Am I A Big Loser? : Spring Weight Loss Challenge From RTB~

Ok fellow fatty's, spring has sprung and the weather is beautiful and I'm dying to fit into my 33w shorts come June!  So I am challenging myself to lose a minimum of 17lbs. in the next 6 weeks....and you're all invited to take the journey with me!  I have weighed myself today prior to eating anything and w/out clothing (I know, not a visual you wanted, but hey it had to be done) so I could get an accurate reading and stop fudging the numbers based on what I THOUGHT my clothes weighed.

I am starting this challenge at a current weight of 197lbs.  which to be honest I'm not horribly broken up about as a starting point because at least I'm under the 200 mark....but I'm determined to get to 180lbs. or lower dammit!

I know I'll never have a Calvin Klein underwear body or 6 pack abs but I at least want a flat(ish) stomach and to avoid needing to shop for a training bra before my daughter does!

I will be putting fresh batteries in my pedometer and tracking my mileage and weighing myself e/o day and giving weekly progress reports on the blog.  Who's with me!!??

Pix of my flabby ass body (if you dare) after the jump...blech!  But I wanted a visual record to accompany my progress...

UPDATE:  I must tell you having the motivation is KEY and for me that comes in the form of a great mix of music...so I think having the right tunes is imperative for success and to that end I will be posting a weekly "must have" song for your walking mix!  This week's song comes to you from a  1987 one off collaboration of 4ad artists A.R. Kane & Colourbox calling themselves MARRS, the song, "Pump Up The Volume", kicks major ass & is considered the first UK number one to contain samples from other songs....it was nominated for a Grammy in 1989.  Enjoy after the jump! (I have included the original video and below that is an Mp3 player on which the far right side is an arrow pointing down so you can download the track & add to your iPod or burn to cd!  I will attempt to do this w/ each song so you can listen to what I am to stay motivated!)

RTB~ Exclusive!! : NEW OMD "Sister Mary (demo)"

Here is your EXCLUSIVE first listen to the brand new OMD track from their forthcoming 11th studio album The History Of Modern, due later this year. 

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a synthesiser group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England. OMD record for Virgin Records (originally for Virgin's Dindisc Records subsidiary).  The group was founded in 1978 by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys. Adding Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper by the end of 1980, this quartet (with occasional line-up fluctuations) was the core of the outfit until 1989, when Humphreys, Cooper and Holmes all left OMD to found The Listening Pool.

McCluskey then retained the OMD name and continued to record and tour as OMD with new line-ups through 1996.  Though McCluskey essentially retired the OMD name in 1996, shortly thereafter Humphreys began playing live shows as OMD with other musicians on an as-needed basis, but without McCluskey. Then in late December, 2005, OMD's official website announced a forthcoming reformation of the 'classic' 1980s line-up (Humpheys/McCluskey/Cooper/Holmes), both for live performances and for a new studio album. This reformed quartet began touring in 2007, and further successful sold out tours took place in 2008 and 2009. To date OMD have sold over 11 million albums.

This Week in Holy Crimes: Via Joe.My.God

Over the last seven days...

Maryland: Pastor Jerry Darnell Bartley charged with molesting a 13 year old boy.

Maine: Pastor Colin Haag and his wife arrested for kidnapping his wife's children from their biological father.

Wisconsin: The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has filed a 55-page lawsuit against the Pope for shielding the crimes of pedophile priests.

Tennessee: Father Bill Casey arrested for molesting a 10 year old boy.

Brazil: Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa arrested on multiple counts of child molestation.

Wisconsin: Pastor Leonard Van Vlaenderen charged with embezzling from his church.

Indiana: Court rules that Father Francis Markey can be extradited to Ireland to face charges of child molestation.

Alaska: Pastor Shawn Anthony Justice charged with 12 counts of sexual abuse of a female minor.

Wisconsin: Pastor John West charged with conspiracy to sell heroin.

Texas: Pastor Robert John Weber charged with ten counts of sexual
assault on a 15 year old girl.

