Some videos: In 1985, Tipper Gore’s PMRC
released a list they called the “Filthy Fifteen,” detailing what they
believed to be the fifteen most objectionable songs of the time, and
the reason they felt each song should be censored…
1. Prince, “Darling Nikki” (sex)
[first link: concert footage from 1985; second link: the “backward” part at the end of the song, played forward]

2. Sheena Easton, “Sugar Walls” (sex)
[music video]

3. Judas Priest, “Eat Me Alive” (sex)
[album version]

4. Vanity, “Strap On Robbie Baby” (sex)
[lyrics]

5. Mötley Crüe, “Bastard” (violence)
[concert footage from 1983]

6. AC/DC, “Let Me Put My Love into You” (sex)
[music video]

7. Twisted Sister, “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (violence)
[concert footage from 2008]

8. Madonna, “Dress You Up” (sex)
[concert footage from 1985]

9. W.A.S.P., “Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)” (sex/language)
[concert footage from 1984]

10. Def Leppard, “High ‘n’ Dry (Saturday Night)” (drug and alcohol use)
[music video]

11. Mercyful Fate, “Into the Coven” (satanism)
[parody video]

12. Black Sabbath, “Trashed” (drug and alcohol use)
[music video]

13. The Mary Jane Girls, “In My House” (sex)
[music video]

14. Venom, “Possessed” (satanism)
[album version]

15. Cindy Lauper, “She Bop” (masturbation)
[music video]

Love Thy Neighbor: Why Have We Become So Suspicious Of Kindness?

Most
people, as they grow up now, secretly believe that kindness is a virtue
of losers. But agreeing to talk about winners and losers is part and
parcel of the phobic avoidance, the contemporary terror, of kindness.
Because one of the things the enemies of kindness never ask themselves
– and this is now an enemy within all of us – is why we feel it at all.
Why are we ever, in any way, moved to be kind to other people, not to
mention to ourselves? Why does kindness matter to us?

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It’s pretty much my favorite animal. It’s like a lion and a tiger mixed… bred for its skills in magic.

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Am I wrong in thinking she’s hot …and prob freaky enough to hurt me?

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Hercules

Pinetop Perkins survived being hit by a train. Bukka White was a professional boxer, a Negro League pitcher, and hobo. Sunnyland Slim was a hustler. Johnny Shines toured with Robert Johnson, and Honeyboy Edwards saw Johnson poison himself. Skip James was a laborer and bootlegger. Son House started out as a preacher but went to prison for killing a man. R.L. Burnside also killed someone, but said “I didn’t mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot the sonofabitch in the head.” Big Boy Crudup’s songs were stolen by Elvis Presley. Mississippi Fred McDowell did not play no rock ‘n roll. To get more recording contracts, John Lee Hooker also called himself John Lee Cooker, John Lee Booker, Texas Slim, Birmingham Sam & His Magic Guitar, Delta John and Sir John Lee Hooker. Big Joe Williams was King of the 9 String Guitar. Snooky Pryor began his musical career as an Army bugler. Mississippi John Hurt learned to play guitar in secret. Paul Pena wrote Jet Airliner, knew Tuvan, and could throat sing. After a severe case of polio, Cedell Davis learned to play guitar left-handed using a kitchen knife. Earl Hooker was so good he never had a day job. Hound Dog Taylor, who was born with six fingers on each hand but cut off one of the extras with a razor blade, said his epitaph should be “He couldn’t play shit, but he sure made it sound good!”

A responsible traveler won’t set foot in another country without
knowing how to viciously insult the people in their native language.
Odds are, you won’t even make it out of the airport before a situation
arises that requires obscenities.

But “obscenity” is an ever-moving target. It’s an amalgamation of
cultural taboos, the impact of current events and your mom.
Accordingly, every country has developed a uniquely beautiful set of
curses and insults that set it apart. While some insults are broadly
accessible, like your mom, others will require a little background for
the new student. Thus, we offer this helpful guide to the best and most
vulgar (and very real) insults from around the world.

• #9 “Suck butter from my ass” (Chupe mantequilla de mi culo)
• #8 “A thousand dicks in your religion” (Elif air ab dinikh)
• #7 “He’s as thick as a bull’s walt” (that is, as dense as an erect bull penis)
• #6 “Let a hungry Carpathian
  long-haired she-wolf blow your dick, fuck” (Gladna Karpatska valchitza
  s dalag kosam minet da ti prai deeba)
• #5 “Fuck the 18 generations of your ancestors” (Cao ni zu zong shi ba dai)
  
• #4 “Grandfatherfucker” (Afatottari)
• #3 “I’ll make sarma with your penis’ skin” (Glirit mortin hed sarma shinem)
• #2 “May God give you to search for your children with a Geiger counter” (Da bog da trazio detzoo Gaygerovim broyachem)
• #1 “Stick your hand in my ass and jerk off with my shit” (Sa-mi bagi mana-n cur si sa-mi faci laba la cacat)

So you’ve decided that you’re uneasy with Apple’s virtual monopoly on digital music. So you picked Microsoft’s Zune. Hell, maybe you even got a tattoo! You’re bucking the trend, and you’re satisfied with your purchase. It’s not like Microsoft would make a faulty machine, would they?
Well…Happy New Year!

Have you met the Yuki-onna? You might meet her in a snow storm, and recognize her by her pure white robe marked only with a splattering of blood and her lack of feet. She might kill you with icy breath, or lead you into the storm to die of exposure, or seduce you, only to steal your soul. She’s the subject of one of Japan’s better known ghost stories (the climax of which was depicted in Tanaka Tokuzo’s 1968 film Kaidan Yuki Onna) and has also made an appearance in Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams.

In case you’re all wondering about bracket installation and air flow,
here’s another shining example of Russian air conditioner installations.

Ground Zero. This Google Maps mashup shows the thermal damage caused by various nuclear weapons or an asteroid on the city of your choice.