The backstory of how this came to be is pretty interesting too.. as Byrne points out, bc the Biz lifted almost all of the music for that tune, he probably made next to nothing on it.. even though it's one of the most popular "rap" songs of all time.
Deen previously appeared on NBC News' "Today" show where
she dissolved into tears, admitting that she used a racial slur in the
past.
Okay, I know what you're thinking.. that tiny sliver of a quote was probably taken out of context... let's see the FULL Text..
“It’s amazing that some people are given passes and some are crucified,” she said.
“I feel like ‘embattled’ and ‘disgraced’ will always follow my name,”
she said. “It’s like that black football player who recently came out.
He said ‘I just want to be known as a football player. I don’t want to
be known as a gay football player.’”
“I know exactly what he’s saying,” she added.
So, not only did she compare herself to a homosexual minority, she kinda also compared herself to Jesus, right? Allow me to speak for all Jews when I say, don't compare yourself to one of us.
3.Sign of the Week / Tweet of the Week
From our "Swingers" correspondant...
(And no, this is not outside of Paula Deen's house...)
Photo showing Israeli politician Benjamin
Netanyahu pointing and casting a shadow goes viral; Jerusalem Post
newspaper responds to sensation caused by candid snapshot
YOAV LEMMER
/ AFP/GETTY IMAGES
6. Swim with the Cactus
Mike Gordon
Big week for old friend Mike Gordon, with his new solo album "Overstep" coming out. And he was in full celebratory mode..
Steve Lillywhite, who did a lot of Phish albums, said "Mike, I'm going
to leave you with advice. You don't know how good your voice can be, you
don't know how bad your voice can be. Just write songs that are good
for your voice."
Ok, phish haters, you can resume reading.. and since you probably are the type of people who like nascar (because my world is black and white) this one's for you.
8. And For the Ladies
I know sometimes this space can get "sports heavy" and not to generalize too much, but sure, sometimes the women don't care for all that sports talk.. well, here's some headlines I found just for you..
The clitoris is a woman's most sensitive body zone. And as it turns
out, its size matters — a new study has found that in women who have
orgasm problems, the clitoris is smaller, and located farther from the
vagina.
Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
to scan the pelvic area of 30 women who were on average 32 years old.
Ten of these women had reported rarely or never achieving orgasms
despite trying. The rest of the participants reported normal orgasmic experience during sex.
Comparing
the two groups of women, the researchers found that the direct distance
between the clitoris and the vagina (as measured by a line running
straight through the body) was 5 to 6 millimeters longer on average in
the group of women with orgasm problems. These women also had a smaller
clitoris on average. [Awkward Anatomy: 10 Odd Facts About the Female Body]
How does one get a job as a "researcher" exactly.. no seriously.. all I have to say about this is..
Let's hop in the JamBase time machine and set the dials for 2002 to view a stirring
performance by Neil Young with Poncho and The MGs. Ol' Neil was headlining the Rock
am Ring Festival in Nürburgring, Germany with a band that mixed Crazy Horse guitarist
Frank "Poncho" Sampedro with Booker T. and The MGs and his whole set was broadcast on
famed German live music show Rockpalast.
The legendary rocker was in fine form on this night as he mixed his greatest songs such as
"The Loner," "Cinnamon Girl," "Cortez The Killer" and "Down By The River" with what was
then more recent material such as "Sleeps With Angels" and "Let's Roll." The quality of
the footage is stunning, but you'll stay for the performance.
11. The Gift of Beard
As someone who's been sporting a beard since high school, I have to just sit and laugh when I see shit like this. As always, I was way ahead of the trend..
It’s shear madness! Brooklyn’s hipster beard craze has grown so
popular that men in New York are rushing to doctors for “facial hair
transplants” — surgery that helps make beards look thicker and less
patchy, sources said.
Stubble-challenged guys are forking over up to $8,500 for the
beard-boosting procedure, which has spiked in popularity in recent
months, plastic surgeons told The Post.
“Brooklyn is probably the nucleus of the trend, it’s the hipster
‘look’ guys want. If you have a spotty beard, and you let it grow out,
it looks sloppy, ” said Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, a Midtown-based plastic
surgeon.
“[Clients] want full beards because it’s a masculine look. Beards are an important male identifier,” he added.
And last but not least.. special shout out to Harold Ramis.. who wrote about half of my dialogue. Literally.
Lots of great tributes out there this week.. here's a few.. but first and foremost.. check out this amazing oral history of Ghostbusters.. fascinating read.. 1st off, did you know the original plan was Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, and John Belushi? But then Belushi died and they regrouped? Also sad to say, they appear to still be moving forward with Ghostbusters 3, even though Ramis has passed.. if you were afraid it was going to be lame before.. this does nothing to squash those fears..
“Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Harold Ramis,
one of America’s greatest satirists, and like so many other comedic
geniuses, a proud product of Chicago’s Second City. When we watched his
movies—from Animal House and Caddyshack to Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day—we
didn’t just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authority. We identified
with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog. And through it all, we
never lost our faith in happy endings. Our thoughts and prayers are with
Harold’s wife, Erica, his children and grandchildren, and all those who
loved him, who quote his work with abandon, and who hope that he
received total consciousness.”
I know what you're thinking.. and yes, the video is as awesome as you would hope.. and NO, sadly.. it might not be worth the money...
There's even a review from an unhappy customer. "Wakey Wakey?
Barely," posts a user named Lucky. "If you're looking for a vibrator
alarm clock... okay, you've got one. But, the vibrations are weak and
buzzy for a stand alone vibrator -- and even as an alarm clock, this
could fail to do the trick." Looks like the Wake-Up Vibe might be getting the wrong kind of buzz.
In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world.
My favorite quote:
LC: Bon Jovi was actually a big influence on Primus back in the
day. Basically, the influence was that we wanted to make music that was
the polar opposite of Bon Jovi.
In case you haven't heard.. these Sochi Olympics are turning out to be quite the fiasco.. even though the opening ceremonies haven't even started yet! (Ok thats not true, unless you work for NBC). Let's recap:
It all started with the Double Deucer.. which, I don't see what the big deal is. Great use of space. Probably saved some money on the plumbing...
But, oh the fun did not stop there. As reporters started showing up and finding the Hotel Horrors (look at that another Illiteration.. maybe I do still work for NBC after all!). First and foremost.. the disturbing lack of water.. or more to the point.. water that won't poison your body.
Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi#unfiltered
We won't even get into the stray dog situation... because it may make Lauren cry... but there's also a little issue with some some minor things like, yknow Avalanches.. and the lack of manholes... of course, that's probably by design given Russia's stance on Gays.. Heyoooo! Thank you all for comin!
Now.. I must say, while most people across the country who aren't from Denver or Seattle thought Super Bowl XXLVI!IALAL was a shnooozer.. I happened to think it was the 4th best Super Bowl of all time! I mean, other than the Pats winning it, what more could you ask for than Peyton Manning pooping his pants in front of the largest TV in audience in HISTORY! Really, just a wonderful event all around... exCEPT for the commercials! Boy, what a bunch of crap this year.. Apparently, there was one awesome commercial made by a Georgia Lawyer, but it was only seen in that one market.. until now!!
HOWEVER! COnspiracy theory alert! Is it just me, or does that graph look an awful lot like a Vagina..? Clever, Pornhub.. very clever..
3. Backstage at the Fillmore East
Switching gears, recently discovered this rare gem from an old 60 minutes... A piece on Rock Promoter Bill Graham, which not only includes some awesome old footage of the Dead and Janis, but also a pretty interesting interview with Graham himself. .and a surprisingly headie conclusion from a (almost young) Mike Wallace. Enjoy!
4. Interview of the Week
From the geniuses who brought you the Jerry Animated Interview... comes the Animated Jimi Interview! It's actually his last known interview before his untimely demise.. lots of interesting stuff in there, but perhaps the best quote to me..
"When things get too heavy just call me helium"
I think I've finally got a new facebook quote..
5. 20 Years Later
What were you doing this month, 20 years ago?
If, ;ike me, you were listening to Dookie on your way home from seeing Ace Ventura in the theater.. than these links are for you.
Who could have predicted that a film about a man with talking butt cheeks co-starring Tone Loc
would have been such a hit at the box office? Besides being an
incredibly successful film for Warner Brothers, it skyrocketed Jim
Carrey to movie star status. (It also gave millions of 14 year-old boys
the ammunition to annoy the hell out of everyone for the rest of the
decade.) It was inevitable that he would go on to bigger things after In Living Color, but probably not even Carrey dreamed Ace Ventura would be his vehicle to $20 million per picture paydays only a few years later.
Most notable.. Carrey wasn't the first choice for the role.. guess who was? (Click link to find out.. but seriously.. guess first below in the comments because I doubt anyone will get it)
"Back then, I just wanted to write songs I could be proud of and be able to play in five years," Green Day singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong
says, recalling his state of mind exactly 20 years ago – on February
1st, 1994, the day his band's third album and big-record-deal debut, Dookie,
was released. He has another, earlier memory, just after Green Day got
their advance money from Reprise Records, part of the Warner Bros.
company, which issued Dookie and is still Green Day's label. "I
remember thinking," Armstrong says, "'Let's just record this thing, and
make sure we have money left over, so we can pay our rent, in case
anything happens."
6. Lower Third of the Week
FYI: That's "Newspeak" for those graphics that sit across the bottom lower third of your screen during the newscast..
Anyway, this week's award goes to our good friends at Faux News...
7.Holy Shit of the Week
Piggy backing off the whole Woody Allen drama from the past few weeks.. Gawker posted a little article that rocked my world.. I had never heard any of this, but it's earth shattering nonetheless..
