Out of the blue, Courtney Love posted a bizarre truth about Britney Spears on her Facebook. The widow of Kurt Cobain claimed that Britney was molested by her own father Jamie while she was a child struggling to be a pop star. “Britney’s dad molested her,” Courtney wrote in the message filled with typo errors and misspelling. “Imagine – the father that molested you owning you for slavery while you’re forced to sing songs picked for their sexual content – every night, insane, right? I have it on first-hand authority. And fight as hard as she is, she still didn’t pull that card. It’s a pride thing I can relate to.”
She added the part where she said she is ready to face legal matters as the consequences of her statement. “They want to play dirty? let’s go! I’m SO not afraid of the little trolls who hit this…who are called lawyers. let’s GO!!”

There is no response yet from Britney’s camp, but they also didn’t make comment when Courtney first took a jab at her. On November 14, Courtney spread a hate message, writing “Just for YOUR amusement; BRITNEY SPEARS! whataa C***, right? LINDSEY LOHAN? wh**e douchebag, RIGHT? Paris HILTON? airhead wh**e, RIGHT? MICHEAL JACKSON<<<<< what a peadophile evil c**t right? yeah /// dude…!”

Steve Rosenberg travel to Poland to meet a woman who only recently discovered she was Jewish and that her family were killed by the Nazis…. From BBC News. Full story

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I honestly don’t know anything about this band

other than that they’re doing the in rainbows thing where they’re selling their album for whatever you want (Y)

Vacation – I Was Bikini/But Rain Afraid

Anyone who says that vinyl will never die is right. You don’t have to be a DJ to notice that the turntable is an icon of modern music culture — it has been elevated from its original intention as a lowly playback device to a musical instrument that is glorified by pop culture at large. Clearly, there’s something special about vinyl, but why do people hang on to this archaic 19th-century technology when modern tools like CD players and automatic computer software are everywhere?

Questions like these have been at the heart of arguments between vinyl purists and digital devotees for years. Fortunately, enterprising software engineers and savvy hardware companies have brought forth the best of both worlds with digital vinyl systems that allow DJs to control digital audio files with traditional analog vinyl.
One of the most common, and the current industry standard throughout the world is Rane — purveyor of some of the finest scratch DJ mixers available — and the high-end DSP coders at Serato, best known for its groundbreaking Pitch ‘n Time plug-in. Both manufacturers are leaders in their fields of expertise, and both continue that legacy by offering a digital vinyl system with rock-solid performance and unique tools aimed squarely at the turntablist market.

The Scratch Live hardware is a small, unassuming black box that’s slightly larger than a VHS cassette. The unit sports six pairs of RCA jacks for connecting to turntables and a mixer, a USB port to communicate with the host computer and a power jack for a wall-wart power supply. There’s also a ¼-inch input for connecting an external microphone. The hardware has an all-metal construction and, like all of Rane’s equipment, appears to be built to withstand the apocalypse. It’s large enough that it won’t be misplaced easily yet compact enough to fit conveniently in a record bag or a laptop carrier. The only glaring omission is the lack of a packaged power supply, a required accessory if you plan to play regular records through the unit without a laptop attached. Something I’ve managed to fix by visiting the local JayCar store with the power specifications.

Patching in the hardware isn’t all that difficult, but it does require a little cable jockeying and free access to the phono and line inputs on the DJ mixer. The unit plays audio from the computer through the mixer’s line inputs and acts as a pass-through for phono inputs, so if you need to throw some old-fashioned analog grooves into the mix, it’s as simple as switching from line to phono on your mixer.

One look at the vinyl that ships with Scratch Live, and it’s clear that Rane has spent a lot of time listening closely to what professional DJs want in a digital vinyl system. The Scratch Live records offer a wealth of information at a glance — thin, visible grooves mark each minute on the vinyl, and thicker grooves indicate five-minute marks. This feature is a serious help when needle-dropping to find a specific spot in a track.

One side of the vinyl is 15 minutes in length and the other is 10. The code on each record is identical (the grooves on the 10-minute side are simply further apart), so if one side becomes scratched or worn, you can flip it over and keep mixing. Because you’re not playing music from the records themselves, it doesn’t matter how worn the records become. As long as the system can still hear valid code from the coded vinyl, the music played from the Scratch Live system will sound as good as the day you recorded it.

