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Justin Bieber lost his cool this weekend in South Korea, allegedly starting a fight while out at a local nightclub. After a performance on his Believe Tour, the Biebs went out to celebrate his show. The singer spent a few hours partying to house music and then headed to the DJ booth where DJ Michael Woods was playing. According to reports, Bieber asked Woods to throw on some Hip-Hop in which he told Bieber to “f*ck off and put some clothes on.” Sources say the two got in an altercation, where Bieber allegedly threw a punch at Wood’s manager. While...

Singapore is not typically known as a hotbed for live music. But one young entrepreneur saw an opportunity. Clarence Chan developed a search engine to connect music-lovers with gigs they enjoy. He is now branching out, partnering with underground and international artists. As part of our series on start-up businesses from around Asia, we spoke to Mr Chan about his venture in the city-state.

Listening all those non-essentials brought me back to FZ and his timeless classic about the "flakes". http://youtu.be/RFvtoJrK1Zg

Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th President of the United States and is now seated in a position of power and privilege that few men have ever experienced. What must that be like - to go so quickly from obscurity to international fame? What affect would it have on one's sense of responsibility and sense of self? How heavy would the burden be to meet the needs and expectations of those who helped put you into power? How far does one become removed from the common man's conundrums, and yet how similar could the untold emotions range? ...

The Oregon agency behind Obamacare-promoting, taxpayer-funded ads that have garnered national attention for their hipster and trippy vibes defended the spots Wednesday. And next up? The agency will be looking for high school marching bands to play the pro-Affordable Care Act anthem in a contest aimed at bringing more attention to the government-funded health care exchange. The ads have grabbed much criticism for their lack of detail about the Affordable Care Act. “We’ve heard the criticism that those ads don’t tell people enough what Cover Oregon is,” said Amy Fauver, senior marketing manager at health exchange agency Cover Oregon, during...

I think this video will appeal to a lot of Freepers. You don't need to have a Facebook account to open the link. Farmer Style

As opera lovers in New York City's Metropolitan Opera froze in silent anticipation of the new season's first sounds, what they heard was not the introduction to Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," but shouts of protest against the recently-passed legislation that bans the public expression of LGBT identity in Russia. "Putin, end your war on Russian gays," a member of a New York-based LGBT organization shouted, unfurling a rainbow flag. His three colleagues joined chanting "Anna, your silence is killing Russian gays! Valery, your silence is killing Russian gays!" The activists inside the theater were peacefully escorted out. A few dozen...

North Korean Central TV on Monday aired more performances by the newly-created Moranbong troupe attended by leader Kim Jong-un. The show featured various groups of female singers and instrumentalists in their early to mid-20s dressed in mini-skirts, high-heeled shoes or off-the-shoulder tops. The troupe enjoyed a brief moment in the international spotlight by dressing up as Disney characters in one performance, another first for the staunchly anti-imperialist nation.

In a world that is increasingly shaped and formed by Hollywood’s version of love, i.e., sex; and where celebrities have redefined “forever” to mean until something better comes along, behold Fred Stobaugh. At 96 he’s of an era where “till death do us part” meant till death do us part. His story embodies everything good and decent in America’s heartland, where people face life with stoic determination and heartfelt emotion need not be overwrought.  Here is Fred’s life story, summarized in one simple song that he wrote for his deceased wife commemorating their 75 years together. In a world where...

Honorable Members of the National Diet, I urge you to listen to young people’s voices and revise the Entertainment and Amusement Trade Control Law to allow late-night dancing in Tokyo and other cities throughout Japan. Cosmopolitan Tokyo conjures up images of world-class restaurants, busy streets and the latest trends in fashion. But one thing jars with this image of a busy metropolis: that clubbing late at night is a crime. The entertainment trade control law prohibits dancing after midnight in clubs smaller than 60 sq. meters. Recently, police have been cracking down on clubs in Tokyo because neighbors have complained...

