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19 Jun 2009 20:24

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Music, Offbeat: Suck suckly: This may perhaps be the worst music video ever

  • There are a painful number of cliches in this music video, from the gyrating to the screaming to the unnecessary Eurodance breakdown. Attack! Attack! should be very ashamed of how awful “Stick Stickly” is. It’s like the screamo version of “Gymkata.”
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19 Jun 2009 19:26

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Music: Sadly, you missed your chance to go to an R.E.M. mecca.

  • A fire destroyed the Georgia Theatre. The theater, best-known for hosting the seeds of the Athens, Ga. music scene that birthed, among others, R.E.M. and the B-52s, was gutted this morning. R.E.M. still had a heavy interest in the 600-seat theater, hosting album release parties there. In a statement, they wished owner Wilmont Greene best of luck in rebuilding the landmark. source
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19 Jun 2009 19:09

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Music: Trolls or no, Trent Reznor decides he’ll go back online

  • 1 week without Trent Reznor’s infinite Twitter wisdom thanks to trolls source
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19 Jun 2009 16:21

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Biz, U.S.: Let’s stare at a photo of smug (indicted) bastard R. Allen Stanford

The feds found something to pin on the ponzi schemer in the form of a bribe to an Antiguian official. Stare hard. Let his smugness stain your retinas. source
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19 Jun 2009 16:13

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Tech: We owe AT&T an apology for that iPhone tethering thing

  • There are a lot of reports out there, but wanted you guys to know that rumors of $55 tethering plan on top of an unlimited data plan are false. We’ll have more news to share when the iPhone tethering option is closer to launch.
  • AT&T • In a statement on their Facebook page. They claim that the iPhone won’t have a super-expensive tethering plan, as some sites (uh, us) reported. However, in case anyone’s wondering, the simple tethering-enabling hack works – and well, too, with speeds that compare favorably to wi-fi connections. It’s freaking fast. • source
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19 Jun 2009 15:55

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Biz, Politics: Thoughts on the news industry in light of a recent crisis

  • What happened? A group that our site has personal ties with, the Society for News Design, lost its president in an ugly and public way. Other sites have covered it much better than we can and will, but suffice it to say, a professional newspaper organization with a long, storied history and thousands of members will struggle to regain its formidable swagger. And honestly, it sucks.
  • Why is this? Ultimately, SND’s problems are a microcosm for the rest of the news industry. They’ve lost members in the wake of massive news-industry layoffs, and many former members complain that the organization focuses too much on big picture surface details at the loss of its rank and file. News companies do the same thing; they’re laying off their future right now.
  • What happened? A group that our site has personal ties with, the Society for News Design, lost its president in an ugly and public way. Other sites have covered it much better than we can and will, but suffice it to say, a professional newspaper organization with a long, storied history and thousands of members will struggle to regain its formidable swagger. And honestly, it sucks.
  • Why is this? Ultimately, SND’s problems are a microcosm for the rest of the news industry. They’ve lost members in the wake of massive news-industry layoffs, and many former members complain that the organization focuses too much on big picture surface details at the loss of its rank and file. News companies do the same thing; they’re laying off their future right now.
  • What do we change? Ultimately, SND – and the news industry in general – has to function with the Internet instead of around it. Most newspapers are organized around themselves. The Internet doesn’t cluster to walled gardens – it clusters to smart little ideas here and there. Find ways to play inside the new rules. The old rules don’t work. The structure of news needs a redesign.
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19 Jun 2009 15:16

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Politics, World: Iran presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi: Cancel the vote

  • Accept the Iranian nation’s will by canceling the vote and guarantee the establishment’s survival.
  • Mehdi Karoubi • An Iranian presidential candidate who was the only cleric to run. He, along with high-attention opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and other guy Mohsen Rezaie, will meet with the Guardian Council tomorrow to consider complaints. Keep in mind, though, that they’ll be talking to this guy. And this guy is transparently in favor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. So, this will be a tough day for these three dudes. • source
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19 Jun 2009 15:02

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U.S.: Roland Burris is giggling like a little schoolgirl right now

  • Dude won’t be facing perjury charges. Ah, Roland. The only guy who’s a bigger joke than you in this whole Illinois Senate mess has a nest for a haircut and a near-unpronounceable last name. And he’s probably going to jail eventually. You, on the other hand, probably won’t. The prosecutor behind the case didn’t have enough evidence to pin any wrongdoing on you. The Senate will still investigate him, but no senator has been removed since the Civil War era for wrongdoing. You’re made of Teflon, Roland. source
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19 Jun 2009 14:47

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Biz, U.S.: Line up ten Californians. More than one of them is jobless.

  • 11.5% of Californians don’t have jobs; that’s a record source
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19 Jun 2009 10:21

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World: The guy in charge of the Iran recount is in Ahmadinejad’s pocket

  • A hard-liner, he has called for America’s destruction multiple times, as well as George W. Bush’s decapitation. He formally endorsed Ahmadinejad, and he will run the Guardian Council’s election recount.
  • The New Republic • In their description of Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah, the man in charge of the Guardian Council, who’s recounting votes and ensuring they’re kosher with Islamic law. We’re not rocket scientists here, but this guy should not have anything to do with this election. • source
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