The 10-minute side of the disc also has a special “vinyl select” area that allows you to choose songs without ever touching the laptop. Moving the record back and forth in this area skips forward and backward in the song browser. This very cool feature is great for DJs who would rather spend less time hunting and pecking on a laptop keyboard and more on the decks.

One of the primary reasons for switching from old-fashioned vinyl to a digital system like Scratch Live is the convenience of having thousands of records at your fingertips without the back-breaking work associated with carrying around an entire room’s worth of vinyl. There’s nothing quite like having the perfect record for the perfect moment, and Scratch Live gives you that power and flexibility

All of this tech wizardry is useless if the system does not perform like real vinyl. And Scratch Live simply steals the show when it comes to delivering flawless music with low latency. Cueing and scratching with Scratch Live is literally just like working with real vinyl. The system is so stable and responsive that it’s easy to completely forget that you’re working with MP3s streamed off of a computer and not analog music stamped on wax.

Scratch Live is a robust digital vinyl system that easily holds its own against competing products. The system’s unusual interface takes some getting used to, but many DJs will find the unique features — such as frequency-colored waveforms, beat-matching tools and marker points — well worth the effort. The hardware is built like a tank and leaves little to be desired, aside from a built-in power supply, and the sound and responsiveness of the system is second to none.

There really isn’t much to dislike about Scratch Live, I’ve been using it since the beginning of 2009, about 5 years or so after seeing it used in a nightclub I previously worked in, but it seems like the best solution for me, the mobile and nightclub DJ who simply doesn’t have the room in the car for all my vinyl or CDs. I have used most of the available forms to DJ that are available today – Vinyl, CDs, and computer software.

No matter what other DJs say to me who aren’t using it, you are really DJing. Even I get annoyed when you go to a party or nightclub and see the “DJ” using an auto-mixing piece of software on a computer or laptop. Serato does not do auto mix for you and what you see is what you get. If you were a mediocre DJ on real Vinyl and CDs then you will be exactly that with Serato. It is simply a simpler way of moving to the future without killing the art form known as the Disc Jockey.

If you’re looking for a solid, reliable digital vinyl system from a company with an intimate understanding of the turntablist’s needs, Scratch Live could be the one for you.

Daniel “BODZ” Bodington OUT!

Mr. John Safran, how are you sir?
John Safran: Well, I just spoke to someone from The Age who saw the first two episodes and said she thought the show was outrageous. Apparently she was really disturbed by it. It’s really weird.

Really? So you didn’t learn from the exorcism episode of your last series?
Clearly not. And this is a bit different to the last three shows which were on SBS, where people had to actively seek me out. Race Relations is going to be on the ABC in the middle of the week, which is kind of like nailing a billboard up in the city square. It’s a much more public space. It’s going to be interesting.

But your stuff is smart and funny. Have you felt compelled to make each series more controversial than the one before?
Not really. They just end up there. Race Relations actually started out as a book, which evolved into a TV show. While researching the book, I went out and did a few interviews, during which I obviously humiliated myself, and each time I was like, “Why aren’t I filming this?” For some reason when you’re being filmed it’s way less humiliating because people just assume you’re doing it for television. Whereas if you just have your notepad and you stand up at a public talk, people really think you have a screw loose. Anyway, when you start editing something like this, you kind of just have to go with the strong stuff. You know what I mean?

Surely that’s what people want to see. So, for this show you turned black, female, and elephant man. How did that go for you?
Well the black episode was one of the first things we filmed and we pulled it off so we were really excited for the rest of the show. When I was growing up and had my hip-hop posse, my friends used to tell me to stop acting black. The idea was to really experience what it’s really like to walk in someone else’s shoes so I go undercover in Barack Obama’s hometown, Chicago.