The thing about Dylan Farrow's open letter accusing her father, Woody Allen, of sexual abuse is: There was not much really new about it. It was new that Dylan Farrow herself was signing her name to the accusations, but Vanity Fair had covered the case, in grim detail, more than two decades ago.
So the current crisis over how people are supposed to feel about Woody Allen is on some level odd. Woody Allen's status as an accused child molester has been a matter of public record since before Manhattan Murder Mystery came out. Anyone who didn't think about it before now had chosen not to think about it.
Not thinking about it is a popular and powerful choice. Which brings up another beloved American funnyman, Bill Cosby. Who doesn't love Bill Cosby? I grew up watching Fat Albert and eating Jell-O Pudding Pops, which is a cliché, but Bill Cosby is the creator of some of our most warming and affirming clichés. He is charming and iconic, one of the most culturally important and successful comedians ever, an elder statesman of the entertainment industry.
He's also someone who has been accused by multiple women of drugging them and sexually assaulting them. Here is one of his accusers, describing an incident:
Well, there were a number of people at the table, friends of his, and he said to me, yes, you do seem ill, you're slightly feverish, would you like to have some Contact? You know, the cold medicine. And I thought, why not, can't hurt. So he went into some sort of office area at the back of the restaurant and he produced two capsules in his hand. I thought nothing of it and I took the capsules. In about, I don't know, 20 to 30 minutes I felt great and then about 10 minutes after that I was almost literally face down on the table of this restaurant...
He said, "Oh my, you must be more ill then we believed. I totally lost motor control; I was almost unable to hold my head up. I was very, very, very stoned. He took me into my apartment and then very helpfully and nicely was prepared to take off my clothes and help me into bed and pet me, and that's how the actual assault began.
She recounted this in an on-camera interview, under her own name, with Matt Lauer of the Today show, on February 10, 2005. The assault had allegedly happened back in the 1970s, but she said she had decided to come forward because another woman had accused Cosby of committing a similar assault in January of 2004.
The pop star and his dad were stopped by police when they landed, but were not detained
Justin Bieber and his entourage filled their private plane with so much marijuana smoke during a flight last week that the pilots had to don oxygen masks, according to a police report obtained by NBC News.
The reportedly hot-boxed flight came Friday as Bieber, his father and
10 friends were on their way to the Super Bowl in a leased Gulfstream
IV. The plane was met by federal authorities when it landed at a small
New Jersey airport. “The captain of the flight stated that he warned the
passengers, including Bieber, on several occasions to stop smoking
marijuana,” the official report of the incident reads, according to NBC.
“The captain also stated he needed to request that the passengers stop
their harassing behavior toward the flight attendant and after several
warnings asked the flight attendant to stay with him near the cockpit to
avoid any further abuse.”
I'm just impressed by Time's proper use of "Hot Box". Well done, sirs! Of course, Dre & Snoop never had this problem.
Of course, it's been Beatles week all over 'Merica.. but the coolest thing I have seen yet was this documentary last night on PBS about the Magical Mystery Tour Movie.. Yes, apparently, there was a movie for that album that aired on British TV. Completely batshit insane, to borrow a phrase.. Anyway, PBS is re-running the documentary, and then the Movie itself this saturday night. Set your DVRS and thank me later.
Ok, it's not a full show..but it is pretty awesome nonetheless.. and it should satisfy your Good Ole' Grateful craving sparked by those snippets in the 60 minutes piece above..
Jerry Garcia at Château d’Hérouville, photo (c) Rosie McGee
Château d’Hérouville is a residential recording studio in Hérouville,
France made famous by Elton John, who recorded three albums at the
studios, (Honky Château, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player and Goodbye Yellowbrick Road).
Marc Bolan, Gong, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Bad Company, Iggy Pop,
Fleetwood Mac… there is a long, long list of groups who have recorded
there. It was once home to Chopin and Vincent van Gogh apparently
painted part of the building.
The Grateful Dead did not record in the famous studio, per se, but they did perform a locally legendary impromptu gig there on June 21, 1971, as Jerry Garcia explained to Rolling Stone:
We went over there to do a big festival, a free festival
they were gonna have, but the festival was rained out. It flooded. We
stayed at this little chateau which is owned by a film score composer
who has a 16-track recording studio built into the chateau, and this is a
chateau that Chopin once lived in; really old, just delightful, out in
the country near the town of Auvers-sur-Oise, which is where Vincent van
Gogh is buried.
We were there with nothing to do: France, a 16-track recording studio
upstairs, all our gear, ready to play, and nothing to do. So, we
decided to play at the chateau itself, out in the back, in the grass,
with a swimming pool, just play into the hills. We didn’t even play to
hippies, we played to a handful of townspeople in Auvers. We played and
the people came — the chief of police, the fire department, just
everybody. It was an event and everybody just had a hell of a time — got
drunk, fell in the pool. It was great.
Deen previously appeared on NBC News' "Today" show where
she dissolved into tears, admitting that she used a racial slur in the
past. 
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