- Thom Yorke has always been something of a trippy hipster
icon. He may have found the ideal place for someone who is simply that much
cooler than everyone else to ply their trade over the weekend, when he played a DJ set
to just eight people at Cornish festival Leopallooza. No, not Lollapalooza, but
Leopallooza, which calls itself "the best house party in a field."
Yorke, whose primary role is fronting Radiohead when the band is actually
together and not chasing its respective solo dreams and projects, regularly
plays DJ sets around the world and reportedly took to the decks on Saturday
night in the backstage area of the festival. However, the festival did not advertise
Yorke’s appearance prior to him getting behind the turntables Saturday night
and as a result, a measly eight people were on hand when he started his set. One
attendee remarked that Yorke is “probably the most influential artist of the
past decade and here he is prepping to play to half a dozen drunk hippies.” And
the problem with that is Other than, of course, the fact that many of those who
saw the show of a lifetime up close and personal reportedly had absolutely no
idea who Yorke was. Odds are that some of those tweakers were oblivious to Yorke’s
identity, but knew exactly who other festival performers such as Superfood,
Foxes, Dry The River and DZ Deathrays were. This was the ninth year for the
independent festival, which took place over three days at Lower Exe Farm in
North Conrnwall. Maybe next year some dude with a couple of Sharpies and a
sheet of copier paper can drum up some advertising if Yorke decides to make a
return appearance……..
- Ladies, you may listen, you may speak, but if you are in
Turkey, you may not laugh. At least not if Deputy Prime Minister Bulent
Arinc is the one making the decision. This forward thinker and intellectual
revolutionary made waves last week when he proclaimed that not laughing out
loud in public is among the requirements of being an honorable woman. On the
surface, it might seem like an intellectually stunted and Stone Age-worthy line
of thinking, but everyone knows how totally slutty it makes a chick look if she
just laughs at anyone’s joke. For some odd reason, the ladies of Turkey were
not down with the comments and many of them took to Twitter to protest by
posting photos of themselves laughing heartily at what were undoubtedly
hilarious jokes that just happened to be told right before someone grabbed
their iPhone and snapped a very candid picture. The social media outrage was
merely the first stage of the blowback, as women's rights activists and female
legislators have now filed a legal complaint against Arinc, with legislator
Aylin Nazliaka saying the women filed the complaint with court officials in
Istanbul on Monday. Arinc is accused of violating charters on gender
discrimination and allowing women to become "targets" of possible
violence if they laugh in public. The good news for all who love caveman
philosophy and have sided with Arinc is that the complaint is extremely
unlikely to lead to legal action against the politician. It’s more of a
symbolic gesture aimed at sending Arinc a message that "his
discriminatory" statements are not acceptable. If only someone had a funny
joke to break the tension here………
- Louis van Gaal is something of a soccer egomaniac with the credentials
to match. Now that he’s the manager of a very expensive, historic English
soccer franchise coming off a disappointing season, the man who guided the
Dutch to a third-place finish at this year’s World Cup, van Gaal is wasting no
time throwing his weight around. The Manchester United manager inherited a
high-priced team with many high-profile acquisitions, one of whom found himself
in the doghouse immediately. Luke Shaw, who joined United for a $40 million
transfer fee, doesn’t seem to have impressed his new coach. No sooner than van
Gaal arrived in Manchester than he took one look at Shaw and declared the 19-year-old's
fitness to be lacking. Even enough Shaw was a member of the English team that
competed at the World Cup in Brazil, his conditioning did not meet van Gaal’s
standards when the team came together for training at Carrington less than a
month after the tournament. That led the manager to send Shaw away, as in
forcing him to train separately from the rest of the team until he is able to
get himself back into shape. With United currently touring the United States
playing exhibition matches, Shaw is on the road with them, but working out on
his own. Asked why, Van Gaal said: "He is OK, but I am always a
trainer-coach who sees individuals and what they need. He needs to be fit and
is not very fit and fit enough to do what I want. He needs to train
individually until he is fit." According to van Gaal, Shaw actually agreed
with his assessment, but neither is sure how long it will take for the striker
to get back where his coach wants him physically. Shaw will continue to work
out with conditioning coach Tony Strudwick, doing inane things like running
sprints and practicing his passing for now. The good news for United is that
exhibition games in a foreign country don’t matter at all and Shaw’s absence isn't
ruining anyone’s day except his own………
- The real news when it comes to the alleged hacking of the
city of St.
Louis’ website isn't that the hacking supposedly took place, but more so that
anyone knows the site exists and spent any time on it at all. Websites for
local government aren't exactly known for shattering Web traffic records or
boasting innovative content, but some bored hacker who was between games of “Call
of Duty” and hadn't yet settled on a time to make a Taco Bell run with his
fellow computer dork buddies decided that it would be amusing to worm his or
her way in and alter some key data on the city’s official website ahead of statewide
primary elections on Aug. 5. The site is allegedly a place where voters can get
election information about the Missouri Primary, if anyone actually logged onto
government websites seeking anything other than a coma due to boredom. Google
picked up on the potential hacking, as it flags websites as hacked when a
hacker may have made changes to the information on the site. The Web search
giant flags such sites and recommends that people stay away from them until
security is restored and the site is declared safe. Visiting before the all
clear is given can expose a user’s device to spam or malware. Again, all of
this would matter a whole lot more if this had happened to a site that more
than five people a year visit, perhaps one with lots of porn or some adorable
cat videos………
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