GLORIA GAYNOR
Love is Just a Heartbeat Away
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Pans People
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October 22, 2009
Elton John - Bennie and the jets - Soul Train '75
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If you think you know all about Captain Marvel Jr'.s influence on Elvis Presley ... think again!
If you think you know all about Captain Marvel Jr'.s influence on Elvis Presley ... think again! Because the World's Mightiest Boy didn't just influence the King of Rock and Roll's hairstyle ...- Captain Marvel Jr. helped shape Elvis' entire lifestyle.
It all began on the battlefields of the first World War, with soldiers enduring bombs that whizzed right over their heads like a lightning bolt, then exploded nearby with a tremendous bang. Wilford 'Billy' Fawcett, a former police reporter for the Minneapolis Journal, was a World War I Army captain.After the war, Fawcett began printing a small two-color pamphlet containing barracks humor meant to entertain disabled servicemen in veterans hospitals. The title of Fawcett's self-published pamphlet came from his own former army rank and nickname, plus a reference to one of the 'whiz-bang' bombs of WWI. The magazine was called 'Captain Billy's Whiz Bang'. But the monthly collection of off-color jokes, sexy stories and racy cartoons wasn't a bomb -- it was an instant hit. A wholesaler picked it up in 1919 and started selling it in hotels and drugstores. It soon became an American standard, published continuously for the next thirty years.Vernon and Gladys Presley had married in 1933 and moved into the shotgun shack pictured right, in East Tupelo, Mississippi -- a two-room house Vernon built himself, for $180. Gladys soon got pregnant, and she gave birth to twin boys right in the Presley's modest home, on January 8, 1935.
October 21, 2009
Vic Mizzy Composer wrote Green Acres *and* music for The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Dead R.I.P.
What do you say about a composer who wrote the theme to Green Acres *and* the music for The Ghost and Mr. Chicken?
Frankly, I dunno. The dude rocked our worlds with bass harmonicas and fuzztone guitar motifs and now he's gone.
But Magic Carpet Burn takes a step in the right direction with the aforementioned primo Don Knotts comedy.
Around 8:38, dig the creepiest organ music ever . . . (thanks, Vic)
courtesy DonKnottsFanThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Frankly, I dunno. The dude rocked our worlds with bass harmonicas and fuzztone guitar motifs and now he's gone.
But Magic Carpet Burn takes a step in the right direction with the aforementioned primo Don Knotts comedy.
Around 8:38, dig the creepiest organ music ever . . . (thanks, Vic)
courtesy DonKnottsFanThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken
unterkayness: holding on to Halloween
Here's a jaunty Halloween tune from the Boat Lullabies.unterkayness: holding on to Halloween
One can venture into the Bridgewater Triangle . . .
60 years of British sex education films, spanning the years 1917 - 1973 Wellcome Library Catalogue - 'b1674002'
LOCATION SHELFMARK
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1 DVD (338 min.) : sd. & si., b&w. & col., PAL
Credits
Produced and directed by: 1. Joseph Best, War Office; 2. British Instructional Films Ltd.; 3. British Instructional films Ltd.; 4. Mary Field for British Instructional Films Ltd.; 5. Central Council for Health Education Film Unit; 6. Vernon Sewell for Gaumont-British Instructional; 7. Brian Salt for Gaumont-British Instructional; 8. Horace Shepherd for Inspiration Pictures; 9. John Halas and Joy Batchelor for Halas & Batchelor Cartoon Films; 10. J.B. Holmes for crown Film Unit; 11. Winifred Holmes for Film Producers Guild; 12. Guy Fergusson and Phillip Sattin for Eothen Films; 13. Lothar Wolff for Louis de Rochemont Associates; 14. Martin Cole for Global Films; 15. Hugh Baddeley for Hugh Baddeley Productions; 16. Graham Jones and Jon Astley for Oxford Polytechnic.
Target Audience
General public
Summary
A collection of 16 titles from over 60 years of British sex education films, spanning the years 1917 - 1973. Disc 1 contains:
1. 'Whatsoever a man soweth' (1917) (38 min.) - black and white, silent film, warning Canadian troops about the dangers of catching veneral disease. It follows young Canadian soldier, Dick, as he tries to avoid propositions from prostitutes in London. He is encouraged to see Dr. Burns who shows him victims of venereal disease in various stages - explicit close-ups show rotting legs, hands and syphilitic sores. After the war it transpires that Dick's brother Tom has infected his wife with syphilis. They are both cured but their child is born blind. The film has a new score by Dave Formula.
2. 'Any evening after work' (1930) (27 min.) - Black and white, silent film, looking at the dangers of leaving venereal disease untreated. It follows the fate of a man who begins to feel unwell following an encounter with a female stranger. While prevaricating about going to see his GP he sees a poster for a lecture by the British Social Hygiene Council. He attends and hears a lecture on venereal disease. Following the lecture, the man secures a hospital appointment. The film has a new score by Dave Formula.
3. 'How to tell' (1931) (21 min.) - Black and white, silent film encouraging parents to equip their children with the truth about reproduction. New score by Dave Formula.
