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After 19 years of zip Grace Jones releases the first track from her upcoming album Hurricane.

Holy mouth sores Batman She means business! (NSFW!)

...paddywhack. Give the dog a bone.

I think Ricardo's "what?" is very sincere in this next clip.

(A side note: Ricardo is an amazing actor. A nasty polo accident left him with a rather serious limp. He is actually acting the limp away and doing a very good job at it. )


On September 3rd 1993, Herve, accompanied by his significant other Katherine Self, would attend a screening of The Fugitive at the Directors Guild Theater in Hollywood. They would later enjoy a dinner at a restaurant near their North Hollywood home at 11537 Killion Drive.

In the early morning hours of September 4th 1993 his common-law wife would find his body. It seems Herve had written a suicide note, grabbed his tape recorder and proceeded to his cluttered backyard. He turned on the tape recorder and spoke into the microphone, "Kathy, I can't live like this anymore. I've always been a proud man and always wanted to make you proud of me. You know you made me feel like a giant and that's how I want you to remember me" After a bit more rambling he said "I'm doing what I have to do...I want everything to go to Kathy...I want everyone to know that I love them."

In a sitting position, Herve leaned back, placed a pillow against his chest, and fired the pistol into the pillow. The bullet would travel through Herve's chest. The tape recorder caught the sound of Herve cocking the pistol just before the deadly shots rang out. As he lay slumped against the glass door he mumbled, "it hurts, it hurts...Im dying, I'm dying."

Kathy immediately rushed Herve to the Medical Center of North Hollywood. At 3:40 in the afternoon, Herve Villechaize was declared deceased by the attending doctors.

He also wrote a note.





What it seems to say is:


3 Spt 93

I have to do what's right. At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me. Who believed my (illegible) best friend girl will not call my mom to answer the Q's. I hope she does not hurt. I'm still alive. Please know Kathy has the right of attorney over my health and my belongings belong to Kathy Self including the right to a script and movie and writings, etc. I love you all too much, it's one of just of my problems. Mom! My brothers you didn't exhist to my heart you never care only about yourselves since 1955, you remember??? Kathy did her best, you didn't so she deserves everything.

It goes on for a bit...

3am I can't miss with a dum dum bullet - Ha! Ha! Never one knew my pain - for 40 years - or more. Have to do it outside less mess.



Go here to listen to his hit EMI release

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Someone needs a nap and her name is LORI ZARLENGA-BLAQUIERE

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ISSUED ORDERS TO ASSASINATE ME LORI ZARLENGA-BLAQUIERE, originally uploaded by lori.zarlenga.

Click on the photo for one hell of a paranoid account. Do this only if you have a good hour to waste. I was about to leave a comment on the picture and tell her to stop suckin the glass dick but I'm sure she'd think that was some sort of CIA code.

A new copy of Forbidden Zone.

The cult favorite has just undergone the "It's a wonderful life" treatment and is now in full blown color.
I'm a fan of Richard's film so I had to ask whats up with this color version. It is indeed a new process done by Legend Films. They have been screwing up black and white films for years but they got their big break on the Aviator. They colorized old stock footage and it was included seamlessly into the film. Now they are using their new colorization process on THE FORBIDDEN ZONE.





Be the first to see THE FORBIDDEN ZONE now in color.
8:00 PM WEDNESDAY JULY 30th at the Egyptian Theater.
Richard Elfman will be there along with some "special" guests.
This is a 2k digital screening in six channel surround.

For those of you that have never seen this film:

Danny Elfman cut his filmscoring teeth on this one. This is his first film score.
Forbidden Zone's Queen Doris is noted to be the favorite role of actress Susan Tyrell.
There is a nice homage to Forbidden Zone in A Nightmare Before Christmas.
It was a no budget film.
It was made into a stage musical.
Bette Midler's husband is one of those guys in the jock straps pictured above. Not sure which one as they look the same to me.

"Can you hear me n...I got no bars."

THE ZONE. A nice front.

A while ago I posted about the mysterious place that popped up at the corner of Glendale and Glenoaks. That post is here.

It is indeed a Laser Tag center.

Well that place is now open so I decided to go take a look. This is no high tech place. In fact the Laser Tag is oddly downplayed. Upon entering you get the feeling you are in a dentists office that has a giant ball pit in the waiting room.

This is no place for a child. Something is wrong here. I walked from the front door all the way to the back without even being asked a single question. On my way back to the front door I was finally asked "Are you here for the party?" The woman who asked it was oddly upbeat with a little twinkle in her eye. The same twinkle I get when I find money in my jeans when I'm taking them out of the dryer.

I told her no and her twinkle vanished. Her cataracts returned and she went back to doing whatever it was she was doing. I asked if they had brochure and she made clicking sounds with her tongue which was a code for a very young girl to get the info for me. She went to the front desk and it took her a few minutes to dig out a stapled xeroxed two page booking sheet for this place.

One glance and I actually said "blog" out loud and left.