Indiana: Pastor Ernest M. Beal Jr charged with stealing the trust funds of residents of the group home for mentally challenged adults that he manages.

Illinois: Father Alejandro Flores charged with molesting an 8 year old boy. Flores is already in jail awaiting trial for molesting the boy's older brother.

Ireland: Father Eugene Lewis charged with 11 counts of sexual assault on three pre-teen sisters.

Belgium: Bishop Roger Vangheluwe has resigned after confessing to child molestation.

This Week's Winner
Utah: Pastor Kris Lounsbury has been charged with two counts of rape and aggravated sexual abuse of a ten year old girl. Lounsbury was a GOP candidate for Congress in 2006, running on a platform of abolishing the income tax, deporting illegal immigrants, abolishing the United Nations, and fighting LGBT rights laws. In January 2009 he posted a recording of a sermon calling for imprecatory prayer curses against President Obama. In the linked clip, Lounsbury rails against the repeal of DADT, saying that "you have no idea how vicious these homosexuals can be."
(Via Joe.My.God)

Annie Gives Back: "Universal Child"

From American Idol's "Idol Gives Back" episode this week comes this stellar performance of a new song called "Universal Child" by the incomparable Annie Lennox.  Annie has proven over the years that not only is she a unique, one in a million talent, but a giving, compassionate soul.

Annie was due to perform on the show live, but due to the volcanic activity in Iceland earlier this month she was unable to travel but was beamed in via satellite for the performance.  (enjoy the track, beginning @ the 4:36 mark, after the jump)

NEW Single From Sarah McLachlan: "Loving You Is Easy"

File under: IT'S ABOOT FUCKING TIME!!  After years of remixes, repackaging, re-releasing, live versions, etc... of the same old, same old, Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan is BACK with her first new material in over 7 years!

Hailing from her upcoming 7th studio album, The Laws of Illusion (set to drop June 15), "Loving You Is Easy" is a happy, piano based tune extolling the virtues of, well, love... It's full of the kind of imagery and feeling one experiences in that honeymoon period of a new relationship....butterflies, anticipation, and RTB~ is LOVING it!

Sarah has got some big shoes to fill as Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is easily one of the greatest albums to come out of the 90's (because I said so!), and her lyrical masterpiece "Fallen" from 2003's Afterglow has gotten me through some of the darkest moments in my life...so I have the highest of hopes both musically and lyrically for the new album and I'm sure she wont disappoint!  (enjoy the new track after the jump)
 

Happy Birthday: John Waters King Of Bad Taste

Rolling The Ball~ would like to extend a very special Happy Birthday to the greatest filmmaker of a generation and the filthiest man alive...John Waters! 

John Samuel Waters. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, journalist, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. Waters's 1970s and early '80s trash films feature his regular troupe of actors known as Dreamlanders—among them Divine, Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Edith Massey—often committing cinematic crimes. Starting with Desperate Living (1977), Waters began casting real-life convicted criminals (Liz Renay, Patricia Hearst) and infamous people (Traci Lords, a former porn star).

Waters's early campy movies present filthily lovable characters in outrageous situations with hyperbolic dialogue. Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Desperate Living, which he labeled the Trash Trilogy, pushed hard at the boundaries of conventional propriety and movie censorship. A particularly notorious scene from Pink Flamingos, simply added as a non sequitur to film's end, featured—in one continuous take without special effects—a small dog defecating and Divine eating its feces.

Happy 64th, John...keep it filthy!

I'm Betty White, Bitch!: Betty White Lines

I really wasn't going to post anything today...but after I got tipped to this by one of my fave bloggers, Joe Jervis @ Joe.My.God, I simply cound NOT resist!  Not only is Betty just fab but the parody of one of my favorite rap songs ever "White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash by the St. Olaf Glee Club is truly awesome!  So enjoy after the jump! (dedicated to my #1 bitch, SES, because he just LOVES him some Betty AND I have him to thank for introducing me to White Lines over 20 yrs. ago...damn, you're old!)

Business Sign FAIL!: Lunch Anyone?