Bing - Bing is Bringing Twitter Search to You - AND OF COURSE IF YOU READ THIS BLOG YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE FEATURES OF MY APTURE IS THE ABILITY TO EMBED LIVE SEARCHES ON ANY SUBJECT Search Blog - Bing Community
Bing - Bing is Bringing Twitter Search to You - Search Blog - Bing CommunityBing is Bringing Twitter Search to You
One of the most interesting things going on today on the Internet is the notion of the real time web. The idea of accessing data in real time has been an elusive goal in the world of search. Web indexes in search engines update at pretty amazing rates, given what it takes to crawl the entire web and index it for searching, but getting that to “real time” has been challenging.
The explosive popularity of Twitter is the best example of this opportunity. Twitter is producing millions of tweets every minute on every subject you can imagine. The power of those tweets as a form of data that can be surfaced in search is enormous. Innovative services like Twitter give us access to public opinion and thoughts in a way that has not before been possible. From important social and political issues to keeping friends up to date on the minute-by-minute of our daily lives, the web is getting more and more real time.
Search needs to keep up. Shortly after we launched Bing, we did an experiment with the team at Twitter, where we took a fairly small number of “celebrities” from Twitter and provided access to their tweets as part of the search result. Here is a great example.
But what if we take that to the next level? What if we indexed basically the whole public Twitter stream and made it available to customers?
We’re glad you asked that. Because today at Web 2.0 we announced that working with those clever birds over at Twitter, we now have access to the entire public Twitter feed and have a beta of Bing Twitter search for you to play with (in the US, for now). Try it out. The Bing and Twitter teams want to know what you think.
How does this all work?
Were you as fascinated by the 6-year-old boy floating away in a balloon as we were? Was it a hoax? We know that people are going to twitter more and more for information surrounding all the latest chatter.
You can now search for what people are saying all over the web about breaking news topics, your favorite celebrity, hometown sports team, and anything else you use Twitter to stay on top of today.
The search results on people’s tweets will show up like this:
If you want to keep an eye on this topic, you can just watch the Tweets roll in. Or, click on “See more Tweets about…” to go to a page full of Tweets. On that page, you can change the ordering to “Best Match.” Here we arrange Tweets differently. If someone has a lot of followers, his/her Tweet may get ranked higher. If a tweet is exactly the same as other Tweets, it will get ranked lower. For example, I saw a Tweet from ABC News ranked pretty high in the Best Match mode during the “boy in the balloon” fiasco. By the way, you won’t see any of your tweets if you protected or deleted them, and tweets don’t last more than 7 days in our index.
Are you a Taylor Swift fan? Just think of all the links that are shared on twitter that have to do with Taylor. To help you find these links we sift through and find the most interesting and hot trending links that other search engines usually don’t pick up on. Below you can see a couple of interesting links shared by Twitter users – some news and some gossip.
Instead of the usual captions that are used for links, we decided to give you a “social caption” and show you what people are saying about these links.
Our team has been using this product internally, below are some situations where it came in handy:
- Sean Suchter (my boss) and I avoided a closed freeway on a rainy Seattle day and made our flight home.
- Eric Scheel (principle program manager on the team) a photo-gear junkie, keeps up on early product reviews and owners’ tweets, which helped him decide on his next purchase.
- My wife thinks I am almost cool because I know stuff about Taylor Swift.
We’d love to hear some stories from you about how this may have helped you. Of course, we also want to hear your ideas about how to keep improving this product.
Paul Yiu and the Bing Social Search Team
*Please note that at this time this is a US only feature.
Harry Potter Dumbledore Gay, JK Amazes Fans | UK news | The Observer
Harry Potter character Dumbledore was gay, JK tells amazed fans | UK news | The ObserverDumbledore Gay, JK Amazes fans
There could hardly have been a bigger sensation if Russell Crowe, Rod Stewart or Sven-Goran Eriksson had come out of the closet. Millions of fans around the world were yesterday digesting the news that one of the main characters in the Harry Potter novels, Albus Dumbledore, is gay.
The late Richard Harris as Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The revelation came from author JK Rowling during a question-and-answer session at New York's Carnegie Hall. It instantly hurtled around the internet and the world. News websites in China and Germany announced starkly: 'JK Rowling: "Dumbledore is gay".' One blogger wrote on a fansite: 'My head is spinning. Wow. One more reason to love gay men.'
After reading briefly from her mega-selling book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, on Friday night, Rowling took questions from an audience of 1,600 students. A 19-year-old from Colorado asked about the avuncular headmaster of Hogwarts School: 'Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?'
The author replied: 'My truthful answer to you...I always thought of Dumbledore as gay.' The audience reportedly fell silent - then erupted into prolonged applause.
Rowling, 42, continued: 'Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald [a bad wizard he defeated long ago], and that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extent, but he met someone as brilliant as he was and, rather like Bellatrix, he was very drawn to this brilliant person and horribly, terribly let down by him.'
She added: 'Yeah, that's how I always saw Dumbledore. In fact, recently I was in a script read-through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying, "I knew a girl once, whose hair..." I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter, "Dumbledore's gay!"'
Amazed by the warm reaction of the audience, Rowling, on her first US tour in seven years, joked: 'Just imagine the fan fiction now.'
