Atom Feed from Searchles Thu Aug 21 06:26:23 -0400 2008 en-us myanti Thu Aug 21 02:03:48 -0400 2008 The pop singer's fifth studio effort will be released towards the end of October with 'So What' as its first official single. phoebus__221 Wed Aug 20 20:56:20 -0400 2008 When skin cells from a dead pit bull named Booger gave rise to five healthy-looking puppies with a $50,000 price tag, it marked the formal beginning of a commercial dog-cloning industry. But for all the attention given to these and other clones, little was paid to the behind-the-scenes science. walkertr Wed Aug 20 14:46:08 -0400 2008 Acknowledging that consumers are losing interest in auctions, eBay will change its fee structure to emphasize fixed pricing instead of bidding. Starting in mid-September, the company will reduce upfront fees for sellers who offer items at a fixed price. myanti Wed Aug 20 05:24:38 -0400 2008 Babyshambles are scrapped off from headlining Moonfest due to 'crowd control issues', claiming that the band's appearance sparks riot among fans. myanti Wed Aug 20 04:05:13 -0400 2008 Trying to avoid photographers, Zac Efron hid between cars and showed off a bit of his boxers. potpolitics Wed Aug 20 03:50:38 -0400 2008 Majic Wed Aug 20 02:41:55 -0400 2008 Elias D Caveman Wed Aug 20 00:25:19 -0400 2008 BAHRAMERAD Tue Aug 19 21:32:50 -0400 2008 After 10,000 plus years of safe, effective, affordable botanical medicine, the federal governments of various countries have decided that enough is enough. With the "encouragement" of the white collar criminals in the pharmaceutical industry, the white collar criminals in government are drafting new laws to "protect" the Canadian public from herbs and food supplements. Herbs will be put in the same class and regulated the same way as pharmaceutical products. Estimates are this will result in 70% of currently available natural health products removed from the market. And your backyard garden? You may not be permitted to grow herbs for medicinal use any more. Too dangerous without government regulation to protect you, don't you know. Impossible you say? DuPont and others succeeded in turning a plant that provided an essential industrial raw material - hemp - into an outlaw in order to eliminate it as competition for its own products. The drug companies can do it to mint and camomile too. 747btrfly Tue Aug 19 16:59:15 -0400 2008 FTP: (Per Senator Biden)"The claims of Georgian atrocities that provided the pretext for Russia’s invasion are rapidly being disproved by international observers, and the continuing presence of Russian forces in the country has severe implications for the broader region.~~~~~~~~~ So much for the "Georgia shot first" crap. 747btrfly Tue Aug 19 16:11:24 -0400 2008 FTP: ""Finally, we must help Georgia rebuild that which has been destroyed," Obama said. "That is why I’m proud to join my friend, Senator Joe Biden, in calling for an additional $1 billion in reconstruction assistance for the people of Georgia." ~~~~~~~~~~Read my comment on this blog - posted by Beverly walkertr Tue Aug 19 15:59:48 -0400 2008 Without the aid of a record label, music veterans David Byrne and Brian Eno have released their first new collaborative album in 20 years: Everything That Happens. The duo worked with Santa Monica, CA-based Topsin, which developed engagement and e-commerce capabilities for the album’s Web site. Those who want to buy the digital album can do so for $8.99, but Byrne and Eno are encouraging fans to share their site’s streaming player for free by embedding it on their Web site, blog or profile. phoebus__221 Tue Aug 19 07:56:09 -0400 2008 xkcd myanti Tue Aug 19 07:01:52 -0400 2008 Pop superstar Mariah Carey revealed to Rock magazine that she didn't have the money to get enough food as a kid. myanti Tue Aug 19 06:38:38 -0400 2008 Teaming up with Kiehl's to develop a body wash product, called Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser, he will serve as its brand executive and will get no payment. paul1e999 Tue Aug 19 05:58:08 -0400 2008 ... the chicken and burgers will. Go vegan. If PETA gets its way, this could be one ad covering the U.S.-Mexico border fence. myanti Tue Aug 19 05:44:41 -0400 2008 After Lily Allen posted a blog, addressing the issue of her second album delay, EMI takes action on discussing the way out. phoebus__221 Tue Aug 19 04:44:10 -0400 2008 Please Be Safe! (picture) myanti Tue Aug 19 04:41:45 -0400 2008 Nearly 90 close friends and family attended the birthday party at the trendy club Volstead in London's West End which Guy threw for her to mark her 50th birthday Saturday, August 16. BAHRAMERAD Tue Aug 19 01:44:39 -0400 2008 unbending - At last i get around to putting up some new music - here is the track i have recorded with the unbending trees, called overture. it will be released on strange feeling as a digital single on 29th september, and the album "chemically happy (is the new sad)" will be out on october 6th, and you really can't be without it. no, seriously, you can't. meanwhile, progress on my new album consists of me having had dinner with ewan pearson! hurrah! we did manage to at least have a conversation about the next bit of recording, which will happen in the autumn, and by then things will be really taking shape. and also this week i am meeting up with jens lekman, to do something or other. there will be a guitar, and a mic, and jens with his laptop, and who knows what may come of it. a number one single possibly. or an obscure b-side. you don't really have b-sides nowadays do you. pity really, they were always our best tracks.