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THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY MUST BE SEEN

The artist and director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat) has brought a remarkable film to the screen. It is in limited release. Don't miss it when it arrives in your city.

The Diving Belle and the Butterfly tells the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby who becomes paralyzed after a stroke and is only able to move his right eye. His remarkable adaption to his condition pushes the human spitit to new heights of resiliency. The film through teriffic camera work goes through Jean-Dominique Bauby's imagination and his past.

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is getting great reviews and award nominations. The film has a very good soundtrack.

NY Times Review: Link

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VIDEO OF TOP TEN SIGNS YOUR COUNTRY MAY BE GOING FACIST - OH MY GOD!!!

Is America moving towards Facism? Is George Bush and the Republican Administration taking us to the edge?

Here's a video that shows the top ten signs if your country may be going Facist.

MOTOWN 1968 THREE DISC BOX SET BRINGS ON THE MEMEORIES

Who can't remember all the Motown hits from Berry Gordy's stable of amazing artists - Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Glaydis Knight, the list goes on.

Motown Hits of 1968 is out.

Various Artists The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 8: 1968 Link

1968 was a very tumultuous year - "James Brown's "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" essentially erased the word "negro" from polite conversation, the Beatles spent the spring at an ashram overlooking the Ganges and much of the fall riding the six-minute "Hey Jude" up the pop chart, Sly & the Family Stone's "Dance to the Music" brought funk to more ears than anything before it, and it's hard to shake the feeling that maybe silly love songs aren't always going to cut it when you're watching reports on the Tet Offensive on CBS and your brother is in Vietnam. And so it was that a few of Motown's biggest hits in 1968 pointed in new directions: The Temptations took us on a gritty funk odyssey to "Cloud Nine", Marvin Gaye's harrowing, intense version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" finally saw release after a year and a half in the can, and the Supremes topped the charts with the social commentary of "Love Child." Link

The Temptations - "Cloud Nine"

TOP FIVE VIDEOS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING

Global Warming reached an awareness peak in 2007. Everyone knows aboout it. What are we going to do aboiut it?

Here are the top five videos on Global Warming in 2007 on You Tube. Link

WHO'S MAKING THESE DUMB DECISIONS AT HARVARD

Harvard Alumni stop giving money to an institution that doesn't need your money. Harvard already has 35 billion in their coffers and is giving financial aid to families earning as much as $180,000, And other schools might follow this example. Link

Harvard Alumni you might give money to people who are poor and need an education. The problem is worldwide.

Here are some Universities and organizations that need your help.

American Negro College Fund. Link

American Indian College Fund. Link

Poorest of the Poor Education. Link

Kanye West on Education

THE CHEAP BASTARD VETOED HEALTH INSURANCE FOR CHILDREN AND NOW HE'S GOING TO VETO AN INCREASE IN PAY FOR THE TROOPS

Bush - what a guy and you elected him, whoever your are. Let's not make the same mistake twice and vote a president who has his own agenda and not one representing the majority of the American people.

HILLARY CLINTON WOULD NEVER DO THIS, NEVER.

"Part of what troubled Bush about the legislation is that it would permit US troops to seek compensation for having been tortured by Saddam during the first Gulf War.
The provision that is causing problems would have allowed the victims of the executed Iraqi dictator Saddam to seek compensation in court, Democrats said. The Iraqi government has warned that former U.S. prisoners of war from the first Gulf War might cite this legislation in an attempt to get money from the Iraqi government's reported $25 billion in assets now held in U.S. banks, they say." Link

Bush vetoes Children's Health Insurance. Link

This Is Not America - David Bowie

TEN SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS WHICH COULD CHANGE THE WORLD

This was a very exciting year for science and for monkeys. A Rhesus monkey was cloned to produce stem cells. Chimpanzees make spears for hunting. News from outerspace - A new planet may harbor life.

Here are the top ten Scientific breakthroughs. Link

THE ARTIST ROBERT WILLIAMS HAS A NEW WEBSITE

The low brow artist and pioneer underground comix and hotrod illustator Robert Williams has a new website.

It's very cool. Check it out. Link

Previous Robert Williams post- From Zap Comixs to Vans. Link

Via Boing Boing: Link

BEST FILMS OF 2007

Slash Films has compiled the best films of 2007 based on critics taste (Rotten Tomatoes) and audience votes(IMBD.) Here's the list: Link

BING AND BOWIE SING THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

This is a sweet rendition of "The Little Drummer Boy" with Bing and Bowie from Bing Crosby's last Christmas show in 1977.