Five Gayest Halloween Costumes: 5 Halloween Outfits Inspired by Gays | Suite101.com
Five Gay Halloween Costume Ideas
5 Halloween Party Outfits Inspired by Hollywood Movies for Gay Men
Gay Halloween Costume Idea 1 – Christian Bale's Batman
Christian Bale has been a poster boy for straight women and gay men alike ever since his iconic performance in American Psycho, but it is his turn in the revived Batman franchise that makes an ideal gay Halloween costume idea. To recreate the Dark Knight look cheaply, items include:
- A dark pair of fitted trousers.
- A flowing black cape.
- A black mask that fully covers the upper face as part of a skullcap with antenna like horns.
- Finally, don't forget the bat signal, stuck on to the centre of Batman's chest!
If part of a couple, a budding Batman might like to take his Robin along to the Halloween party too. In this instance, try the 1997 Batman and Robin film for inspiration which had suits with very chiseled physiques.
Gay Halloween Costume Idea 2 – King Leonidas from 300
The gay interest film that took the world by storm, Brokeback Mountain gives an ideal opportunity for making a gay Halloween costume inexpensively for either a single man or a gay trick-or-treating couple, just don't forget to add some Wyoming drawl alongside this Halloween party outfit for that truly authentic feel. The items required include:
- A cowboy hat. Ennis appears to favour a lighter cream hat whereas Jack, as a rodeo man, prefers a jet black one.
- Plaid shirts. Ennis wears light blue or pale shirts whereas Jack is more adventurous with deeper colours such as greens and reds.
- Scuffed cowboy boots are a must for the final touch to this gay cowboy Halloween costume.
- A spear (blunted, of course).
- A long red cloak.
- A loin cloth if the wearer has the thighs for it. Otherwise, some tan coloured shorts are a good substitute.
- A smattering of fake blood.
Gay Halloween Costume Idea 3 – Ennis and Jack from Brokeback Mountain
The gay interest film that took the world by storm, Brokeback Mountain gives an ideal opportunity for making a gay Halloween costume inexpensively for either a single man or a gay trick-or-treating couple, just don't forget to add some Wyoming drawl alongside this Halloween party outfit for that truly authentic feel. The items required include:
- A cowboy hat. Ennis appears to favour a lighter cream hat whereas Jack, as a rodeo man, prefers a jet black one.
- Plaid shirts. Ennis wears light blue or pale shirts whereas Jack is more adventurous with deeper colours such as greens and reds.
- Scuffed cowboy boots are a must for the final touch to this gay cowboy Halloween costume.
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Gay Halloween Costume Idea 4 – Dumbledore from the Harry Potter Series
After acclaimed writer J.K. Rowling announced that Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts, was gay, the possibility of making a Dumbledore Halloween costume has become more enticing. For this master wizard a few key items to add that extra touch of magic to a Halloween party outfit are:
- A long, flowing purple robe (or blue if going for the Michael Gambon version).
- A pale golden wand.
- A small pair of spectacles
- Long white hair and an equally lengthy white beard.
Gay Halloween Costume Idea 5 – Sam and Frodo from The Lord of the Rings
Whilst not actually identified as gay characters, Sam and Frodo become very close throughout the course of The Lord of the Rings, leading some fans and scholars to speculate as to the nature of their relationship. A simple concept, the two hobbits make a great pairing for another gay Halloween party outfit idea. For this, the following items will be required:
- Curly, shaggy looking wigs that hang loosely about the face.
- White shirts.
- Green or brown waistcoats.
- Brown or black three-quarter-length trousers.
- Large, bare feet (fake if genetics have not been forthcoming).
Gay Halloween Costume Ideas – The Spooky Fun Doesn't Stop Here
Whatever gay Halloween costume appeals, the above list of ideas shows that simple, iconic pieces are what dressing for Halloween parties is all about, so have fun and create more gay Halloween costume ideas using these suggestions as a starting point.
Nobody ever made fags like John Lennon. Personne n'a jamais fait tapettes comme John Lennon.
Personne n'a jamais fait tapettes comme John Lennon.
Hot 'n Spicy Kisses: John Lennon, Jerry Lee Lewis & Feet
Il voulait que ses fesses nues prises.
J'ai commandé deux.
L'alcool, du tabac et du jambon, du bébé.
Même si vous transpirez, ne vous inquiétez pas, vous pouvez voir si je suis enceinte.
Je prends le contrôle des naissances de la Beatlemania.The Beatles, danseuses brésiliennes, musiciens et autres choses sont toutes les explications nécessaires à la journée de Jerry Lee changé pour toujours.Beatlemania est Universal Music, et la légende du rock Jerry Lee Lewis n'en croyait pas ses yeux.John Lennon se mit à genoux pour baiser les pieds dans les toilettes.Je vous remercie pour des groupes comme les Beatles."It Was Like My Piano ou de chantage, at-il dit.
Il embrassa mes pieds.
Je n'ai aucune idée de ce qu'il ferait à mon fils, Junior.
Il dit: «Papa, John Lennon?
Lennon a déclaré: "Oui, John Lennon l'angoisse, la baguette, la satisfaction, à la pénitence."
La star des Beatles est le tombeau de spermicides.
Walkabout en eau de rose.
