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BILD: "Entscheiden Sie, wer der Queen of Pop ein echter Konkurrent sein könnte und Tickets für das Konzert am 28. August in Berlin gewinnt."

Der ehrenwerte Alex Tornado aus Berlin (demnächst auch wieder in so ziemlich jedem neuen deutschen Film mit Budget zu sehen) singt für Bild.de Madonna-Karaoke und hat sich mit „Deeper and Deeper“ die Tickets redlich verdient.

Wie hat er das nur wieder geschafft...?

I pity the fool, ha, ha! I interviewed him at the Frankfurt Book Fair many years ago. He's an incredibly nice guy.

Written by a guy called Barack Obama. Yep, he's really writing all these things himself on his Iphone. Even though I expected him to write something like "Man, those pizzas at Casolare! But the wine... Met lots of fans though. They took photos with their phones. Change! "

Darth Vader a catholic? I always thought he was a Sith...

imetthewalrus: "In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit, and timeless message."

Das jüngste Album war ja jetzt nicht ganz so dolle, aber live hat es das Trio immer noch ziemlich drauf. Wer die Tage in der Gewühlheide nicht dabei war: BelaFarinRod machen ganz wenig Musik und reimen sich stattdessen gegenseitig voll bis die Schenkel platzen. Warum haben diese lustigen Boys eigentlich keine Fernsehsendung?

Thank god, it's almost friday...!

Don't know who photoshopped this. Thanks to Don for sending me this!

Zum Glück bin ich kein Mädchen, aber neue Schuhe wären gut...

Telegraph:"Two mysterious faceless figures have appeared in the crowds of the most high-profile events this summer, including Wimbledon, Henley Regatta, the Harrods sale and Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Ball."

- Great stunt!

Via Just.Blogsport.de

SPON: "Wenn es nach Dieter Bohlen gegangen wäre, hätte das Casting für die nächste DSDS-Staffel im altehrwürdigen Bremer Rathaus stattgefunden. Doch die Stadtoberen machten dem Quoten-König einen Strich durch die Rechnung: Die antisoziale Sendung passe nicht zu dem Unesco-geschützten Gebäude."

Simon hat wahrscheinlich keine Ahnung, dass es da ein MP3 bei Hypem gibt: Pedal - Burgeon. Es ist Simon aber bekannt, dass ich ihn auch Newman nenne.

Simon hat 15 Jahre lang ein privates Klavierstudio unterhalten. Er hat eine Reihe von Techniken vom ungarischen Pädagogen Gabor Rosza gelernt. Simon hat viel Zeit mit Associate Professor Björn Ejdemo verbracht und an der Beziehung zwischen Lehrer und Schüler gearbeitet. Simon hat Klavierstunden verschiedenster Schwierigkeitsgrade gegeben - vom Anfänger bis zum Musikstudenten. Er hat Masterclasses in Canberra, Sydney, Berlin und Schweden unterrichtet.
Simon hat ebenfalls Erfahrung als Gesangslehrer und hat dabei mit Solisten der australischen Oper ebenso gearbeitet wie mit Studenten des Sydney Musikkonservatoriums. Simon wurde oft gebeten, als Tutor für Ensembles der Kammermusik zu arbeiten.

Neben der Lehre hat Simon als Dirigent für eine Reihe von Ensembles gearbeitet, vom Symphonieorchester bis zu Chören.


Simon ist klassisch ausgebildeter Pianist. Er hat an der Canberra School of Music und in Schweden studiert und mit einer Reihe von Auszeichnungen abgeschlossen. Simon ist u.a. mit Jae Woo Kim und Catherine Carby (Opera Australia), Anna-Karin Öqvist und Roger Norén (Schweden) und bei einer Reihe von Liederabenden mit dem Chellisten David Pereira (ehemals Solo-Chellist für SSO, ACO, CSO und Australia Ensemble) aufgetreten.
Simon war mehrfach auf ABC Radio zu hören, sowohl live als auch mit Aufzeichnungen. 2007 tourte Simon mit der Musik von Grieg and Janacek durch Schweden.

