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29 Sep 23:31

I always thought he was a creepy looking bastard,,,,

by dw
28 Sep 18:45

Coches, canciones y accidentes

by Grace Morales
James Dean con su porsche «Little Bastard». Foto: Corbis.

James Dean con su porsche «Little Bastard». Foto: Corbis.

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Aquí, en mi coche, me siento a salvo de todo. Puedo bloquear las puertas. Es la única manera de vivir. En coches. (Gary Numan, «Cars», 1979).

El mundo adora los coches. Representan la juventud, la independencia y la libertad. Cuando ya no se es joven y hemos comprendido que la libertad es un eslogan publicitario (de coche), entonces remiten a otras ilusiones, como sexo por el precio de la carrocería y exhibición del estatus social. Sobre todo, individualismo. Ultraegoísmo cultural, el coche es la representación de Occidente: brillante, metálico, dispuesto para envolver tu cuerpo y el de tu familia en un exoesqueleto de acero y plástico, y al mismo tiempo, chatarra, basura herrumbrosa lista para ser abandonada o apilada en un cementerio de recambios.

Amamos la velocidad, desafiamos a la naturaleza con los motores sobre las autopistas. La ficción de nuestra vida se amplifica en la panorámica de las lunas del coche. Seguimos dentro de ese asiento, en la misma alucinación que el futurismo escribió en 1909, la belleza de la velocidad en un coche de carreras lanzado contra el porvenir. Los coches están implicados en nuestras vidas desde que nacemos, por lo que el accidente en la carretera es un acontecimiento religioso y estético: es la celebración del fallo, la sublimación de lo terrible y también la democratización de la muerte. Porque todos podemos vivir deprisa y morir en un coche, como los actores de Hollywood y los miembros de la realeza. Lo de hacer un bonito cadáver ya queda al gusto de cada temporada. En plena «nueva carne», no quedará antiestético sino romántico formar un híbrido de sangre, huesos y piezas de chatarra, como le sucede al héroe Tetsuo, a RanXerox en Nueva York y a los personajes de J. G. Ballard en Crash, deseando morir en un accidente mientras alcanzan el orgasmo.

Lo de las motos es igual. Si en algún momento fueron un vehículo reservado a rockeros y outsiders, ahora, como el coche, abarcan toda la horquilla social. Desde amas de casa a bordo de grandes monovolúmenes para hacer la compra y amantes del tunning en macrobotellones del motor, el universo de la motocicleta lo mismo tiene fans en consejos de ministros que en concentraciones de rockeros calvos.

La música popular ha cantado al coche y a las motos en formas de himnos a la libertad, a una marca determinada y a la vida cotidiana desde la carretera. También ha glosado las desgracias de sus accidentes en multitud de temas y perspectivas distintas a medida que ha pasado el tiempo. Como hizo el folk con sonados hundimientos de barcos o descarrilamientos de tren, las death songs han evolucionado desde estas catástrofes al pop y sus historias de amor y muerte a lomos de una moto o dentro de un coche.

Ya en 1938 tenemos una gran canción country sobre un accidente de coche, un clásico a cargo de Roy Acuff y sus Crazy Tennesseans, versioneando el original de los Dixon Brothers, «Wreckage on the Highway». Aquí no hay chicos corriendo salvajes ni historia de amor, sino un accidente en el que se ve implicado un camión que transporta botellas de whisky (ilegales) y un conductor borracho, además de la advertencia de no conducir bajo la influencia, si no se quiere acabar mezclando sangre con licor y cristales

Con el mismo título, Sprinsgteen incluyó un tema en The River (1980), pero no es versión, aunque sí está inspirada en la de Dixon. Aquí, la sensible estrella pop rock presencia un accidente mientras conduce por la carretera. Luego, cuando llega a casa, ve a su hija durmiendo y reflexiona gravemente sobre estas cosas.

Dejando a un lado las miles de recopilaciones de «Rock para el coche», «Música para el coche», «Dad, don´t run, vol. XIII», etc., siempre con los mismos hits, es tan fuerte la atracción entre música, coches y motos, que en los años cincuenta, un subgénero pop, la tragedia adolescente, se especializó en baladas de accidentes, a cuál más trágica y sangrienta, con sus correspondientes parodias. Fue la muerte de James Dean en 1955 el suceso que marcó un antes y un después en el curso de la necrofilia por las estrellas del espectáculo, porque en él se unieron dos conceptos tan atractivos para el público como sex symbol y coche deportivo a toda velocidad. Inmediatamente comenzaron a publicarse las canciones sobre rebeldes sin causa que se estrellaban contra otro coche, o rizando el rizo de la tragedia real, contra un camión, como en el clásico de Leiber y Stoller «Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots» («and an eagle on the back»), donde el protagonista cambiaba el Porsche de Dean por una moto y adquiría el look de Marlon Brando en The Wild One, «el terror de la autopista 101». La canción, original de The Cheers, ha sonado en muchas versiones, desde la de Chris Speeding a la de Edith Piaf, que transformaba al «salvaje» en un blouson noir parisino («L´homme a la moto»).

