L-R Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens & Buddy Holly

On February 3rd 1959, 3 famous rock and rollers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a small single engine plane near Clear Lake, Iowa. It was later entitled “The Day That Music Died” 50 years later thier music still lives on.

(Brad’s Thoughts “GIVE IT A REST BITCH!”)

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are apparently on the verge of adopting another child - this time a two-year-old girl from Ethiopia.

It seems the couple, who already have three adopted children and three biological children, will fly to the country’s capital Addis Ababa to adopt the toddler, Grazia reports.

The girl is apparently a ward of an orphanage.

“Brad and Angelina have seen pictures of a two-year-old girl they’d love to adopt,” a source claimed.

“If everything goes to plan, Angelina will file papers in person in Addis Ababa in the New Year and they will pick up their new daughter two days later.”

Angelina has said previously that she would like to adopt another child from Africa so that Ethiopian daughter Zahara, three, has an African sibling.

The couple also have Maddox, seven, from Cambodia, Pax, five, from Vietnam, and biological children Shiloh, two, and six-month-old baby twins Knox and Vivienne.

Boy what a day it was! 1st people were late because of my dumbass, 2nd we went the wrong way and took forever to get to the stadium, 3rd the bus drops us off and we forget  someones ticket, 4th my good friend Jason and father in law were on the party bus were on there for about over and hour and gettind drunk and missing all of the 1st half, 5th the Dallas Cowboys lost at the last Texas Stadium home game ever! I am not being sarcastic when I say I had a blast! Pictures will be posted as soon as I downsize them

Mr. Soul Train Don Cornelius has been arrested for felony demostic violence this past Friday night at his house in L.A., Cali and has been released today on a $50,000 dollar bail.

If you or you know anybody that has been through this type of crap here is a website to go to:

http://feminist.org/911/crisis.html

hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

Dr. Pepper is promsing free Dr. Pepper when the album is released this year. (Dumbasses)

Or so they say, Axl Rose has finally said “Novemeber 23 will the new G & R, correction “The Axl Rose Project” album “Chinese Democracy will come out.” My question to you Mr. Rose…”What year and who the f**k cares?” It was ten years ago when you hyped up the album and pushed it back and back and back that it finally got old. AC/DC took less to make an album than you. When the album comes out dig me up from my grave and revive me.

From www.pollstar.com

Gigs & Bytes:
Your iPod, Please

Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:01PM Can entertainment piracy be stopped at the border?

A discussion paper put together by G8 member nations seems to suggest just that, painting a future when border agents regularly search iPods, iPhones and laptops for infringing material.

Titled “Discussion Paper on a Possible Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement,” the document, which was recently leaked online by Sunshine Media through its whistleblower Web site Wikileaks.org, is expected to be tabled in a July meeting of G8 nations in Tokyo, according to Canwest News Service.

To be sure, the paper mentions more methods than customs agents searching iPods. The document also calls for international cooperation among nations, including sharing resources and information.

But it was the “Border Measures” part of the document suggesting “ex officio authority for customs authorities to suspend import, export and trans-shipment of suspected IPR [Intellectual Property Rights] infringing goods” that caught the media’s attention and prompted headlines warning of border iPod seizures.

“Music and film industry to get police force,” read the headline in the online version of Britain’s Inquirer; “Government wants your laptop,” warned Canada’s The Province; and Macworld U.K. reported, “Copyright police threaten Mac, iPod.”  Aside from customs agents searching iPods and computers, which many countries’ border guards already do while checking for child pornography, the document also calls for greater cooperation from Internet service providers, promising liability safeguards for ISPs in exchange for cooperation.

Calling on ISPs to join in on the fight against copyright piracy is nothing new. The recording industry has been calling for such action, claiming the service providers are getting rich at the record labels’ expense. ISPs, on the other hand, say they are merely providing Internet connections and cannot regulate the actions of their customers.

However, other provisions in the discussion paper suggest a more powerful “copyright police” with the power to conduct border searches, including seizure and destruction of illicit copies; authority to report information to intellectual property owners and to take action against suspected infringers without complaints from the property owners.

But it’s the iPod / laptop angle that’s got everybody stirred up. The idea that customs agents might be empowered to search such devices and determine whether the contents infringe on anyone’s copyright isn’t exactly heartwarming to the millions who transverse international boundaries on a regular basis. And you don’t have to own an MP3 player, a DVD player or a laptop to be alarmed. After all, do you want to be the person in line at customs who is standing behind the person whose devices are being searched?

“If Hollywood could order intellectual property laws for Christmas what would they look like? This is pretty close,” Dave Fewer, staff counsel at the University of Ottawa’s Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, told Canwest News Service. 

Feb. 15th 1927-May 29th 2008

Go here for info and here to see a scene of one of the best movies ever!

Thank you Mr. Korman for all the great comedy you have brought us you will be missed.