Now, I don't know how much 60/- is in USD, or how big a 500ml cock is, but it sounds like a hell of  bargain to me!

(Via Engrishfunny.com)

Your Summer Jam: Andy Bell "Will You Be There?"

"Will You Be There? (French Horn Rebellion Mix)" is the brand new track from Erasure vocalist Andy Bell's upcoming 2nd solo effort titled "Non Stop" set for release March 25th. Listen after the jump...

Tipped by Joe.My.God

Today In Weird Wiki Pages: Death Erections

Although, I prefer the term "Angel Lust", (it has a very nice sound to it, don't you think?) It sounds a hell of a lot nicer than what it actually is!  To learn more about this strange phenomenon click here...Just be careful the next time you decide to partake of a wank with a rope tied around your throat...you don't want the cleaning lady to find you with one of these!

Just The Tip Tuesday W/ Robert Verdi : Having Good Manners

Finally....I'm back on track & getting "Just The Tip Tuesday" posted ON Tuesday, bitches!  Here are some fabulous good manner tips from our beloved Robert Verdi...enjoy the clip after the jump.

Music: New Releases

To be quite honest, there's not a whole lot I'm excited about in the new releases this week....below are the very few I found noteworthy:

Caribou "Swim": With its absorption of club culture sounds weaved within subtle pop frameworks, Swim is Caribou's masterpiece the record he's wanted to bring to fruition for as long as he's been making music. A Canadian from small-town Ontario now based in England, Snaith has been a leading figure in electronic music over the past decade. He surprised critics and fans with 2007's Andorra, a brilliant, electro-tinged pop breakthrough with a timeless grace that made most year-end "Best of" lists and won Canada's prestigious Polaris Music Prize.

Shelby Lynne "Tears, Lies And Alibis": With Tears, Lies, and Alibis the follow-up to 2008's Just A Little Lovin' and the first release on her own label, Everso Records, Shelby Lynne affirms her position as a visionary, iconoclastic artist who deftly weaves country, soul, rock, blues, pop and folk influences to forge her own unique style. Like Identity Crisis (2003) and Suit Yourself (2005), this sparse, unguarded collection was produced by Lynne, who evokes a live-in-the-studio vibe from a stellar group of musicians.

Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin "Je T'aime moi non": Digitally remastered edition of this 1969 classic from French singer, songwriter and entertainer Serge Gainsbourg and his muse, British vocalist and actress Jane Birkin. Without a doubt, Gainsbourg is agent provocateur and Gallic soul brother #1. His sensual work is championed by all in the know and still resonates quite frankly in these sexually exaggerated times. The album Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg (often referred to as Je t'aime moi non plus) now comes with a 32 page booklet with new liner notes, original artwork, and English/French lyrics.

(Listen to the sexiest song EVER recorded...)


On that note I'm going to stop, my heart's not really in this at the moment....sorry.  If I hear of anything truly worthy, I will of course post it here for you.

Vicious Eye Candy: Kelis "Acapella"

I meant to post this weeks ago when I first saw it but just never got around to it. "Acapella" is the latest from Kelis (of "Milkshake" fame) from her forthcoming album titled "Flesh Tone" (how fucking stupid, right?!)due out July 6th. The song is produced by David Guetta and the video, shot in LaLa Land, is directed by Brits Chris Cottam and the phenomenal fashion photog, Rankin.

I love the whole tribal vibe she's got going on through much of the video and I also think she is appropriately rocking the Givenchy spike headband as well...not many can pull off that look! And I think if you even TRY, it should be mandatory that you be sporting the head to pedicured toe gold body paint or don't even waste my time! (do you hear me SJP?!)

I wanted to dedicate this post to those who continue to support my blogging endeavors and take the time to leave comments (special shouts to LF, girl, that Givenchy link is for you!) it really means a lot...so thank you!  Enjoy the vid after the jump. UPDATE: I have changed the title of this post since I have declared the word "Fierce" to be over...dead...Vicious is the new Fierce! Now, back to your regularly scheduled post....RTB~ out.

This Week in Holy Crimes: Via Joe.My.God

This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days...

