Dolph Lundgren Dances, Sings Elvis
This was last week in Sweden on a show called [Melodifesivalen] which apparently is a music competition held in order to determine who is the country’s represenative for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition is so popular in fact that it was the [highest rated show] on Swedish television knocking down Antikrundan, Sweden’s Antique Roadshow. That’s right! Antique Roadshow is normally Sweden’s highest rated show. That’s almost as crazy as Socialism, right Sarah?
Frances Bean Cobain To Lend Vocals
It seems that [divorcing the worst mother] in the world, Courtney Love, has done Frances Bean Cobain some good, and it’s not even been two months yet. Now that she doesn’t have her mother’s cold dead hands on her, she’s venturing out to make her vocal debut with Evelyn Evelyn, a new project from Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer and bandmate Jason Webley. She joins Weird Al Yankovic, Andrew W.K., Amanda’s recent fiancé Neil Gaiman, twin comrades Tegan and Sara Quin, and Gerard Way.
[Spin.com] The song drops March 30 on Evelyn Evelyn’s 12-track self-titled debut (via Eleven Records), and according to a statement, it’s certainly no “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” In fact, Evelyn Evelyn describe “My Space” as quite the opposite: “an anthemic 80’s power ballad.”
Palmer and Webley have created a fictional back story for Evelyn Evelyn, claiming the band is actually fronted by a duo of conjoined twins.
As they describe it:
“Twins Lyn and Eva Neville were born in 1985, and their mother died during childbirth. When they were 11, they joined Dillard and Fullerton’s Traveling Circus, which does not appear to be a thing that exists in real life. After a while, the twins decided to leave the circus and pursue a music career, and Palmer and Webley discovered them via MySpace and decided to help them release music.”
To complement the album, Dark Horse will release a graphic novel about the twins’ life, illustrated by artist Cynthia von Buhler.
As weird as Evelyn Evelyn’s fictional backstory sounds, it’s not as strange as Frances Bean Cobain and the king of musical parodys’, Weird Al Yankovic, hooking up to do vocals on the same song. I imagine their first conversation going something like this;
Weird Al: You know I did a parody of your dad’s song.
Frances: Shut Up!
[The Boston Pheonix] Trivia nerds, break out your Wikipedia password: Amanda Palmer got Kurt Cobain’s daughter to perform with Weird Al. See? This is what happens when her mother’s not around to provide proper parental guidance.
When her mother’s not around to provide proper parental guidance? WHEN HER MOTHER’S NOT AROUND TO PROVIDE PROPER PARENTAL GUIDANCE?!?!?!? I don’t know you [Carly Carioli] but I officially hate you.
Power Plant Explosion In Conn.
[CNN.com] Middletown, Connecticut — An explosion at an under-construction power plant rocked central Connecticut Sunday, causing some deaths and injuring at least 11 people, officials said.
Residents up to 20 miles away reported hearing the blast about 11:30 a.m. at the Kleen Power Plant in Middletown, a suburb of Hartford, Connecticut. Middletown police Sgt. Chuck Jacobucci initially said two people had been killed, but later told CNN he had misinterpreted something heard on a police radio.
Other officials including Middletown Sebastian Giuliano said there were fatalities, but did not give a number.
The plant was under construction and had not yet opened, Middletown Officer Kevin White told CNN. It was set to go online later this year, he said, and was in a “testing phase.”
About 50 people, most of them construction workers, were working on the site at the time, said Al Santostefano, deputy fire marshal. Workers were apparently purging a natural gas pipeline when the blast occurred, officials said. [More]
Funniest Website… Ever!!!
Baby Impala vs. 3 Cheetahs
I guess no one told these cheetahs not to play with their food. It’s not very good table manners, and it gives their dinner a sense of false hope that “yes we can be friends”.
These amazing pictures were captured by Michel Denis-Huot back in October of last year in Kenya. I first saw them on [DailyMail Online] yesterday with the headline, “Pictured: Three cheetahs spare tiny antelope’s life… and play with him instead”. I thought how interesting that these three ferocious cats would merrily play with a baby impala, and then just harmlessly let him go. If cats and dogs can sometimes get along then why not 3 cheetahs and a baby impala, but I knew that it was too good to be true.
Mmmm... Impala Lollipop
I then found the same photos on [Biosphoto] (just search for Cheetahs) that the DailyMail had, but with one exception. It seems that DailyMails headline was misleading because Biosphoto had [one picture] that DailyMail did not, and it was of the baby impala being devoured by the three cheetahs. And I haven’t seen a retraction from DailyMail. Some news source.
So to sum it up, DailyMail doesn’t care whether or not they report true and accurate news as long as their readers are going gaga over their cutesy stories. They’ve now made my Shit List.
Iran Opens ‘Can Of Worms’ In Space
So look out western nations… Iran is now capable of sending vermin into space. Wait till they find out that forty years ago we sent men to the moon and back. That will really make them think that their little elementry school project is weak and insignificant.
Future Product: Spray On ‘Liquid Glass’
Another wonderful and benificial use of this versatile technology is in the agriculteral field. When coated with SiO2, vines are resistant to fungial diseases, and seeds germinate and grow faster. Because of this farmers will enjoy and profit from better crop.
Other vineyard applications include coating corks with liquid glass to prevent “corking” and contamination of wine. The spray cannot be seen by the naked eye, which means it could also be used to treat clothing and other materials to make them stain-resistant. McClelland said you can “pour a bottle of wine over an expensive silk shirt and it will come right off”.
In the home, spray-on glass would eliminate the need for scrubbing and make most cleaning products obsolete. Since it is available in both water-based and alcohol-based solutions, it can be used in the oven, in bathrooms, tiles, sinks, and almost every other surface in the home, and one spray is said to last a year. [Physorg.com]
The technology is already available for domestic use in Germany, and will soon be in DIY stores in Britan soon. I wonder when we’ll see it here in the states.
Animated Zombie Teaser ‘A.D’
Info on this project is not plentiful, but there is an interview with the creative team (Ben Hibon – director, Haylar Garcia – writer, Bernie Goldmann & Tarik Heitmann – producers) at [Zombie Info].