Were you a convincing black man?
Yeah, well, we realized pretty quickly that it’s pretty easy to make someone look black for camera but that it’s much more difficult to look black to another black person who’s standing five centimeters away from you. We tried everything from really low rent stuff, which didn’t work at all, so finally ended up with the guys who won the academy award for prosthetics on Benjamin Button. One of them flew to Australia and took a face cast and did his thing. It started off as a five-minute story but because it ended up being so expensive, we made a bigger deal of it and it became an entire episode. Which made it cheap.

Sounds great.
Yeah, well I actually failed. I think that’s probably why comedy is so screwed up – people who can’t be funny are trying to be funny and people who are actually funny are out there trying to prove what artists they are by being bleak and dark. With this show, I just wanted it to be funy – that’s it. As it turns out though there’re some really awkward moments and towards the end it kind of becomes unwatchable.

In one episode you get crucified, which is pretty insane.
Yeah, I was thinking that this is why I’m fucked in the head and never get anywhere. As most people get more successful and more shows, they use their leverage to try to get more money or a better deal or whatever. I, however use my leverage to try to do things they wouldn’t let me do last time. For example, I didn’t have the leverage in the town during Vs God to be nailed to a cross but now that I’m older and have my own production company, I can sit there and threaten people with not going with their network or whatever if they don’t let me do stuff on the show. It makes no sense. I use my leverage to fuck myself over.

But do you come to any grand realizations?
I’m not going to give that away but I do think that whatever shit goes down when it’s on air it’ll all ultimately be OK because it all leads to something. It’s actually full of pathos and might throw people around a bit but it’s all for a reason. The good thing is that I’m going to have a copy in my hand so regardless of what happens, I plan to get it out there.

As a Jewish guy, if you don’t marry a Jewish girl, what would your mum’s preference of partner be in terms of race, religion, and sex? A gay, non-Jewish guy presumably being at the bottom of the list.
Ha, yeah I guess after that would come a gay Jewish man, then Arab and Persian. I guess a non-Arab Muslim is probably better than an Arab Muslim. Then you get up to Asian. But then maybe it’s better just to go with someone who no one’s going to ask questions about. You could argue that at least an Arab girl could pass as Jewish, whereas if you bring an Asian into the room, you’re really making an announcement. Just watch the show maybe.

Is this going to make it easier for you to get girlfriends do you think?
No, not only will I not be able to get a girlfriend, I’m not going to be able to make eye contact at anyone at parties. It’s just going to be too embarrassing.

Cheers mate…..

thanks to the vibe crew for putting this together!

nP-

Second to take up the guest blogger tag is a old friend that i know will write some shit that you’ll be interested in….Daniel “BODZ” Boddington (on the left OBVIOUSLY) will be adding to the strong team as of this week, also hopefully he will give me something to post soon….knowing him he is probably writing something NOW!

Well hope everyone will enjoy our guests and treat em mean to keep em keen…..

nP-

” ITS YOUR BOI D1 ” Nate aka-D1 is the first guest blogger to be added to the itspinky blog, we look forward to his articles and retrospect on all things D1…..hopefully we will get his first post early this week…enjoy peeps!

nP-

It has been raining for the last 24 hours and im sorry to tell you but if this rain keeps up we will definately be flooded by november 25, 2012…..yes 2012, im hoping that the rain slows up as i really dont wanna have to buy a boat.

So your probably thinking to yourself….HUH? but it wouldnt be the 1st time Geelong has flooded, i remember when i was younger that the barwon river flooded over and covered the sunday market and halfway up k-mart’s car park, was wicked.

That was either in the really late 80’s or the mid 90’s, i remember seeing kids on boogie boards floating across where a road use to be and trees and shit floating along what use to be a river….lol, what a site!

So remember when your outside in this weather it is possible that it wont stop and Xmas will be flooded and so will NYE! or not…..knowing Geelong as well as i do it will be 30′ + degrees celcius next week and the grass will be dead once again and we will not see any rain for 6 months! or then again it is Geelong so it might rain whilst its 30 + degrees…..lol

nP-

FOUR years on, a judge has ruled that the flooding of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina was, in large part, a man-made disaster…. From The Australian. Full story

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The greatest serial killer in history has never been named. But what if we are looking in the wrong place?

