Official Statement on Participation

Listen to Slayer at full blast in your car. Listen to Slayer at full blast in your home. Listen to Slayer at full blast at your place of employment. Listen to Slayer at full blast in any public place you prefer. DO NOT use headphones! The objective of this day is for everyone within earshot to understand that it is the National Day of Slayer."

National Day of Slayer

"Wie tritt man tumben Neonazis gescheit entgegen - totschweigen, Steine werfen oder einfach auslachen? Die bunt kostümierte "Front Deutscher Äpfel" setzt auf Parodie und hatte am 1. Mai in Leipzig ihren Auftritt: "Was gibt der deutschen Jugend Kraft? Apfelsaft!""

Spiegel

"Die umstrittene Sendung "Popetown" geht trotz aller Proteste bei MTV auf Sendung. Zuerst soll nur eine Folge gezeigt und dann mit Kritikern diskutiert werden. Gegner erwägen bereits rechtliche Schritte."

stern.de

Le trailer! Looks really, really cool! See Kirsten Dunst naked!

"...stridently anti-Christian ... full of calumnies, offenses and historical and theological errors regarding Jesus, the Gospels and the Church."

Cinematical

"Research shows a direct link between junk food and violent behaviour. But governments are in cahoots with the industry "

Story in the Guardian

Wired

"If you believe that the ultra rich capitalist overlords wanted war to increase their profits, you have to believe they were willing to kill hundreds of thousands of people to get it. THAT’s the part I don’t buy. There can be sociopath billionaires to be sure, but I can’t see them being the majority force in the government.

I have a theory that only people who have never been rich would believe that the rich are routinely willing to kill enormous amounts of people to get richer. Personally, I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. And I can speak from first hand experience about how it changes you. I’m far less bloodthirsty than before."

Cartoonist Scott Adams has a wonderful blog!

"President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research."

Story at Boston.com

WSJ.com has compiled clips from a dozen movies over the past 23 years that depict the internet, with varying degrees of accuracy.

"I mean, it's like the movie "Rocky." All right. The president in this case is Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed is -- everything else in the world. It's the tenth round. He's bloodied. His corner man, Mick, who in this case I guess would be the vice president, he's yelling, "Cut me, Dick, cut me!," and every time he falls everyone says, "Stay down! Stay down!" Does he stay down? No. Like Rocky, he gets back up, and in the end he -- actually, he loses in the first movie.

OK. Doesn't matter. The point is it is the heart-warming story of a man who was repeatedly punched in the face. So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't.

I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound -- with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world. (...) As excited as I am to be here with the president, I am appalled to be surrounded by the liberal media that is destroying America, with the exception of Fox News. Fox News gives you both sides of every story: the president's side, and the vice president's side.

But the rest of you, what are you thinking, reporting on NSA wiretapping or secret prisons in eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason: they're super-depressing. And if that's your goal, well, misery accomplished...."

Complete transcript

"The nun who launched the Vatican's Web site is at work on a MySpace for Catholics

Deep inside the Vatican, a white-haired nun dressed in a brown habit opens the door to a room full of computers. The whirring machines hold some of the mysteries of the Holy See, including photographs of the Vatican Secret Archives and of ancient illustrated manuscripts. No, this isn't a movie trailer for The Da Vinci Code. (...) Sister Judith is creating a second Vatican Web site, set for launch in the fall, that is aimed at bringing together the faithful so they can interact. Think of it as MySpace.com (NWS ) for Catholics. There will be personal news updates, e-learning programs, and areas set aside for families, young people, and parishes. Collaboration is key, and that should differentiate the site from others in its genre."

Interesting story in The Business Week

1 Search request: leg dich nie mit einem skater an

The next big thing of course!

"Und die Bullen auf Motorrädern hinter uns her...!"

Hier noch wat vom letzten Jahr, wo so gewitzte Studenten Pflastersteine aus Schaumstoff verkauft haben, was die Polizei sehr verwirrt hat.

"If you take a minute to visit the F.B.I. website and check out their Most Wanted list, you will run across a familiar face; Osama bin Laden. Of course we know that Osama is wanted by the F.B.I. but did you know he is NOT wanted in connection to the events of September 11th 2001? As of today, 4/28/06, the F.B.I. website listing for Osama notes that it was last updated in November, 2001, after the events of September 11th 2001. While the site notes several crimes for which Osama is suspected, the site makes no mention of the events of September 11th. Quote from the F.B.I. listing (copied on 4/28/2006): USAMA BIN LADEN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE AUGUST 7, 1998, BOMBINGS OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSIES IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA, AND NAIROBI, KENYA. THESE ATTACKS KILLED OVER 200 PEOPLE. IN ADDITION, BIN LADEN IS A SUSPECT IN OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD."