This is the most kid un-friendly place I have ever seen. What she gave me was a booking sheet that contains prices and rules for parties.


Here is what you get if you pay $525.00 for a two hour party for 20 kids and 22 adults:
Two pizzas (for the kids only)
drinks (for the kids only)
Birthday invitations
Cups plates forks
A birthday present for the child (better be a PS3!)
A Jungle birthday cake.

But wait!!!

15% tip to be added onto that price.

$75.00 if anyone in your party shows up 10 minutes or more before the party.

$75.00 if anyone leaves 10 minutes late.

No presents are to be opened on the property. (Wait what?)

No outside food is allowed. (That includes anything you might need for an infant like...formula.)

Everyone must wear clean socks. (They will check.)

For an additional $125.00 the adults can have sodas and a Greek salad. (That is called Fun Package #2)

You must book 6 months in advance and fork over a nonrefundable cash deposit of $200.00

$15.00 for each additional child.

$10.00 for each additional adult. (considering they get nothing and can do nothing this seems... fair.)

Additional hour is $150.00

If you have any " Themed paper party goods" you wish to decorate with, you must drop them off 3 days prior to the party and they must not be placed on the walls. (so... what happens to them in the three days they are there? I can't arrive early to put them up. Wait... I cant even put them up.)

The last party on a Saturday must be over by 8:30pm yet, for some odd reason, they are open til midnight.


Sounds like fun. I wonder how much money gets laundered there?

poltergeist toilet

poltergeist toilet, originally uploaded by esquaredfashion.

Lonely Girl 48

Now where have I seen her before?



Oh yeah... now I remember!

Again with the funny.

The Sepulveda Pass at rush hour.

The picture is fake but the feeling it evokes is the same as as the real rush hour.

He was a badass

Star Wars - Pope, originally uploaded by DiscoWeasel.

It's worse. Clowns never die.

Now he is invisible and can float through walls and hide under your bed. You'll know he is there by the telltale scent of strawberries and urine.





RIP Larry Harmon you nightmarish son-of-a-bitch.

Michael Jackson's other kids. Pillowcase and Fitted.

The subway.

Ted McGinley aware he is eating a corn dog.

Ah the second laugh of this long holiday weekend.

Heather Locklear eating a corndog.

Ah the first laugh of this long holiday weekend.

Now this makes me laugh.

On the lighter side...

This is just a general cry for help. Nothing to unusual. While work is fine my life outside of that has become somewhat of a horrible mess. I’ve been reflecting over the past ten years and found that when I look back at things there is a lot that I am unwilling and unable to face. Bills. Old bills and debts from years ago still haunt me. The odd daily call from the unknown number from India telling me there is an important and confidential call for me is a subtle reminder I have debt that I have chosen to ignore. I can’t afford to pay whatever it is they want. I honestly thought I’d be dead by now. It’s an odd feeling of dread to know I’m still alive. It’s almost like I’m disappointed that I have lived so long. My plan to beat the bills by dying didn’t work. Damn you horrible life force. So I now have to face these issues. Actually, making a list of things to address is overwhelming. Just thinking about it makes me sleepy. I really honestly do not know how to manage myself. I’m sinking into a depression that is pretty bleak. I honestly think I need someone to help me with day-to-day affairs. I’m not equipped to handle simple things normal people deal with on a daily basis. If I truly knew what I needed I would come right out and ask. The problem is I don’t know. I think I need therapy and anti depressants. I think I need to declare some sort of bankruptcy. I think I need to give away everything so I don’t need to be tied down by physical objects. I don’t want to be homeless but I understand if it happens. I think I am disabled by depression and can just almost function like a real person. I should quit my job and go on disability. I should make sure the cat gets a good home and I should drive until I can and figure out how to live. I actually went on a date a few weeks back and the guy was real nice but I didn’t even feel like he was my species. I had a hard time even pretending to be normal. I don’t feel human. I don’t really know if I feel anything other than pain and that horrible blackness. I am incapable of setting goals. I am alone and not able to cope with things. This depression seems to happen in cycles. I’ve had it before but each time it comes back it seems worse. I guess part of me wants to fail because the thought of things getting on the right track then ultimately fucking it up is unbearable. I might as well fuck everything up until my last breath.
But first...
a cocktail.

Um...

While this looks funny there is something that is bugging me about it. The execution of it is good. The shots chosen possibly the best to match the audio however I don't find myself laughing. It should be funny right?


I dont find myself laughing at this next piece either.

God is getting a sense of humor.

hypnotic.

Honestly this is like security footage from a Build-A-Bear after midnight, when all the stuffed teady bears come to life and do Karaoke.



This was around the time that Susan Tyrell and he were dating. Susan claimed that when she first saw him she knew then and there she wanted to F^ck him.

screen cap

The Dark Night storyboard

Rove in 1972. It was only a matter of time.

Some ads are born great.

Lik-m-aid

Lik-m-aid, originally uploaded by traci*s retro.