In 1888, a deranged killer stalked his prey on the streets of east London at night. After 121 years since the murder and mutilation of at least five prostitutes, the case remains unsolved and the true identity of Jack the Ripper has never been known. The world’s greatest criminal investigators have focused on searching for answers in London. However, in the 1890s a series of horrific murders took place across the United States in New York, San Francisco, Galveston and Atlanta, that mirrored the attacks in attacks in the UK. In this one hour special, Discovery Channel’s viewers will witness the new evidence, science and analytical techniques being used to reveal the true identity of Jack the Ripper.

NYPD Cold Case Detective Ed Norris

Carrie Brown aka Old Shakespeare

Capt. Ryan,

You think that “Jack the Ripper” is in England, but he is not, I am right here and I expect to kill somebody by Thursday next, and so get ready for me with your pistols, but I have a knife that has done more than your pistols. Next thing you will hear of some woman dead.

Yours truly,

Jack the Ripper

Richard Jones

Known as the From Hell or Lusk Letter

Dr. Thomas Bond

Jack the Ripper victims: Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catharine Eddowes, Mary Kelly

Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum

Astonishingly, in 1927…forty years later, a much older Kelly voluntarily returns to the insane asylum and began to chronicle his travels. A typed copy of Kelly’s confession letter survives in the National Archives, and Norris is the first detective to read it. In the letter, Kelly describes having “problems dealing with society“, and being “overtaken with feelings of envy, jealousy, and malice“. Kelly states, “the thing has been hard because of all kinds of ’skank’” (a term he uses to refers to women of low moral character) and “I’ve been on the warpath since I left Broadmoor Asylum.” Also in his letter, he admits to traveling to London after his escape, and more interestingly he tells of traveling to the United States and arriving in New York conveniently before the Carrie Brown murder. He was by profession, a trained upholsterer, and would have known quiet a bit about knives and how to use them effectively for the purpose of murder. Kelly also mentioned traveling to many cities in the US before returning to England and admitted that he came to the US many times over a period of 40 years.

USS Zaandam

Both illustrations of Jack the Ripper

The left composite, was drawn based on 118 year old eye-witness accounts of Jack the Ripper in London. They examined different witness statements and used modern day forensics to come up with a portrait of the killer, even indicating what type of hat he wore.

The drawing on the right, is the result of Mancusi shaving 40 years off of James Kelly’s photo at age 67. As you can see, once they added the type of hat mentioned by eye witnesses, the drawings are a very close match.

In the end, there is no doubt in Norris’ mind that he has found Jack the Ripper. We may never know. John Kelly died of natural causes in 1929 inside Broadmoor Asylum and took his secrets to his grave. In my opinion, Jack the Ripper in America was very well done and is a must-see for all forensic buffs and amateur Ripperologists. I’m interested in seeing further research, analysis and discussion of Norris’ theory. Regarding any factual errors in this post, I apologize in advance, and encourage everyone to let me know what needs to be corrected.

Time After Time

On a lighter note, anybody remember the movie “Time After Time” starring Malcolm McDowell, John Warner and Mary Steenburgen? McDowell played H.G. Wells, who uses his time machine to chase his friend, Warner (aka Jack the Ripper) through the streets of modern day (1979) San Francisco. After watching Norris’ documentary, maybe Hollywood’s silly (but entertaining) version of the Ripper story had a sliver of truth to it after all.

The Secret of Prisoner 1167: Was This Man Jack the Ripper? by James Tully

Hat tip and special thanks to Roy Corduroy for his suggestion to add this book to this post. Casebook: Jack the Ripper gives this book a three-starred review:

A triumphant achievement on the part of Jim Tully, well-researched and written. James Kelly is his suspect, a lunatic upholsterer and wife-murderer who is actually in the Guinness book of world records for his escape from Broadmoor asylum. Tully weaves a fascinating story, regardless of your feelings on Kelly as a suspect. Recommended.”

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Ripperological Preservation Society

Jack the Ripper Tours

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ROLLING STONES frontman MICK JAGGER made a surprise appearance on stage with U2 on Friday (30Oct09) during the second night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts in New York City.

The first show on Thursday night (29Oct09) saw acts including Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Beck, Sting and James Taylor take to the stage at Madison Square Garden.

