Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Most NSFW that's SAFE FOR WORK video ever!
Celebration Video for Diesel.
*Good looks on the find Eric
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Notorious BIG Trailer
What a SICK trailer! WOW, makes me wanna pop in some biggie and just fade out to it.
We Deserve It Dividend
I got this in an email today and it was an interesting view on the economic state of the country. I like this plan. ha ha. Please don't take this too seriously as I know some would...it's just good humor.
An alternative to the Bush plan….
'I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a 'We Deserve It Dividend'.
To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.. So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a 'We Deserve It Dividend'. Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.00.
What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
• Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
• Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads
• Put away money for college – it'll be there
• Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
• Buy a new car – create jobs
• Invest in the market – capital drives growth
• Pay for your parent's medical insurance – health care improves
• Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else
Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.
If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it....instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( 'vote buy' ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.
If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!
As for AIG –
• liquidate it.
• Sell off its parts.
• Let American General go back to being American General.
• Sell off the real estate.
• Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.
Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.
Sure it's a crazy idea that can 'never work.' But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party! How do you spell Economic Boom?
I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 billion We deserve the 'We Deserve It Dividend' more than the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC.
And remember, The Family plan only really costs $59.5 billion because $25.5 billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest. '
An alternative to the Bush plan….
'I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a 'We Deserve It Dividend'.
To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.. So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a 'We Deserve It Dividend'. Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.00.
What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
• Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
• Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads
• Put away money for college – it'll be there
• Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
• Buy a new car – create jobs
• Invest in the market – capital drives growth
• Pay for your parent's medical insurance – health care improves
• Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else
Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.
If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it....instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( 'vote buy' ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.
If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!
As for AIG –
• liquidate it.
• Sell off its parts.
• Let American General go back to being American General.
• Sell off the real estate.
• Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.
Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.
Sure it's a crazy idea that can 'never work.' But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party! How do you spell Economic Boom?
I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 billion We deserve the 'We Deserve It Dividend' more than the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC.
And remember, The Family plan only really costs $59.5 billion because $25.5 billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest. '
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
DJ AM & Travis Barker Plane Crash
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM were critically injured in a plane crash Friday night in Columbia, South Carolina. The plane's four other passengers were killed.
Lexington County Deputy Coroner Brian Setree confirmed for MTV News on Saturday morning (September 20) that three men and a woman died in the crash. The victims were: Barker's assistant, Chris "Little Chris" Baker, 29, of Studio City, California; Barker's security guard, Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles; the plane's pilot, Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim, California; and her co-pilot, James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, California. TMZ.com is reporting that Baker, who appeared on MTV's reality show "Meet the Barkers," was newly married, and that his wife recently gave birth.
Barker and AM had just performed at a free T-Mobile-sponsored show in the Five Points area, along with Perry Farrell and headliner Gavin DeGraw. Though early reports had suggested that DeGraw may have been on the plane at the time of the crash, DeGraw's father, Wayne, told MTV News that he'd spoken to his son Saturday morning and that he was fine. Farrell's manager, Peter Katsis, confirmed that Farrell was not on the plane.
Beth Frits, a spokesperson for the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, confirmed that AM (born Adam Goldstein) and Barker were transported to a hospital in Columbia, following the crash. They were transferred -- AM by helicopter and Barker by ambulance -- to the Still Center soon after. She told CNN that both men had "extensive burns."
According to TMZ.com, Barker sustained burns from the waist down, while AM suffered facial burns; UsMagazine.com reported that AM was in a doctor-induced coma and will undergo skin grafts. Both sites cited unnamed sources; MTV News was unable to confirm those reports at press time.
On Saturday afternoon, members of both men's families were reportedly traveling to South Carolina to be with them.
The crash took place just before midnight on Friday and involved a twin-engine private Learjet with six passengers onboard, according to Lynne Douglas, public information officer for the Columbia Metro Airport. While taking off, the plane, which never left the ground, overran the runway, struck an antenna array and several lights, and began sending up sparks. It skidded off the end of the runway, through a perimeter fence separating the airfield from a nearby roadway, and then crossed the roadway, coming to a stop on an embankment. The plane caught fire on impact. Douglas said two passengers -- who were later confirmed to be AM and Barker -- escaped the aircraft while it was on the ground, while the other two passengers and crew members died in the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed these details during a press conference, which was held shortly after 11:30 a.m. Saturday. A 10-member team from the NTSB, along with investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is on the scene, trying to determine what caused the crash. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen described the post-crash fire as "significant."
