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April 19, 2012
Brilliant Idea or Literary Cannibalism
from MediaBistro’s GalleyCat
How to Star in a Classic Novel
By Jason Boog on April 19, 2012 6:23 PM
For $24.95, the customized book company U Star Novels will reprint a paperback edition of a classic novel starring you and your friends as the main characters.
The titles include everything from Pride and Prejudice to Dracula to A Christmas Carol to Anne Of Green Gables. The company will [...]
How to Star in a Classic Novel
By Jason Boog on April 19, 2012 6:23 PM
For $24.95, the customized book company U Star Novels will reprint a paperback edition of a classic novel starring you and your friends as the main characters.
The titles include everything from Pride and Prejudice to Dracula to A Christmas Carol to Anne Of Green Gables. The company will [...]
April 16, 2012
Picasso Found In Cleveland
from CBS Cleveland
Man Finds Picasso Original In Thrift Store
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS Cleveland) – Thrift stores have often been a popular hunting ground for collectors, but few of them find anything of worth, except for one man.
Zach Bodish, a 46-year-old University District resident, purchased what turned out to be an original Picasso print at a Volunteers of America [...]
Man Finds Picasso Original In Thrift Store
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS Cleveland) – Thrift stores have often been a popular hunting ground for collectors, but few of them find anything of worth, except for one man.
Zach Bodish, a 46-year-old University District resident, purchased what turned out to be an original Picasso print at a Volunteers of America [...]
April 15, 2012
April 14, 2012
When Your Girlfriend’s Breasts Are Used Against You
from CBS Houston
Suspected Anonymous Hacker Busted By FBI — Thanks To A Racy Photo
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) - The evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigations gathered against an alleged Galveston hacker didn’t come from a techno-chase through the expansive Internet. Instead, the FBI used the information embedded in a photograph of his girlfriend’s breasts.
Higinio O. Ochoa, 30, [...]
Suspected Anonymous Hacker Busted By FBI — Thanks To A Racy Photo
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) - The evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigations gathered against an alleged Galveston hacker didn’t come from a techno-chase through the expansive Internet. Instead, the FBI used the information embedded in a photograph of his girlfriend’s breasts.
Higinio O. Ochoa, 30, [...]
April 13, 2012
Mainstream Docu-Marley Finally
from The Wall Street Journal
Director Kevin Macdonald Discusses ‘Marley’ Documentary
By Rachel Dodes
Kevin Macdonald
After six years and three different directors, “Marley,” a documentary about the life of reggae legend Bob Marley, is finally going to be released on April 20th, a date that is known in certain circles as a holiday celebrating the consumption of marijuana.
Based [...]
Director Kevin Macdonald Discusses ‘Marley’ Documentary
By Rachel Dodes
Kevin Macdonald
After six years and three different directors, “Marley,” a documentary about the life of reggae legend Bob Marley, is finally going to be released on April 20th, a date that is known in certain circles as a holiday celebrating the consumption of marijuana.
Based [...]
April 12, 2012
THE POWER OF SIX: Support art21
from art21
Celebrate the Premiere of Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season Six
Six Seasons
Since its premiere in 2001, Art in the Twenty-First Century has given audiences across the globe unprecedented access to contemporary artists: 6 Seasons; 24 hours of programming
100 Artists
Resources on the 100 artists featured in Art in the Twenty-First Century Seasons 1–6 are available at art21.org including: 200 interviews, [...]
Celebrate the Premiere of Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season Six
Six Seasons
Since its premiere in 2001, Art in the Twenty-First Century has given audiences across the globe unprecedented access to contemporary artists: 6 Seasons; 24 hours of programming
100 Artists
Resources on the 100 artists featured in Art in the Twenty-First Century Seasons 1–6 are available at art21.org including: 200 interviews, [...]
April 11, 2012
Kraftwerk 2k12
from The NY Times
Kraftwerk Keeps Catching Up With Its Past
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
By JON PARELES
As manifestos go, “The Robots” — the first song Kraftwerk played on Tuesday to start its eight-night series of retrospective concerts at the Museum of Modern Art — is adroitly misleading. “We’re programmed to do/anything you want us to,” Ralf Hutter sang.
In fact [...]
Kraftwerk Keeps Catching Up With Its Past
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
By JON PARELES
As manifestos go, “The Robots” — the first song Kraftwerk played on Tuesday to start its eight-night series of retrospective concerts at the Museum of Modern Art — is adroitly misleading. “We’re programmed to do/anything you want us to,” Ralf Hutter sang.
In fact [...]
April 10, 2012
The Simpsons of Oregon
from AP via Pioneer Press
‘Simpsons’ creator: The real Springfield is in Oregon
Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the inspiration for the animated hometown of Homer and his dysfunctional family.
Groening told Smithsonian magazine, published online Tuesday, [...]
‘Simpsons’ creator: The real Springfield is in Oregon
Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the inspiration for the animated hometown of Homer and his dysfunctional family.
Groening told Smithsonian magazine, published online Tuesday, [...]
April 9, 2012
April 6, 2012
"Bread! The Staff of Death", quoth the lady in the leopard-skin suit
from Slate
White Bread Kills
A history of a national paranoia.
By Libby Copeland
Photograph by Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
For some time now, a significant minority of the American population has considered bread suspect. Atkins and South Beach were down on bread long before the contemporary anti-gluten frenzy came into vogue. These days, everything from pizza to makeup is available gluten [...]
White Bread Kills
A history of a national paranoia.
By Libby Copeland
Photograph by Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
For some time now, a significant minority of the American population has considered bread suspect. Atkins and South Beach were down on bread long before the contemporary anti-gluten frenzy came into vogue. These days, everything from pizza to makeup is available gluten [...]
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