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Success of New Album "Pack a Lunch" from
Hard Rock Mega Band Super Sternal Notch
not a Surprise

Success of New Album "Pack a Lunch" from
Hard Rock Mega Band Super Sternal Notch
not a Surprise 03/14/2005 05:55 PM
“If there is one hard rock album that you are going to buy this year, then buy this one,” says Tori Sparks for Billboard magazine [PRWEB Feb 28, 2005]

Rock Band Rails Against E-Vote

Rock Band Rails Against E-Vote 11/14/2003 05:46 AM
The aptly named group Railer kicks off a nationwide tour to blow the whistle about the perils of electronic voting machines. By Kim Zetter.

Rock Band Creed Breaks Up After 3 Albums
(AP)

Rock Band Creed Breaks Up After 3 Albums
(AP) 06/04/2004 02:21 PM
AP - The spiritually inclined band Creed, whose anthemic hits "Higher" and "With Arms Wide Open" helped them become one of the top-selling rock acts of the past decade, has called it quits.

Resurrecting the Riffs, a Nintendo Rock
Band

Resurrecting the Riffs, a Nintendo Rock
Band 04/28/2004 07:02 PM
The original Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, serves both as whimsical background music and as motivational tool for a rock band.

"Australian rock star to run for
parliament "

"Australian rock star to run for
parliament " 06/19/2004 08:59 AM

Rock Band emaneht Auctions "T-Shirt
Space" for Their Live TV Performance on
April 8th

Rock Band emaneht Auctions "T-Shirt
Space" for Their Live TV Performance on
April 8th 03/29/2005 03:56 AM
Rock band emaneht creates an E-Bay auction to let someone put a message/image on their guitar player's shirt for a live national TV performance on G4 TV on April 8th. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Arizona Produced film ‘The Perfect
Location’ to debut at showcase in
downtown Phoenix. A suspensful thriller
that features music by rock band CKY.

Arizona Produced film ‘The Perfect
Location’ to debut at showcase in
downtown Phoenix. A suspensful thriller
that features music by rock band CKY. 09/22/2004 02:36 AM
‘The Perfect Location’ Premieres Sunday, October 3rd 2004 at Modified Arts in downtown Phoenix. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]

Weird - really really weird - to see
Belle de Jour in a top ten of most
powerful people in UK New Media.
Slightly crack-fueled dreaming for that
particular journo tonight, I fear

Weird - really really weird - to see
Belle de Jour in a top ten of most
powerful people in UK New Media.
Slightly crack-fueled dreaming for that
particular journo tonight, I fear 07/13/2004 08:23 AM
at least according to the woefully misinformed

media.guardian.co.uk/top100_2004/index/0,14656,1247481,0 0.html
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"Most Australian iPod users are breaking
Australian law,"

"Most Australian iPod users are breaking
Australian law," 08/03/2004 09:59 PM

K-Rock 92.3 FM In New York Launches
K-Rock 2 Exclusively On The Internet
Expanding Music Offerings To Listener

K-Rock 92.3 FM In New York Launches
K-Rock 2 Exclusively On The Internet
Expanding Music Offerings To Listener 04/08/2005 04:55 AM
Music Industry News Network Apr 8 2005 8:16AM GMT

"Band to band links"

"Band to band links" 07/28/2004 09:36 AM

Super Bowl advertisers' Web sites get
super boost

Super Bowl advertisers' Web sites get
super boost 02/11/2004 02:43 AM
USA Today Feb 11 2004 7:11AM GMT

The return of the Super Shuffle... the
Super Shiner [Flickr]

The return of the Super Shuffle... the
Super Shiner [Flickr] 03/30/2005 04:28 AM

MacMerc.com posted a photo:

E-band Wireless 100Mbps Radios Offered
for Free Trial ElvaLink mm-wave Fast
Ethernet radios for newly opened E-band
offered for free trial.