An eyewitness told NBC news affiliate WIS that he saw a fireball crossing the road near the airport and then realized it was a plane. He saw jet fuel shoot out across the roadway and then saw two men, who were both on fire, patting each other down to extinguish the flames.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Burton X Playboy
Feel the Love...Burton's New Playmate Snowboard
As you've discovered in the past with things like card decks and fountain pens, slapping a scantily clad woman on a product can sometimes lead to less-than-sophisticated results.
But we think Burton has more or less managed to stick the landing, taste-wise, with its latest release.
Presenting the new Love snowboard from Burton, a legitimate freestyle board that might just garner as many second glances on the mountain as your stylish ease.
A partnership between Burton and Playboy, the limited-edition board features a design by two leading pros on Burton's Global Team, Keegan Valaika and Mikkel Bang. Each of the four board sizes corresponds to a different minimally clothed beauty: 152s, for example, get a brunette with a fondness for polo, while 162s get a leggy blonde who seems to have misplaced her shorts.
As far as features a little more functional, all the ladies come with twin tips and park edges to help with handling, a low-maintenance base to deal with rail knocks and a mellow flex for a soft, controlled ride.
We'll just go ahead and put our fist in our mouth now.
Burton Love snowboard, $430, available next week
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
It's here!!!
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
"Love Lockdown" saw West again going in a new direction. It's arguably West's sparsest, spookiest song to date, built around a stalking bass, a menacing, jazz-like piano and a haunting rhythmic march. West, singing "I ain't loving you, the way I wanted to," is putting his electronically enhanced vocals front and center. He's half singing, half lecturing, and his gradual build matches the torment and tension of the music.
"Love Lockdown" saw West again going in a new direction. It's arguably West's sparsest, spookiest song to date, built around a stalking bass, a menacing, jazz-like piano and a haunting rhythmic march. West, singing "I ain't loving you, the way I wanted to," is putting his electronically enhanced vocals front and center. He's half singing, half lecturing, and his gradual build matches the torment and tension of the music.
"Matt Slams Sarah, Wants More Dino Talk"
(Sept. 10) - Calling the possibility of Sarah Palin being elevated to the presidency in the next four years a "really terrifying possibility," actor Matt Damon condemned the GOP's newest rock star as too green for the job in a new, no-holds-barred interview.
In it, the "Bourne Supremacy" star called the media swirl around John McCain's VP pick "like a really bad Disney movie" and openly questions whether the "folksy stuff [Palin] learned at the hockey rink" will go over well when she's "facing down Vladimir Putin" and other world leaders.
He also makes it very clear he wants to know Palin's views on Earth's history, and whether "she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago," apparently referring to the Alaska Governor's creationist views, adding "because she's going to have the nuclear codes."
In it, the "Bourne Supremacy" star called the media swirl around John McCain's VP pick "like a really bad Disney movie" and openly questions whether the "folksy stuff [Palin] learned at the hockey rink" will go over well when she's "facing down Vladimir Putin" and other world leaders.
He also makes it very clear he wants to know Palin's views on Earth's history, and whether "she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago," apparently referring to the Alaska Governor's creationist views, adding "because she's going to have the nuclear codes."
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
"Go where your heart takes you..."
"LOVE LOCKDOWN.... wrote a week and a half ago, it's my favorite song 2 date!! Go where your heart takes you..." -Kanye West
I first heard him drop this at the Nike Human Race Concert in LA that he performed at. He started getting into it until he stops in the middle and says the band "fucked it up".
Hype was that it was supposed to drop Friday on UK radio, but that never happened. So that brings us to today, the MTV VMAs.
I gotta admit, I'm a fan. The beat is SICK! Some say it's disappointing, but I think this is what Kanye's been talking about doing since he came on the scene...to inspire and step onto another level. In my opinion, he just did that. Smashing through genres, it's an ambitious step to be Greatness on all levels.
The heart BEAT as the beat is AMAZING. Simply EPIC.
CDQ will be released tomorrow on iTunes. Let's see how people will react to it.
I first heard him drop this at the Nike Human Race Concert in LA that he performed at. He started getting into it until he stops in the middle and says the band "fucked it up".
Hype was that it was supposed to drop Friday on UK radio, but that never happened. So that brings us to today, the MTV VMAs.
