Sorry for the mass emailing but due to troubling times at WFMU I have to make a first time non-Nigerian scam request for your help. I hate asking for anything. If I were to ask for anything it would be an egg and cheese on a hard roll with french fries and a coffee but unfortunately I'm not here...

Kim Dong-kwan when he was in the military. Over a month ago the Joongang Ilbo printed an article about a former paratrooper who took part in the Kwangju Uprising. A court has ordered a veterans’ office to grant “National Meritorious Person� status to a 51-year-old man who has suffered from sch...

Post by Alison McNeill and video by Miiko Mentz The Bubby award train makes its next stop at Patricia Handschiegel. We presented Patricia with the award for “Kick-Ass Female and Best Laugh� at the recent Twiistup 5 event in Santa Monica. If you missed our highlight reel or the first two stops on...

 Here is Volume 2: these were all originally posted on the ASPMA site before they were removed as with Volume 1 (and the further volumes to follow), although I will mention one track in particular... The Downtowners (aka Rodd Keith) "Baby I'll Give It To You" has long been a favo...

In het Joods Museum van België loopt een retrospectieve over de oorlogsfotograaf en Magnum Photos-medeopdrichter Robert Capa. De tentoonstelling toont enkele van Capa's indrukwekkende fotoreportages. Aan de hand van de honderdvijftig beelden wordt ook zijn levensloop geschetst. Capa's eerste grote ...

Give credit to Jim DeRogatis for being a relentless pain-in-the-ass to Bono in the middle of a glad-handing radio event last night in Chicago. While I imagine Bono would have preferred to discuss whether the new U2 album is just a great 2009 album or the greatest, DeRogatis decided to ask a series o...

The need to gently cup the peen is in the air, because this is the second crotch grab of the day. It comes courtesy of Joe Montana's (he used to play football or something) 18-year-old son Nate Montana. Nate gave a little love to the goods while on vacation in Hawaii. Every now and again you just go...

The need to gently cup the peen is in the air, because this is the second crotch grab of the day. It comes courtesy of Joe Montana's (he used to play football or something) 18-year-old son Nate Montana. Nate gave a little love to the goods while on vacation in Hawaii. Every now and again you just go...

Give the Drummer Some's 10 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere (see Comments, below, for helpful info about downloading) The trophies mounted below ain't roadkill, campers! Each week our specially trained MP3 hounds hurtle snoutlong into the bramble to retrieve for you the most strik...

Media outlets preyed upon people's emotions this week in its reporting of President Barack Obama's decision to overturn the Bush Administration ban on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cell research is a hot topic among pro-life advocates because it involves the destructi...