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  • Dad Rock: Beatles' 'Revolver' album turns 50

    07/29/2016 12:41:59 PM PDT · by Mariner · 136 replies
    USA Today - Link only | July 29th, 2016 | Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/07/29/dad-rock-beatles-revolver-album-turns-50/87681696/
  • Pathetic "Hillary in the White House" Music Video.

    07/29/2016 7:06:39 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 12 replies
    Here's another big budget music video for Hillary, albeit it's an old one. The people around her are obviously morons. Trump would never in a million years allow this kind of rubbish. Here's another example of the vast schism in this country these days. One gets the idea that people voting for her are completely out of touch with reality. The best thing about the video is the dog with the sunglasses.
  • Hillary Clinton's Multi Million Dollar Fight Song Fiasco

    07/28/2016 3:25:50 PM PDT · by nikos1121 · 46 replies
    youtube ^ | 7/28/2016 | nikos1121
    I don't have any idea what it cost to make this hokey video. I suspect if it had anything to do with the people running these political campaigns, UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, it probably cost millions of dollars to produce. Millions, Folks. For sure, it has a catchy tune and a "hook" early on, but I defy anyone, regardless of your political persuasion, to listen to this more than once. When you hit the Jane Fonda roll out where she shouts, "I still has some fight left in me," I experienced waterbrash, (look up the word). It starts off with the...
  • Islamic gang storm nudist pool shouting 'Allahu Akbar' vowing to 'eradicate' 'slut' women

    07/28/2016 11:16:44 AM PDT · by dennisw · 49 replies
    express.co.uk/ ^ | Jul 28, 2016 | Tom Parfitt & Monika Pallenberg
    The Muslim men reportedly stormed the pool shouting 'Allahu Akbar' threatening to "eradicate" women for insulting them with their bare bodies. The incident occurred at the naturist arer of the Strandbad Xantener Südsee in Geldern in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Wednesday last week - two days after an Afghan refugee attacked five people on a train in Bavaria and four days before an Isis supporter blew himself up at a wine bar in the small town of Ansbach. The incident was the latest in a series of assaults at swimming areas across the country where sexually repressed young...
  • Oprah Winfrey To Star In ‘A Wrinkle In Time’, Re-Teaming With ‘Selma’ Helmer Ava DuVernay

    07/28/2016 5:06:57 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 13 replies
    Deadline Hollywood ^ | 7/26/2016 | Mike Fleming Jr
    Disney and Selma director Ava DuVernay are setting Oprah Winfrey to star in A Wrinkle In Time, an adaptation of the 1963 Newbery Medal-winning Madeleine L’Engle fantasy classic novel that has a script by Oscar-winning Frozen writer and co-director Jennifer Lee. Winfrey will play the role of Mrs. Which. The studio is moving quickly to cast the film, with actors including Amy Adams and Kevin Hart chief among those circling. Winfrey is in final negotiations. She starred for DuVernay in Selma and played a role behind the scenes in helping to make the movie happen. Winfrey and DuVernay also co-created...
  • Hillary Uncensored acceptance speech spoof!

    07/27/2016 2:06:18 PM PDT · by Katya · 6 replies
    Youtube ^ | July 27, 2016 | Leigh Scott
    This is a great spoof video... watch on large screen if possible.
  • New lithium ion battery strategy offers more energy, longer life cycle

    07/27/2016 10:29:55 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    phys.org ^ | June 28, 2012 | Provided by: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
    In situ transmission electron microscopy at EMSL was used to study structural changes in the team’s new anode system. Real-time measurements show silicon nanoparticles inside carbon shells before (left) and after (right) lithiation. + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -...
  • Silicon-air battery achieves running time of over 1,000 hours for the first time

    07/27/2016 10:19:31 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 1 replies
    phys.org ^ | July 27, 2016 | Provided by: Forschungszentrum Juelich
    Test set-up for the silicon battery: the battery itself is only the size of a button cell and is located in the hollow cylinder in the middle of the acrylic glass casing. The thin channels that pass through the housing control the supply and outlet of the electrolyte fluid. Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Silicon-air batteries are viewed as a promising and cost-effective alternative to current energy storage technology. However, they have thus far only achieved relatively short running times. Jülich researchers have now discovered why. In theory, silicon-air batteries have a much higher energy density and are also smaller and...
  • Bryan Cranston leads celebs signing anti-Trump pledge

    07/26/2016 4:30:49 PM PDT · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 85 replies
    CBS 5 AZ ^ | 26 JULY 2016 | AP
    Bryan Cranston, who played President Lyndon B. Johnson on Broadway and HBO, appeared on a civil rights panel Tuesday with 1960s-era activists and signed on to an anti-Donald Trump campaign with more than 100 other celebrities at the Democratic National Convention. Cranston was joined by Julianne Moore, Kerry Washington, Mark Ruffalo, Neil Patrick Harris, Shonda Rhimes and Macklemore in calling on Americans to deny Trump the White House. It's part of MoveOn.org's "United Against Hate" effort. The "Breaking Bad" star pledged his support for Hillary Clinton during the panel discussion, which touched on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's fight against...
  • Songs That Remind Us Who The Democrats Really Are

    07/26/2016 1:12:45 PM PDT · by EQAndyBuzz · 70 replies
    Self | 7/26/2016 | EQAndyBuzz
    Songs that remind us of who the Democrats really are.
  • Cool Cat: The Nine Lives of Christopher Walken, Movie Star and Feline Fan