John Lennon accéléré. Carte de crédit, Harrods, à minuit, et l'argent qu'il a caché - quelle honte pour tous les groupes comme les Fab Four leurs idoles menti
"Thésaurus Beatlemania. Je n'aime pas, mais après le baiser-up, les souvenirs sont privés, dit Lewis.
Ce serait ... C'est embarrassant ...
Etait-ce papa?
John Lennon?
LENNON!
Love Power, oi.
John Lennon.
Lennon et goulasch, vous savez. "
L'homme qui a rendu possible pour moi de jouer rock roll.
Si mon corps avaient été gelés parce que nous ne boivent jamais, yo, viticulteur dans le soleil.
Il est patient et il a dit: Je voulais juste que vous sachiez que vous êtes un homme, je suis un homme, mais ensemble, nous sommes des femmes.
Ne comprenez-vous?
Qui ont rendu possible pour moi?
Tu.
Rock-un garçon.
Non Jerry Lee Lewis, mais le caractère festif.
Shake pour l'Hôtel Royal.
Palm sur mon visage, il était humide ...
Lennon.
LENNON embrassé Jerry Lee.
Lewis étourdis John Lennon.
Star s'agenouilla et lui baisa les pieds de Légende.
Lennon a envoyé son piano à Schoo, y compris Lewis, qui est crédité lors de leur rencontre derrière des lieux emblématiques tels que des concerts par Roxy Music et des Beatles.
Lewis: Remember The Kiss?
Je n'ai aucune idée.
Que ferait-il si mon fils n'était pas là.
"Papa, qui va aider?"
«Papa, John Lennon a été ... petite?" "Oui, John Lennon a été ... Lennon était malade, et il ... Je veux juste que vous sachiez que vous êtes l'homme qui a rock star.
Je n'aurais pas pu le faire sans votre exemple.
Est ...
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Chris Brown Tries To “Crawl” Back Into The Spotlight Again | Online | Mediaite
Chris Brown Tries To “Crawl” Back Into The Spotlight Again | Online | MediaiteChris Brown Tries To “Crawl” Back Into The Spotlight Again
by Steve Krakauer | 4:20 pm, October 21st, 2009
Chris Brown has a new single out today, “Crawl,” which vaguely touches on his abuse of his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna. So today he’s out making the media rounds, in an interview with Angie Martinez on New York radio station Hot 97.
In much the same way his August Larry King interview didn’t help his reputation, this one isn’t going to do much for him either.
Here’s the first part of the interview, which Hot97.com has done a great job posting in near real-time.
“I feel like I would never have had to have this kind of interview with you,” said Martinez at the beginning. “How should we feel about you? Should we not be mad at you? Why shouldn’t we be?”
“It’s not really a thing of like, how you should feel, I feel like you should just be human, because at the end of the day I’m human,” Brown said. Well – it’s not much of an apology (he got to that a little later), but it sets the stage for his line of crisis control.
Martinez asked if anyone every told him he should never hit a woman:
Martinez: Did anybody tell you that?
Brown: Of course! (pause) It just went bad.
M: How does your family feel about what happened?
B: My dad, he was disappointed in me, but at the end of the day he wanted to make sure he stuck by my side.Some other quotes:
• “In one moment everybody loves you and in the next they turn their back on you.”• “I know ya’ll seen me on Larry King and everything with the bowtie…I know everybody wanted to know, and everybody’s still trying to know, what it was, but out of respect for me and my privacy and her definitely, I don’t really talk about it and I don’t want to get into it.”
And how’s this for an apology-
• “At the end of the day I’m sorry for what I did, whatever it is, but only Shorty and me know what it was, what happened in the car.”For what it’s worth, it sounded much worse on the radio than in print. To top off all the poor PR surrounding Brown’s redemptive push, his single, out today, upstaged Rihanna’s new single, which debuted yesterday.
It’s not an easy road back for Brown – there’s very little he can say to make people feel like it’s time to move on and appreciate his music again. But this seems like, once again, the wrong way to go.
Jane Aldridge of Sea of Shoes - NEVER CEASING TO BE AMAZING - 25 Need-To-Know Bloggers | Online | Mediaite
25 Need-To-Know Bloggers | Online | MediaiteNiche Experts
Jane Aldridge of Sea of Shoes
There is nothing the internet loves like precocity. The young — with their technological precision like second nature — are gawker at, admired and admonished in equal parts for their willingness to immerse themselves in a virtual world and overshare without a second thought. They captivate their peers and parents alike with diary-style prose and self-portraits while shrugging off any concerns for privacy or the death of introspection. On immaculate display as a pinnacle of online excess and cult appeal is teenage fashion blogger Jane Aldridge, the proprietor of Sea of Shoes.
Shy of her 2010 high school graduation, Alridge fields tens of thousands of hits per day on her one-girl shoe blog, featuring well-lit digital photos of herself adorned in the latest designer or thrifted threads with a focus on footwear. With a seemingly endless clothing budget, Aldridge embodies an aspirational fashion fantasy without pretension or condescension, favoring an “aw shucks” grin to a cold model’s stare. It’s voyeurism that doesn’t inspire intense jealousy and has resulted in numerous mentions in Teen Vogue, a fan letter from Kanye West and even her own shoe line, J. Aldridge by Sea of Shoes for Urban Outfitters.