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R.I.P. Stan Winston

Hollywood special-effects maestro Stan Winston has died at age 62.
The Oscar-winning visual effects artist died at his home Sunday evening surrounded by family after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a representative from Stan Winston Studio.

Winston won visual effects Oscars for 1986's "Aliens, "1992's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and 1993's "Jurassic Park."

Winston is survived by his wife, Karen; a son, daughter, brother and four grandchildren.

His final films to be released will be:
Avatar. Directed by James Cameron currently scheduled for a 2009 release. This feature is in production.
Shutter Island. Directed by Martin Scorsese currently scheduled for a 2009 release. This feature is in production.
G.I. Joe. Directed by Stephen Sommers currently scheduled for a 2009 release. This feature is in Post Production.

His recent work can be seen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, You don't mess with the Zohan and Ironman.

There will be Blood Bowling Alley: "I'm Finished"

There will be Blood Bowling Alley: Spoiler Warning "I'm Finished", originally uploaded by Sir Nadroj.

Muir Woods "Free Speech" zone.

When Bush travels around the United States, the Secret Service visits the location ahead of time and orders local police to set up “free speech zones” or “protest zones” where people opposed to Bush policies (and sometimes sign-carrying supporters) are quarantined. These zones routinely succeed in keeping protesters out of presidential sight and outside the view of media covering the event.

When Bush came to the Pittsburgh area on Labor Day 2002, 65-year-old retired steel worker Bill Neel was there to greet him with a sign proclaiming, “The Bush family must surely love the poor, they made so many of us.” The local police, at the Secret Service’s behest, set up a “designated free-speech zone” on a baseball field surrounded by a chain-link fence a third of a mile from the location of Bush’s speech. The police cleared the path of the motorcade of all critical signs, though folks with pro-Bush signs were permitted to line the president’s path. Neel refused to go to the designated area and was arrested for disorderly conduct; the police also confiscated his sign. Neel later commented, “As far as I’m concerned, the whole country is a free speech zone. If the Bush administration has its way, anyone who criticizes them will be out of sight and out of mind."

It looks like they also have designated a permanent one in the Muir Woods. So, in theory, Bush could request any protesters in the country do so in this concentrated protest camp? I agree with this poor Pittsburgh guy. The whole country is a free speech area. This practice of oppression, media manipulation and ego boosting for our emotionally handicapped "leader" needs to stop. The idea is repulsive. The fact we lay down and take it is even more repulsive.
So you are allowed a little bitch space in the woods. Great.
If you want to get to this space be prepared to bring cash and little else.
Lets see what it takes to be holed up in this pen.

Ah the park fee:
Muir Woods National Monument
• Individuals 17 years of age and older: $3.00 per day.
• Local Passport is good for 12 months and admits pass holder and all accompanying
passengers in a private vehicle for an annual fee of $15.00.


The Muir woods does not permit the following unless a permit is granted:
• Restricted Use Permit (Tour Bus)
• Beach Fires
• Picnic Groups over 50 persons
• Woodcutting
• Camping in designated sites
• Operating power saws, portable engines
• Operating a public address system
• Alcoholic beverage sales
• Using or possessing explosives or fireworks
• Conducting research or collecting specimens
• Entry into a closed area
• Conducting a special event
• Public assemblies, meetings
• Selling or distributing printed matter
• Residing on Federal lands
• Memorialization – (Scattering ashes)
• Vessels
• Commercial and private operations:
• Advertisements
• Business operations
• Commercial photography (motion or still)
Except small operations with less than three
People, without the use of models, props or products
• Commercial vehicles (Any vehicle used for the
Transportation of moveable property for a fee
or profit, or in connection with any business)
• Construction of a building, utility, etc.

So if your first amendment rights need to be augmented by any of the above be prepared to shell out for a permit and or be denied.

• Group Activity, Recreation Event or other Specialized Recreation Use Fees:
• First Amendment Activities
• Political speeches
• Religious speeches
• Public demonstrations
• Distribution and/or sale of printed matter
• Collecting signatures for petitions
Hmm looks more and more restrictive.

(a)(3)(I) The possession and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages within Golden Gate
National Recreation Area is prohibited at the following locations:
• Muir Woods National Monument

36 CFR §2.11- PICNICKING

Picnicking is allowed except in the following designated areas:
• Muir Woods National Monument

• (a)(1) The following structures and/or areas are closed to the possession of pets:
• Muir Woods National Monument

• Pursuant to 2.21(a) smoking is prohibited on or at:
• Muir Woods National Monument


(a)(1) The following areas are closed to all swimming and bathing:
• All waters within Muir Woods National Monument


So lets see...
If you want to use the freedom of speech area you need to pay a fee to enter it. Pay yet another fee to pass out fliers. Pay more fees if you want people to hear what you are saying in the middle of the woods.Pay more fees since it is a special event.
Pay a public Assembly , meeting fee. If you attract more than 50 people that's another fee.
You cannot eat, smoke, booze it up, or take your pets within the area.Oh and you stink.

Thanks for this Free speech area.
I'll stick to the blog. (until blogger deems me inappropriate)