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Criminal gang stakes out Apple stores in Manhattan Beach
01.12.2010
12:18 am
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A report on the LA Now blog indicates that police in So Cal are dealing with a group of criminals who “think different”:

The suspects sought by Manhattan Beach police had a specific method of operation, Brown said. They stake out an Apple store and choose their target. Then they follow their prospective victims when they drive to another shop or a parking spot near their home. If computers are left unattended inside the vehicle, the thieves strike.

His department issued a warning to consumers Tuesday not to leave computers or other expensive items in their vehicles in plain view.

“It’s a highly preventable crime if people don’t leave computers in their cars,” Brown said.

But law enforcement officials said despite the arrests in Orange County, they believe these follow-away burglaries are the work of a larger ring that has taken more than 100 computers in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties.

I was trying to come up with a punchline about Justin Long, but couldn’t and you just don’t want to force these things.

Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.12.2010
12:18 am
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Japanese Anarcho-Fascist Politician Koichi Toyama: “Annihilate everything that exists!”
01.11.2010
11:47 pm
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“I do not have a single constructive proposal.”

This is hilarious. It’s poetry, too. This man is a genius. Give him his own TV show!

Here’s what it says about him on WIkipedia:

Koichi Toyama (?

Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.11.2010
11:47 pm
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Looks like NJ might be the next state to allow medical cannabis
01.11.2010
10:23 pm
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The cannabis prohibition dominoes keep falling. One by one, they’re falling. This just in from Bloomberg:

New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill that would make it the 14th U.S. state to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for patients suffering from cancer and other debilitating diseases.

The legislation passed the Assembly 48-16 with one abstention. The measure already cleared the state Senate, which voted 25-13 to approve restrictions in the Assembly version, including a list of ailments for which the drug can be prescribed and a prohibition on the growing of marijuana by patients.

“This is a wonderful beginning,” said Nancy Fedder, 62, of Hillsborough, who spoke outside the Assembly chamber and said she has been illegally smoking marijuana for more than a decade to alleviate pain from multiple sclerosis. “It’s something that needed to happen a long time ago; sometimes I have to go to bed and stay there for days, and when I smoke marijuana the pain comes right down.”

The plan was among 100 today that went before both houses of the Legislature in the final day of its session. The Senate and the Assembly, which are both controlled by Democrats, are getting ready to share power with the first Republican governor elected since 1997.

Tara and I used to live in NJ (don’t ask) and it’s a pretty state, to be sure, but it’s not exactly cool there. When we were living there, just a few years ago, it was still a zero-tolerance state! So this is big news.

Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.11.2010
10:23 pm
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Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Thee Psychick Bible (Part 2)
01.10.2010
10:32 pm
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Second installment of a two-part, in-depth conversation with cultural engineer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge on the occasion of the publication of THEE PSYCHICK BIBLE: A New Testameant, a compendium of Gen’s writing on magick, the occult and sexuality. Part one is here.

READ ON
Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.10.2010
10:32 pm
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Lawsuits?
01.09.2010
10:19 pm
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Isa Dick Hackett, daughter of Philip K. Dick, who wrote Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which Blade Runner is based on (although the title itself comes from William S. Burroughs), is claiming Google is using names taken from her father’s work to brand its Nexus One telephones. She is threatening to sue Google for infringement of intellectual property rights. Something tells me there is going to be a nice payday in this for her. Google IS using names from her father’s work:

She has sent a letter to Google demanding that the online giant changes the name of its new phone, which was launched as a direct rival to the iPhone.

She said: ‘Google takes first and then deals with the fallout later.

‘In my mind, there is a very obvious connection to my father’s novel. People don’t get it. It’s the principle of it.

‘It would be nice to have a dialogue. We are open to it. That’s a way to start.’

The new product is based on Google’s Android technology, launched two years ago as a way of gaining a share in the mobile phone market.

