Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Stereotomy | The Alan Parsons Project | Stereotomy | Rock |
2. | Just One Step Away | Billy Cobham | The Traveler | Jazz |
3. | The Highs Are Too High | Pretty & Twisted | Pretty & Twisted | Alternative & Punk |
4. | Somewhere In Between | Kate Bush | Aerial: A Sky of Honey | Alternative & Punk |
5. | Amon Hen | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | Soundtrack |
6. | Down the Coast Hwy | Stan Ridgway | Black Diamond | Alternative & Punk |
7. | Heavenly Bank Account | Frank Zappa | You Are What You Is | Alternative & Punk |
8. | Crucify | Tori Amos | Little Earthquakes | Alternative & Punk |
9. | Parallels | Yes | Going For The One | Rock |
10. | Dissidents | Thomas Dolby | The Flat Earth | Alternative & Punk |
Yet another sign of the times
Someone recently can across this web site by searching for the string, “Jesus, please give me some numbers that will win me lotteries tonight“. I’m not exactly sure what to make of this…
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K-HITS 96: Station Releases Corcoran, Kruze and Others to Pare Costs, Boost Ratings
There’s a bit of irony in that JC Corcoran is now a blogger…
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UPDATE: Check out JC’s Daily Dose to see what JC has been up to lately.
What are the odds?
November 18 2009, Times Live
Pirates off Somalia attacked a Danish container ship, already hijacked once, but were scared off by a security contingent aboard. The US-flagged Maersk Alabama came under attack from automatic weapons early on Wednesday morning some 350 nautical miles east off the Somali coast but the security team returned fire, the EUNAVFOR mission said in a statement.
Deep Thought
Karl Urban should really play Elgin Clark in a remake of Night of the Lepus…
Mmmm, Prison Cooking
In honor of Martin Scorsese‘s birthday, here’s dinner in prison, from Goodfellas:
(more…)UK CONVENTRY PROMOTIONS
Yawn! Someone would have me believe I’ve won yet another lottery…
From: “Troy Robinson” <robinsotr@einstein.edu>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:49:52 -0500
Subject:EML/56-TF-8890776
Why would a so called “winning notification message” have an Albert Einstein Healthcare Network email address?
REF: EML/56-TF-8890776
UK CONVENTRY PROMOTIONS
National Office,
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road,
Victoria, London SW1W 9SP,
REF: EML/56-TF-8890776
BATCH: 109/91300/EML
PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the UK CONVENTRY EMAIL LOTTERY MEGA JACKPOT WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 10th of Nov 2009.
I’m pleased to inform you that you’re full of shit.
Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 66109-17 drew the luckynumbers 990-11-815-37-10-83, and consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.
Not the 1st category? What kind of scam is this?
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: EML/56-TF-8890776.This is from total prize money of £5,000,000.00 shared among the Ten (10) international winners in this category.
To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email or phone for processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
The claims officer contact email is:
MR. David Bent
UK CONVENTRY LOTTERY,U.K.
Tel/fax: +4475-5600-9052
Email: davidbent51@aol.co.uk
An AOL email address? <sarcasm> I’m impressed. </sarcasm>
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible;
1. Reference and Batch Number
2. Names in full
3. Telephone and Fax
Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
HARRIET FERRARO
CONVENTRY PROMOTIONS.
Copyright (c) 2009 Euro Millions Inc.
How does “Troy Robinson” <robinsotr@einstein.edu> fit into all this?
This message is intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential, the disclosure of which is governed by applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange for return or destruction of these documents.
What are you going to do, call the police?
This email appears to originate from the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. Either one of their computers has been compromised, or an employee is seeking some additional income.
Top Gear’s Volkswagen Ad
Top Gear VW Advertisement – One wonders if they’ll show this unedited in the USA:
(more…)Friday Random Ten: 2009-11-13
Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
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1. | Itaipu: II. “The Lake” | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus: Robert Shaw | Itaipu, The Canyon | Classical |
2. | Dinah Moe Humm | Frank Zappa | Baby Snakes | Alternative & Punk |
3. | The Dance Of Maya | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Inner Mounting Flame | Jazz |
4. | III. War Inside My Head | Dream Theater | Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence | Metal |
5. | Light Of The World | The Alan Parsons Project | Stereotomy | Rock |
6. | The Dark Eternal Night | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | Metal |
7. | Walking In Your Footsteps | The Police | Synchronicity | Rock |
8. | Hope Fails | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | Soundtrack |
9. | Octavarium | Dream Theater | Octavarium | Metal |
10. | Urbania | The Alan Parsons Project | Stereotomy | Rock |
Physics Humor
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