One of the greats.

Read an obit here.
There are a million great interview clips on YouTube, but my favourite is definitely the stuff with Kiss:

He was 71.

Well it seems Mitt Romney is making a serious play for the mouthbreather vote, fondly embracing a woman holding a sign so breathtakingly stupid on so many levels that it’s almost poetic.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has a message for those who are criticizing him for recently posing next to a supporter’s [...]

It’s only when you read things like this that it really hits home: Finland is totally lame. And as I’ve said a million times: Don’t even get me fucking started on Finnish aquatic scientists.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish researcher is to study fish in an aquarium while a rock group performs nearby, to see if [...]

Particularly owing to the music.

Christopher Hitchens has been largely incoherent since 9/11, for reasons which escape me. But his latest piece on Conrad and his insane wife, formerly known as talent-challenged right-wing hack Barbara Amiel, is a very fun read.
Here’s a tidbit to give you an idea of what Black went to bed with every night:
Lady Black, the former [...]

In a valiant attempt to curb the unchecked and unabated global population explosion, these kids show you how not to have any sex ever.

It’s actually very well done, though if I actually bothered to choreograph something this complicated, I think I’d set it up so that I didn’t come off looking like I totally suck [...]

Nothing will screw up a Presidential bid quicker than when your kid gets into trouble. (Well, unless you’re Dubya, in which case normal rules and/or common sense are deemed illegal and sent to Gitmo to have their nipples electrocuted. But I digress.)
Al Gore’s son was pulled over for speeding on a California freeway early Wednesday [...]

Taking it to the rack is such a high percentage shot that 3 kids decided to do it at the same time.

You’ve gotta love it when the kids have their fundamentals down. Pretty awesome.
Thanks to Christian for flipping it over.

…but narcolepsy is just way too funny. Make it a poodle for +100 hilarity.

This could get ugly/beautiful:
Steven P. Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple, is an emerging force in the mobile phone business, thanks to the snaking lines of gadget fans who queued up last week to buy the iPhone. But now he faces a headache in an industry Apple already dominates — digital music.
The Universal [...]