Gorillaz’ “Plastic Beach” To Rock You
I just got invited to download teh new Gorillaz' record Plastic Beach and I'm pretty sure this one is five-starrer.
First impressions include:
- Snoop vocals on the first track (he always shows up in all the right places)
- Fun aquatic theme
- It's a new Gorillaz record. So, yeah, it's like good whiskey for your ears.
Stan Cornyn in Studio with Sinatra
L to R: CBS camera man; holding score producer Sonny Burke; on podium, Gordon Jenkins; on right, Frank Sinatra. above podium, liner notes writer. Era: 1965.
I've been meaning to post this for a while now. This is a classic photo of my dad, the great Stan Cornyn, pretending to look busy in a recording studio with Frank Sinatra. Cornyn is the photogenic fellow with glasses and necktie.
Come to think of it, this is one of the few times I've seen him in a necktie. He must have been in trouble with his boss that day.
Lloyd! 8==>
Apparently, Goldman Sachs would be in trouble if it were a Vegas casino.
The issue deals with things called front-running and derivatives trading against its own investors. For the rest of us, "derivatives" is a general term used on Wall Street to describe any kind of securities trading that is done off the market and is consequently unregulated.
Oh, and these are always the types of deals that cause market crashes.
The Securities Act of 1934 specifically defines a class of “qualified” investors who are supposed to have enough assets and enough savvy to make their own mistakes, God bless ‘em. Yet in Vegas, where there is a sucker born every minute and capitalism is at least as popular as it is in New York, section 465.070 of the Nevada Gaming Law makes it a felony “to place, increase or decrease a bet or to determine the course of play after acquiring knowledge, not available to all players, of the outcome of the game or any event that affects the outcome of the game or which is the subject of the bet or to aid anyone in acquiring such knowledge for the purpose of placing, increasing or decreasing a bet or determining the course of play contingent upon that event or outcome. ”
MSNBC implies nature is “out of control” : Eruptions
Chilean earthquake fallout: MSNBC implies nature is "out of control" : Eruptions.
I'm happy to see someone else has noticed MSNBC is just as sensationalist as any other infotainment cable channel.
Dubai Star War Mashup
Please excuse the poor translation. My French isn't very good.
Only on Fubiz, here is "The Dark Lens", a new series of fan images set in the Star Wars universe. Using this set design, the battles don't seem out of place on our world. The shoot was done in Dubai by the photographer Cédric Delsaux.
En exclusivité pour Fubiz, voici “The Dark Lens”, une nouvelle série d’images issues de l’univers Star Wars pour Amusement. Avec cette mise en scène, les combats n’ont jamais paru si vrais que sur Terre. Un shooting réalisé à Dubaï par le photographe Cédric Delsaux.
via Start Wars | Fubiz™.
Coilhouse » Blog Archive » One Vintage Photo That Broke Ten MPAA Rules
In 1930, the MPAA drafted the Motion Picture Production Code, also called the Hays Code – named after its creator, Postmaster General-turned-Hollywood-censor William Hays. The original text can be found here.
via Coilhouse » Blog Archive » One Vintage Photo That Broke Ten MPAA Rules.
Selling Modded Cable Modems Gets You 20 Years
U.S. federal authorities arrested a 26-year-old man on Thursday for allegedly selling modified cable modems that enabled free Internet access, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Matthew Delorey of New Bedford, Mass., is charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison for each charge, and a $250,000 fine.
Michael Geist – ACTA Guide, Part Five: Speaking Out
The 7th round of ACTA negotiations will conclude around lunch time today in Mexico. If past meetings are any indication, a few hours later the participating countries will issue a bland statement thanking the host Mexican government, discussing the progress on civil enforcement, border measures, and the Internet as well as noting the transparency discussions and the continued desire to address the issue. The release will then conclude by looking forward to the next meeting in Wellington, New Zealand in April.
New Music from Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros. – Los Angeles Music – West Coast Sound
In an ongoing effort to keep our fellow music/animation geeks up-to-date on all things Venture, we thought you might like to know that Venture Bros. co-writer/voice of many characters Doc Hammer has some new music on the way. Hammer, formerly of the goth-friendly bands Requiem in White and Mors Syphilitica, currently fronts New York-based outfit Weep, who despite their strangely straightforward cover of Rihanna's hit "Shut up and Drive," reminds us of bands like Jesus & Mary Chain and Catherine Wheel.
via New Music from Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros. - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound.
