The Last Confessions of E. Howard Hunt He was the ultimate keeper of secrets, lurking in the shadows of American history. He toppled banana republics, planned the Bay of Pigs invasion and led the Watergate break-in. Now he would reveal what he’d always kept hidden: who killed JFK BY ERIK HEDEGAARD/ROLLING STONE Posted Mar 21, 2007 1:15 PM Once, when the old spymaster thought he was dying, his eldest son came to visit him at his home in Miami. The scourges recently had been constant and terrible: lupus, pneumonia, cancers of the jaw and prostate, gangrene, the amputation of his […]
RAW FOOTAGE: Hardcore UFOs
Astonishing footage of a meteorite crashing into the Earth captured by the onboard camera of a police car in Edmonton, Canada, on November 20, 2008.
CONCERT REVIEW: SOUND/ART/SPACE
BY DAVE ALLEN Avant-garde music happenings held in art galleries have been common for decades, but they’re no less risky than when Andy Warhol brought the Velvet Underground into his Exploding Plastic Inevitable show. The very different stimulations from sounds and visuals often end up competing for attention, and the music can sometimes become an easily-ignorable soundtrack for those who just want to look at the pretty pictures. In spite of this danger, Network for New Music’s 2008-09 season is dedicated to exploring the interaction between music and visual art, and SOUND/ART/SPACE, an intimate chamber concert held at NEXUS/foundation for […]
INTELLIGENCE REPORT: The End Of Empire
ASSOCIATED PRESS: The report, Global Trends 2025, is published every four years by the National Intelligence Council to give U.S. leaders insight into looming problems and opportunities. It also says countries in Africa and South Asia may find themselves unstable and ungoverned, as state regimes collapse or wither away under security problems and water and food shortages brought about by climate change and a population increase of 1.4 billion. The potential for conflict will be greater in 2025 than it is now, as the world’s population competes for declining and shifting food, water and energy resources. The report, a year […]
IT’S OFFICIAL: Hillary To Take Secretary of State
THE GUARDIAN: Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned. Obama’s advisers have begun looking into Bill Clinton’s foundation, which distributes millions of dollars to Africa to help with development, to ensure that there is no conflict of interest. But Democrats do not believe that the vetting is likely to be a problem. Clinton would be well placed to become the country’s dominant voice in foreign affairs, replacing Condoleezza Rice. Since being elected senator for New […]
5 Things You Should Know About Madonna Last Night
1. Quote of the evening: Madonna, to muscle boy at foot of the stage: “Oh honey, you’re gonna have to go to the gym more if you’re gonna wear a shirt like that.” At this point, Madonna’s physique is beyond reproach — the python arms, the thighs that would crush your skull like a grape, an ass that’s stunning even from Section 106, so she’s certainly got room to talk. But it bears noting that the now 50-year-old pop goddess kept press photographers way back near the sound board, ensuring flattering mid-range shots of her face. Sayin’. 2. The set […]
JUNK SCIENCE: Frankenfood For Dummies
BY ELIZABETH FIEND LIVING EDITOR Genetic engineering is a biological science that involves modifying plants, animals or any living cell on a genetic level using gene splicing and gene modification. Complex technology allows scientists to isolate DNA from a plant or animal, and also from tinier organisms like bacteria. The DNA is then cut and spliced and either removed from the original source or implanted into another organism. This allows alterations and direct manipulation of hereditary traits of either the original organism, or whichever new host organism into which the DNA has been implanted. OLD SCHOOL Hybridization, the old way […]
CINEMA: Vampire Weekend
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008, directed by Danny Boyle, 120 minutes, U.K.) TWILIGHT (2008, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, 122 minutes, U.S.) LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008, directed by Tomas Alfredson, 114 minutes, Sweden) BY DAN BUSKIRK, FILM CRITIC If the economic meltdown is herding us all into poverty the latest film by flashy Brit showman Danny Boyle assures us the experience will be a life-affirming character builder. In Slumdog Millionaire Dev Patel plays the title character Jamal, a slum-born orphan who sits in the hot seat a single question away from winning the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A […]
HEAR YE: The Mural And The Mint
Now playing on Phawker Radio! Our record release show for our debut full length, “Private Pockets” (available below) will be this Friday, 11/21 at Johnny Brenda’s (Frankford and Girard). Also on the bill will be the internationally renowned Pig Iron Theatre Company, performing songs from their musicals. They will be followed by Gildon Works, a band with an intense sonic palate and psych tendencies. Accompanying our set will be dance performances by Nichole Canuso, Kate Watson-Wallace, Scott McPheters, Christy Lee and Meg Foley. Video amazingness by Jorge Cousineau. Doors at 8. $10, 21+ CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ALBUM
ARTSY: The Lonesome Death Of Amy Winehouse
ONTD: An artist is displaying in New York a statue in real size of the British singer Amy Winehouse fallen in the ground in a blood puddle, with a shot in the head. In the back, there’s a real size statue of the American writer William S. Burroughs with a rifle in his hand.The installation belongs to the Italian artist Marco Perego and is called “The only good rock star is a dead rock star”. It is on sale for about US$ 100,000 and started to be displayed last week in the Half Gallery, New York. Perego explains that the […]
WAR ON ERROR: Judge Orders Release Of Gitmo 5
GLENN GREENWALD: The five men ordered released today have been imprisoned in a cage by the Bush administration for 7 straight years without being charged with any crimes and without there being any credible evidence that they did anything wrong. If the members of Congress who voted for the Military Commissions Act had their way (see them here and here), or if the four Supreme Court Justice in the Boumediene minority had theirs, the Bush administration would nonetheless have been empowered to keep them encaged indefinitely, for the rest of their lives if desired, without ever having to charge them with any crime or […]
PAINT JOB: Rock Town Hall Gets A Fresh Coat
Hosted by our in-house rock expert Ed King, Rock Town Hall remains the place to take those volatile arguments about the majestic trivia of rock after your girlfriend gives you that disapproving ‘you promised‘ look. The new design makes it roomier than ever, plenty of room for throwing elbows. Come on by, take your shoes off, sit a spell.
NPR 4 THE DEF: Giving Public Radio Edge Since 2006
FRESH AIR Sean Penn stars in Gus Van Sant‘s new biopic Milk — the story of an out gay politician who inspired a community with his courage, and whose 1978 murder made headlines across the country. Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black says he was among those for whom Harvey Milk made a real difference. Born to Mormon parents, he grew up amid the military communities of San Antonio, Texas. He says Milk’s story, when he finally learned about it, helped him summon the courage to come out to his family and friends. “Texas kept me very quiet,” Black told the Bay […]