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October 14, 2009
Lou Albano passed away today at 76
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Some of you whippersnappers may be too young to remember the awesomeness that was the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, a 52-episode series that come out in '89. But I do, because it was on tv, and tv was my only friend (plus on Fridays there were Zelda cartoons!).
Wrestling fans know him as the WWE Hall of Famer who managed more than 50 wrestlers in his day, with more than two dozen championships won by athletes taken under his wing. 80's music fans might remember him from his appearances in many Cyndi Lauper music videos, including "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", "She Bop", "Time After Time" and "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough." As gamers, we of course remember him as the best live-action Mario of all time.Sadly, Lou Albano passed away today at 76. He will be missed.
Opening credits to the show on Youtube HERE.
Entire show HERE.Live-Action Mario Dead At 76 [kotaku]
Thanks to Doctor Steel, Aisha and Gabriel, who promise to send flowers to the funeral. Good looking, guys -- but they better be fireball flowers and not Piranha plants.
Public Information Films | 1945 to 1951 | Five Pounds in Notes
Public Information Films | 1945 to 1951 | Five Pounds in Notes
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New Haven Advocate: Music - Still a Scorcher
New Haven Advocate: Music - Still a ScorcherStill a Scorcher
The king of cowpunk keeps it fun and flexible
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Jason Ringenberg of Jason and the Scorchers goes solo at Café Nine.
Jason Ringenberg
With Eddie Seville. 9 p.m., Oct. 20. Café Nine, 250 State St. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com. $8.
It takes a real man to admit he likes John Denver.
That's exactly what Jason Ringenberg does early in our conversation when I tell him I love his version of "Take Me Home (Country Roads)" with groundbreaking alt-country band, Jason and the Scorchers.
With a hearty laugh, this Nashville resident says, "Oh, I like a lot of John Denver songs; we should've done more."
It's just this kind of genres-be-damned, we-kill-cool approach that defined the Scorchers' electrifying sound. This trademark, described by Ringenberg as "fun and flexibility," will be vividly on display when he plays a rare solo show at Café Nine Oct. 20.
"I am sort of promoting a new record, a compilation that Yep Roc has released called Best Tracks and Side Tracks [1979-2007]," says this garrulous fella.
"I imagine I'll play some tunes from it, like 'The Life of the Party,' and certainly some Scorchers favorites. But I have one m.o. that works. No setlists! That keeps it fun and flexible. For the audience and me. I have a lot of material, so it would be hard to keep it all straight, anyway."
The King of Cowpunk ain't kidding. If you've followed his career since he formed the Scorchers in the early '80s, you'll know this guy is responsible for fistfuls of classics that only a lucky few have heard.
With a sound that melds punk and pure country way before it was cool (hi, Uncle Tupelo!), the Scorchers blew a bracing wind through roots rock with blistering numbers like "Harvest Moon," "White Lies" and Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie," pistol-whipped in ways which probably gave Bob the willies.
Ringenberg isn't kidding when he cites "Jerry Lee Lewis" and "those country boys the Ramones" as partners in the unsanctioned marriage that produced the Scorchers' sound. Not officially recognized by the Mother Church of country music, anyway, but who cares?
Ringenberg has solo tunes on his new disc that more than match his early classics. Check out the insanely revved-up rockabilly of "The Life of the Party" with its typically Jason-esque opening couplet: "A girl could catch pneumonia in them clothes/And where in the world did you get those fishnet hose?"
Then there's "Bible and a Gun," a slow-tempo outlaw plaint featuring a fiddle and menacing protagonist who wanders the West with the title items in hand as well as a bad attitude. Oh yeah, the disc also sports Steve Earle singing a verse. If The Man with No Name sang a theme song, it would sound something like this.
And there's more good news.
Ringenberg reports a new Scorchers record is scheduled for an early 2010 release. When asked if a tour will follow, this Illinois-bred son of a hog farmer is typically modest.
"We'll have to see if there's a demand for it. As much as people loved us, the Scorchers didn't get much airplay back in the '80s. We were a hard band to sell, mostly because of my voice, I think. It was kind of raw.
"Plus country music wasn't used to such fast tempos. I know people think bands like Wilco owe us a debt and all, but I don't think that way. I've got my solo work both as Jason and as (overall-clad alter ego) Farmer Jason. I'm writing songs and doing a lot of solo shows. I don't really worry about who owes who what."
DEA Museum : "Heroin Trends Today" Cannabis, Coca, and Poppy: Nature’s Addictive Plants.
Please join the DEA Museum in the first of a series of presentations in the DEA Headquarters Auditorium highlighting the opening of the Museum’s new lobby exhibit: Cannabis, Coca, and Poppy: Nature’s Addictive Plants. The exhibit showcases the history, effects, science, production, and distribution of the products of these plants: Marijuana, cocaine and opium and its derivatives.
DEA Museum Fall 2009 Lecture Series:
“Heroin Trends Today”
Please join the DEA Museum in the first of a series of presentations in the DEA Headquarters Auditorium highlighting the opening of the Museum’s new lobby exhibit: Cannabis, Coca, and Poppy: Nature’s Addictive Plants. The exhibit showcases the history, effects, science, production, and distribution of the products of these plants: Marijuana, cocaine and opium and its derivatives.
Bill Mockler, retired DEA Special Agent, and Ed Beach, retired Task Force Officer, New York DEA Task Force, will present surprising facts about the provenance of U.S. heroin, heroin addicts today, and how prescription opiates play a part in their journey to addiction. Sign language interpretation will be provided.
WHERE: DEA Headquarters Auditorium, 700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington (Pentagon City), VA 22202
WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 10 a.m.
For security purposes, media reps should RSVP to 202-307-7977 or to Barbara.l.wetherell@usdoj.gov today.
The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States; and to recommend and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets.
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