No eran tiempos de campañas de seguridad y sillitas especiales para niños, ancianos y mascotas. Durante los años de bonanza económica y producción masiva de coches, los americanos escuchaban, cuando las autoridades lo permitían, estas baladas melodramáticas, un poco cursis, con letras truculentas y final espantoso. La pareja de novios, atrapados en un lío Romeo-Julieta, veía terminar su relación con el chico rompiéndose la crisma en el asfalto, o en un canto al suicidio pactado, como en «Star Crossed Lovers», de The Mystics, donde la pareja, como sus padres no aprobaban su relación, se escapaban en coche y al final lo estrellaban contra otro.

Claro que para tragedias, las de «Teen Angel» y «Tell Laura I Love Her». La primera, un n.º 1 en 1960, después de haber sido prohibida su difusión en la radio durante el año anterior, cantaba a los novios que se encontraban acaramelados en un coche, aparcados por alguna razón desconocida en las vías del tren. El chico saca a la novia del vehículo porque teme que se acerca el tren, pero la chica vuelve al coche y es arrollada por este. Luego descubren que el cadáver lleva el anillo que se había dejado dentro… Mark Dinning habla con el espíritu de la novia en esta balada que sonaba en la banda sonora de American Grafitti.

Laura, la de Ray Peterson (1960, composición de Jeff Barry), también sufría por un anillo, pero aquí el que moría era el novio, quien, para poder comprarle uno de compromiso, se apuntaba a una carrera de coches, pero el coche se incendiaba, aunque aún tenía tiempo de declararle su amor. (También, por alguna razón desconocida, es un fetiche de José Luis Garci, y en su película Solos en la madrugada de 1977, aparecía el propio Peterson cantando la canción en directo en unas imágenes muy duras).

Con un estilo menos empalagoso, el cantante de pelo indescriptible Wayne Cochran escribió «Last Kiss» a partir de un accidente real en el que habían muerto varios adolescentes. Esta canción describe los últimos momentos de la chica tras el choque y cómo se despide del novio con un agónico beso. Fue un éxito en la versión de J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers en 1964 y, mucho más tarde, en una de Pearl Jam. Del mismo año es «Terry», la versión inglesa de estos poemas al accidente juvenil en moto, a cargo de la cantante Twinkle, que sufrió el mismo proceso de condena en las radios y éxito en las listas.

Las bromas sobre tan intenso subgénero surgieron casi a la par. No solo ridiculizaban el dramatismo de las Shangri-Las cuando estas actuaban en televisión, sino que hubo parodias musicales, como la contestación de la Laura de Peterson, «Tell Tommy I Miss Him» (1960), por Marilyn Michaels, y algunas directamente novelty, a lo Abrahams, Zucker & Zucker, como el número del disc-jockey Jimmy Cross en «I want my baby back», en la que mezclaba el accidente de «Last Kiss» con el de «The Leader of the Pack» (la pareja, que venía de un concierto de los Beatles, no solo chocaba contra otro coche, sino también contra un grupo de motos). El chico, desesperado por la pérdida de su novia, que se ha desmembrado en el choque, la saca de su tumba y se la lleva. Más disparatado es este himno a la sangre de Nervous Norvus, quien popularizó en 1956 «Transfusion», la historia de anticipación ballardiana en la que el conductor tiene diversos accidentes, solo para recibir la inyección posterior.

La parodia más famosa es la de Magical Mystery Tour, el programa de televisión de los Beatles, donde los Bonzos (The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band), deliciosa orquesta de músicos-humoristas, interpretaban «Death Cab for Cutie», en la que el genial Viv Stanshall imitaba a Elvis en una teen tragedy donde Cutie cogía un taxi y moría tras saltarse un semáforo en rojo. Pocos meses después, lo repetirían en el show de los pre-Monthy Python en 1968.

La era hippie ha dejado docenas de himnos a la moto, pero pocas historias de accidentes. Salvo, por ejemplo, «Motorcycle Irene», del segundo elepé de Moby Grape, Wow (1967) un guiño de Skip Spence a la teen tragedy, donde el rebelde de la moto es ahora una chica que conduce una Harley, luce tatuajes, fuma grifa y su cuerpo termina desperdigado por varios sitios.

