The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president. The Drudge Report exclusive tells us that the NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have been booted from the Obama plane for network executives and the epically influential ESSENCE and JET Magazines.

The thing that the outcasts all have in common? They have backed McCain.

WOW…that is straight out gangster. These papers have been covering Obama’s campaign at a very high cost for months, and now that the updates will be most beneficial to the publications - they have been given the boot. There are several side rumors that there is an Obama documentary about the first black president in the works, and that the team needs more priority on the plane.

It just seems a little partisan to me…maybe it is just me, but I haven’t heard of McCain or ANY OTHER Presidential candidate in history doing anything like this. Again - if I am wrong, I would love to know it because truth be told, it is shocking to be so blatant like that.

Cloud Cult is a breaking band out of Minnesota that take their belief of enviromental protection to the extreme - “They tour in a biodiesel van, record in a geothermal-powered studio and even printed their liner notes on recycled paper with nontoxic vegetable oils.” [RS]

Where as this tree hugging attitude could overshadow a lesser band, Cloud Cult’s musical talent really shines through.

Rolling Stone Magazine says, “[Cloud Cult sounds like] the instrumental arsenal of the Arcade Fire mixed with the gentle electronic throb of the Postal Service” and named them a breaking new artist to watch.

Check out Cloud Cult’s music video for “Everybody Here is a Cloud” after the jump! Read More »

I’m convinced that prostitutes and bloggers make up half the world’s population.

With sex scandal upon sex scandal being covered by every facet of the media, it’s no surprise to see even the most private of prostitutes being outed…wait, did I say “private”? I meant “attention-seeking.”

I’m not trying to be unfair, but when you’re a blogger/prostitute like Debauchette, our Exhibit A, your life revolves around what people think of you and your every opinion, raw and uncut. Eventually, that insatiable need to be heard gets you in trouble — or on ABC News with Diana Sawyer. Or both.

It’s hard to empathize with the outing of Debauchette — her mom figured out she was a professional whore from watching the interview, taking notice of her daughter’s quirks and mannerisms — especially when nobody forced her into chatting up her “other” life on television. Call it being a call girl; I call it ego-feeding.

Still, Debauchette comes off extremely smart, albeit too smart for her own good, putting her wordy eloquence and personal gain before simple judgment. Too much dick does that to a girl.

Everybody and their mother knows that Wii loves mothers (families in general, but they love moms a lot), from the perpetually PG vibes of their first-party games, to the undercurrent of low quality kiddie titles that would weigh down their entire library if anyone ever took notice.

While I’m in the camp that thinks Nintendo needs a little roughing up — Medal of Honor and other sloppy ports just won’t do — a Pole Dancing Wii game may not be the bridge they’re looking for, either.

From Tech Digest:

“Currently seeking a partner to help license their concept, Peekaboo Pole Dancing has sent out an email announcing their idea for a Wii game that’d have you ’shake your booty’ and ’spin your thing’.

Little else is said about the project, only that it’s a concept, and ‘A-list celebs’ like Carmen Electra, Kylie Minogue, the Spice Girls and Pussycat Dolls are already fans of the company, who currently sell portable dance poles.”

THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN. Still, it’s a fun thought, Nintendo endorsing a pole dancing title featuring the world’s most famous tramps. The mind boggles at the Wiimote’s possibilities.

(Photo Credit: Jamillia Deville - Pole Dancer, Julio Arenas - Photographer)

Our pals at Best Week Ever hyped us to Real World Dailies, which is essentially a digital dump to store all odds and sods from the unfortunately deathless show. Wait, did I say odds and sods? I meant TOPLESS hot babes. You hear that, fellas?? BOOBS. Yeeeeeaaaaaah!!!!!

Man…I can feel my IQ diving lower and lower with every clip.

What I don’t get is that anybody would waste their time watching annoying girls flash a tater here and there, especially when free porn is just an AskJolene (NSFW) query away.

Whores are awesome — but attention whores? Not so much.

Nearing the end of the blogging shift today, I was hoping for one more buzzworthy, worthwhile story…then Gisele Bundchen gets offered the female lead for a new Austin Power’s flick, which seems as important as anything happening in the news right now…right?

