hope he is doing well. (THR)

Damien Cripps - Pictures

I stumbled upon this on YouTube recently....I follow them on twitter and really nice....enjoy!

A Picture I Took

I just loved the view. I wish I could have stayed there just a little longer.

Beastie Boys "Check Your Head"

just because i felt like it.

From one of my e-mails I got....

OBITUARY OF THE LATE MR. COMMON SENSE

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

Knowing when to come in out of the rain

Why the early bird gets the worm

Life isn't always fair

Maybe it was my fault

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies:

Don't spend more than you can earn

And reliable strategies:

Adults , not children, are in charge

His health began to deteriorate when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly
children. It declined even further when schools were required to get
parental consent to administer Tylenol, sun lotion or a band-aid to a
student but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became
contraband, churches became businesses and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when it became punishable for you to defend yourself from a burglar in your own home

but the burglar could sue you for assault.

He began to lose ground rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 -year- old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly

student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to
realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her
lap and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his Daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To blame, and I'm A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing...


-don't know who wrote it but I like it.....

Will They Be Missed??

There has been alot of buzz about which shows will not be returning for the next season....but really....how many people REALLY watched them in the first place?


Canceled shows:



ABC:

- 'According to Jim'

- 'Cupid'

- 'In the Motherhood'

- 'Life on Mars'

- 'Samantha Who?'

- 'The Unusuals'

CBS:

- 'Eleventh Hour'

- 'Harper's Island'

- 'The Unit'

- 'Without a Trace' (I watched this in reruns mostly.)

- 'Worst Week'

Fox:

- 'King of the Hill' (I stopped really watching this a looong time ago.)

- 'Sit Down, Shut Up'

- 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'

NBC:

- 'Kath & Kim'

- 'Kings'

- 'Knight Rider'

- 'Life'

- 'My Name Is Earl'

SEBASTIAN'S VOODOO

I found this interesting...

Seen Around The Web

Here are a few things that I came across that I thought I would share for no good reason…

Scott Storch Loses Record company – Producer Scott Storch has been ordered to pay a film producer $750,000…..(sohh)

Are you a social media addict? If so … how much content do you share? Check this out? (mashable)

Crystalbelinda1's Geek Chart

 

They Call It Acid - The story of Acid House culture …..check out the trailer and clips here (acidhouse)

Live Nation Attendance Drops (and i am not surprised) check out the story on (hypebot)

And finally… a new one from on of my favorite mash-up DJ’s --- DJ EARWORM …

 

 

 

Useless Fact Of The Week

The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.

Napster Lowers Prices

Online music service, Napster, is set to drop the price of its least-expensive subscription music plan from $12.95 down to $5.

This low-cost subscription plan will allow users access to unrestricted streaming of its 7 million-song catalog and a new offering of five DRM-free downloads per month.



This plan is currently restricted to U.S. subscribers at this time.



The premium subscription will still cost $14.95 for users who would like to take content with them on portable devices (The i-pod is still not included).



At this time it is unclear if those subscribers will have the same access to the low-cost subscribers with the five free downloads.

Music Business Things...

Some things that may have been missed:


Sony Music Entertainment To Bulk Up Artist Pages - more streaming music and lyrics - (billboard)


Record labels to launch lyric-inspired clothing - I see a shirt with "We Are The Champions" across your chest in someone's future.... (marketingmagazine)


Music Marketing Takes Center Stage at iLike (cnet)


Usenet Site Sues Dutch RIAA (hypebot)

How Could Someone Do This?

I came across this and it upset me greatly...so.. I thought I would share.



WARNING!! THIS IS REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD!

News Round-up

Just a little bit to keep the day going.....



Teacher arrested for kicking a child... (sunsentinel) .....I want to know why the parents in the older cases didn't do anything.



Marilyn Manson has premiered his new video for his new single - out today- (manson)



50 cent to star in modern-day 'Jekyll and Hyde'. (nme)



Do we really need a sequel to E.T.? (buzz)

something special for all of you.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for all of the support I have received through all of those different projects my hyper-active mind has gotten into.



Thank you to all of you who:

Have been to the Myspace music page.

Have befriended me on my personal Myspace page.

Who have been with me at Beta Records.

Who follow me on Twitter.

Connected with me on Facebook.

Subscribed to me on FriendFeed

Been listening with me on Last.fm and may have joined my group.

Read anything on this blog.

You are all special and wonderful people.



Special mentions:

My mom, Knile, Verge, CJ, Dave, Armando, DamienCripps, DJ Rap, DJ Heavygrinder, MusicDish


You are the ones who are nearly everywhere I have been and you get extra love.


Have a great week!

Hey Willie...Where's My Phone?