Stolen from tvnewslies.org

"Ein Gerichtsfall der sich wenig spektakulär anhört bei näherer Betrachtung jedoch unerhörte Konsequenzen für Bush und seine Falken hat, gewinnt gerade unbeachtet durch die Europäische Presse an Momentum.

Leise still und heimlich, oder zumindest von den Medien außerhalb der USA unbemerkt ist der Persönliche Berater und Stabschef Präsident Bushs, KARL ROVE ins Fadenkreuz der Ermittlungen in der CIA Affäre gelangt." Indymedia

4 Search requests: adolf hitler handy video born to be wild

People keep asking me about videos starring Dean Reed. Here is one from "Ein Kessel Buntes" (1981). DeanReed.de has more.

"Most adolescent slumber parties in the '80s began or ended with a video screening of the cult classic, pseudo-snuff flick Faces of Death. "

St. Petersburg Online has the story. Snuff remains a myth.

"FBI Investigated 3,501 People Without Warrants (AP) -- The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday." CNN

"Universal Studio's Flight 93 movie online forum has been completely infiltrated by people opposing the official government 9/11 fable and its moderators are having to delete entire threads in real time deeming them, "inappropriate." A visit to the forum confirms that the entire website has been turned into a battle ground for countering the government apologist propaganda being regurgitated in an impetuous lunge to give credibility to a tale about as reality-based as Humpty Dumpty." Shoutwire

Oh, Stephen Colbert (Comedy Central) managed to speak for 15 minutes at the White House Correspondents' dinner. Phantastic! He's beating up the press and the president at the same time! Download the video at crooksandliars.com.

Guerillas on the internet and celebrities, well...

"Prelisten 4 new songs from Mocky's upcoming album "Navy Brown Blues" (release May 19th). They are in the Mockyrecordings-player now.

1. In The Meantime feat. Jamie Lidell

2. Elementary feat. Taylor Savvy

3. After The Rain

4. I'm Yours

also keep checking the Fightin' Away The Tears feat. Feist-Video on the site!

and if you just can't get enough of Mocky productions visit www.myspace.com/soffyomusic and check out some songs Mocky wrote and produced with the swedish singer Soffy O."

Mocky is going on tour soon. Check out the dates on the site.

"Mexico’s Congress approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin for personal use — a measure sure to raise questions in Washington about Mexico’s commitment to the war on drugs."

Story at MSNBC

This film by Christian Volckmann has been mentioned before. It's out now in France and there are plenty of new things on the website. Architects should make more movies!

"Pete Cashmore shows us how any old Joe, like Ask a Ninja, can build a global social media brand overnight with zero marketing dollars by utilizing all of the existing social networks.

I don't think a corporation could pull this off in the same way. However, the stars in the social media universe are ripe for product placement. The big question is will their fans accept it. I expect that we'll see products popping up in shows like Ask a Ninja and Rocketboom later this year as well as in popular podcasts and blogs too."

From Micro Persuasion

Excellent article at Slate.com: A Grand Unified Theory of YouTube and MySpace - Point-and-click sites that don't tell you what to do.

Urban Attention Seekers: Some kid is selling a "MySpace w/ OVER 37000 friends and 74000 profile views!!" on ebay

"Myspace/Fox can use ANYTHING of yours you post to your site [music, videos, photographs, art work, etc.]. This means they can alter it, edit it, sell it, etc. WITHOUT giving you credit.

(...)You can find the content that is quoted below by clicking “terms” on the myspace homepage and scrolling down a bit. I.e. its taken directly from the terms of use, it’s not some silly paranoid internet scare tactic."

Read this column on rinf.com

"Proprietary Rights in Content on MySpace.com. By displaying or publishing (”posting”) any Content, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, “Content”) on or through the Services, you hereby grant to MySpace.com, a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a back-up or residual copy of the Content posted by you may remain on the MySpace.com servers after you have removed the Content from the Services, and MySpace.com retains the rights to those copies. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the Services."

Via del.icio.us

The streaming has begun. Check his site!

"U.S. authorities want to try a Briton who hacked into top military sites to see what he could learn about aliens. They're upset, the hacker says, because it was so easily accomplished. As usual, sieve-like Microsoft software offered the way in."

Wired has this wonderful story...

Wer endlich einmal ein paar Originale vom schauen Fil schauen möchte, dem sei die große Austellung des Berliner Lokalheroen im Shining Labor (Kastanienallee 79 / 2. Hof, D-10435 Berlin) empfohlen.

Eröffnet wird die Schau am 29. April gegen 20.00 Uhr und im Anschluß legt der Meister sogar selber auf. Für wahre Fans von Sharkey, Didi & Stulle und Fil himself gibt es ausserdem noch eine limitierte Anzahl handsignierter Teelichter (sic!) zu ergattern. Die Ausstellung ist bis zum 3. Juni 2006 jeden Samstag zwischen 14.00 und 18.00 Uhr geöffnet.

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