First off, I wasn’t aware the Austin Powers‘ franchise was still relevant, let alone alive and kicking. Mike Myers has been making zillions with Shrek, so I hope him revisiting Austin Powers is for the right reasons (read: a damn funny script) and not to pad out his swelled-up bank account.

And another thing: Gisele can act? I know she was in Devil Wears Prada (which means nothing), so I’m intrigued to see how this pans out, if at all. But hey, the abysmal Beyonce had her chance, so why not? I’m all ears — and eyes. Those help when talking about Gisele.

No, the title isn’t the name of Sufjan Stevens’ latest ditty (though it could’ve been, wordy little smug bastard). London based US Design Studio compared the grind of being your average 9-to-5 worker with the linear lifestyle of battery-farmed hens.

Basically, the design studio packaged humans like hens in a supermarket. It’s all real cool with an important statement and stuff, if just a tad too artsy-fartsy for my tastes. But hey - don’t let my wordy, smug opinion (ah f**k…) stop you from checking out the photos for yourself.

Prepackaged human photos after the jump. Read More »

Fanboys tells the story of four friends determined to break into George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in hopes of watching Star Wars: The Phantom Menace before it’s released in theaters. Along the way, one of the friends gets sick - terminally sick. It’s a sobering truth in the midst of a silly road trip - so sobering that the powers that be don’t want the film hampered down by it.

Harvey Weinstein, who picked up the film in 2005, commissioned Steve Brill (Joe Dirt, Mr. Deeds), under the tutelage of Judd Apatow’s producing partner Shauna Robertson, to reshoot and re-edit the film to nix out the cancer. He felt it would be easier to market without the downer of a subplot. Needless to say, the movies’ original creators went batsh*t. Read More »

Seeing that P2P and BitTorrent sites are under fire these days, I suggest going the legal route when acquiring music, like ‘borrowing’ it from friends!

Share any song in your iTunes library and download any song from your friends’ iTunes libraries over the internet with freeware application Mojo.

When downloaded, Mojo allows access to any iTunes shared music folders on computers that have the application. Downloading music, video and photos is as easy as clicking and dragging on the respective folders. To make matters even more convenient, Mojo detects which songs you already have on your computer by coloring them light grey; DRM ones are denoted in bright red.

Now, all you have to do is track down that old smug roommate who only listened to obscure punk 45s from Berlin, convince him to join Mojo and rip him off clean. Mojo: making the world a better place.

For more details you have three choices: check back here soon for a full review, read Lifehacker’s great breakdown or just go ahead and download Mojo now.

Remember the Muppet revival in the mid 90s? Of course you do.

Parody shirts sporting Kermit and friends were all the rage in the 90s, along with lesser attempts by the Looney Tunes (I think people still wear both in certain parts of the country…). Now, our Favorite Frog has once again entered the world of fashion - and it’s AWESOME.

I don’t care who you are, one cannot deny the pairing up of Kermit the Frog with notorious photographer Terry Richardson as anything less than genius. Appearing in ads for the street-wear brand Supreme, Kermit will appear in a photography exhibition in Paris at Colette featuring himself and Richardson posing in the brand’s clothing and decks.

Supreme’s past spokespeople include Raekwon, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones.

Muppets, man - they are eternal.

Watch footage from the photoshoot after the jump. Read More »

This is too good to be true.

From The AP:

Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian plans to run for Congress, complicating a Michigan race that is expected to be among the most competitive in the nation.

The so-called “Dr. Death,” who was released from prison last year and remains on parole, will run as a candidate with no party affiliation for a congressional seat representing Detroit’s suburbs, an associate said.

“Jack is in great spirits, and he intends to do this. He just hopes for some honesty in government,” said Ruth Holmes, Kevorkian’s longtime jury consultant.

YES. The first thing that pops into my mind when I think of Dr. Kevorkian (besides MURDER) is his honesty. If elected, let’s just hope he doesn’t run out of patience…BLAM!

The Internet’s favorite pastime is judging anything and everything, from music and tattoos to girlfriends and professors. So it was only a matter of time that armchair critics took the law into their own hands, and Rate My Cop fills that gap, however suspect the idea is.

Rate My Cop rates various police forces around the country from best to worst, according to users who submitted their scores. In practice, it’s no different than rating a professor - praise the best, bash the worst - but when does our need for judging go over the limit? Read More »