In addition to wisdom and style beyond her years, Aldridge works another online inclination in her own favor: the fetishization of “The Real America.” Given that so much of blogging royalty is based in urban centers, especially New York City, there’s an insatiable longing for simplicity and an endless fascination with pastoral landscapes, especially in photo blogs. Aldridge lives in Texas, about an hour outside of Dallas, and her cosmopolitan sensibility — sparkling diamonds and leather boots — surrounded by foliage or dirt is an unassailable aesthetic online. But she’s too sweet to be contrived and too passionate to be mocked. And, oh yeah, she called her school’s heel height policy her “Waterloo.”
When Gourmet folded, Christopher Kimball, the publisher of Cook’s Illustrated, opined in a New York Times op-ed that “in a click-or-die advertising marketplace, one ruled by a million instant pundits, where an anonymous Twitter comment might be seen to pack more resonance and useful content than an article that reflects a lifetime of experience, experts are not created from the top down but from the bottom up.” Pastry chef David Lebovitz, who contributed to Gourmet a few times but is better known for his top-notch blog, proves that sometimes, the ground up gets it right.
The aptly named davidlebovitz.com is an old-fashioned personal blog that isn’t an old-fashioned personal blog. It devotes a lot of virtual ink to idiosyncrasy and reminiscence, much of it focused on Lebovitz’s experience as an American expat living in Paris, but in the midst of all that it’s about as good a food blog as you can find. It strikes the sweet balance between recipes (Breton buckwheat dumplings; idiot-proof chocolate cake), advice (how to prepare shelling beans) and food porn (mmm…burger). And the expert is rewarded by the instant pundits; even though it’s a one-man show, it gets comparable traffic to Eater and half as much traffic as gourmet.com and bonappetit.com.
Lebovitz also has a delightful Twitter feed. Sample Tweets: “wouldn’t it be great if OXO designed a bed?” “@divinacucina Maybe with the prize money Obama can buy some cooler jeans?”
Eskay of Nah Right
Over time, the writing of bloggers has delineated itself as a wholly unique style. Newspaper journalists, magazine writers, and amateur writers have all adapted to making content for the web. But what about the blogger as curator, forgoing original written words altogether? Such is the role of many of the internet’s primary tastemakers from fashion (see Jane Aldridge, below) to technology (see Jason Kottke, above). Carefully selecting links to worthy content elsewhere has become a niche of its own. For efficient tastemaking, acknowledgment is often enough and analysis or comment often distracts from work that could otherwise speak for itself.
Eskay, the pseudonym-cloaked rap blogger responsible for Nah Right, is one of the foremost examples of an online curator with king-sized influence. Despite all of the niche music blogs covering genres from Baltimore club to Brazilian favela funk, despite of the sway held by bastions of the indie rock internet like Pitchfork or Stereogum, the blog circuit has rendered the rap landscape almost unrecognizable. Nah Right, in particular — with its simple photo-plus-mp3 template and free-for-all, off-topic comments section — has made and mocked stars with seismic sway. As the defacto head of a rap blog conglomerate, New Music Cartel, eskay originally ran the show solo based only on his personal taste, but now he commands a small army.
The jewels of the major labels over the last two decades — even rapper behemoths like 50 Cent and Jay-Z – are now subject to the whims of a former graffiti artist from Staten Island. And we’re all the better for it.
Fred Wilson of A VC
Somewhere behind the scenes, money makes the internet run. Those front and center in technology can often be mistaken for the ones who make things go, but there’s almost always another level of power — someone in the background pulling strings and putting up dollars. And then there’s Fred Wilson, who’s both.As an eminent venture capitalist and principal of Union Square Ventures, Wilson has an immense understanding of technology investment. Luckily, he’s willing to share. A VC is Wilson’s relatively lo-fi blog, featuring, quite simply, “Musings of a VC in NYC.” But it’s not his Wharton MBA or twenty-plus years experience that fortify his online presence; it’s his humble ability to translate the market into terms we can all understand. He started in the mid-90s with investments in Alacra and Geocities, and now has his hand in numerous buzzy projects including Etsy, del.icio.us and Outside.in. He’s consistently insightful and though he has a reverence for big powers like Google and Apple, his good name comes from surviving failure and transcending the web 1.0 and 2.0. The Silicon Alley Insider put him at the top of their SA100 for 2008, but by now everyone — even outside of the techy fishbowl — should take notice if they care about the future of their beloved internet. Start by following Wilson on Twitter.
Ray Wert of Jalopnik
After a career in politics (including a stint as a campaign organizer for John Kerry), Ray Wert was tapped to run the automotive blog of record, Gawker’s Jalopnik. While Wert may fly under the radar at Gawker Media — the car beat doesn’t get the recognition of the flagship site, Jezebel, or Deadspin — but as the editor in chief, he has as much attitude as anyone there and might actually be their biggest hotshot. Along with being quoted often in the New York Times and regular television appearances, Wert also helped to convince General Motors to hold a full-on car race complete with its own website. And Jalopnik’s name for the Big Three implosion — Carpocalypse — was officially inducted into the lexicon by the Times and credited to Jalopnik. That’s pretty official.