E-band Wireless 100Mbps Radios Offered
for Free Trial ElvaLink mm-wave Fast
Ethernet radios for newly opened E-band
offered for free trial. 07/22/2004 02:48 AM
ElvaLink LLC, an innovative supplier of millimeter wave wireless network equipment, is announcing the free trial of its state-of-the-art 100Mbps radio links for the newly opened E-band (92-95 GHz). [PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]

Mashup: M.I.A. v. Super Mario Bros. =
Super Galang Galang

Mashup: M.I.A. v. Super Mario Bros. =
Super Galang Galang 03/22/2005 04:59 PM
Xeni Jardin: M.I.A. and S.M.B. combine to form Super Galang Galang. The mixmaster is Josh "cry.on.my.console" Last.Name.Omitted (who will be playing with M.I.A. in Manchester UK next month: Link). Also check out the Britney-vs.-M.I.A. track. Link (Thanks, Justin, and whoever corrected me on the credit issue, I accidentally deleted your identity.)

Previously: MIA for intergalactic overlord, MIA is, well, MIA due to visa troubles while entering US

"Well, wouldn't you know it! All this
time, we've been saying that Henson
should put out Fraggle Rock DVD's, and
all this time, they've been acting like
putting out Fraggle Rock DVD's was just
the hardest thing in the world. Oh, we
couldn't possibly!..."

"Well, wouldn't you know it! All this
time, we've been saying that Henson
should put out Fraggle Rock DVD's, and
all this time, they've been acting like
putting out Fraggle Rock DVD's was just
the hardest thing in the world. Oh, we
couldn't possibly!..." 08/09/2004 09:42 AM

Super 3G is a super distraction

Super 3G is a super distraction 01/05/2005 08:31 AM
ZDNet Jan 5 2005 12:53PM GMT

Weird

Weird 11/02/2003 04:18 PM

Reading about it being 71 degrees for the NYC Marathon, I was about to go running today (I did the LA marathon in 1997 and was hoping to do one next year) but was surprised to find the rain just turned to snow and is piling up on the roof and streets. New York? 70 and partly sunny. Oregon? snowing.

That Was Weird...

That Was Weird... 07/17/2004 04:40 PM
I just posted a new item, and suddenly there were 22 comments under it -- all from another posting from more than a week ago. I deleted them, but this is just bizarre.

The Weird Als of Finland

The Weird Als of Finland 06/30/2004 06:07 PM

Finland has a dance called the humppa, but it's spoken of with the same disdain that disco gets in the US these days. It's for the geezers. I have been told it is something like the German polka only without the lederhosen, which is good since I'm half German and, after a few Straßenfests where people jump around in lederhosen with buckets of beer in their hands barely able to stand up, much less dance, the costumes just don't really add much to the overall aesthetic. I had a biology professor, a Bavarian who was really into opera singing, show up for a lecture in lederhosen and dance a polka for us while we sat there speechless. Everyone thought he was nuts, but I just thought he was hopelessly homesick and I couldn't imagine him doing that dance without the full costume in his usually disheveled professor uniform. I have been spared, so far, the spectacle of drunk Finns hopping around much like drunk Germans to goofy music. So far.

While we were off at the lake for Juhannus, my ear picked up something that sounded a lot like Viva Las Vegas but....not. I was informed that it was a group called Eläkeläiset [the pensioners] who are the humppa song gods in Finland and, well, everywhere else people like to humppa. I fried a few neurons just thinking about an Elvis tune done in humpaa/polka time. I can't describe their music except to say that they are the Weird Al Yankovics of Finland. Sample the Peljätty Humppa [2.2mb] and try to guess the song they are covering and be very, very afraid. It's like Ethyl Merman singing a disco version of No Business like Show Business [yes, she really did...], as it's so bad that it transcends the badness and is irresistibly brilliant. I must have more of their music. The guys actually have a regular band, Kumikameli, but I can't really tell the difference between the samples on that web site and the humppa music so it may be just a nuance only a Finn can hear. :) The lyrics are very clever and, unsurprisingly, the music is popular with the polka loving Germans. There even seems to be an OpenBSD-Humppa connection which does help explain a few things about OpenBSD. Weird Al has done a polka album so perhaps it is time he teamed up with Eläkeläiset and did a humppa album. Disturbing thought. *zot* There went another neuron.

