Category Archives: In The News

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Posted on Thursday, 08/10/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Are online guitar tabs soon to be a thing of the past? The US Music Publishers’ Association is doing all it can to make that happen. Already, the Online Guitar Archive and Guitar Tab Universe sites have gone black. “It … Continue reading →

Posted in In The News, Music | 9 Comments

Bam-Bam Bam See

Posted on Monday, 07/03/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Things to hate about local TV news. 3.) “The dumb-ass witness” – They find some yocal who may or may not have seen the incident, but you get his incomprehensible story anyway. “he drove up dare see den turned around … Continue reading →

Posted in Amusing, In The News | 2 Comments

Irreconcilable Differences

Posted on Friday, 06/23/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Maybe it’s one reason for his absence on the ZPZ tour: Ahmet Zappa and Selma Blair are getting divorced.

Posted in In The News, Zappa Misc | 3 Comments

Yum! Cultural Stereotype Fest!

Posted on Tuesday, 05/23/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ooh La La! The French have been voted the world’s most unfriendly nation by a landslide in a new British poll published. They were also voted the most boring and most ungenerous. The Germans have no to reason to celebrate … Continue reading →

Posted in In The News, Silly | 8 Comments

Arrestato Massimo Bassoli

Posted on Sunday, 05/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Remember Massimo Bassoli, the guy who appears on Dub Room Special picking his nose; the guy who performs “Tengo Na Minchia Tanta” in Uncle Meat (The Movie)? He apparently got arrested yesterday on charges of fraud. Article in completely non-understandable … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News | 4 Comments

Beyond Cringe Comedy

Posted on Friday, 05/12/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Oh my oh my oh my: (youTube link, via)

Posted in In The News, Politics | 16 Comments

Fun With GoogleTrends

Posted on Thursday, 05/11/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The geeks at Google have released a new toy: Google Trends. It allows you to look up the popularity of searchterms over the years, but the real fun lies in the fact that you can compare searchterm popularity of different … Continue reading →

Posted in Amusing, Geek, In The News | 3 Comments

Colbert Roasts Bush

Posted on Wednesday, 05/03/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I’m a bit late to post this, but if you haven’t seen these video’s yet, you really should because they’re brilliant: comedian Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner drops a couple of napalm bombs on the Bush … Continue reading →

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This Note’s For You

Posted on Thursday, 04/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Neil Young is set to release a new album called Living With War. The songs are — surprise! — anti-Bush / anti-war, and will be available as streaming audio on his site next Friday. There’s even a weblog: This is … Continue reading →

Posted in In The News, Music, Politics | 6 Comments

I Am The Eggman

Posted on Thursday, 04/20/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I am me and Rummy’s he, Iraq is free and we are all together. (Related: RollingStone — The Worst President In History?)

Posted in In The News, Music, Politics | 3 Comments

Boot Camp

Posted on Thursday, 04/06/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

When I’m old ‘n grey, I will be able to tell my grandchildren: “yes kids, I was there, the day hell froze over…” Update: screenshots! (via)

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Green Day at Music for America’s Icon Awards

Posted on Wednesday, 03/29/06 by Balint

The event was emceed by Moon Zappa, who approached the stage while Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” was playing and proceeded to get down in an embarrassing-mom kind of way. We laughed at her rather than with her, but her lack … Continue reading →

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Paging John From Beyond

Posted on Wednesday, 03/22/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Idiot Morons Forever: a pay-per-view TV “seance” is set to contact the spirit of late Beatle John Lennon. The programme, on US digital channel In Demand, will feature psychics travelling to sites of significance to the former Beatle, including the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Silly | 2 Comments

Scientology Strikes Again

Posted on Friday, 03/17/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

More Tom “I may be a crackpot but I’m not gay” Cruise news: apparently Viacom pulled last night’s scheduled repeat of the high-rated “Trapped in the Closet” South Park episode after Cruise threatened to cancel all publicity for Mission Impossible … Continue reading →

Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Religion | 7 Comments

Magnum PI

Posted on Tuesday, 03/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

PI Day, Tuesday March 14, 1:59 pm E.S.T. and 1:59 pm P.S.T. The Giant Pi drops here.

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