When reality reflects The Onion (redux)

[Bombay Chutney]

"Tuning '77" - a seamless audio supercut of an entire year of the Grateful Dead tuning their instruments, live on stage. Chronologically sequenced, this remix incorporates every publicly available recording from 1977, examining the divide between audience expectation and performance anxiety.

http://archive.org/details/gd1977-12-31_505

I can't begin to tell you how much I love this. 

[Justin Tonation]

Still too sexy for Utah

Utah school recasts musical with sexy Elvis songs

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A parent who was "All Shook Up" about Elvis Presley songs in a high-school drama prompted educators to cancel the musical, deeming it too sexual. But the decision was reversed Thursday by administrators at the high school south of Salt Lake City.

The administrators at Herriman High School received permission from the copyright owners of "All Shook Up" to edit some of Presley's songs and make scene changes in the American jukebox musical that borrows from William Shakespeare.

"The show will go on," said Sandy Riesgraf, a spokeswoman for the Jordan School District. "Our biggest concern early on, we wanted to make some changes to keep the play within community values. It's a win-win for all of us."

Presley warbles about a sweetheart whose "lips are like a volcano that's hot" in his song from 1957. "I'm proud to say she's my buttercup. I'm in love. I'm all shook up."

His song lyrics together with a scene suggesting cross-dressing were deemed offensive by a person the school is refusing to identify.

(cont.)

[grateful]

Baseball writers reject Bonds, Sosa, Clemens, elect no one to Hall of Fame.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/09/no-new-baseball-hall-of-fame-members-this-year/?hpt=hp_t2

[atomicfront]

Baseball writers reject Bonds, Sosa, Clemens, elect no one to Hall of Fame.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/09/no-new-baseball-hall-of-fame-members-this-year/?hpt=hp_t2

i don't see how you can keep bonds out of hall of fame.  his stats even before he started using steroids were easily way over the threshold for HOF election.  Who knows if Nolan Ryan and Cal Ripken weren't using steroids.  Are they going to keep everyone out of the hall for a 20 year period? 

[sweetcell]

i couldn't decide if this belongs here, or in nkotb's thread:

This Guy Sounds Legit: Craigslist Ad Requesting Ladies Interested In Star Trek Role Playing (In A Garage)
http://www.geekologie.com/2013/01/sounds-legit-star-trek-role-playing-crai.php

of course it's legit: "nothing weird is going to happen".

[nkotb]

i couldn't decide if this belongs here, or in nkotb's thread:

This Guy Sounds Legit: Craigslist Ad Requesting Ladies Interested In Star Trek Role Playing (In A Garage)
http://www.geekologie.com/2013/01/sounds-legit-star-trek-role-playing-crai.php

of course it's legit: "nothing weird is going to happen".

[i am gay and i like cats]

i get excited . . . when nkotb posts.

[vansmack]

INCONCEIVABLE!

http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travelkit/princess-bride-loving-flier-hassled-over-inigo-montoya-t-shirt-1C8088359

[kosmo vinyl]

Justin Bieber investigated for alleged assault with Nerf gun

http://www.nme.com/news/justin-bieber/68371

[sweetcell]

image below is kinda big, original here: http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/76500672/Village+People+png.png

[kosmo vinyl]

Man accidentally invites fiancee's best friend over for three-way in public, incredible YouTube video. 

"I just figured it was something we could do sometime."

http://www.happyplace.com/20948/man-accidentally-posts-invitation-for-three-way-to-public-youtube-account

[DeathFromAbove1979]

"Illinois school drill to include shooting blanks in hallway"

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57566440/illinois-school-drill-to-include-shooting-blanks-in-hallway/

[kosmo vinyl]

Axl Rose's Congenital Lateness May Cost Him Slash Lawsuit

http://www.spin.com/articles/axl-rose-lateness-slash-lawsuit-activision-guitar-hero

[slappy]

Not sure if this is real or an elaborate 4chan/Onion joke?

https://www.teapartycommunity.com/

It looks like they just stole all the coding from an old version of Facebook.
I signed in as Norv Rogers (Shaggy from Scooby Doo's real name ) if anyone wants to be a tea bag friend.

Actual quotes from the 'news feed' and 'polls'.

"This is probably a picture of a Jewish child murdered by a palastinian dog. They do that you know. They do what their homosexual god mohamid told them to do."

"Whose going to win the superbowl?
1 hour ago by PFT Commenter
_ ravens (have murderer ray louis)
_ SF 69ers (gay city, star receiver who wears #15!)"


"Wat is the worst thing1 abouut Barack Obami?
11 minutes ago by Rochelle Simone
_ hes not even a real citizn
_ we have to pay taxes
_ Bush hasn't been president in 4 years
_ he voted to take away our right to have babieas"


"Which subject would you most like to learn more about?
34 minutes ago by kilogulf59 aka Ken
  Handgun Procedures and Queries
  Long-Arm Procedures and Queries
  Combatives, H2H, and Traditional Martial Arts
  Mindset, Tactics, and Intelligence Dissemination, Plus Post Confrontation Issues and Procedures
  Emergency Survival & Preparedness, Equipment, and Instructions
  Your Vehicles and Their Usage
  Basic First Aid, Home/Field Medical Awareness, Physical Training, and Conditioning
  Handguns
  Long Arms
  Non-Firearm Weaponry
  Firearm Accoutrements, Trappings, Paraphernalia
  The Tech Room (Technical Issues)
  Legal/Political Issues Pertaining to Firearms Ownership and Their Usage"

[Justin Tonation]

666 on tax form causes Christian worker to quit his job

And the number keeps coming up in his life. This guy is doomed.