Jalopnik’s traffic spiked as the Big Three crumbled, but they’ve managed to maintain growth and are consistently duking it out with sister site Jezebel — both with visitor numbers and in the comments section. The site knows how to make waves with stunts like aforementioned GM race or taking an electric car to drive around an auto show in Detroit and it all happens under Wert’s watch. Jalopnik also has an aesthetic appeal even to those unfamiliar with the world of cars and they know how to please the outsiders: just check out the Megan Fox gallery, their gift to the world.
And he’s still man enough to pose like this.
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UrbanOutfitters.com > SalePeople have long wondered what goes on in Bob Dylan’s mind
People have long wondered what goes on in Bob Dylan’s mind
But if you pay attention to what the recent Pulitzer Prize-winner says and plays on his XM satellite-radio program, Theme Time Radio Hour, you can actually get a pretty good idea. Here, by cataloguing the themes has chosen for the episodes, the artists he has favored, and Dylan’s other preferences and quirks, Vanity Fair has constructed a revealing portrait of America’s most enigmatic musician. Below is a near-exhaustive, up-to-date list, expanding on the version printed in our May issue.
The ThemesWeather, Mother, Drinking, Baseball, Coffee
Jail, Fathers, Wedding, Divorce, Summer
Flowers, Cars, Rich Man/Poor Man, The Devil, Eyes
Dogs, Friends & Neighbors, Radio, The Bible, Musical Maps
School, Telephone, Water, Time, Guns
Halloween, Dance, Sleep, Food, Thanksgiving Leftovers
Tennessee, Moon, Countdown, Christmas, Women’s Names
Hair, Musical Instruments, Luck, Tears, Laughter
Heart, Shoes, Color, Texas, Trains
Fools, New York, Death & Taxes, Spring Cleaning, Hello
Youth & Age, Days of the Week, California, Classic Rock, Cadillac
Head to Toe, Smokin’, Dreams, Party, Countdown
One, Walkin’, Around the World, Lock & Key, Mail
President’s Day, Doctors, Danger, Birds, Joe
Heat, Cold
Artists He PlaysNine times: George JonesEight times: Tom Waits, Dinah WashingtonSeven times: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Louis Armstrong, Van MorrisonSix times: Buddy Johnson, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Louis Jordan, Muddy Waters, Porter Wagoner, The Rolling StonesFive times: Anita O’Day, Buck Owens, Howlin’ Wolf, James Brown, The Stanley BrothersFour times: Bessie Smith, Big Joe Turner, Billie Holiday, Charlie Poole, Chuck Berry, Ella Johnson, Fats Domino, Fats Waller, Irma Thomas, June Christy, Little Walter, Loretta Lynn, Los Lobos, Prince Buster, Randy Newman, Ray Charles, Slim Gaillard, Smiley Lewis, Sonny Boy Williamson II, The Beatles, The Carter Family, The Everly Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, Wynonie HarrisThree times: Bo Diddley, Bobbie Womack, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Elvis Presley, Ernest Tubb, Etta James, Hank Ballard, Hank Penny, Hank Snow, Harry Nilsson, Huey “Piano” Smith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Rodgers, Johnny Tyler, Joni Mitchell, Lefty Frizzell, Lou Reed, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, Otis Redding, Ricky Nelson, Roy Brown, Roy Orbison, Ruth Brown, Ry Cooder, Sam Cooke, Sir Douglas Quintet, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Clash, The Drifters, The Ink Spots, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Staples Singers, Wanda Jackson, Warren Smith, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson
BrothersThe Allen Brothers, The Bailes Brothers, The Chambers Brothers, The Clancy Brothers, The Everly Brothers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Lebron Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, The Maddox Brothers, The Mills Brothers, The Monroe Brothers, The Neville Brothers, The Osborne Brothers, The Stanley BrothersSistersThe Andrews Sisters, The Davis Sisters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sister Wynona Carr, Sister Rose
“Little” PeopleLittle Eva, Little Johnny Taylor, Little Junior Parker, Little Millette
Little Milton, Little Miss Cornshucks, Little Richard, Little Walter, Little Willie John
The PlayboysBob Wills & His Texas Playboys , Vince Taylor & The Playboys , L.C. Smith & His Southern Playboys , Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
The Years—50% the songs he has played were recorded before 1960.—Only 9% of the songs he has played were recorded in the 1980s or more recently.