Agneta Myhrman Lilliesköld is an up-and-coming Swedish beauty recently crowned 'Miss World Sweden'- she's now set to represent Sweden at Miss World 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia...   More at Reaganite Republican...  

If you consider the deadliest mass shootings in American history -- at this point, shootings with 12 or more fatalities -- you'll find the first one happens in 1949. A deranged lone gunman's "Walk of Death" in Camden, New Jersey, claimed the lives of 13 people. The next one happened in 1966, when a lone gunman climbed the bell tower at the University of Texas and began shooting. He killed 16 people. The first half of the list of these horrible shootings, as Rachel pointed out on the show last night, took place over half a century. The second half...

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Music video from the Norwegian talk show I kveld med YLVIS.

Faces -sometimes known as The Faces- were an English rock band formed in by residual members of the legendary Small Faces when Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton et. al. in 1969..  The name derived from English 'mod' slang of the era, where 'happening' or socially-known people within the mod scene were known as 'faces'- along with the fact that all five band members were somewhat vertically-challenged. After the highly-successful Small Faces broke-up, the remaining band members - Ronnie Lane (bass guitar), Ian McLagan (keyboards) and Kenney Jones (drums) - were joined by two (taller) blokes,...

The 20-year-old Östergötland, Sweden (literally God's Country- and she looks it!) native is currently travelling and doing some modeling, as well as competing in this year's 'Miss Universe Sweden' pageant, the winner of which goes on to Moscow for the Miss Universe 2013 contest in December... Likes to party! More at Reaganite Republican... (SFW) ________________________________________________________ facebook

"Once upon a time when the Internet was new, a chat room on AOL would have been the closest thing to "Social Media". Then suddenly there came a promising website called classmates.com. The web domain was user friendly, easy to remember and made it clear what the visitor should expect. Over a period of years from the late 1990s into the middle 2000s, Classmates grew at a steady pace. It got to a point where one could find many of their old friends on there. The members were easily in the millions, if not tens of millions and they were...

It’s hard being a parent in today’s world. Everywhere you look, your child is being constantly being exposed to influences that most likely run counter to your beliefs. Kids today are hyper-exposed to sexuality, vulgarity, violence, and a culture that little values discipline, manners, and respect. A parent’s authority is undermined on many fronts, with the classroom being an example, but one of the most effective tools against the authority of parents is television.The progressive left has been targeting the youth of America for decades as they have long recognized that children are the most impressionable and that if they...

Today we saw another Met Live in HD opera presentation. It was Thomas Ades's The Tempest, based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. The music is very modernist and the libretto has been modernized, with but a few of The Bard's most famous lines surviving. ("Those are pearls that were his eyes.") One character observes that "fortune, 'tis said, favors the bold." Certainly, as tomorrow is Veterans Day, we honor the boldest among us, a boldness motivated by love. The Tempest is an odd story of revenge, forgiveness and release. Prospero, a magician of fading powers, was Duke...

Today we saw The Great Gatsby. It’s an excellent adaptation of the classic Fitzgerald novel. The Great Gatsby is about striving, dreaming, and trying to restore what was. Jay Gatsby is a man who has remade himself from a penniless war veteran into a millionaire, all in pursuit of his lost love, Daisy, who is now married to Tom Buchanan. Tom is old money. The green light at the Buchanans’ residence across the harbor represents the dream that is just out of reach for Gatsby. At one point, he’s talking to his friend Nick, the narrator (and most likely Fitzgerald’s...

A hundred million miracles are happ'ning ev'ry day, And those who say they don't agree Are those who do not hear or see.– Oscar Hammerstein III,"A Hundred Million Miracles", from Flower Drum Song What are you doing right now? Silly question, of course: You're reading this article. But have you contemplated the miraculous chain of events that enables you to read these words? I am sitting here at my keyboard, typing these words. A few clicks send them out and a few more clicks post them on this site. Then, with just a few clicks, you are able to read...