Friday’s (30Oct09) show opened with Jerry Lee Lewis singing Great Balls of Fire, and went on to host a number of big name collaborations including Jeff Beck with Sting and U2 with the Black Eyed Peas.
The night built up to a climatic finale with Jagger, Fergie and Will.i.am all joining U2 to sing Rolling Stones hit Gimme Shelter, as Jagger entertained the crowd with his trademark dance moves.

Jagger stayed on stage to help U2 perform Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, before the Irish rockers closed the show with their hit Beautiful Day.

Earlier in the night, heavy metal rockers Metallica took the stage with Lou Reed for two songs, before Ozzy Osbourne joined them to belt out Iron Man and Paranoid.

Aretha Franklin also performed a number of her hits, teaming up with Annie Lennox to sing Chain of Fools.

NEW YORK — YouTube’s webcast of a U2 concert was watched by nearly 10 million people, the video site’s largest streaming event ever.

The Google-owned site said that the concert was watched around the world. It was shown live from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday.

Chris Maxcy, head of music partnerships at YouTube, called the event “a big win” for the site.

The full 2 1/2-hour concert is available on YouTube. The rebroadcast video has been watched by more than 1.1 million viewers.

Hope you caught U2 360° live from the Rosebowl, Pasadena on YouTube tonight.

And now we can reveal that U2 360° is coming back to North America in 2010.

The tour will touch down next summer in Anaheim; Denver; Oakland; Seattle; Edmonton; East Lansing; Miami; Philadelphia and Montreal. U2 360° will also return for one night only in Toronto and Chicago before finishing the North American leg in New York at the New Meadowlands Stadium. On U2 360° the band currently play 22 live tracks, the first time fans have heard tracks from No Line On the Horizon, one of the best selling albums globally this year..

You can find the complete list of North American cities, venues and dates on our Tour Page.. Tickets for the performances in Oakland, Edmonton, and Toronto will go on sale Monday November 2 with additional North American on sales taking place over the following few weeks in November. (Tickets are also about to go on sale for 2010 European dates in Athens, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey.

As always SUBSCRIBERS TO U2.COM are able to buy tickets ahead of the general public in special presales – the first of these open this week. As well as the chance to buy up to four tickets in the presale, U2.com subscribers will be sent a limited edition U2 remix album and gain unique online benefits with access to the dedicated U2.com subscription site. All the details on the U2.com subscription here.

Lieber Gott, wenn es dich gibt..

..mach, dass die Leser diesen Artikel mit Humor nehmen, statt zu denken ich meine jedes Wort todernst.

..und schick mir doch bitte ein hübsches, waschechtes Mädchen. Dann machen wir uns gegenseitig mit Mädchensachen so richtig glücklich. Nicht das, woran der männliche Leser an dieser Stelle denken wird. Nein. Echt nicht. Ich meine  natürlich gaaanz anders. Stellt euch vor – zwei sensible Menschen wie wir, voller Empathie, die wir genau wissen, wie man eine Frau “glücklich” macht.. Wie man ein Frauenherz erfüllt. Das hat man als Frau einfach im Gefühl, was eine  Frau glücklich macht. Schließlich sind wir selbst eine. Das soll nicht bedeuten, dass Männer nichts richtig machen und wir bei ihnen nicht glücklich sind, weil sie unseren weiblichen Bedürfnissen nicht mit weiblichen Aufmerksamkeiten entgegenkommen. Bei einem Mann können wir auch glücklich sein. Es gibt sogar Männer, die verstehen es besser als andere, eine Frau glücklich zu machen. In einigen Momenten jedoch, da wäre es einfach das I Tüpfelchen zu wissen, dass er uns versteht wie niemand sonst. Wie auch immer, seien wir mal ehrlich, Mädels – je männlicher der Mann ist, desto schwieriger wird es. Wer will schon einen testostorongeladenen, behaarten Mann, der mit einer Dose Bier in seiner männlichen (also mit nichts als Pizzakartons dekorierten) Wohnung sitzt und sich auf Hardcorepornos, bei denen man(n) der Frau durch die Beine bis ins Hirn hochgucken kann, einen “runterholt”, wie sie das so taktvoll bezeichnen. Woran denken wir denn schon bei einem “männlichen Männer-” Geruch? An Schweiß oder Joop Homme? Und egal wie glücklich wir sind, wenn im nächsten Moment ein unsensibler Macho durchschimmert, ist die Illusion zumindest für ein paar Augenblicke erstmal wieder zerstört. Nichts liegt mir ferner als zu verallgemeinern. Dennoch glaube ich, ich schreibe für einige Frauen. Meine verehrten Herren.  Ihr macht euch gern lustig über Robert Pattinson in Twilight, über Leonardo Di Caprio in Titanic und Orlando Bloom in Fluch der Karibik. Wieso? Weil ihr eigentlich genau wisst, dass diese Figuren die weiblichen Sehnsüchte ansprechen? Zu allem Überfluss nicht nur die der Teenies. Ich habe sogar von vielen Frauen über dreißig gehört, die sich in die Romanfigur Edward Cullen verliebt haben. Ihr habt zwei Möglichkeiten, entweder ihr gesteht ein, dass sies einfach drauf haben, Frauenherzen höher schlagen zu lassen, oder ihr tut das als lächerlich ab. Was ist der ego schonendere Weg? Dann wisst ihr, wofür ein Mann sich entscheidet. Nagut, vielleicht sind wir Frauen manchmal auch ein biiiiiiiisschen so. Aber hey, wenn die da auf der Flimmerkiste keine Silikontitten hat weiß ich auch nicht.<:

