Bruce Springsteen and The Sopranos are two of New Jersey’s finest,
so one would assume that their paths crossed quite often. But outside of Steven
Van Zandt playing Silvio Dante, only one Springsteen song ever played on the HBO
series, and the E Street Band wasn’t even involved. It happened in the season
one finale, “I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano,” and the song is the haunted “State
Trooper”" from Nebraska. Otherwise, there’s just as much as Springsteen
on The Sopranos as there is Britney Spears (“Oops!…I Did It Again” from
“Employee of the Month”).
The two will forever be synonymous with one another, though (not Bruce and
Britney), and last night at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena, Springsteen played
the entirety of Born to Run, in honor of the late, great
Gandolfini. I can’t find a decent clip of the performance on YouTube, but I DID
come across a clip from Celebrity Deathmatch in which The Boss finds
THE BOSS. It ends as all fights should: with someone stuck on a
toilet.
Peanut oil tycoon Paula Deen was recently hit in the face with an accusations-of-racism ham,
which came lovingly battered in multiple allegations of workplace
discrimination by a former employee. Now, after the lawsuit was allowed
to marinate in its own juices for a year, the National Enquirer (via Buzzfeed)
has slowly turned up the heat by purporting to have obtained video of
Deen’s deposition, in which she admits that “Yes, of course” she’s used
“the N-word” that isn’t “No more butter, thanks,” and shares her recipe
for a wedding where black servants pretend to be slaves—a recipe that
can feed up to a family of six, depending on how many slaves you want to
add. But as this is a Paula Deen recipe, you know, go nuts.
“Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear
long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties. You know, in
the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around. Now, that would
be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the
media would be on me about that,” the lawsuit quotes Deen as allegedly
saying, rightly predicting that the media might somehow put some of its
typical “spin” on this. However, according to Deen’s deposition, her
idea for topping her brother Bubba’s marriage with a heaping ladle of
old-fashioned country racism had a very logical explanation, seeing as
that whole Civil War era was just so darn aesthetically pleasing.
[Deen] explained she got the idea from a restaurant her husband and
her had dined at saying, “The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged
black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow
tie…. “I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a
certain era in America … after the Civil War, during the Civil War,
before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women … I
would say they were slaves.”
But, wait.. not Paula Deen Y'all?! IT can't be true....
Paula Deen allegedly admitted in a recorded deposition to telling racially insensitive jokes and using the n-word. The National Enquirer obtained the May 17 deposition in which the 66-year-old celebrity chef made the alleged admissions. (The PDF of the depo can be seen here.)
Deen
was questioned in a $1.2 million lawsuit brought by Lisa Jackson, the
former manager of a Savannah, Georgia restaurant, Uncle Bubba's Seafood
and Oyster House, ran by Deen and her brother Earl “Bubba” Hiers.
Jackson alleges in the suit that Deen used the n-word at the restaurant and that Hiers harassed her both sexually and racially.
According to the Enquirer, in the deposition, Deen replied “Yes, of course,” when asked if she used the n-word.
Of course she did! But she has a very good reason..
Paula Deen has issued a response to yesterday’s reports that the
celebrity chef regularly used the N-word and had a penchant for racist
jokes.
Paula Deen Enterprises issued a statement to TMZ that
states, "During a deposition where she swore to tell the truth, Ms.
Deen recounted having used a racial epithet in the past, speaking
largely about a time in American history which was quite different than
today."
The statement to the gossip site continues, "[Paula] was born 60
years ago when America's South had schools that were segregated,
different bathrooms, different restaurants and Americans rode in
different parts of the bus. This is not today."
"To be clear Ms.
Deen does not find acceptable the use of this term under any
circumstance by anyone nor condone any form of racism or discrimination.
In a 46-second video posted on YouTube Friday afternoon, Paula Deen offered up an apology for using "inappropriate, hurtful language." This comes after she failed to show up for a scheduled interview on TODAY to discuss her admission that she's used racial slurs in the past.
“I want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that I’ve done, and I want to learn and grow from this,” Deen says in the highly edited video. “Inappropriate, hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable. I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way, but I beg you, my children, my team, my fans, my partners, I beg for your forgiveness. Please forgive me for the mistakes that I’ve made.”
So, yes. PLEASE accept her apologies.. and don't forget to buy her butter.
Sweet citrus zest... Mmmm.. that's some tasty racism
Never one to shy away from the spotlight, John McAfee is back, and
this time he's actually doing something in service of the security
software company that made him his fortune. Well, sort of.
Posted on YouTube Tuesday, McAfee's uninstall tutorial
is chock-full of scantily dressed women, guns and drugs. He starts off
by reading a few email complaints from unhappy customers before
enlisting a bow-tie-wearing man to run through the steps while he
"demonstrates."
