A Man Called Pantone

Well, our latest Baked Ziti Production, an action-adventure masterpiece entitled "Pantone," has been completed and already rejected by both Channels 101 & 102. Oh well. Call us fools, but we're still rather fond of it. But don't let us sway your opinion. Have a look yourself.

Click on the image to download it.

Good Ol' New York Post

According to the New York Post, Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq planned to sneak into the United States with student visas and carry out a "devastating new round of 9/11-style attacks".

Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, recently submitted written testimony to Congress based on a classified report that revealed al Qaeda "was planning terrorist operations in the U.S."
Maples gave no details but sources told ABC the plot may have involved as many as 20 terrorists slipping in to the United States using student visas - just like some of the 19 conspirators who carried out the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.The names of the suspects are known and they are being hunted in Iraq and other countries, ABC said. They were described as closely tied to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq who was killed last June 7.

Wild story, almost nothing to back it up and, oh yeah, isn't President Bush's speech defending his sending more troops to Iraq tonight? Hmmm. I guess the other New York papers just aren't as sharp as the Post. They missed this one entirely.

Fucking pathetic. Truly.

CHILLING PLOT FOR 9/11 II [New York Post]

An Inconvenient Trough

I finally got around to watching the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth, this weekend and I gotta tell ya, there's some scary shit heading our way if global warming doesn't cease.

The scariest thing is Gore's predictions of what will happen to Manhattan in about ten years or less if we don't start making efforts to reverse the damage. The image above is from the film. The clip actually shows my apartment building as one of the first ones to go. To put it mildly, no film in recent history has hit this close to home.

I'm sure you're asking yourselves "Does he have the nerve to take a universal issue such as global warming and make it all about himself?" In a word, yes. I've never been the greatest swimmer. I have pets, if that sways you. Anything I can say that will make you buy an electric or solar-powered car, I'll say it.

I am asking you, North America, China and parts of Europe, to please put a stop to this global catastrophe (and this is the important part) before my apartment building is underwater. If you can't do it for yourselves, do it for me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Just to be on the safe side, I probably won't be renewing my lease.

Click on the image to watch the clip from "An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning."

It's Nine Below Zero and Five Minutes to Midnight

Since this blog has become such a bummer lately, I feel compelled to give you another bummer announcement: the Doomsday Clock has been adjusted for the first time in five years to 11:55pm. To makes matters worse, sources report that there is no snooze feature.

Also, be sure to check out armageddononline.org for all of your Armageddon needs.

A New Photograph of Robert Johnson?

There is currently a post on eBay featuring this photograph. It is, allegedly, a lost photograph of the late King of the Delta Blues, Robert Johnson. There are only two known and authorized photographs of Johnson known to exist. There have been no bids placed yet, but the starting bid is $795,000.

I mean, for that much you'd at least expect a movie, right?

Robert Johnson - Original Photograph [eBay]

"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow Dead at 69

"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, best known as an original member of the Flying Burrito Brothers and one of the greatest ever players of the pedal steel guitar, has died from Alzheimer's Disease-related complications at the ridiculously young age of 69.

Now, whenever someone I admire dies, I usually have a preferred victim in mind. In this case, unsurprisingly, it's Don Henley. The man who, along with Glenn Frey, Don Meisner and Bernie Leadon, (a former Burrito Brother; shame on him) who jumped ship to play with the group of hacks I refer to as the Eagles. Now, I'm sure I've noted several times how the Eagles have ripped off and polished the Burrito's style for their own infinite profit, but it bears repeating (To be fair, Bernie Leadon left before they became super rich, so I guess that counts for something). Don Henley reportedly keeps his mind sharp by counting his money, so it's doubtful that he will go the same way as Sneaky Pete. But isn't it more than a little unfair that such a mediocre-at-best musician should survive such a brilliant one? I think so.

If you want to do yourself a favor, pick up the Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 classic The Gilded Palace of Sin, one of the greatest albums ever. You'll be glad you did.

Flying Burrito Brothers rocker Pete Kleinow dies [REUTERS]