Doch wann sind Frauen eigentlich glücklich?

Was suchen wir? Was erfüllt uns?

Leider gibt es dafür kein Patentrezept. Fragt eure Frauen. Achtet auf den Wink mit dem Zaunpfahl, den ihr so gern überseht. Ist das eigentlich Absicht? Lasst nicht zu sehr den Macho raushängen, es sei denn, ihr wisst, dass euer Herzstück darauf steht. Sowas solls ja geben! (:    Überrascht eure Frauen. Liebt sie. Gebt ihnen das Gefühl, dass sie euch mehr bedeuten als alles andere. Sogar mehr als euer Geldbeutel. Zeigt es ihnen. Seid kreativ. Seid ehrlich. Und versucht, ein bisschen mehr mit eurem Herzen, ein bisschen weniger mit eurem Schritt zu denken. Oder mit eurem Ego. Seid ein bisschen einfühlsamer. Seid ein bisschen mehr wie sie. Lasst dabei aber lieber die gelegentlichen Zickereien, das “Schatz bin ich fett geworden?” und die Eifersucht auf alles, was größere Titten hat, weg!<: Oder wärt ihr gerne mit einem männlichen Macho zusammen?

Ich bin jedenfalls froh, nicht so ein Exemplar erwischt zu haben,,, Er ist mehr die Sorte Mann, die es besser versteht als die meisten, mein Herz schneller schlagen zu lassen. ♥

Blondie was the most commercially successful band to emerge from the much vaunted punk/new wave movement of the late ’70s. The group was formed in New York City in August 1974 by singer Deborah Harry (b. July 1, 1945, Miami), formerly of Wind in the Willows, and guitarist Chris Stein (b. Jan. 5, 1950, Brooklyn) out of the remnants of Harry’s previous group, the Stilettos. The lineup fluctuated over the next year. Drummer Clement Burke (b. Nov. 24, 1955, New York) joined in May 1975. Bassist Gary Valentine joined in August. In October, keyboard player James Destri (b. Apr. 13, 1954) joined, to complete the initial permanent lineup. They released their first album, Blondie, on Private Stock Records in December 1976. In July 1977, Valentine was replaced by Frank Infante.