Lots of debate online about this season of Mad Men so far.. I for one think it's been great. Maybe not the best season ever, but it rarely dissapoints in my mind. Last season, happy go lucky go goofy Don was just too much to bear, so now that Dark Don is back and even Darker than before, people are complaining? Hells no! In fact, even in an article about how bad Mad Men has been this season (reviewer's words, not mine) the critic cant help but speak glowingly about certain parts of the year.
Do you remember the good old days, when
things were simpler? A dashing young senator had just taken the White
House, suits came in two colors, black and gray, men wore hats, and "mixology" meant combining ice with liquor, not centrifuges and liquid nitrogen. Yes, it was all so much easier back in the heady days of 2007-10, when Mad Men was in bloom, seizing the zeitgeist instead of trying our patience.
I can't be the only fan who finds himself nostalgic for the nostalgia of
those early seasons when everything old felt impossibly new.1
I think both those behind the camera and those in front of it must feel
it too. Why else would they have spent this jumbled, stumbling sixth
season circling back to previous plots and recycled behavior, picking
over the unsatisfying bones of the past like a flock of cirrhotic
vultures? Banished are the go-go changes of last year, when Don briefly
experimented with loving his wife more than his work. In their place are
all the old vices, still staining the scenery like decade-old cigarette
smoke: adultery and avarice, hubris and ego. Betty is thin and blonde
again, Peggy has been dragged, kissing and screaming, back into the office like Eurydice. And while the company's logo may be "funky"
and fresh, its contents are anything but: Don and Lane have been
scrubbed from the masthead as if they'd never existed. "Come with me,
we'll go back to Disneyland," a backward-looking Don said to Megan in "A
Tale of Two Cities," before what turned out to be his first ever lousy
trip to California. "From what I remember, something amazing happened
there." "Yeah," she replied with a smile. "I made the biggest mistake of
my life."
People wander through life just hoping to make any kind of connection. We're giving them the chance to Connect Four.
7. Signs, Signs, Everywhere the Signs
Just when you thought Sign Language as a medium had crescendoed during Hurricane Sandy...
This happened:
8. Jerry Goes Symphonic
Sadly, I will not be able to attend tomorrow's Jerry Tribute at Tanglewood tomorrow, as I am expecting an arrival of some kind at some point this weekend.. but at least I can live vicariously though youtube..
((Follow the link for audio and video clips... setlist below.. DARK STAR Opener?!?!? NooooOOOOOOO!!!)))
The first Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes took place last night at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh. Haynes teamed up with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, bassist Lincoln Schleifer, drummer Jeff Sipe and vocalists Alecia Chakour and Jasmine Muhammad to deliver two sets filled with orchestral versions of Jerry Garcia's finest songs. The show featured songs from throughout the Grateful Dead's 30-year career reaching back to the '60s for "Dark Star" all the way up to "Days Between," which the Dead debuted towards the end of their run in 1993. Also included was a drum interlude which gave former ARU drummer Jeff Sipe a chance to shine and duet with the PSO's timpanist.
For the encore, Haynes dipped into his own repertoire for "Patchwork Quilt" - a song that he wrote as a tribute to Garcia whom he never had the opportunity to meet. Warren had previously performed "Patchwork Quilt" with many of the projects he's been involved with including Phil Lesh & Friends and The Dead.
Setlist:
Set One: Dark Star, Bird Song, Crazy Fingers, Scarlet Begonias, Shakedown Street, China Cat Sunflower, Morning Dew
Set Two: Mission In The Rain interlude > High Time, Uncle John's Band, West L.A. Fadeaway, Days Between, Drum Interlude, Terrapin Station > Slipknot! interlude > Terrapin Station
Encore: Patchwork Quilt, China Doll
Holy shit, have you seen this thing? It’s called the
c-string. You know, for people who think a thong isn’t uncomfortable
enough. I mean I didn’t know there was a need for a new kind of
underwear, but judging by the number of websites that are selling this, I
was dead wrong.
(CNN) -- The surprise on 3-year-old Grayson Clamp's
face in the video is priceless. His mouth opens wide as he points to the
person in front of him speaking.
It was the first time Grayson had heard sound.
He was born without a cochlear nerve, which connects the brain stem to
audio waves in the outside world. His parents had him fitted for a
cochlear implant at a young age, but the device didn't help.
Last month, Grayson became the first child in the United States to receive an auditory brain stem implant.
15. Full Show Friday
He's short... he's old... he once was married to a Princess but let her slip, slide away... he's.. Paul. Simon.
For today’s Full Show Friday selection we set the Hidden Track Time Machine for July 1, 2011 as we feature Paul Simon’s
outstanding performance from the iTunes Festival in London. The famed
perfectionist had been on the road with his massive band for three
months leading into this show and delivered a spot-on performance at The
Roundhouse.
Peter Kramer/ABC
According to the Enquirer, in the deposition, Deen replied “Yes, of course,” when asked if she used the n-word.
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