Thursday Tipsheet, XLIII
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Added To 'HeadHood Jukebox: Imogen Heap, Speak For Yourself; Idlewild, Promises/Warnings.
Celebrating: Emil Olmert and his centrist Kadima party winning a history-making Israeli election, poised to form a coalition government to seek peace and negotiated settlement conditions with the Palestinians. Whether this finally turns the temperature down on the ever-simmering corner of the Middle East remains anyone's guess.
Not Celebrating: Duke University, dealing with a different kind of march madness -- suspending its whole men's lacrosse team after allegations that members may have harassed and raped a dancer hired to perform at a party.
Pop Culture Will Eat Itself, Vol. XLIII: Realizing that perhaps there's only so much one can do with crappy reality TV and snarky comments by C-list celebs like Mo Rocca and Michael Ian Black, VH1 recently unveiled its first scripted comedy. Or, since it's the Tori Spelling vehicle So NoTORIous, we should say alleged comedy. Spelling plugged this everywhere for the supposedly novel twist of playing herself with characters based on her real friends. Groundbreaking? Meh. Ask Garry Shandling or Jerry Seinfeld, who did the whole concept much earler and much much better.
Lost: Legendary country singer and entertainer Buck Owens, who gave the world the Bakersfield sound and many hit records, in addition to countless cheesy guffaws from his Hee-Haw years.
Found: A new home for disgraced political lobbyist Jack Abramoff for almost six years, perhaps a bit less with good behavior.
Elevator Up: The mouse that roared: Underdogs George Mason and affable coach Jim Larranaga, whose unlikely win over powerhouse Connecticut to reach the NCAA Final Four may be the biggest upset in the basketball tournament's history.
Elevator Down: Victor Willis, the original policeman in the Village People, under arrest for drug possession and -- believe it or not -- misidentifying himself to ... a policeman. I suspect the real cop wasn't dancing or singing Y-M-C-A.
Huh? Headline of the Week: Man accidentally divorces wife in sleep. Aftab, you've got some 'splainin' to do ...
Strangest Hit: Had a visitor come via a search for interesting topic+presentation. There's irony for you.
Shoulda-Been-Obvious Lesson: There a lot more embarrassing stories involving toilets and vacations that anyone should expect.
Franklin PlannerTM Quote of the Week: I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. -- Agatha Christie.
Looking forward to ... : A weekend with a forecast that finally resembles spring.
Added To 'HeadHood Jukebox: Imogen Heap, Speak For Yourself; Idlewild, Promises/Warnings.
Celebrating: Emil Olmert and his centrist Kadima party winning a history-making Israeli election, poised to form a coalition government to seek peace and negotiated settlement conditions with the Palestinians. Whether this finally turns the temperature down on the ever-simmering corner of the Middle East remains anyone's guess.
Not Celebrating: Duke University, dealing with a different kind of march madness -- suspending its whole men's lacrosse team after allegations that members may have harassed and raped a dancer hired to perform at a party.
Pop Culture Will Eat Itself, Vol. XLIII: Realizing that perhaps there's only so much one can do with crappy reality TV and snarky comments by C-list celebs like Mo Rocca and Michael Ian Black, VH1 recently unveiled its first scripted comedy. Or, since it's the Tori Spelling vehicle So NoTORIous, we should say alleged comedy. Spelling plugged this everywhere for the supposedly novel twist of playing herself with characters based on her real friends. Groundbreaking? Meh. Ask Garry Shandling or Jerry Seinfeld, who did the whole concept much earler and much much better.
Lost: Legendary country singer and entertainer Buck Owens, who gave the world the Bakersfield sound and many hit records, in addition to countless cheesy guffaws from his Hee-Haw years.
Found: A new home for disgraced political lobbyist Jack Abramoff for almost six years, perhaps a bit less with good behavior.
Elevator Up: The mouse that roared: Underdogs George Mason and affable coach Jim Larranaga, whose unlikely win over powerhouse Connecticut to reach the NCAA Final Four may be the biggest upset in the basketball tournament's history.
Elevator Down: Victor Willis, the original policeman in the Village People, under arrest for drug possession and -- believe it or not -- misidentifying himself to ... a policeman. I suspect the real cop wasn't dancing or singing Y-M-C-A.
Huh? Headline of the Week: Man accidentally divorces wife in sleep. Aftab, you've got some 'splainin' to do ...
Strangest Hit: Had a visitor come via a search for interesting topic+presentation. There's irony for you.
Shoulda-Been-Obvious Lesson: There a lot more embarrassing stories involving toilets and vacations that anyone should expect.
Franklin PlannerTM Quote of the Week: I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. -- Agatha Christie.
Looking forward to ... : A weekend with a forecast that finally resembles spring.