Weird Presents Anyone?

Weird Presents Anyone? 12/25/2003 04:20 PM

Weird-o SMS behaviour

Weird-o SMS behaviour 02/05/2005 09:13 PM
Outi sent me yesterday a sweet text message about mice. True to the nature of these beasts, that SMS started multiplying: for some reason, T-Mobile (yes, I'm in Germany) has decided to deliver that message to me eleven times within the past 24 hours. Even though it has been sent only once.

It seems that every SMS sent from Finland is replaced by this same SMS message - so if you've tried to contact me, I have only seen a message about a mouse from Outi. Sorry. You gotta try and resend, if you had anything to say (or just email me).

Weirdosity++.

Weird science

Weird science 12/31/2004 04:43 PM
It didn't take long for politicized debate to get roiling over the nature of the tsunami disaster -- some of it rather murky. Steven Milloy of the Cato Institute and Junk Science.com is now blasting environmentalists for "shameless exploitation" as they "surf the tsunami tragedy" in order to bring attention to the problem of global warming. Milloy wants to give the impression that he's navigating through truer waters, but clearly he's looking to ride the wave in a direction of his own:

Weird Swing Bug

Weird Swing Bug 06/22/2004 11:54 PM
We ran into a weird issue with Swing today at work. The small class below reproduces this. 1 import javax.swing.*; 2 import javax.swing.event.TreeModelEvent; 3 import javax.swing.event.TreeModelListener; 4 import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; 5 import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel; 6 7 public class Blah extends JFrame implements TreeModelListener { 8 9 private JTree tree; 10 11 public Blah() { 12 setSize(150, 150); 13 setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 14 DefaultMutableTreeNode root... (294 words)

weird referer

weird referer 01/07/2004 04:31 PM

Recently (but I just noticed it today) I started getting HTTP referers that are a variation of the following: "XXXX:+++++++++++++++++++++++" (the number of plus signs varies). A google search with appropriate terms quickly turned up discussions like this one that suggest that the referer is someone using an anonymizer or internet security product of some kind. Without that information it smells like an attempt at an exploit of some kind... but of what kind (and if so, I've never heard of it)?

Anyone knows about this? Has anyone else seen it? I'm curious. :)

News of the Weird... NOT!

News of the Weird... NOT! 01/02/2005 09:23 PM
Though not the web institution of Jim Romenesko's Obscure Store or as overexposed as Dave Barry's Blog, Chuck Shepherd's NEWS of the WEIRD is a fairly good source for news stories that are... well... WEIRD. And Chuck's the only one who has collected a list of stories that "now occur with such frequency" that they are NO LONGER WEIRD. Quite a resource for judging how our society has changed in the last umpteen years.

In semi-related news, Barry is semi-retiring his weekly column, but we still have AutoDave, the automated Dave Barry column generator. Still, I suspect he did it just to upstage Dan Gillmor's farewell column, as he gives up the old-media columnar life in favor of "Grassroots Journalism".
To Dave Berry, 'Grassroots Journalism' is writing about the brown patch in your lawn directly over the septic tank.

Weird Cats

Weird Cats 05/20/2004 01:13 AM
Feline medical curiosities. Polydactyly, conjoined-kitty-fu, "freaks of face," cleft palates, and plain old huge. (Not safe for after lunch).

Weird color problem

Weird color problem 01/05/2005 10:26 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: (Click thumbnail for enlargement.) Anyone know why the body copy shows in gold in IE on OS X? It seems fine on Safari and Firefox. Please email me if you know the answer. (Also, thanks to everyone for your great design suggestions. As you can see, I've incorporated quite a few of them.)

