Michael Moore’s SLACKER UPRISING
view the trailer for the Michael Moore’s new movie “Slackr Uprising.” It will be offered as a free download Sept. 23. I can’t wait!
Michael Moore’s SLACKER UPRISING
Archive for the ‘misc’ Category
Man arrested and locked up for five hours after taking photo of police van ignoring ‘no entry’ sign | Mail Online
When Andrew Carter saw a police van ignore no-entry signs to reverse up a one-way street to reach a chip shop, he was understandably moved to protest to the driver.
Particularly as he lives on the road and always goes out of his way to obey the signs.
But his complaint brought a volley of abuse from PC Aqil Farooq.
And when Mr Carter took a picture of the van then tried to photograph the officer, PC Farooq rushed out of the shop and knocked his camera to the ground.
Entire Article:
Man arrested and locked up for five hours after taking photo of police van ignoring ‘no entry’ sign | Mail Online
Abandoned Buildings, Towns and Cities | WebUrbanist
What is it about abandoned places, frozen in time, that makes them seem more real than any other representation of history we encounter? From individual structures to entire communities, abandonments large and small inspire the imagination and tell us things about the past in a visceral way. Capturing moments in time, abandoned cities, towns and buildings can be powerfully evocative. Many people break laws, trespass on private property and risk life and limb to explore and photograph abandoned places.
Abandoned Buildings, Towns and Cities | WebUrbanist
Spectacular Chicago Photographs
Sometimes we photo editors at the Chicago Tribune love a photograph simply because it combines light and graphic pattern into a delightful visual treat. It can be an image captured by a staff photographer on the way to an assignment. Or it could be a detail from a forest preserve. Or an “outtake” from a helicopter trip. In any case, here is a small collection of images that we find interesting–and gorgeous.
Spectacular Chicago — chicagotribune.com
Jury Clears Photographer Who Refused to Stop Photographing
Nick Evans, a former intern at The Galveston County Daily News, was cleared of his misdemeanor from refusing to stop photographing an arrest during Mardi Gras 2007. His acquittal extends further than Galveston, Texas, however, as it makes strides for photographers First Amendment rights everywhere.
Digg - Jury Clears Photographer Who Refused to Stop Photographing
The Village at Grassmere Condo Complex - Unit A12 For Sale - $120,000
Unit A12 is the most upgraded unit in the Village at Grassmere complex featuring granite countertops, hardwood floors in living/dining/hallway, stainless steel appliances, and a balcony overlooking the pool.
Easy access to I24, I65, and I440. Belmont, Vandy, and Lipscomb only minutes away!
Photography and The Law: Know Your Rights
Say you’re out for a photographic stroll, taking pictures of that cool old power plant on the edge of town. Suddenly seventy security guards swarm you and demand you hand over your camera.
“What is this,” you ask yourself, “a Michael Moore movie?”
You’re sure you haven’t done anything wrong, but you don’t know whose side the law is on. Fret no more- we’ve got a list of things you can and can’t do, and it’s a lot more permissive than you might think.
Now grab your camera back from that Rent-A-Cop and let’s hit the books.
Blind Melon’s “Sleepyhouse”
Link to photo on flickr of the “yellow house” referred to in Blind Melon’s song “Sleepyhouse” from their debut cd. Too bad it’s not yellow anymore.
The Sleepyhouse is what the band named the house they lived in prior to recording Blind Melon in 1991. It was in Durham, North Carolina.
Shannon: It meant more for us to have a group that had unity and people to lean on if you were fucking up. We established it there in North Carolina, which is priceless. We caught up on all that sleep we lost in L.A.
Rogers: Staying up all night, then sleeping half the day away then getting up then you hear someone start playing then you move down to the living room then everybody congregates for a few hours on end. It gets to be really productive. There’s nothing in Durham so we got a lot done.
Christopher: Living in that house for months was like being in a band for five years.