Kentucky: Pastor Prince Wilbert Woolfolk sentenced to 20 years for raping a teenage girl.

Virginia: Presbyterian missionary Eun Tae Lee charged with embezzling $700K from his church.

Massachusetts: Father William Ventura busted in Craigslist prostitution sting.

New York: Rabbi Baruch Lebovits sentenced to 10-32 years in prison for molesting teenage boy.

Colorado: Father Paul Montez accused of stalking teenage boy and plying him with gifts and trips.

New York: Pastor Humberto Cruz sentenced to 15 years for molesting three boys.

Texas: Pastor Curtis Otha Grant charged with 14 felony counts of molesting girls.

Colorado: Pastor James Smoker convicted of physically abusing a mentally-challenged adult in his care.

New Jersey: Accomplices of Rabbi Ben Haim plead guilty of multimillion dollar money laundering scheme involving counterfeit luxury handbags. Haim is expected to plead guilty as well.

Arizona: Father Dale Fushek pleads guilty of sexual assault on teenage boy. Fushek was accused of molesting seven boys, but in return for one guilty plea, the other charges were dropped.

New York: Father James McDevitt, charged with 20 counts of child molestation, is being sued by four of his alleged victims.

This Week's Winner-
The Pope has hired a Beverly Hills lawyer to defend the Vatican against charges that it enabled child molestations by shielding accused priests. Jeffrey Lena will appear before the Supreme Court to argue that it has no jurisdiction to try the Vatican for transferring a known molester priest from Ireland to Oregon. Lena has numerous similar cases pending in lower courts around the country.
{Via Joe.My.God}

Hysterical $lag Parody: Tik Tok On Chatroulette **NSFW**

If you are anything like me (über fabulous with a wicked taste in music!) you will undoubtedly have as much disdain as I do for that autotuned slag Ke$ha!  I mean, what a total fucking waste of space!  She is not only not cute (see below) but the bitch couldn't sing her way out of a paper bag if her life depended on it.  How she ever got a record deal is beyond comprehension (I'm sure she pulled a train at some industry party full of pervy old men)  So of course I was very happy to have come across this fabulous and very NSFW parody some guy did while on Chatroulette he really nails it and somehow I find this much better than the original, go figure  Watch after the jump....And if you need further proof of how stab your ears bad she is, check out her "performance" from last night's SNL HERE.

Get Yer Freak On!

I often go through periods of nostalgia and longing for the magical decade of the 70's, a wonderful time of shag carpet, polyester, bell bottoms and of course some of the best music EVER!  Well, the other night I was visiting a friend and happened to notice a magnet in his kitchen that brought back some memories....it was Boss Moss from Freakies cereal!  Memba that?!  I do and I also remember some of the awesome prizes you'd get inside the box and I wanted that magnet so damn bad!  For a moment I contemplated swiping that thing as I coveted it so....but I'm a good boy and the angel on my shoulder prevailed.(UPDATE: Upon further reflection I'm thinking I SHOULD have swiped that magnet...this was the same person who called me chub! ~see earlier post~ I'll show you, fuck face...that magnet is so mine next time I come over!)  But here's a throwback for you fellow fab kids of the 70's!  A Freakies cereal commercial montage & history of the cereal after the jump....woo hoo!

Sex Sells: New Nail Polish For Your Inner Skank!

BleachBlack's New Nail Polish Color Is Called Jizz...

Never ones to beat around the bush, Kristin and Valerie of BleachBlack have come out with the second nailpolish color to follow their offering for the holiday season, Dickweed. A pearly, milky white, Jizz pretty much looks like what it's supposed to—but unpleasant imagery aside, the hue has both a punk and a feminine slant with the all-white shade glossed up with a bit of a sheen. We'll let you know when it's up for sale, just be careful not to swallow!

I know what I'll be sporting on my digits this summer!

Maybe He's A Chubby Chaser?

I just got called a chub.  Now, what the fuck!?  I mean I am not in the best shape of my life, but @ 5 11" & approx 190 something (I always deduct the necessary pounds I figure my clothes must weigh in order to come in under 200, as naturally one would....am I right?)