Als Pianist der Improvisation ist Simon auch Kopf von ASSEMBLAGE, einem stetig wechselnden Ensemble mit Mitgliedern wie Feral Media Produzent Danny Jumpertz und dem New Yorker Chellisten William Martina, Trompeter Simon Ferenci und Percussionist Jeremy Barnett. Simon ist auch Mitglied von PEDAL, einem Duo mit Pianist Chris Abrahams (THE NECKS) – ihr erstes Album erschien im April 2008 beim deutschen Label Staubgold und wurde von der Kritik begeistert aufgenommen.

Simon lebt zur Zeit in Berlin und Kontakt gibt es über seine Homepage.

Tron Guy Takes Flight in Custom-Designed Aircraft: "Jay Maynard, better known as Tron Guy, bought a $140,000 aircraft custom designed to match his hand-painted, green-and-blue unitard."

Marion und Vroni beim Kinderzimmer Pogo zu Slime ihr "ACAB"

Mehr? Klar! Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside und Rancid - SPD

Alles aus dem Kanal von Drecksackblase

Totally awesome blog written by a stripper. Found by Boing Boing

Wired: "In what has to be a sign of some sort of apocalypse, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice took time off from the war on terror to enlist in the KISS Army during a stopover in Stockholm for a conference on Iraq."

-She got to meet the band, she got to meet the band!

I didn't really like that. Unfortunately, John was driftin' away from us at that point, so none of us actually knew. He never told us; we heard rumors and we were very sad. But he'd embarked on a new cause, which really involved anything and everything. Because John was that kind of guy - he wanted to live life to the full as he saw it. He would often say things like ,"If you find yourself at the edge of a cliff and you wonder whether you should jump or not - try jumping. ~PAUL, 1986, discussing John's heroin use

Up until LSD, I never realized that there was anything beyond this normal working state of consciousness. But all the pressure was such that, as Bob Dylan said, "There must be some way out of here." I think for me it was definately LSD. The first time I took it, I just blew everything away. I had such an incredible feeling of well-being , that there was a God and I could see Him in every blade a glass. It was like gaining hundreds of years experience within twelve hours. It changed me and there was no way back to what I was before. It wasn't all good, though, because it left quite a lot of questions as well. ~GEORGE , 1987

I know the only time we ever took drugs was when we were without hope. And the only way we got out of it was through hope. If we can sustain that, then we don't need drugs, liquior, or anything. ~JOHN , 1969

I don't recommend it [acid]. It can open a few doors, but it's not any answer. You can go out and get the answers yourself. ~PAUL, 1968

[LSD] went on for years. I must have had a thousand trips. I used to just eat it all the time. ~JOHN, 1970

From THE LOST BEATLES INTERVIEWS

VIDEOS:
- John Lennon describes his first acid trip
- Paul McCartney about LSD
- Three Beatles and producer George Martin recall Sgt. Pepper-era drug use. This clip was removed from a Disney Channel documentary but apparently left in the Japanese version.

"Go to church dressed as a Wookiee!"

Der hat aber auch ein Pech, der Ballack!

11 Examples Of Redneck Improvisation



8 Good Examples Of What Happens When Geeks Have Children

Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years: "Croatian police said she was last seen by neighbours in 1966, when she would have been 42 years old.
(...)
A police spokesman said: "So far, we have no idea how it is possible that someone officially reported missing so long ago was not found before in the same apartment she used to live in."

From a story on Yahoo News " HOLYHEAD, Wales - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.

Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones — aka Master Jonba Hehol — with a metal crutch, hitting him on the head, prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court.

(...)

"We all love the films and what they stand for. Obviously some people are going to laugh about it," the Wales on Sunday newspaper quoted Barney Jones as saying last month. "But a lot of people do take it seriously."

Heinrich Dubel berichtet Chaosradio von seinen Studien in Sachen Hubschrauber und glänzt nebenbei durch Anekdoten aus seinen Flegeljahren als Punker.