Family of sci fi author Philip K. Dick to sue Google over name of Nexus One phone (Daily Mail)

Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.09.2010
10:19 pm
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Neil Hamburger presents A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Jr.
01.09.2010
09:31 pm
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Sunday night at the Silent Movie Theater in Los Angles, Cinefamily has invited showbiz great Neil Hamburger to pay tribute to one of heroes. Read on:

Now that James Brown (R.I.P.) has hung up his crown, legendary stand-up comedian Neil Hamburger has surely earned the title of “The Hardest Working Man In Show Business.” For the past thirty-seven years, Hamburger has logged thousands of shows in all four corners of the world, appearing in engagements everywhere from the prestigious “Fire & Ice” room at the Doubletree Inn in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to the Phoenix Greyhound Park racetrack in Phoenix, AZ. One of Hamburger’s idols and mentors has been one of the celebrity offspring greats and an enigma in the world of popular music, Frank Sinatra Jr. Hamburger says: “Frank Jr. has an intense stage presence unlike any I have ever encountered. Like his father, there is a lifetime of regret, disappointment, and longing in every note that comes out of his mouth—but with a career shattered by unjustified critical malevolence and public indifference, Frank Jr.‘s experiences are drawn from a completely different well. To hell with today’s slovenly singer-songwriter scam-artists! If you’re looking for an amazingly gifted vocalist who puts every ounce of his experience into every word he sings, Sinatra Jr. is your man.” In honor of Frank Jr.‘s birthday, Hamburger has assembled this evening of rare, vintage Frank Jr. TV variety specials and film appearances!

 

 

 

For details visit the Cinefamily website

Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.09.2010
09:31 pm
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Viva Art Clokey
01.09.2010
10:48 am
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My favorite Gumby episode. It’s so good I can scarcely believe it exists. Bon Voyage, Art !

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01.09.2010
10:48 am
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Lady Gaga: Polaroid’s Latest Creative Director
01.08.2010
03:23 pm
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The new decade’s barely 8 days old, but I’m already sensing a developing continuing theme.  Consider this: a zeitgeisty popstar whose authenticity is a subject of endless debate assumes a role in a company whose hallmark products no longer exist!

Lady Gaga’s success continues this week, with the announcement that the singer has been made a creative director of Polaroid.  Despite the fact that the traditional analogue Polaroid cameras were discontinued last year, the company continues to sell a range of digital products and sees Lady Gaga as the ideal spokesperson for a “speciality line.”

“I am so proud to announce my new partnership with Polaroid as the creative director and inventor of speciality projects,” said the pop star.  “The Haus of Gaga has been developing prototypes in the vein of fashion/technology/photography innovation, blending the iconic history of Polaroid and instant film with the digital era.  Lifestyle, music, art, fashion: I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer, and as my father puts it, finally have a real job.”

It is not clear what role the 23-year-old singer will play at the 73-year-old imaging company, but Polaroid confirmed “new products by Lady Gaga will hit retail shelves starting in late 2010.”

Well, The Guardian might not know what role she’ll be playing, but readers of Dangerous Minds certainly have a good idea—it rhymes with “moccult!”

Previously in Dangerous Minds:
God Hates Lady Gaga: The Song

Lady Gaga and the Dead-Planet Grotesque

Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson: Puppets Of The Illuminati!

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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01.08.2010
03:23 pm
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Everything you need to know about LOST in 8:15 (Seasons 1-5)
01.08.2010
12:37 am
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Tara, Brad and myself are all total “Lost” nuts. We’ve seen every single episode, and I have to say, it almost never, ever lets me down. It takes episodic television to an entirely new level. It’s television as an art form, really. We can’t wait for the new season to start.

Via io9

Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.08.2010
12:37 am
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Stern does Palin real good
01.07.2010
11:24 pm
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Howard Stern’s take on Sarah Palin’s audio book. Truly hilarious and definitely NSFW. You just know she’s going to complain to the media and/or try to sue him when she gets wind of this.

Thank you Ynohtna Oimefue!

 

 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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01.07.2010
11:24 pm
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