Issue 329
Week of 06/30/2008
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Juno (2007)
Twin Peaks 2nd Season (1991)
Children of Heaven (1997)
Cobra Verde (1987)
Twin Peaks 1st Season (1990)
Max Ernst (1991)
Eraserhead (1977)
Paris, Texas (1984)

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07/04/2008

Condi's Peep Show

Inspiration: Celebrity Passport Records Popular

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Larry Harmon, Bozo the Clown, dead at 83

Sadly, we are all still Bozos on his earthly bus.

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07/02/2008

An Expert Reveals Chinese Origins of Interrogation Techniques at Guantánamo

What a bunch of Mickey Mouse morons we have in our government?  If the best that military or justice department interrogators can do is copy the absurdist Chinese interrogation methods from the Korean war to get phony confessions out of suspected terrorists, we're in big trouble.  Not only have we learned nothing from the detainees, but in the process our government has become disdainfully repressive and Maoist.  It shows that we have a lot more to fear from our government's unrestrained abuses of power than we do from any terrorist.

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07/01/2008

Judges Cite Need for Reliable Evidence To Hold Detainees

This is a great legal ruling against the kangaroo courts (military tribunals) held by the government.  It's fascinating that the court would cite Lewis Carroll's wonderful poem - The Hunting of the Snark.  It looks like in this case at least that the Snark is a Boojum for the government prosecutors.

"Lewis Carroll notwithstanding, the fact the government has 'said it thrice' does not make an allegation true," wrote Judge Merrick B. Garland, quoting from Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark."

The panel, which included Chief Judge David B. Sentelle and Judge Thomas B. Griffith, also expressed skepticism about the evidence because the Chinese government may have supplied some of it.

"Parhat has made a credible argument that -- at least for some of the assertions -- the common source is the Chinese government, which may be less than objective with respect to the Uighurs," Garland wrote.

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06/30/2008

Alexa Wilding

Alluring Alexa Wilding
I was looking at 19th century paintings of the 1860-70s on Wikimedia and kept running into the enchanting beauty of Alexa Wilding, who stood out like a goddess amongst the other paintings of the period.  I did a little research and found out that artist Dante Gabriel Rosetti happened to run into Alexa on the Strand in London in the 1860's.  She was seamstress in a dress shop at the time.  When Rossetti pressured her to let him paint her, Alexa made an appointment for a sitting, but never showed up much to the chagrin of Rossetti.  Several weeks later in the Strand, Rossetti saw Alexa again from his cab and this time talked her going to his studio.  They never became lovers, but Alexa certainly became Rossetti's muse. They remained good friends until Rossetti's early death in 1882.  Alexa died shortly thereafter in 1884.  If you are interested in more details about Rossetti's artwork, check out this site.

Venus Verticordia (1864-68)

Veronica Veronese (1872)

Lilith (1864-68)

La Ghirlandata (1873)

Regina Cordium (1866)

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Video Links For 06/30/2008

Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (1963) [Lyrics]
This is magnificent live performance by Big Joe Williams near thirty years after he release Baby Please Don't Go in 1935.  Here is the recording of the 1935 version. 

Big Joe Williams
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Green Day - American Idiot [Lyrics]
This is a damned good and bitingly satirical rock song. Green Day won a Grammy in 2005 for their album of the same name. 

Green Day
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Frank Zappa - Montana 08-21-73 [Lyrics]
This is a very interesting video of Zappa from 1973 live on Swedish TV.  That's got to be the most ridiculous suit I've ever seen. 

Frank Zappa of Swedish TV
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Johnny Cash "I Walk the Line" (live 1959)
Like Zappa, there is no one today comparable to the late great Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cash
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Woody Shaw Quintet - Rosewood
This is a very good recording from 1979.

Woody Shaw (1979)
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Puddle Of Mudd - Psycho
I kind of like this song.

Puddle of Mud
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Polysics - Electric Surfin' Go Go (Live Japan 2006)
These guys play super fast.

Kayo on the keyboard
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The Aquabats - Fashion Zombies!
And another interesting rock parody.

The Aquabats
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McCain Vows To End Fashion Slavery 6/28

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McCain Discovers The Internets 6/26

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Rembrandt's McCain Laughing Portrait Sells For $29.95 6/21

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Laura Bush To Play Nadine In Twin Peaks Remake 6/14

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Rupert Stands Corrected 6/9

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McCain Challenges Obama To Checkers Deathmatch 6/8

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McCain’s Health: Good News - He Is Cancer Free. Bad News - He's Been Dead For 3 Years!

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Conservatives See The Boogeyman On Rachael Ray's Buttock's 5/26

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Clinton Wants Canadian Votes Included Too 5/22

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Mac-Lax 5/20

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Republicans Put On Endangered Species List 5/16

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Scientists Say Paul Abdul Trapped In Parallel Universe 5/10

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The Grapes Of W 5/9

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The Uppity Negro Rule 5/4

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Barbara Walters Reveals Past Affair With Pee-Wee Herman 5/3

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John McCain Is Eraserhead 4/15

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The Ugly American Says Adios To The World 4/6

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