Former Geto Boys rapper, William 'Willie D' James Dennis, was arrested at Bush Intercontinental Airport after he was indicted for his relationship with a company named Texas One Wireless.



He is now currently facing 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on charges that he ran an Internet scam. Sources say that Dennis was posing as an electronic salesman and used eBay to interact with international buyers.



Allegedly he conducted business transactions independently and outside of eBay to taking orders for iPhones and other electronics. He sent tracking numbers but customers got nothing. Funds were being transferred to his bank account.



Dennis would tell complaining consumers that the packages were lost in the mail, and/or that he could not refund their money until he located the products,and then he would eventually cease communications with the victims.

Random Thoughts

There are just a few things I have been pondering.... feel free to comment with any answers or other queries...



Now that DMX has been released... how long until he is back in jail? Will someone step in to try to keep the man out of trouble?



How can a Dunkin' Donuts have no donuts? If you don't close for another 2 hours...why don't you have at least one type of donut on the shelf to offer?



Why do all the guys on some of the last few covers of AP look like 12 year old girls?



Why do so many music magazines now suck?



I can't wait until I see NIN in June....



After hearing the new Crystal Method album.... why can't I decide if it is good,bad, or just ok?

Useless Fact Of The Week

A woodchuck breathes only ten times per hour while hibernating, while an active woodchuck breathes 2,100 times an hour.

Weezer Does MGMT

This looked like so much fun. At the T-Mobile party recently Weezer covered "Kids" by MGMT. The band throwing in "Pokerface" by Lady Gaga was a nice touch. Enjoy!

Astro Boy -- Trailer

Trailer - 9

Looks a bit interesting......

Michael Jackson Being Sued x 2

"Unfortunately, Mr. Jackson has elected not to honor the financial obligations of our contractual relationship despite my numerous attempts to amicably resolve this matter. I am sincerely disappointed in Mr. Jackson's failure to honor his obligations," says Michael Jackson's former publicist and business manager, Raymone Bain in a statement.


Bain is suing Jackson for $44 million.



Meanwhile, actress Ola Ray, who played Jackson's girlfriend in the video for his hit song "Thriller," is suing him as well. She claims claims she didn't get a fair share of the royalties for her part in the hit clip.



Why now are they suing him? Shouldn't they have done this before....or is it just because of those "Thriller" plays that were done or because of these upcoming shows in England?



I can understand the business manager....but Ray? She should have read the contract probably. Either that or acted better in the role. Sorry.

Just A Little Something

To My Mom And All The Moms Around The World:

Useless Fact Of The Week

Aristotle believed that the direction of the wind determined whether a baby would be a boy or girl.

Top 50 Hip- Hop Blogs?

I am not going to be like some of those who are either angry that their blog didn't make it or what isn't on there or the ranking they are in....congrats to all of those who did make it on the list....my readers, this is one topic (due to certain reasons) I, for once shall remain silent.

Vibe Magazine's Top 50 Blogs


1. Nah Right

2. Kanye’s Blog

3. 2dopeboyz

4. Missinfo.tv

5. OnSmash

6. You Heard That New

7. Cocaine, Blunts & Hip Hop Tapes

8. Ill Doctrine

9. AllHipHop.com Rumors

10. RapRadar

11. Dajaz1.com

12. The Smoking Section

13. Fake Shore Drive

14. Get Right Music

15. World Star Hip Hop

16. Mixtape Monday

17. H.E.R

18. The Meaning Of Dope

19. The MegatronDon

20. The T.R.O.Y blog

21. The Rap Up

22. Beats and Rants

23. SOHH Blogs

24. Vladtv.com

25. Elitaste

26. KidCudi.com

27. Don’t Get Gassed

28. Kim Osorio’s Blog

29. Byron Crawford

30. Hip Hop Is Read

31. Fat Lace

32. Notes From a Different Kitchen

33. Nola Bounce

34. Rosenberg Radio

35. Xclusives Zone

36. DallasPenn.com

37. So Many Shrimp

38. Zilla Says

39. Unkut.com

40. Bust The Facts

41. Uggh,…Nice Watch

42. Maurice Garland

43. Slang Rap Democracy

44. Mista Jam’s Blogs

45. Metal Lungies

46. ThePressPlayShow

47. Prancehall,com

48. Straight Bangin’

49. Passion of the Weiss

50. Twankie & Glisten

Shocking Kids -- not funny

A man in Oregon has been accused of using a dog shock collar on his four children. The man, 41, has been jailed on charges of criminal mistreatment.

The children, who are all younger than age 10, are now in the custody of their mother.

The man acknowledged putting the collar on his children and shocking them at least once. He said he didn't do it as punishment but rather because he thought it was funny.