In August, Chrysalis Records bought their contract from Private Stock and in October reissued Blondie and released the second album, Plastic Letters. Blondie expanded to a sextet in November with the addition of bassist Nigel Harrison (born Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England), as Infante switched to guitar. Blondie broke commercially in the U.K. in March 1978, when their cover of Randy and the Rainbows’ 1963 hit “Denise,” renamed “Denis,” became a Top Ten hit, as did Plastic Letters, followed by a second U.K. Top Ten, “(I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear.” Blondie turned to U.K. producer/songwriter Mike Chapman for their third album, Parallel Lines, which was released in September 1978 and eventually broke them worldwide. “Picture This” became a U.K. Top 40 hit, and “Hanging on the Telephone” made the U.K. Top Ten, but it was the album’s third single, the disco-influenced “Heart of Glass,” that took Blondie to #1 in both the U.K. and the U.S. “Sunday Girl” hit #1 in the U.K. in May, and “One Way or Another” hit the U.S. Top 40 in August. Blondie followed with their fourth album, Eat to the Beat, in October. Its first single, “Dreaming,” went Top Ten in the U.K., Top 40 in the U.S. The second U.K. single, “Union City Blue,” went Top 40. In March 1980, the third U.K. single from Eat to the Beat, “Atomic,” became the group’s third British #1. (It later made the U.S. Top 40.)

Meanwhile, Harry was collaborating with German disco producer Giorgio Moroder on “Call Me,” the theme from the movie American Gigolo. It became Blondie’s second transatlantic chart topper. Blondie’s fifth album, Autoamerican, was released in November 1980, and its first single was the reggaeish tune “The Tide Is High,” which went to #1 in the U.S. and U.K. The second single was the rap-oriented “Rapture,” which topped the U.S. pop charts and went Top Ten in the U.K. But the band’s eclectic style reflected a diminished participation by its members – Infante sued, charging that he wasn’t being used on the records, though he settled and stayed in the lineup. But in 1981, the members of Blondie worked on individual projects, notably Harry’s gold-selling solo album, KooKoo. The Best of Blondie was released in the fall of the year. The Hunter, Blondie’s sixth and last new album, was released in July 1982, preceded by the single “Island of Lost Souls,” a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and U.K. “War Child” also became a Top 40 hit in the U.K., but The Hunter was a commercial disappointment. At the same time, Stein became seriously ill with the genetic disease pemphigus. As a result, Blondie broke up in October 1982, with Deborah Harry launching a part-time solo career while caring for Stein, who eventually recovered. In 1998, the original line-up of Harry, Stein, Destri and Burke reunited to tour Europe, their first series of dates in 16 years; a new LP, No Exit, followed early the next year.

Blondie All Music Guide Biography

Blondie was the most commercially successful band to emerge from the much-vaunted punk/new wave movement of the late ’70s. The group was formed in New York City in August 1974 by singer Deborah Harry (b. July 1, 1945, Miami), formerly of Wind in the Willows, and guitarist Chris Stein (b. January 5, 1950, Brooklyn) out of the remnants of Harry’s previous group, the Stilettos. The lineup fluctuated over the next year. Drummer Clement Burke (b. November 24, 1955, New York) joined in May 1975. Bassist Gary Valentine joined in August. In October, keyboard player James Destri (b. April 13, 1954) joined, to complete the initial permanent lineup. They released their first album, Blondie, on Private Stock Records in December 1976. In July 1977, Valentine was replaced by Frank Infante.

In August, Chrysalis Records bought their contract from Private Stock and in October reissued Blondie and released the second album, Plastic Letters. Blondie expanded to a sextet in November with the addition of bassist Nigel Harrison (born in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England), as Infante switched to guitar. Blondie broke commercially in the U.K. in March 1978, when their cover of Randy and the Rainbows’ 1963 hit “Denise,” renamed “Denis,” became a Top Ten hit, as did Plastic Letters, followed by a second U.K. Top Ten, “(I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear.” Blondie turned to U.K. producer/songwriter Mike Chapman for their third album, Parallel Lines, which was released in September 1978 and eventually broke them worldwide. “Picture This” became a U.K. Top 40 hit, and “Hanging on the Telephone” made the U.K. Top Ten, but it was the album’s third single, the disco-influenced “Heart of Glass,” that took Blondie to number one in both the U.K. and the U.S. “Sunday Girl” hit number one in the U.K. in May, and “One Way or Another” hit the U.S. Top 40 in August. Blondie followed with their fourth album, Eat to the Beat, in October. Its first single, “Dreaming,” went Top Ten in the U.K., Top 40 in the U.S. The second U.K. single, “Union City Blue,” went Top 40. In March 1980, the third U.K. single from Eat to the Beat, “Atomic,” became the group’s third British number one. (It later made the U.S. Top 40.)