    07/26/2016 9:53:54 AM PDT · by Slings and Arrows · 69 replies
    Parade ^ | July 22, 2016 | Neil Pond
    Christopher Walken likes to watch. If that gives you the willies, you’re probably thinking of the Oscar-winning actor’s more unsettling roles—he’s played sadists, murderers, madmen, mobsters, mercenaries, psychopaths, evil masterminds and extremely messed-up Vietnam vets in the course of a career that began in the early 1950s. “I have played a lot of villains,” he admits. But what Walken likes to watch is just outside the windows of his home in rural Connecticut, on the cusp of a nature preserve, where he’s lived with his wife, Georgianne, a Hollywood casting director, for nearly 40 years. “There were four deer in...
  • We cut away from the DNC protest to cover Boyz ii Men (CNN)

    07/25/2016 1:26:11 PM PDT · by llevrok · 34 replies
    7/25/2016
    Watching CNN. They just started covering a protest at the DEM Convention that was blocking delegates from entering the arena when Jake Tapper cut to reporter off so they could cover the Boys ii Men performance. All the news that's fit to spin.
  • Marni Nixon, the Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86

    07/25/2016 7:22:47 AM PDT · by massmike · 14 replies
    nytimes.com ^ | 07/25/2016 | MARGALIT FOX
    Marni Nixon, the American cinema’s most unsung singer, died on Sunday in New York. She was 86. The cause was breast cancer, said Randy Banner, a student and friend. Classically trained, Ms. Nixon was throughout the 1950s and ’60s the unseen — and usually uncredited — singing voice of the stars in a spate of celebrated Hollywood films. She dubbed Deborah Kerr in “The King and I,” Natalie Wood in “West Side Story” and Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady,” among many others. Starting as a teenager in the late 1940s and continuing for the next two decades, Ms. Nixon...
  • Bryan Lewis "I Think My Dog's A Democrat"

    07/24/2016 12:52:29 PM PDT · by demkicker · 32 replies
    You Tube ^ | March 8, 2016 | Bryan Lewis
    Well, I think my dog's a democrat and it breaks my heart to say - to think an ugly thing like that, but there's a big old pile of evidence that points to the fact that my dog might be a democrat....
  • Ariana Grande Had a White House Performance Rejected Over Donut-Licking Scandal

    07/23/2016 2:25:26 PM PDT · by SMGFan · 18 replies
    MSN Billboard ^ | July22, 2016
    On Friday (July 22), Wikileaks published thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee, including one email thread revealing Ariana Grande had a proposed White House performance rejected over her donut-licking scandal last year. The leaked emails show a request to vet Grande with interest in booking her for a White House gala late last year. While Grande seems to have a clean criminal and financial record, as Gawker reports, the vetting includes a detailed report of the controversy in which Grande was caught on camera at a donut shop, saying "I hate America" and "maliciously" licking some unsupervised...
  • Global Airing of ‘Clinton Cash’ Documentary on Breitbart with Email Sign-Up

    07/23/2016 7:30:46 AM PDT · by navysealdad · 6 replies
    The highly anticipated Clinton Cash documentary will air for free with Breitbart.com email sign-up on Saturday, July 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET and Sunday, July 24 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. ET.
  • Why Queen & George Harrison’s Estate Probably Can’t Sue Over Having Their Songs Played At RNC

    07/22/2016 5:52:37 PM PDT · by jeannineinsd · 52 replies
    Consumerist ^ | 7/22/2016 | Chris Morran
    Regardless of your political leanings, you’ve probably heard this week that a number of prominent bands were unhappy to find out their music had been used without their permission at the Republican National Convention. However much these artists may not like having their famous tunes used for political purposes, they may not be able to do much about it. The first high-profile group to sound off about their music being used at the RNC was The Turtles. After the band’s classic 1967 tune “Happy Together” was used on the first day of the convention, Turtles co-founder Howard Kaylan expressed his...
  • George Harrison's estate: Trump's use of 'Here Comes the Sun' is 'offensive'

    07/22/2016 1:05:49 PM PDT · by jeannineinsd · 122 replies
    Entertainment Weekly ^ | 7/22/15 | Jessica Goodman
    The Beatles’ beloved Abbey Road song “Here Comes the Sun” was played at the 2016 Republican National Convention Thursday as Ivanka Trump took the stage, and late Thursday night, George Harrison’s estate slammed Republican nominee Donald Trump for using the song, calling the act “offensive” and “against the wishes of the George Harrison estate.” (Harrison wrote the track.) “The unauthorized use of #HereComestheSun at the #RNCinCLE is offensive & against the wishes of the George Harrison estate,” Harrison’s estate’s official Twitter account posted. The account then followed up and joked that maybe another one of Harrison’s songs would have better...
  • Eric Clapton to appear on new Rolling Stones album

    07/22/2016 11:37:11 AM PDT · by Mariner · 43 replies
    BBC ^ | July 22nd, 2016 | Unattributed
    Guitarist Eric Clapton will appear on the Rolling Stones' blues-inspired new album, Keith Richards has confirmed. The musician "dropped by for a couple of numbers", Richards told BBC 6 Music, adding the recording sessions had been "like old times down in Richmond". Both the Stones and Clapton's former band, The Yardbirds, used to perform at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey. Richards said the Stones were hoping to play some European dates next year and would "love to" perform in the UK. "I think it's on the menu somewhere," the 72-year-old said. The new album was confirmed by the band...
  • Your Band Name?

    07/22/2016 8:59:11 AM PDT · by gigster · 120 replies
    If you had a musical band, and you had to name it, what would your best name be?