Weird and wonderful - the year's top ten

Weird and wonderful - the year's top ten 01/06/2005 09:48 PM
Manchester Online Jan 7 2005 1:48AM GMT

Message from Weird Al Yankovic

Message from Weird Al Yankovic 04/14/2004 03:48 PM
Comedian/musician "Weird Al" Yankovic lost both his mother and father this weekend in an accident involving carbon monoxide poisoning. He's posted a message on his website expressing thanks to fans for their kindness and support in his time of need, and he corrects errors in media coverage on the tragedy. Condolences, and much admiration and respect to Al and his family. Link

Found, one weird buoy

Found, one weird buoy 01/05/2005 06:31 AM
David Pescovitz: This giant buoy washed ashore in Cocoa Beach, Florida and nobody has any clue where it came from or who it belongs to. From Florida Today:

"There's no identifying marks on it, so I don't know where it came from," said Jeff Galliher, petty officer with the U.S. Coast Guard at Port Canaveral. "It's just a buoy base with a tower coming out of it."

Link (via Fark)

Weird Fields winners

Weird Fields winners 04/04/2005 01:18 PM
David Pescovitz: Undergrad Dan Yuan's image here was first runner-up in MIT's annual Weird Fields contest where students generate psychedelic visualizations of vector fields. (Last year's winner here.) The patterns in Yuan's visualization remind me of the background of a Tim Biskup painting.

To help students understand electromagnetic force fields, Professor of Physics John Belcher and colleagues at the MIT Center for Educational Computer Initiatives developed a computer applet into which students put the mathematical expressions that describe a given field. "It then pops out a visual representation of what the field looks like," he said.

Link

UPDATE: As the MIT press release and BB reader Tom Zeller point out, the Weird Fields visualizations bear a striking resemblance to sections of Gustav Klimt paintings. Link

Weird Science & Bad Photoshopping

Weird Science & Bad Photoshopping 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
Top 10 impossible inventions that allegedly work. Includes such conspiracy-nut favorites as a system for sending power wirelessly, an anti-gravity device, the cloudbuster and an electronic telepathy device. [Snagged from Disinformat ion.]

Weird 'net problem

Weird 'net problem 11/26/2002 07:26 PM
My Internet connection went down for a little while, and when it came back up, all outgoing SMTP and WWW...

Weird Financial News

Weird Financial News 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
Did you know West Virginia was auctioned off?

six apart people have weird names

six apart people have weird names 08/18/2004 02:47 AM
makes me feel right at home

Top Tip: W2K weird popups and blocks!

Top Tip: W2K weird popups and blocks! 02/17/2004 01:15 PM
I just reinstalled W2K and it all seems to be working just dandy, but I get about 100 of these pop ups per day saying 'WARNING: This message confirms your computer is vulnerable to attacks' and 'see www.MessageHackShield.com to fix this' or some site like that (there are several different ones as well as several different sized popups).

Weird sticker on my DSL modem

Weird sticker on my DSL modem 07/12/2004 07:15 PM
I just got my Yahoo! DSL self-install kit in the mail, and the modem has a red sticker on it that reads:

"ATTENTION To maximize connection speed, leave this modem on for 10 days after DSL installation is complete. Please Note: You can use your DSL service during this time. It is not necessary to leave your computer on, only the modem."

Why do I have to leave the modem on for 10 days? Is something inside it fermenting? Email me if you know.

Weird cocoon-car art spotted in Turkey

Weird cocoon-car art spotted in Turkey 04/14/2005 10:49 PM
Xeni Jardin: Spotted by a metroblogger in Istanbul:

"blue beetle wrapped in threads. the sign on the rear pane reads: 'please do not touch or remove the threads. this is an art project by japanese artists visiting our country and will be here for about a week.' spotted in kadikoy with no admirers of art around."
Link (Thanks, Sean Bonner)

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