So, I'm sure this was not INTENDED as a slight....but c'mon, it's not exactly a compliment!  I was always  slender and I still am that fabulous 160 something I once was (in my minds eye)....I just figured someone had put up fun house mirrors everywhere and went about my day thinking I still look like I did when I was 21, sizes & labels be damned!

I even adopted the Skor candy bar slogan as my personal mantra...."You can never be too rich or too thin".  It's vapid, I know, but I thought it was clever at 15 and I once was half that equation and I could still dream of being rich...Now nearing 40, I know better than to be so deluded and tonight I lost the "thin" part of what I thought I'd always have going for me.  I am officially a fat bastard...a "chub"....

A "What The F**k Was I Thinking??!" Moment

Ugh...so last night I was oot & aboot and had a wee bit of vodka and for some brilliant reason thought I'd swing by an ex's (unannounced drop by).  Let's just say that wasn't the best idea I've ever had!  I knocked on the door and they opened.... I said something fucktardish like "it's your worst nightmare"  Well, joke's on me because it WAS one of mine and probably true for them....the ex had "company" already and it was apparent they weren't watching the news or trading tuna casserole recipes(wink, wink)

Jesus, did I feel like a complete fucking fool! Can you say AWKWARD!?  I just don't understand why in the world when you have a fucking peep hole and can see who the hell is knocking BEFORE you answer you would choose @ this moment to answer for an ex when you're fixin' to get you some with a trick!

  I'm hoping I can just pass it off as stopping by to get something I thought I had left there after our break up last July.

Kick A** Music: Cyndi Lauper "When You Were Mine"

A Favorite song of mine from the Eighties....

"When You Were Mine", a cover of Prince's song that was later released as a promotional single in 1985. Lauper spent 1984 touring and promoting She's So Unusual. By the end of the year, she was the first female to have four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 Top Five hits from one album. The LP itself stayed in the Top 40 charts for more than 65 weeks and sold 16 million copies worldwide - more than 6 1/2 million in the United States alone.  Watch Cyndi's American Music Awards performance of "When You Were Mine" after the jump.

Explosively Funny: The Best Thing You'll Read All Day

I received the following story from my brother and just HAD to post this....probably the funniest thing I have read ever!  Read the whole story after the jump.

Heaters

via Dilbert.com Blog on 16/04/10

[Warning: This post uses vulgar language because it involves the manly activity of assembling mechanical devices.]

"The other day I tried to assemble two outdoor heaters that Shelly and I bought online. This is exactly the sort of project I would pay someone else to do, if such a person existed. Specifically, what I need is a man with four testicles so that when we team up we have, on average, enough to get a job like this done.

Did I mention that the heaters use liquid propane? Or that they come with angry warnings guaranteeing you will die in a giant fireball?  Maybe the manufacturer has to say that sort of thing for legal purposes, but I took it as a death threat. My fight-or-flight response went straight into overdrive. I picked up a screwdriver and started going all knife fight in every direction in case the heaters had accomplices...."

Comments: Where the FU*K Are They!?

So yes, I'm a theiving bastard without an original idea and I stole this post from another blog I read called "A White Chocolate Mess"....but he said it so well, and with a wicked sense of humor.  So, here's what I'm plagiarizing (cheers, Mess!)

"Did you know that comments to a blogger are like applause to an actor, like dollar bills to a stripper? Well, act like you know! Good, bad or indifferent, we want to hear from you. And it's fun making up crazy ass names to sign your comments with."

So there you have it, bitches!  I'm workin' the blogger pole so throw me some comment singles before I snap my lucite stiletto!!

Business Sign FAIL!

While driving through Traverse City yesterday I spotted a sign for a car repair place (possibly Jiffy Lube Or Midas or something, can't really remember) and as we were driving I couldn't really snap a pic, but it read:

"$10 Off Tranny Service"

Hmmmm....apparently they haven't a clue, but I certainly got a good laugh at their stupidity.