Can anyone sing a good neil Young falsetto and lay downthis track? Al-Ghaida is returning, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Benghazi. Gotta get down to it Jihadis are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. If you knew Stevens And found him dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Gotta get down to it Jihadis are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew Stevens And found him dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Al-Ghaida...

Defence bosses have rapped a group of elite Israeli troops for joining in a wedding party in Hebron while on patrol in the city of Hebron. The troops from the Givati Brigade stumbled across the celebration in the Palestinian city in the southern West Bank and were recorded on a mobile phone joining in with a dance, Gangnam style. At one point a soldier, in full uniform and carrying his weapon, is lifted up onto the shoulders of a reveler as the crowd enthusiastically dances to the music. The footage was aired Wednesday on Israeli Channel 2 TV, according to...

"They may look wacky and bizarre, but this rookie Korean girl group, Crayon Pop, is leading the KPop music charts. And it's this music video, "Bar Bar Bar" that is running red-hot on the internet." (Excerpt quote from video.)

- I have written about this before. In our growing hedonistic culture, pedophilia is in the process of being normalized, downgraded by some from a severe sexual perversion into a mere ”orientation.” The Atlantic–mainstream media!–has two articles that push us in that direction. First, “I Pedophile,” by David Goldberg–a Canadian journalist convicted for viewing child pornography–argues that his obsession with children is a “sexual orientation:” The main query that I am convinced will always be without an answer is why I am a pedophile. It is the equivalent of trying to determine why someone is heterosexual or gay. We don’t...

Good afternoon, This especially goes out to all of my musician Freepers. We've been using Monster Cables for years. Love 'em. Need to purchase another cord for our Fender P. Considering CBI. We don't do cables from Asia. USA made preferably. What's your preference? Thank you for your time and input, TJI

K-pop presentation is still in a status where they are being tried out, like a pilot program, to see if this works with the market. On the Fourth of July near a pier in San Francisco, many people gathered to enjoy the crisp weather by the sea or find a good place to see the fireworks. To entertain them, street performers brought their gigs to the bay, with one of them dancing to Psy’s globally familiar tune, “Gangnam Style.” After the record-setting song, which became the first video to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube, celebrated its first birthday on...

Well, tomorrow on TV will in fact be a "vast wasteland." Nothing but MLK and Obama, the 50th anniversay of the speech, the Black Caucus, and endless blather about "racist" America 24/7. And, oh yeah..lots, lots, lots Trayvon Martin. Maybe it should be a drinking game..have a belt every time someone says "Trayvon." Anyways, the best thing to do is NOT to turn on the TV, especially if you can't stand seeing grown men and women wear hoodies..But if you absolutely must watch the tube, be advised that TCM is having a Shirley Jones festival..

'If you have a problem with America,  you have a problem with me!' -Gene Simmons Unlike many of today's less-appreciative-type immigrants -who entertain visions of conquest- traditional American immigrants of the 20th century (and their children) are among the most patriotic people you could ever ask to meet. They knew how good we've got it in this country -felt blessed for being allowed in- and where/are sincerely grateful for America's sacrifice on their behalf- you never heard any of this entitlement crap from them...What's that got to do with Gene Simmons?  He was actually born Chaim Witz in Israel on...

It wasn’t long ago when Crayon Pop, the goofy five-member girl band, seemed like the hottest new act in K-pop. Now they seem all but toast after its members got too cute with Internet hate speech. The controversy began to build up in June, when Way, one of the Crayon Pop singers, tweeted ''You know you guys were 'nomu nomu’ (very very) awesome today, right? We’re jealous of all your fashion sense. To our nomu cute fans, thank you and thank you.’’ And in an earlier television appearance, Choa was called by another member ''jjeolttuki’’ after coming to the stage...