Meanwhile, Harry was collaborating with German disco producer Giorgio Moroder on “Call Me,” the theme from the movie American Gigolo. It became Blondie’s second transatlantic chart-topper. Blondie’s fifth album, Autoamerican, was released in November 1980, and its first single was the reggae-ish tune “The Tide Is High,” which went to number one in the U.S. and U.K. The second single was the rap-oriented “Rapture,” which topped the U.S. pop charts and went Top Ten in the U.K. But the band’s eclectic style reflected a diminished participation by its members — Infante sued, charging that he wasn’t being used on the records, though he settled and stayed in the lineup. But in 1981, the members of Blondie worked on individual projects, notably Harry’s gold-selling solo album, KooKoo. The Best of Blondie was released in the fall of the year. The Hunter, Blondie’s sixth album, was released in May 1982, preceded by the single “Island of Lost Souls,” a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and U.K. “War Child” also became a Top 40 hit in the U.K., but The Hunter was a commercial disappointment.

At the same time, Stein became seriously ill with the genetic disease pemphigus. As a result, Blondie broke up in October 1982, with Deborah Harry launching a part-time solo career while caring for Stein, who eventually recovered. In 1998, the original lineup of Harry, Stein, Destri, and Burke reunited to tour Europe, their first series of dates in 16 years; a new LP, No Exit, followed early the next year. After more touring, this was followed by another studio set, The Curse of Blondie, in 2003, and a DVD of the Live by Request program from A&E was released in 2004. In 2006, Blondie celebrated their 30th anniversary with induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the release of Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision, a best-of collection that contained all their classic videos as well.

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Het is deze week de week van de jeugdzorg. Gewoon jeugdzorg is het motto dit jaar.
Deze week komt net op een moment dat de jeugdzorg ongewoon bevlekt is.
In die zin zou het goed zijn als de jeugdzorg doet wat meer mensen doen met hun bevlekte kleren; leg ze in de week.

Doet de jeugdzorg dat ook? Ze gooien de vuile kleren waarin ze gehuld gaan even uit en vragen aandacht voor de gewone mens in de jeugdzorg. De kinderen, de werkers. Ze doen dus even of er geen zieke organisatie ís. Misschien wil ik daar dan wel even in meegaan. Ik hoop alleen dat de vieze kleren wel ondertussen deze week in de wéék gaan. En het resultaat daarvan wil ik straks even zien.

Voortaan worden goedwillende werkers niet weggetreiterd en worden niet onnodig kinderen bij hun ouders weggehaald waardoor andere kinderen in plaats van zorg te krijgen de gevangenis ingegooid worden (omdat er te weinig plek is in de jeugdzorg zelf). En medewerkers die toch wel aan die onzin meewerken mogen straks, als het tegen 5 december nog niet is opgelost, met de zak van Sinterklaas mee naar Spanje. Want dat is gewoon géén Jeugdzorg.

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She was a gorgeous blonde prostitute-turned-reality star. Now Brooke Phillips is dead from a gunshot wound; discovered pregnant and burned almost beyond recognition in an Oklahoma City house. Brooke hit the hooker big time when as a prostitute at Nevada’s legal brothel, the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, she was featured on the HBO reality show, Cathouse.

“Brooke contacted me two years ago,” Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof said in an interview. It was her dream to come work here and be on HBO’s Cathouse. She got to fulfill those wishes.”

Brooke was one of four victims who were killed. Another victim, Millie Barrera, was also pregnant, bringing the deceased total to six.

Brooke told Hof one month ago that she was pregnant.

She was really excited about it,” he said.

“We talked about her taking time off for the pregnancy and to have the baby, and then coming back to work. We never discussed who the father was. Brooke didn’t seem to care. This was her baby and she was thrilled about it.”

Reality shows and murder are unfortunately going hand-in-hand lately. Former reality star Brian Lee Randone is accused of killing adult film star Felicia Tang; and swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore was brutally murdered by reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins who later killed himself.

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