Stranger Than Fiction Week #2
Week 2 of Stranger Than Fiction! I guess Fake didn’t immediately hate what he saw and decided I need another week to screw it up, so I’m back again! (Just kidding, Fake).
It was a good weekend. Anybody watch UFC 80? Incredibly good card. No? Guess I’m on my own here.
Alright, let’s get to it.
IT’S A SERIES OF TUBES
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor wants the US government to raise the costs of internet connection fees and have some of that money go towards compensating the music industry for it’s losses taken by illegal music sharing. Good idea Trent. Now, just wait a few while the movie, game and porn industry hop on that bandwagon too and it’ll be a grand old time!
Speaking of illegal music sharing, ever heard of The Pirate Bay? Well, the Pirate Bay is a European based website that hosts many a torrent and has caused some controversy. It’s most recent legal threat was being hit with a 4,000 page lawsuit in an attempt to shut them down.
The last bit of news by way of Internet happenings is an annoucement of a net neutrality summit in San Francisco. What’s net neutrality you say? Well, let’s say you like to use Search Engine A as a search engine. One day, let’s say the people behind Search Engine B wants people to use their search engine more. Your ISP could be contacted and be paid by the people running Search Engine B to block Search Engine A. Don’t get it? Yeah, it confuses me sometimes too. Here, check out this video. It’s a much better explaination than mine.
HANG IT UP ALREADY
So, while crusing around the vast space that is the Internet, I ran across an article in which The Sex Pistols have stated they may record new material. What? 31 years after the fact and they want to record again? Without Sid Vicious? Isn’t the bloom off this rose?
FEEL GOOD HIT OF THE SUMMER
A while back I reported on the news page that Ike Turner had passed away a while ago. His autopsy revealed he died of a cocaine overdose. Wow.
BEST OF THE WORST
DMX lost 1.5 million punitive and compensatory damages in case in which a woman in Baltimore, MD claimed that her child was DMX’s. DMX claimed he was raped and did not appear in court. You can’t rape the willing, right?
The White Stripes, Beyonce, 50 Cent, Jon Bon Jovi, Prince, Fantasia, Nelly Furtado, Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Fergie and Usher have all been reported to be boycotting the Grammys in support of the writer’s strike. Why do I care? I want to see Slayer and Queens of the Stone Age pick up their Grammys they’re nominated for and sadly this show won’t go on without the first batch of names I put up there!
I’ve got some great band names for you folks. Nunslaughter and Anal Stench. Anal Stench had a wikipedia page but it’s since been removed from the last time I accessed it.
The Britney Spears tom foolery continues! This past week alone she lost her kids in court, wandered around in a mall nude, tricked the press into thinking she was pregnant and has her obituary already written.
After having a medical condition that made his weight go over 200 pounds over the Christmas, Slim-Fast wants Eminem to be their spokesperson. Wow, that’s very nice of you. Will you be needing your cape, Captain Tact?
The paparazzi is getting bitch slapped again this week by people you shouldn’t be getting bitch slapped by. Chris Martin, singer of Coldplay, attacked a photographer after he took pictures of his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, after she came out of the hospital. First Bjork, now Chris Martin? Come on!
Simon Cowell had his room bugged in the Palace Theatre in Manchester. The judges are now afraid people are trying to get inside information about the results of American Idol. Isn’t all fan based votes anyway?
That’s all for now. Take care and remember, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.