Guest CommentatorsSix times: Penn Jillette, Tom WaitsFive times: Billy Vera, Deke Dickerson, Elvis Costello, Richard LewisThree times: Jack White, Jimmy Kimmel, John C. Reilly, Luke Wilson, Marianne Faithful, Matt Groening, Peter Wolf, Ricky Gervais
Poets ReferencesAesop, W.H. Auden, St. Basil, Bertolt Brecht, Gwendolyn Brooks
Charles Bukowski, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Gregory Corso, Stephen Crane
e.e. cummings, TS Eliot, Robert Frost, Ted Hughes, C.S. Lewis
Christopher Marlowe, Sylvia Plath, Alexander Pope, Rainer Maria Rilke
Anne Sexton, Shakespeare, Gertrude Stein, Jonathan Swift
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Dylan Thomas, William Butler Yeats
Authors ReferencedCervantes, Anton Chekhov, Herman Hesse, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Joyce, Jack Kerouac, Marcel Proust, Edgar Allan Poe
Playwrights ReferencedMolière, George Bernard Shaw
Movies ReferencedAs Good As It Gets, An Affair to Remember, The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Barfly, Blow, Blue Hawaii, Blue Velvet, Bonnie & Clyde
Casablanca, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case
Chinatown, Coal Miner’s Daughter, Coffee and Cigarettes
Cool Hand Luke, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, For a Few Dollars More
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Godfather, It’s a Wonderful Life
Life of Brian, The Maltese Falcon, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
The Lost Weekend, The Night of the Hunter, Night Train, Paper Moon
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, The Player, Raising Arizona, Rock & Roll High School
Rocky III, Runaway Train, The Shawshank Redemption, Sleeping Beauty
Snow White, Spinal Tap, Strangers on a Train, Streetcar Named Desire
Sweet Smell of Success, Taxi Driver, The Ten Commandments, The 39 Steps
The Wild BunchTelevision Shows ReferencedThe Beverly Hillbillies, Chico and the Man, The Ed Sullivan Show
Hee Haw, Josie and the Pussycats, The Honeymooners
Leave it to Beaver, Lil’ Abner, Welcome Back Kotter
Sanford and Son, Roots, 60 Minutes
The Simpsons, The Sopranos, The Tonight Show, The Wire
History Lessons From BobFamous Electric Chairs (e.g. Old Sparky and Gruesome Gerty)Famous People Who Were Cheerleaders (e.g. Ann Margaret, George W. Bush)Famous People Who Were Valedictorians (e.g. Cindy Crawford, William Rehnquist, Weird Al – “I wonder if William Rehnquist gave the same type of speech as Weird Al. Somehow I doubt it.”)Famous People Who Had Burials At Sea (e.g. Steve McQueen, Ingrid Bergman, Vincent Price, Jerry Garcia)History of the Wobblies, the U.S. labor organizationPeople Who Died While Playing Cards (e.g. Wild Bill Hickok, Al Jolson, Buster Keaton, the gangster Arnold Rothstein)Famous People Who Drove Cadillacs (e.g. Pope Pius XII, Teddy Roosevelt, Bill Clinton)History of ConstantinopleUseful TipsHow to Hang Dry WallWhat to Pack When You’re TravelingHow to Walk Like A Runway ModelHow to Give Yourself DreadlocksOne-Liners“Hope all you listeners won’t accuse me of cronyism just because I occasionally play records by people I know.”“The distinctive voice of Aaron Neville. A lot of people think we sing the same.”Re: Gene Autry’s Cowboy Code—“I’m not ashamed to say that I live my life according to that code. Quite a man, that Gene Autry.”“Fred Astaire, the smoothest dancer known to man.”Re: Berna Dean—“Here’s a woman who sure doesn’t sound like she sleeps alone.”“John Lee….one of those guys that always sounds better without a band. Thirteen bars here, eleven bars there, nine there. Doesn’t matter to him. Nobody can do more with less than John Lee Hooker.”Re: Endless Sleep – “This next song is not for the faint of heart.”Re: Johnny Hicks – “A man who sounds like he’s got a smile in his voice.”“America is certainly the great melting pot. Where else could someone like Slim Gaillard sing a tribute to matzoh balls and gefilte fish? It’s the kind of thing that makes me proud to be an American. Sing it, Slim.”“It’s a quarter of a million miles from earth to the moon, and there’s no one I’d rather go with than Dinah Washington.”Re: Six Pack to Go – “One of the great beer drinking songs of all time.”Re: Leadbelly – “One of the few ex-cons who recorded a popular children’s album.”“A lot of people who play one kind won’t play with people who play another kind, but me personally, I never understood any kind of border patrol when it comes to music.”“Some people call Bob [Seger] the poor man’s Bruce Springsteen, but personally, I always thought Bruce was the rich man’s Bob Seger. Love ‘em both, though.”Re: Red Headed Woman – “Boy, you hear a record like that, and you wish more Rockabilly bands had trumpets.”Re: How You Gonna Get Respect—“A political statement you can dance to.”Re: Eddy Dugash and the Ah-Ha Playboys: “Sometimes you just play a record because you like the name of the band. I love the name of this band, but I also love the record.”“Not all songs about crying are necessarily sad.”Re: Robert Parker’s Barefootin’ – “The man who wrote the national anthem of shoelessness.”Re: Jimmy Lewis – “He sounds as bad off as a rubber-nosed woodpecker in a petrified forest.”“Willie Nelson’s tour bus runs on cooking oil….I’ve toured with Willie…sometimes late at night you can see us, I’m filling up my tank at the gas station and he’s filling his up at Denny’s.”