Legendary rock band Aerosmith have been forced to cancel their Shanghai and Taipei gigs due to a local promoter’s inability to meet contractual obligations. "It is with sincere regret that Aerosmith has announced that it must cancel two previously scheduled festival gigs," the band wrote in a statement on their official website. The two gigs were originally scheduled on Aug. 21 in Shanghai and Aug. 24 in Taipei. "Aerosmith shares the disappointment of their supportive fans in Shanghai and Taipei and they hope to see them soon," the statement continued. Aerosmith is supposed to make its debut China show at...

"After Yelp (YELP) substantially exceeded the second-quarter consensus, the share price escalated by approximately 23%. The news was followed with several columns authored by skeptics who made great effort to draw parallels to the Internet bubble of the late 90s. In his column titled "A little Reminder of What Happened in 1999," Seeking Alpha contributor George Kesarios drew a comparison between the valuation of today's YELP and the castles in the air of that era, specifically Yahoo and Intel. Having long been a value investor first and foremost often put me on the short side of the market in the...

More pictures here, unfortunately without me-  I do hope the poor thing's coping, somehow... See the attitude I had to deal with? More at Reaganite Republican...

Veteran Japanese rockers Mr. Children attracted so many fans to this year’s edition of the Summer Sonic music festival that they made Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman Billy Corgan upset. “Thank-you for the warm reception,” he said sarcastically in Osaka on Saturday, in response to the legions of Mr. Children fans who crowded the area just ahead of the Japanese group’s set. Ah, the trials of being an opening act. Despite Corgan’s rage, Mr. Children’s supporters were one of the reasons the 14th Summer Sonic, held simultaneously in Chiba (representing Tokyo) and Osaka, sold out both legs of the event (as well...

The Diders are one of the most exciting punk rock trios you will ever see. Bursting with attitude and ferocious energy, we could barely keep them on the stage during their explosive performance. Two boys with a girl drummer, these snotty young punks are everything that punk music is supposed to be - nothing more and nothing less.

"Hell on Wheels" is the most unflinchingly NOT politically-correct series you are likely to ever see. Not only is it a decent historical-fiction retelling of the Union Pacific railroad saga, it's got pretty good dialog and character development. My favorite quote from the first episode of season 3 is when railroad boss Cullen Bohannan purchases clothes for freed man Elam Ferguson for a meeting with the New York board of the railroad. He says to the tailor, "The black man chooses and the white man pays." There were multiple levels of meaning. It's a great show. You can watch it...

Good Evening, We just picked up a Fender Blue Deluxe guitar amp. I've been reading limited but mixed reviews. For your musician friends our there, what say you? You feedback and experience is appreciated. Thanks, TJI

…And a request for your moral support, and freeping the polls, on their behalf. Today, I feel compelled to make this vanity post, because I hope to see these girls continue to garner fans and “take over the world�…so to speak! ^_^ The girls I’m talking about are a Korean pop music (KPop) group called “Crayon Pop.�  They are a quintet of sweetly charming, cute girls, who debuted last year, and currently sweeping Korea (perhaps the world?) with an infectious tune called “Bar Bar Bar,� or “Bbabbabba� (which is the Romanized version of the Hangul text. The double"b" or "bb"...

Just saw it mid day saturday. theatre was pretty crowded but not packed. i kind of liked it. damon was good as low level criminal that gets into a big big mess. Jodie Foster was really good as the evil b*&%h that runs the space station habitat. For reasons never explained she speaks French, and has some odd kind of French accent. Aside from that she fills the roll. She also fills out her tight skirt, looks like Ms. Foster has ballooned a little. Might have gone another way on the rear tight skirt shots. Double wide. Lot of stuff...

Doug E. Fresh, Matisyahu and more hip-hop stars are hoping their vocals can get kids moving. The artists join Michelle Obama’s Partnership for a Healthier America and Hip Hop Public Health to create an album focused on getting kids to stay active and be healthy. MTV RapFix reports the ‘Songs for a Healthier America’ LP features voices from other rap stars like Run-DMC and singers like Jordin Sparks, Ashanti and Ariana Grande. Even health experts like TV doc Doctor Oz join in on the rapping fun. “So many kids listen to Hip Hop so why not give these messages to...