_____

(I can think of somewhere to put that collar.)

Congrats In Order

With so many things going on lately...I almost forgot....sorry.



First I would like to say congratulations to Trent Reznor for the special achievement Webby Artist of The Year Award. From the Webbys :


The Webby Awards is thrilled to honor Trent Reznor with the Webby Artist of the Year Award in recognition of his album, The Slip, which debuted for free download in May 2008 on his website. By making his music available to fans for free, Trent Reznor embraced the true openness of the Internet, similar to the release of the album Year Zero, which launched with an award-winning alternate reality game. Trent Reznor's ability to connect with fans far and wide through the Web makes him a qualified ambassador of online culture, and arguably one of the most-recognized artists harnessing the power of the Internet to spread music.



Also, congratulations to:



Twitter -- Webby Breakout of The Year.

NYTimes.com - Webby Winner for Best Copy/Writing and Webby Winner for Best Practices
Wired.com - for winning the People's Voice in the Best Copy/Writing category.

Digg.com - for winning the People's Voice in Best Practices

Coraline Website - Webby Winner and People's Voice winner in Best Use Of Animation or Motion Graphics

The Onion - Webby Award Winner for Humor
Fail Blog - People's Voice Winner for Humor


And finally for me....


NPR Music - Webby Award and People's Voice winner in Music.



Check out the full list of winners and nominees here at : Webby

A Picture I Took

Just because it looked cool to me.

Say It Ain't So....BPM too?

Dennis Romero reports on DANCEBLOGGA : BPM Magazine Flatlines

New Green Day

Here new tracks by Green Day here : Green Day Player

The tracks are from the new album 21st Century Breakdown to be released May 15th.

New Beastie Boys

Here is the new Beastie Boys -- Lee Majors Come Again




The track is said to be for their forthcoming album tentatively to be released this fall.

It Wasn't The Neighbors?

An elderly man in Germany called police to report his neighbors for playing the same song over and over. He felt his neighbors were intentionally trying to annoy him.



Upon investigation the police found that it was not his neighbors but merely a greeting card on his windowsill. Whenever a slight breeze went by it opened the card just enough to play a little song.



The 82-year-old man was pleased to find out it wasn't his neighbors and that the case was solved.



I bet he was a bit embarrassed as well....

flute beat box

T-Pain As Frylock???

This sounds scary to me....



Rapper (?) T-Pain has landed a role in the upcoming season finale of Adult Swim's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."



The show, which is set in New Jersey, follows three anthropomorphic fast food menu items – Frylock, Master Shake and Meatwad – along with their next-door neighbor Carl Brutananadilewski.



T-Pain will star as Frylock alongside actor Jon Benjamin as Master Shake. After winning a Burger-King sponsored casting call in 2008,Dave Long Jr. will play Carl.



The episode is to be a special live-action episode and is set to air May 31.

Are You Kidding Me?

Yusuf Islam... the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens thinks that the Coldplay song, "Viva La Vida" sounds like one of his songs.



Islam told Reuters recently, "My son brought it to my attention and said: 'Doesn't that sound like 'Foreigner Suite?'"



So is he going to sue now? "it depends on how well (Joe) Satriani does."



I am sure that one song sounds like many different songs...



Guitarist Satriani has accused Coldplay of recycling original portions of his song, "If I Could Fly", and is currently seeking damages.

News

Here's a little taste of things that may have been missed:

Is Myspace Moving Away From Social Networking? - a look at the recent changes.. (thewrap)

Question: Are Record Stores Worth Saving? (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)

Check this out: Reimagined Wu-Tang album covers... (urb)

A New Jersey Lawyer Has Pleaded Guilty... (nj)

DMX Ordered To Pay

Recently a judge ordered currently incarcerated rapper, DMX, to pay $240,000 in damages to a man he assaulted in JFK airport.



Port Authority officers arrested DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, for posing as an FBI agent and using a fake police siren to pull over Sergei Priporin and his family at the airport.



Simmons claimed he pulled them over because he was making them late for his flight. He was in possession of Oxycodone, Diazepam, crack, and a billy club at the time of his arrest.



Richard Corde, X's lawyer, told the website TMZ, "Mr. Simmons still feels justified in pulling them over when they didn't get out of his way... he's not apologizing for that. The gentleman driving should have gotten out of his way."



At this time X is serving a 90-day jail sentence for drug possession, theft, and animal cruelty.

O.D.B. Documentary

This should not need an introduction.

ODB trailer
Uploaded by skaybn

G.I. Joe

I must admit...as a little girl I wasn't a big fan. But this looks good.....



G.I. JOE trailer in HD

Useless Fact Of The Week

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.

A Picture I Took

I thought this looked pretty.