Topic: Entertainment
Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, who famously left the band, being replaced by David Gilmour before the band's massive hit "Dark Side of the Moon," died a few days ago of unknown complications. He had been a diabetic for years.Barrett had a history of mental illness that was heightened by his massive acid use, and spent the last couple of decades as a recluse. He will be missed throughout the rock and roll community, whom he influenced greatly in his singing, song-writing and guitar style. Rest in peace Syd Barrett. We hear God's got some pretty good stuff for you to try.
AP
Posted by James
at 2:42 PM CDT
The Mexican currency has never been valued at a very high level. When we went to Tijuana at a young age, it was somewhere in the $1US equals some odd hundreds of pesos. Now it's roughly 52.20 pesos per dollar. So why are smugglers so interested in shipping the one peso coins overseas? Because the older coins contain high amounts of copper and nickel, making each coin worth about 3.50 pesos each, thus meaning a tidy profit.
Maverick candidate for Texas Governor Kinky Friedman has won yet another battle to get his victory, as he will be listed as Richard "Kinky" Friedman on the November ballot. His other independent opponent, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, will not, however, be allowed to use the nickname "Grandma" on hers, even though we didn't even know anyone called her this.
Three Dallas area school districts have become the first to ban the wearing of idiotic "grillz" in the mouths of their students. These stupid pieces of "jewelry" go over the teeth and are made to be pretty much just a shiny way to make you talk like you have a mouthful of shit.
Parkland Memorial Hospital is the type of medical facility that we would not step foot in. This is not because the medical staff is incompetent (Parkland is notorious for having some of the best staff in the nation - ed.), or because it's in a bad location (which it is), but because of its overpowering smell, which seems to be a combination of urine and week old semen.
Much was made in the first two episodes of the third season of Entourage about James Cameron's Aquaman beating Spiderman as the biggest opening ever by raking in $116 million. So much for that fantasy. Now, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 absolutely crushed this by hauling in a massive $132 million, making Johnny Depp the biggest drunken, odd, careening movie star on the planet, meaning no one will ever call him Edward Scissorhands again.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin is in a lot of trouble for his DUI car accident last month, during which time he was thought to have been masturbating while driving intoxicated to his home. Griffin smashed into three cars before lurching to a stop, penis in drunken hand. We turn to Deadspin now, who has the full lawsuit linked on their page and the best excerpt quoted for those of you in a hurry.
This week's Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee email comes from that quasi-lovable madman from New York state, Senator Chuck Schumer. Chucky's pretty happy that people gave the DSCC $1.2 million in the past month (dude, that's pretty week for a nationwide fund raiser, isn't it? - ed.), so he's going to tell you exactly what HE's going to do with your money.
As former Verizon wireless and current Sprint PCS fans, we've never been big on Cingular. We think they're overpriced and don't care about their customers, only using their "cool new phones" to draw people in. Looks like we were righter than we could've guessed.
Jack, a 15-pound orange and white cat, keeps a close vigil on his property, often chasing small animals, but his owners and neighbors say his latest escapade was surprising.
Injuries can draw people together, and such is the case of Indian electrician Sambhu Roy, who's skull fell off Sunday, drawing thousands to see the man hold a piece of his own head.
We apologize for our tardiness today in getting to all the insipid, vapid regurgitation that we think of as news, but the story behind this involves a helicopter, police, pork chops and a woman. Yeah, don't ask.
Three morons in Atlanta were caught trying to ruin Pepsi by selling them Coke's secrets. The three include an executive assistant who stole secrets, paperwork and a top secret new project.
Florida has lately been in the news, especially with their own fare amount of stupidity. This story comes to us from Daytona Beach, where the Fourth of July weekend was marred by a dumbass cop who wasn't paying attention to his job... or where his truck was headed.
Atlantic City, New Jersey, has long been a haven for gamblers, old people and boxing aficionados. Now, thanks to the state of New Jersey wanting more than their fair share and not even being able to afford their casino inspectors' payrolls (even while earning $1.3 million a day off of the casinos - ed.), every casino in Atlantic City has been shut down as of midnight this morning.
Greek scientists have determined that a new breed of Greek super-mosquitoes are the result of pollution, smog and cramped living conditions in Athens, where the population of these massive blood suckers has soared, thanks to all the nooks and crannies where they can lay their eggs.
Former corrupt bastard and Enron CEO Ken Lay has been found dead in his Colorado vacation home of what authorities are calling a massive heart attack, which either means poisoning, hanging, beaten to death, or shot in the face. Or suicide.