“I always liked songs with parentheses in the title.”Re: Dinah Washington’s Manhattan – “If there every was a love song to a city, I’d say it was this one.”Re: Prince Buster’s Taxation – “Like all great artists, he was able to turn things that bothered him into three minutes of musical pleasure. Like here.”Re: Porter Wagoner’s Skid Row Joe – “Next up, a very sad song. A recitation. A sermon. A speechifying testification. From Porter Wagoner, telling a tale of a sad man down on his luck in the dirty part of town.”Re: Tex William’s Brother Drop Dead – “Some people die too soon. Others, you’re kind of hoping. Tex Williams has a song for such a situation.”Re: Sinatra singing Summer Wind—“West Coast weather is the weather of catastrophe. The Santa Ana winds are like the winds of the apocalypse. But the summer wind that Frank’s singing about may be a little lighter. Come on in, Frank.”Re: Charles Aznavour—“The Frank Sinatra of France…sings in six languages – French, English, Italian. He’s written over a thousand songs…I only know about half of them.”Re: Memphis Minnie—“Me and My Chauffeur Blues. One of the great blues songs of all time, one of the great car songs of all time, one of the great chauffeur songs of all time, sung by one the great old ladies of all time - Memphis Minnie.”Re: Joni Mitchell—“Joni and I go back a long ways. Not all the way back, but pretty far. I’ve been in a car with Joni. Joni was driving a Lincoln. Excellent driver. I felt safe.”Re: Howlin’ Wolf—“This next song is entirely without flaw and meets all the supreme standards of excellence.”Re: Hank Williams—“One of the greatest songwriters who ever lived was Hank Williams, of course. Hank could be headstrong and willful, a backslider and a reprobate, no stranger to bad deeds. However, underneath all of that, he was compassionate and moralistic.”Deep Thoughts“I don’t trust a man who doesn’t tear up a little watching Old Yeller.”“All of our shows are for truckers, if not about truckers.”“They say the earth’s warmin’ up. Be careful of that global warming, and wear your sunscreen.”“Music City USA – one of the only places where a banjo player can make a six figure income.”“You know, every shut-eye ain’t sleep. Sometimes you’re sleeping in the ground, taking a dirt nap, saying the big Goodbye.”“The Harmonica is the world’s best-selling musical instrument. You’re welcome.”“Sometimes when you look at a menu, it’s hard to decide what to get. Life is like that, full of difficult choices.”“Lipstick traces on cigarettes can get you in trouble or remind you of the wonders of the night before.”“Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me…as opposed to when you grow up and you learn that…the pen is mightier than the sword. The world is fill of little contradictions like that.”“I leave you with the words of Benjamin Franklin. ‘He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.’ Thank you, Ben. Peace out.”Bad Jokes“My friend’s wife is a really bad cook. I broke a tooth on her coffee.”“I once had a friend who said liquor will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no liquor.”“A giraffe can go a long time without water. But he wants to see a menu right away.”“I gave a bald-headed friend a comb. You know what he said? ‘I’ll never part with it.’”“I don’t condone [blonde] jokes. I just repeat them in the public interest.”“I want everybody to go out and paint their cars red and white tonight. We want a PINK CAR NATION.”
RecipesMint Julep
Four mint sprigs
3 oz of bourbon
1 tablespoon of powdered sugar
1 tablespoon water
Put the mint leaves, powdered sugar and water in a Collins glass. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and then add bourbon. Top that off with more ice. I like to garnish mine with a mint sprig. Serve it with a straw. Two or three of those and anything sounds good!Rum and Coca-Cola
Let me give you my recipe for a rum and Coca-Cola. Take a tall glass, put some ice in it, two fingers of Bombay rum, and a bottle of Coca-Cola. Shake it up well and go drink it in the sunshine!BBQ
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup vinegar
5 tablespoons Worcestershire
1 tablespoon butter
?? small onion
dash black pepper
cayenne pepper
1 ?? teaspoons salt
half cup water
Mix it all together in a large pan. Bring it to a quick boil. Reduce the heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes. You can also figure out your own secret ingredient and dump it to the mix. I like about three fingers of Tennessee sipping whiskey.Figgy Pudding
4 oz of plain flour
a pinch of salt
4 oz bread crumbs
4 oz shredded suet
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 oz dark soft brown sugar
8 oz chopped dried figs
finely grated rind & the juice of one lemon
2 tablespoon milk
2 beaten eggs
“Sift salt and flour together, then mix with all the remaining dry ingredients. Add the figs, lemon rind and juice, milk and beaten eggs. Beat them well. The mixture should have a soft dropping consistency. Put into a greased two-pint pudding basin, cover securely, and steam for three hours. I like it served with heated golden syrup topping, and a generous pour of custard. Makes me hungry just talking about it. My engineer Tex Carbone likes vanilla ice cream on it. I don’t understand that at all.”The Perfect Meatball
3 minced cloves garlic
?? cup vegetable oil (for frying)
1 pound ground meat (equal parts beef, pork, veal)
?? cup grated Parmesan cheese
9 Saltine crackers, finely crushed
?? teaspoon salt
black pepper
oregano
dried basil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
?? cup water
1 egg
1 teaspoon tomato paste
“Heat the oil over a low heat in a large Dutch oven. In a big bowl, add the meat, garlic, cheese, crackers, and spices. Mix lightly with your fingers. Don’t be shy—get into it. In a small bowl, whisk the water, the egg, and the tomato paste. Add the egg mixture to the meat mixture. Mix it lightly with your fingers. Form it into drum shapes, or balls. Cook in batches, over medium high heat, until its browned on both sides. That will be about five minutes total. Serve ‘em up with some potatoes, or some spaghetti, or just make a sandwich out of them. You're gonna love 'em."
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