"Well, now we just may know where Google's ad revenue went: Yelp and Facebook. Google (GOOG) missed Wall Street's consensus for reasons attributed to a decrease in the price of mobile ad revenues. A recent Forbes column by Contributor Robert Hof indicated that mobile ads were already 40% less than prices for ads served on desktop computers and his opinion as to why they continue to decline may be that Google is offering more of them, which could be pushing the prices down as a corollary. Conjecture that was not put forward in Mr. Hof's column was that advertisers have...

We know Zimmerman is riding around with a piece in the glove compartment, but that wouldn’t help if he was, say, involved in a drive-by. I’m not advocating that, but just saying it wouldn’t be of any help to him. But, these recent comments Rick Ross has said made me think. George Zimmerman is not even in hiding and tensions are still very high. Peep what he said in a recent interview with Global Grind: “I’m still angry [at the George Zimmerman trial verdict]. I’m upset and really, really enraged. I’ve just been trying to keep from putting too...

the moment that he heard the mother, Sybrina Fulton say after they asked her whose voice was that she heard on the tape and she responded, “That is my son Trayon Benjamin Martin!” it was at that very moment that the Holy Spirit moved in Frankie Smith and the song was born. . . Copies are being distributed to key players including the Rev. Al Sharpton’s office to possibly assist with costs for the late Trayvon’s mother.

With high-profile rap stars like Jay Z speaking on the controversial George Zimmerman verdict earlier this month, Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon is the latest emcee to reveal his reaction. In Rae's opinion, the Trayvon Martin family's fate was sealed with the selected jurors not having any compassion or realizing how defenseless the slain 17-year-old was. "When I heard about the verdict, about the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case, I was sad," Rae revealed in an interview. "I was disappointed in the justice system and I felt like they didn't really pay attention to the case the way they were supposed...

As Miss Bolivia 2013, Alexia Viruez now heads-on to Moscow for Russia's first hosting of Trump's 'Miss Universe' pageant in December... strong candidate, this one... More at Reaganite Republican... ________________________________________________   Xaxor    Curiosando    Facebook 

Jay-Z attends a rally in support of Trayvon Martin on July 20, 2013 in New York CityAn extensive interview with Jay Z has revealed that the rapper was “angry” at the outcome of the George Zimmerman verdict, a case he followed closely through its duration. In the interview with Elliott Wilson of Rap Radar, Wilson brought up President Barack Obama’s statement on the verdict, which the MC called “amazing,” after which Wilson asked point blank for the rapper’s thoughts on the trial’s finale. “I was really angry,” Jay said. “I didn’t sleep for two days. We all knew there was...

This week has seen a plethora of jerks who could easily have taken our Jerk of the Week honors. From the race-baiting Al Sharpton to President Obama's insipid speech about the Zimmerman verdict, the choices were many. However, one rose head and shoulders from the pack to take the prize this week. Spitting in the face of Americans everywhere, Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner put Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bomber, on its cover. It seems that Jann Wenner seeks to glorify terrorism with its puff piece on how such a nice young man could turn to terrorism...

I turn on the tube and what do I see A whole lotta people cryin' "Don't blame me" They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody else Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves Victim of this, victim of that Your momma's too thin; your daddy's too fat Get over it Get over it All this whinin' and cryin' and pitchin' a fit Get over it, get over it You say you haven't been the same since you had your little crash But you might feel better if I gave you some cash The more I think about it,...

On his Wednesday podcast, comedian Adam Carolla dissected the reactions to last Saturday’s “not guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. Some of the media reaction that followed suggested the justice system had failed Trayvon Martin, the black 19-year-old shot by Zimmerman in February 2012. Carolla, author of “Not Taco Bell Material,” reacted to those remarks, saying that in some ways skin color and other physical attributes are something that will have to be overcome. “I’m willing to admit there’s a certain amount of racism,” Carolla said. “It’s not nearly — it’s not nearly what the news builds it up...