(information courtesy http://www.blindmelon.org/songlist/sleepyhouse.htm)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dojoklo/2104410186/
Blind Melon Reunion stops in Nashville - With a New Singer
Good article about the band who influenced me more than probably any other band in history… courtesy Nashville Scene… RIP SHANNON HOON!!!
Blind Melon somehow managed to be a mainstream band with a cult following. Whereas millions of people loved hit single “No Rain”—and perhaps millions more became sick of it and wanted to wring the neck of that spunky little bee girl—there is also a hearty contingent of die-hard fans. And they’re not the hippy-dippy folks you might expect.
Real fans will be more than happy to tell you about how that song was really an anomaly. About how the band’s sophomore album Soup is a twisted, idiosyncratic classic that’s just now getting its due. And—if you’re still listening—they might even point out that “No Rain” is actually a bleak-ass song about mind-numbing depression wrapped in an ironically upbeat package.
Those are the very same people who are raising the biggest eyebrow at this reunion. Over a decade after the demise of frontman Shannon Hoon, the four remaining members of Blind Melon have returned with a new album and a new singer, one who grew up worshipping the very band he now fronts.
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The Wonderful World of Early Photography.
Mirror of the original site, down due to digg effect…
http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/29/the-wonderful-world-of-early-photography/
Gulf War illness ‘chemical link’
There is evidence linking chronic health problems suffered by Gulf War veterans to exposure to pesticides and nerve agents, US research has found.
A third of veterans of the 1991 war experienced fatigue, muscle or joint pain, sleeping problems, rashes and breathing troubles, the research found.
A US Congress-appointed committee on Gulf War illnesses analyzed more than 100 studies in the research.
It found evidence linking the problems to a particular class of chemicals.
These were an anti-nerve gas agent given to troops, pesticides used to control sand-flies, and the nerve-gas sarin that troops may have been exposed to during the demolition of a weapons depot.
for complete article:
BBC NEWS | Health | Gulf War illness ‘chemical link’
Airborne settles lawsuit for $23.3 million
NEW YORK (CNN) — Airborne - the herbal supplement company that once claimed to help fight off colds - will pay $23.3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against the company for false advertising, according to one of the groups that joined the suit.The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit advocacy group, said the company will refund money to consumers who bought Airborne’s product. It will pay for advertisements in major publications instructing consumers on how to get their money refunded.
“There’s no credible evidence that what’s in Airborne can prevent colds or protect you from a germy environment,” said CSPI Senior nutritionist David Schardt. “Airborne is basically on overpriced, run-of-the-mill vitamin pill that’s been cleverly, but deceptively, marketed.”
According to the company’s Web site, Airborne was created by second-grade teacher, Victoria Knight-McDowell, who “studied the benefits herbal therapies used in Eastern Medicine.” The site says Airborne “boosts the immune system with seven herbal extracts and a proprietary blend of vitamins, electrolytes, amino acids and antioxidants.”
A recorded message at the toll-free number of the class-action settlement administrator said that Airborne Health Inc. has admitted no wrongdoing. Airborne Inc., Airborne Health Inc. and Knight-McDowell Labs are among the defendants in the class action lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California in U.S. District Court.
“Defendants deny any wrongdoing or illegal conduct,” the message says, “but have agreed to settle the litigation.”
A hearing to consider final approval of the settlement is scheduled for June 16.
Airborne changed their advertising campaign when a plaintiff filed suit against the company in March 2006.
That came after an ABC News report disclosed that the company’s clinical trials were not conducted by doctors or scientists, but instead carried out by two laypeople.
Advertisements stopped mentioning the study and cold-curing claims and instead touted claims that it helped boost the body’s immune systems.
In late 2006 the CSPI joined the suit as co-counsel against Airborne and in 2007 the Federal Trade Commission and an assembly of state attorney generals began investigating the firm’s cold-curing claims professed since its creation in 1999.
Customers interested in more information about how to recieve a refund should log onto www.airbornehealthsettlement.com.
link to original article:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/04/news/companies/airborne_settlement/index.htm?section=money_latest
Is a Sopranos movie in the works?