Just The Tip: Planning The Chicest Funeral

Apologies...I have, for the second week in a row, neglected to get "Just The Tip Tuesday" up until Wednesday...bad blogger, bad!

Well, better late than never (or perhaps I'm just fashionably late, yeah, that's it!)  Here you go, the hysterical Robert Verdi's advice this week: Planning the chicest funeral....fabulous!

Minor Changes @ Rolling The Ball~ : After The Jump

In an effort to save my readers time (yes, all tens of you!) I have decided not to clog up the main page with video's, rather I will feature them (in blogger terms) "after the jump".  This means that at the bottom of the post there will be a link that says "read more" so, in order to see the video related to the post you will need to click this link.  This way the main page will (in theory) load quicker for you.  I hope this helps!

A McDonald's Moment: WTF??!

So I'm up in Mancelona, MI visiting an old friend and today we went into Alden to run an errand and stopped at McDonald's for a quick bite.  We get our food, sit down, beigin eating and having a conversation (I can't even really remember what we were talking about) when all of a sudden this 80 y/o man walks up to our table, leans in and says "I asked my grandson if he knew who Bing crosby was".  We thought he was asking US if we knew who Bing was so we replied "yes". "No! I asked my grandson if he knew who Bing Crosby was and he said Grandpa I don't know any of The Beatles"  Uhhhhh, ha...ha...ha??  We politely laugh, though not really getting the relelvance...I just pass it off as a crazy old person who had either forgotten his meds, or perhaps doubled up!  My friend passes it off as "friendly small town people", hmmm.... I'm all for friendly, but this was just WEIRD!

We shrug it off and continue eating and talking about past jobs and whatever when the old man gets up from his table, comes back over to us, leans down again and says "Want to know how to have good sex with Vaseline?"  At this point I'm really creeped out, dreading the answer & honestly expecting some really bad anti-gay punchline.... He says "do you want to know the answer!?" So we acquiesce and say "uh, sure" "you put it on the door knob to keep the kids out" was the answer....We politely, half heartedly laugh again as he shuffles off to his seat.

I quickly finished my meal to get the fuck out of there and away from the most bizarre fast food experience of my life!  I was kinda creeped out by the whole thing as I am quite protective of my personal space bubble in public and felt it had been intruded upon....oh well, I suppose it was harmless and certainly gave me a story to tell.

This Week In Holy Crimes; via Joe.My.God

Over the last seven days...

Vermont: Pastor David Heckman pleads guilty to stealing $110K from Habitat For Humanity.

Florida: Youth Pastor Cecil Wayne Seay charged with sending obscene text messages to 14 year old girl.

Alabama: Pastor Anthony Hopkins on trial for murdering his wife and storing her body in a freezer for four
years.

Florida: Catholic Diocese of Orlando pays undisclosed settlement to woman after Father Wladyslaw Gorak was convicted for stalking and assaulting her.

California: Pastor Melvin Lynn Silas charged with felony bigamy. Silas' rap sheet includes 25 arrests for pimping, assault, burglary and other crimes.

Arizona: Father Charles Schultz kicked off Luke Air Force base after military officials learned he'd been ousted from a previous parish for the verbal and physical abuse of boys, whom Schultz had physically forced into confessional booths. The Archdiocese of San Bernadino acknowledged the charges.

California: Pastor Carlton F. Hammonds on trial on four felony counts of sexual assault on a child.

New Jersey: Salvation Army Pastor Enoc Sotelo charged with 18 counts of felony fraud in a green card scam that preyed on recent immigrants.

Texas: Father John Fiala accused of raping a teenage boy at gunpoint. The boy's mother is suing the Archdiocese of San Antonio.

Wisconsin: Father Thomas Brundage now says he "misremembered" after church records contradicted his claims of how he handled the investigation into the sexual abuse of over 200 deaf boys.

This Week's Winner-
Germany: Father Ernst W. charged with multiple counts of molesting boys. The Diocese of Erfurt admits that although they knew of the accusations, they continued to allow the priest to work at a male juvenile detention facility but never told authorities about the allegations. The diocese says it accepts responsibility for the "incorrect decision."