I love the internet for things like this: I've Got a Secret with guests John Cale and Karl Schenzer (1963)

Wikipedia: Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson, and co-founding the company Tactical Studies Rules with Don Kaye in 1974. Gygax is generally acknowledged as the father of the role-playing game.

On March 4th, the Associated Press confirmed reports of Gygax's passing. He had been in poor health, suffering multiple strokes and a near-heart attack

Telegraph: ""They planned the attack from the sea so they could enter his property from the garden and avoid security at the front. The boat was hit by a storm and all of the men were thrown overboard. All survived and there was not said to have been any further attempt on Jagger's life.""

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Don't watch this: Jarvis Cocker vs Michael Jackson. The Notorious Stage Invasion at 1996 Brit Awards

Pop Disco Schlager Glamfolk Legende Alex Tornado spielt demnächst einen Bullen in der Verfilmung von "The Reader" und hatte nebenbei ein Interview mit Vagina Jones im WTNR Radio.



Wir erinnern uns alle an Tornados sensationellen Oscar-Auftritt als stummer Stasi-Schüler in "Das Leben der Anderen" (siehe Bild oben, der konzentriert drein blickende Herr) und sind sehr gespannt auf seine Performance in diesem neuen RAF-Schocker aus dem Haus Eichinger, wo Tornado von Ulrike Meinhoff umgerannt wird. Unvergessen natürlich auch sein Mimenspiel als Zombie-Eintänzer in "Resident Evil". An der Seite dieser Frau mit dem unaussprechlichen Namen gab es in diesem Action-Spektakel auch seinen ersten Einsatz als Stuntman zu sehen. Die Tür nach Hollywood steht Alex Tornado längst schon offen.

Als Emo-Adresse Nr. 1 in Sachen Mode, Lifestyle, Emily Strange und Anti-Funsport können wir natürlich nicht an der Debatte um "Emo Girl sucht Emo Freunde" vorbei und verweisen noch zusätzlich auf "Emo Girl sucht Emo Freunde Part II".

Inzwischen gibt es eine Reihe von Parodien, wie z.B. die von
speedyconkiwi.



Bist Du dafür Emo genug?

1996 - Propagandhi in the Alps (From the left: Chris, John, Jord. The boy in the middle is their legendary babysitter Regal who just posted some amazing pictures from back in the old days on his Facebook.)

That day we knew we made it. We were not in Germany anymore. We were on our way to Italy and we had good friends waiting for us. They let us sleep at their houses for a couple of days when we had to cancel two shows in Italy. We were on the road for three weeks already and there were three more weeks to go. The next big, big highlight was playing Amsterdam with "...But Alive" and drinking with our friends from Hamburg again. That was like 7 or 8 days later. We were back in the bus and after the show with "Skin of Tears" in Wangen everyone was sick.
Chris was throwing up already when they got on stage to play the first show in Italy that night. The boys did the gig, we had some shady sleeping quarters and everyone was close to following Hannah's example. But in the morning we decided to call in sick. It was early April, the sun was out, we were in Italy, Chris was getting sicker by the minute and people offered us a place to stay for a few nights.

We walked around this italian smalltown for two days and those were two of the most relaxing days of my life, I think.
Three or four nights later we were in Schopfheim, Sunny's homebase. Back in Germany. That was the night when the boys finally got to see the first cd-copies of "less Talk, More Rock". We did the release-party at this cheesy chinese restaurant and it took Jord forever to take the cd out of the tray and discover "that photo"....

More: Derek Riel's Propagandhi Pictures - European Tour 1996

It's all about "Emo" and the clothes you wear....

At least I'm not sick anymore...!

That hat makes you look like a smurf!

I changed your old entry, dude!

"LUGANO – Internet-Terror gegen die erfolgreiche Ex-Vize-Miss: Ein anonymer Freak gibt sich als Xenia Tchoumitcheva aus. Er täuschte schon Tausende von Menschen!"

"Ex-Vize-Miss", so, so... "Sternchen" hat man früher gesagt....

Schreibt jetzt für die "B.Z." Und auch nicht besonders gut. Was'n Abstieg.

That would be Miss Shake It, according to my referrers! I support that idea!