LODI, N.J. (AP) — Hold the poles! Is a Sopranos movie in the works? The real-life manager of the strip club that fronted for the Bada Bing on HBO’s “The Sopranos” thinks there might be. Satin Dolls manager Nick D’Urso says he’s holding off on renovations to the strip club in Lodi, N.J., after getting a tip that a movie would be made. He wouldn’t name the tipster.
An HBO spokeswoman says there’s no truth to the rumor that plans are in the works for a film about Tony Soprano and his mob crew.
As first reported in The Record of Bergen County, D’Urso says he’ll wait until after the summer to renovate in case the tip pans out.
Satin Dolls has already auctioned off its bronze-colored stripper poles and replaced them.
link to original article:
Nashville, Tennessee - Nashville Area News - Tennessean.com
Beatles Engineer Norman Smith Dies at 85
Beatles engineer Smith dies at 85
Norman Smith worked on records including Rubber Soul
The Beatles engineer Norman Smith, who worked on every studio recording the band made between 1962 and 1965, has died at the age of 85.
Smith, nicknamed “Normal Norman” by John Lennon, took charge of the bands first session at Abbey Road in 1962.
Promoted to producer in 1966, he signed Pink Floyd and produced their early albums including Saucerful of Secrets.
Under the name Hurricane Smith, he also enjoyed UK chart success with singles including Dont Let It Die in 1971.
That song reached number two in the UK, while follow-up Oh Babe, What Would You Say? reached the top five on both sides of the Atlantic the following year.
Smith helped create The Beatles early sound.
His record label EMI described him as “a legendary figure in the history of EMI and British music”.
“We were very saddened to hear of his passing away, and our thoughts and condolences go out to his family at this time,” the statement said.
Recalling The Beatles first session for EMI, Smith once told an interviewer: “Visually, they made quite an impression, but musically we didnt really hear their potential.”
He was impressed by their sense of humour and style, which marked them out from the large number of other bands that came in to try to impress producer George Martin and earn a record deal.
Smith said he told Martin at the time: “For that alone we should sign them. Just because of their humour and the way they present themselves, they are different.”
Once promoted to producer, he said he signed Pink Floyd after being impressed by their stage presentation at one of their gigs.
“I cant in all honesty say that the music meant anything at all to me,” he later recalled. “In fact, I could barely call it music.
“A mood creation through sound is the best way that I could describe Floyd.”
Smith, who was born in Edmonton, North London, died on 3 March.
link to original article:
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Beatles engineer Smith dies at 85
18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts
Great resource…
Working with Photoshop can be quite time consuming for both beginners and advanced users. Once you’ve worked with it for a while, you begin to find that you’re constantly going back and forth between the same menu items or palette buttons. If you’re anything like me, you’re switching tools so often that most of your time spent in Photoshop isn’t even on the photo — it’s messing with the vast array of editing tools. Fortunately there’s a way to help streamline your Photoshop workflow.
18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts
11 Tips for Better Candid Photography
Candid styles of photography are increasingly becoming popular both in general day to day photography but also in formal photographic situations. Last time I was asked to photograph a wedding the couple actually hired me purely to take paparazzi style shows of them and their guests throughout the day. They had another photographer for the formal shots and gave me the brief of getting a behind the scenes look of the day.
The results, when they put together my shots with the formal ones were a wonderful blend of photos that told a fuller story than if they’d gone for one or the other.
Below are a number of tips to help photographers improve their ‘candid’ photography. Please note that these tips are not about taking sneaky, voyeuristic or true paparazzi shots ie photographing people without their permission but rather about how to add a more candid feel to the shots you take of people that you know.
Read the full article here:
11 Tips for Better Candid Photography
Nashville in the 1940s - Photos
Here’s a cool collection from the Tennessean of various Nashville pictures taken in the 1940s. It’s always amazing to me how much things change over the years.
www.tennessean.com | Nashville 1940s | The Tennessean