3am Eternal: My Crazy Dream...

It's 3:23 am and thanks to my fucking bladder I'm awake....but I also remeber bits of a very bizarre dream involving Annie Lennox, a communal shower, Nazi uniforms, a P!nk t-shirt, 3D glasses, a tour of Burger King and a song and dance routine.  Hmmmmm, weird!  Thanks Ambien!  Ok, back to bed for me...if I'm lucky I have time for another before my beasties arrive for day 3.

Sweet dreams are made of this.........

Amazing Animation: Oscar winning "Logorama"

This is a great animated short that won the Oscar this year from Marc Altshuler.  It features just about every corporate logo you can imagine and features a rather psychotic Ronald McDonald.  Funny shit & definitely NSFW.  Enjoy the clip after the jump. (that means click "Read more")

Brand New Video: Penguin Prison "Something I'm Not"

Super excited about bringing you this first, new & just released today video from last weeks "one's to watch", Penguin Prison!  As you may (or may not if you're not paying attention to the oft changed mp3's on the left of the blog) remember, I featured a couple great songs by this guy (Chris Glover) whose remixer/solo artist moniker is the enigmatic "Penguin Prison".

He's had many other forays into the music biz but none have generated the buzz he's getting for both his current remixes (for the likes of Marina and the Diamonds & Ellie Goulding) and his solo efforts, which up to now include only a handful of singles.  So here's the brand new vid for his latest single called "Something I'm Not", Created by Roman Rappak. The video was taken from footage of skype conversations between Roman and Chris Glover (aka Penguin Prison). Enjoy!

Just The Tip Tuesday W/ Robert Verdi : Aging Gracefully

Apologies for not getting this up ON Tuesday...oops!  Well, here it is, another "Just The Tip" with the über fab Robert Verdi.  This week is all about aging gracefully, so take notes! (watch after the jump)

New Music Update: LCD Soundsystem

As promised, I'm keeping you up to date on the new LCD Soundsystem album "This Is Happening"  I've found 2 things: first is a decidedly disco tinged remake of the Alan Vega's "Bye Bye Bayou"  Which you can listen to on the left.  Apparently I haven't been doing enough searching as this has been available since last November (damn!)  second is another track off the new album called "Drunk Girls" (listen HERE) I'm not too crazy about the latter but will withhold judgment until I hear it in context of the entire album....oh who am I kidding, I fucking hate it!  UGH!  The rest of the album better be way better than this track.  Anyways, if anyone besides me cares at all, there's the latest on LCD Soundsystem....after the jump is the trailer for their video for "Drunk Girls" enjoy....

This Week in Holy Crimes: Via Joe.My.God

This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days...

Alabama: Pastor Bertha Wright arrested on 16 felony counts of Oxycontin prescription fraud.

Texas: Pastor Lester Cody pleads no contest to sexually assaulting a minor.

Texas: Youth Pastor Matthew Overstreet charged with sexually assaulting a minor.

Missouri: Father Patrick Grady pleads guilty to possession of child porn and trying to buy sex from a female minor.

Illinois: Deacon George Valdez charged with embezzling $315K from his parish.

Wisconsin: Pastor Leonard Van Vlaenderen charged with stealing $128K from his church.

France: Father Jacques Gaimard confesses to child molestation.

Ontario: Father John Duarte sentenced for molesting boys at Catholic mission he founded in Haiti.

France: Father Bonaventure Ouedraogo arrested for showing up drunk at the funeral he was to officiate and punching out one of the mourners.

North America: Bishop Accountability group claims that numerous accused priests are being quietly reinstated despite pending charges of child predation.

This Week's Winner-
Vatican City: Cardinal Angelo Sodano opened the Pope's Easter Sunday Mass today with a speech dismissing charges of the Ratzinger's complicity in the global child abuse scandal as nothing more than "petty gossip of the moment." Ill Papa made no mention of the controversy during his address.

(Via Joe.My.God blog)