I gotta admit, I'm a fan. The beat is SICK! Some say it's disappointing, but I think this is what Kanye's been talking about doing since he came on the scene...to inspire and step onto another level. In my opinion, he just did that. Smashing through genres, it's an ambitious step to be Greatness on all levels.
The heart BEAT as the beat is AMAZING. Simply EPIC.
CDQ will be released tomorrow on iTunes. Let's see how people will react to it.
Shang-Higher...World's Tallest Hotel Opens in China
We've hit the post-Olympic period, and it's rough.
No more feats of godlike human endurance. But even though Beijing's time has come and gone, Nadal and Federer will be heading back to the PRC—to Shanghai, China's newest "It" city.
While much has been made of Beijing's renaissance, Shanghai has undergone a transformation of its own, starting with an ever-climbing skyline. The 1,600-foot Shanghai World Financial Center, the tallest building in China (and third in the world), was recently inaugurated after fourteen years of construction—luckily, wrapping up just in time for your reservation. The Park Hyatt Shanghai opened last week in fifteen stories of the towering skyscraper, making its 90th-story suites the highest place in the world to book a night. (Admit it—you've always meant to join the Quarter-Mile High Club.)
And the Hyatt is only a flicker of what's to come. Shanghai is preparing itself for November's Tennis Masters Cup—the year's final Roger-Rafa showdown—before hosting the World Expo in 2010. Between the beautifully preserved colonial Frenchtown and traditional temples, and the explosion of high-end hotels, bars and restaurants, Shanghai is proving itself the new Beijing.
Park Hyatt Shanghai, 100 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, +86 21 6888 1234
"I'm playing tonight..."
Is it really that easy to get into any club by saying you're the DJ. Kinda. Come to think of it, I've never been hasseled much getting into a venue that I'm spinning at. 9/10 times they don't even check my bag.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Love Lockdown
In addition to crafting tracks for Jay-Z's upcoming album, "Blueprint III," Kanye West is plotting the release of his own as-yet-untitled Def Jam album, according to his management.
West initially named his fourth album "Good Ass Job" several years ago, to follow the thread of "College Dropout," "Late Registration" and "Graduation," however, an official title has yet to be confirmed.
Still, the disc may well hit shelves in the fourth quarter and management says West is seriously contemplating that timeline. Most recently, the MC has been performing a new track called "Love Lockdown," which is rumored to be his first single and to be hitting iTunes in a matter of days.
There's speculation West will perform the song Sunday (Sept. 7) on the MTV Video Music Awards, to which he was added today.
"Graduation," released in September 2007, has sold 2.2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
West initially named his fourth album "Good Ass Job" several years ago, to follow the thread of "College Dropout," "Late Registration" and "Graduation," however, an official title has yet to be confirmed.
Still, the disc may well hit shelves in the fourth quarter and management says West is seriously contemplating that timeline. Most recently, the MC has been performing a new track called "Love Lockdown," which is rumored to be his first single and to be hitting iTunes in a matter of days.
There's speculation West will perform the song Sunday (Sept. 7) on the MTV Video Music Awards, to which he was added today.
"Graduation," released in September 2007, has sold 2.2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Jay-Z to re-open the Hollywood Paladium
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The Hollywood Paladium opened on September 24, 1940 with then up-and-coming singer, Frank Sinatra. It was the ushering of a golden era in music. After closing it's doors last year for major renovatins, the Los Angeles landmark is set to pass the torch and blast the doors back open on October 15 with hip hop legend Jay-Z. Picture Jigga, backed by a 12-peice band at historic venue that holds about 4,000 people...epic right?
Jay-Z said " I'm honored to play such an iconic venue. Just as Frank ushered in a golden era, I hope this opening will mark the begining of a resurgence in generation-defining live music"
Tix for the show go on sale next week on September 5th. Good luck on gettin some!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Nike Human Race Grand Finale
Spanning across 25 cities around the world with 25 musical acts all in one day, Nike introduced their inagural Nike+ Human Race yesterday. The 10k event was a way to united runners across the globe and give them an opportunity at the experience of a lifetime. Every one of the courses featured in the race offered a very different unique experience with the winners of each city clocking in around the 30 minute mark. Out of the performers scheduled Kanye West was set to take the stage in the Los Angeles finale.
*Thanks Hypebeast and Brian Li for the photos.
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