La new wave, enamorada de los sesenta, rescató la balada trágica, y Blondie («Suzy & Jeffrie») o los Ramones7-11») hicieron sus propios tributos, pero desde una distancia aún más irónica, como Devo en «Come back, Jonee» (de su elepé de debut del 78), donde un guitarrista se estrella en su Datsun y le deja a la novia su guitarra como único recuerdo. In memoriam Bob Casale:

Los Specials describieron de forma brillante la vida urbana británica. En «Stereotype» (More Specials, 1980) criticaban esa figura recurrente del juerguista («Se bebe su edad en pintas»), quien tras estar recluido varias semanas en casa por prescripción facultativa, sale como un loco de fiesta y estrella su coche contra un poste de la luz.

Los Beach Boys comienzan los homenajes a los famosos muertos en accidentes de coche con «A Young Man is Gone» (Little deuce couple, 1963) por James Dean. Unos Siouxsie and The Banshees de 1991 recordarán a la actriz Jayne Mansfield, quien perdió literalmente la cabeza en su descapotable, con su canción «Kiss Them For Me» (del elepé Superstition). The Clash, en London Calling (1979) escribirían este homenaje a Montgomery Clift, «The Right Profile», quien aunque no murió en un coche, sí sufrió un gravísimo accidente cuando estaba en lo más alto de su carrera, que afectó de manera dramática al resto de su vida:

La sombra de J. G. Ballard

Dos de los escritores más influyentes en la música pop (anglosajona) son Phillip K. Dick y J. G. Ballard. El segundo parece ser responsable, muchas veces a su pesar, de una larga lista de temas inspirados en su universo inexorable, donde tecnología y ficción se funden con los instintos humanos, en una sucesión de imágenes perturbadoras. En especial, la novela Crash, que mencionaba al comienzo del artículo, ha dado canciones y looks en portadas y videoclips de gente narrando experiencias extremas en coches. Desde David Bowie («Always Crashing in the Same Car», de Low, 1977) a Manic Street Preachers («Mausoleum», de The Holy Bible, 1994, donde se puede escuchar un sampler del propio Ballard hablando de su novela). Sin duda, el ejemplo más parecido en tono y actitud al propio libro, deshumanizado y clínico, sería esta canción del productor Daniel Miller, fundador de Mute Records, quien en 1978 publicó un single bajo el nombre de The Normal con la canción «Warm Leatherette», grabada en su casa con un sintetizador, que resumía el contenido de la novela en su letra «Hay una gota de gasolina en tu ojo / El freno de mano penetra en tu muslo / Rápido / Hagamos el amor / Antes de que mueras».

Himnos motofunerarios

El grupo teen neoyorkino de chicas The Shangri-Las se hizo muy popular en los sesenta, gracias al contrato con el sello Red Bird y las grandes producciones de George «Shadow» Morton. Su segundo single con la casa, «The leader of the Pack», composición de Jeff Barry y Ellie Greenwich, sigue siendo la canción más espectacular de la teen tragedy, y una de las más vibrantes de los sesenta, acerca del héroe motorizado y rebelde que muere en una noche de lluvia, mientras la novia, una adolescente que estaba dispuesta a llevarlo por el buen camino, llora con sus amigas ante la desaprobación de los padres. La conversación del principio entre Mary Weiss, la solista, y las gemelas Ganser, la impresionante orquesta, el ruido de la moto (y la leyenda urbana de que subieron una moto al estudio para grabar el sonido), los efectos de choque del final, la letra y los coros, han pasado a la historia.

Como el vídeo que queda es de un programa de televisión donde sale Robert Goulet haciendo el indio con las chicas, he elegido esta versión muy gamberra de Twisted Sister:

«Dead Man´s Curve» – Jan & Dean.

Los padres de la música surf y muy influyentes artistas en estilos posteriores, grabaron en el 64 uno de sus singles más populares y sombríos, una gran canción acerca de una carrera entre dos coches, el Sting Ray y el Jaguar XKE por la ciudad de Los Ángeles, que termina en accidente en un estrechamiento de Sunset Boulevard. Contado en primera persona por el conductor del Corvette, la mala suerte se combinó en este caso con la ficción, puesto que dos años después, Jan Berry tuvo un choque real, además muy cerca de la curva del hombre muerto, del que se recuperó tras años de dura rehabilitación, con la ayuda de su compañero, Dean.

«Maldito cumpleaños» – Los Nikis.

De entre los temas del pop rock español, entre monjitas rancias y coros dabadás, Cadillacs estereotipados y niñas bien que corren en Spyders, elijo el Alfa Romeo de la chica de los Nikis y esta historia descacharrante, que solo podían haber escrito ellos, de su segundo elepé, Submarines a pleno sol (1987). No sé si llega a incumplir alguna ley ciudadana, pero seguro que insulta a diversas sensibilidades.

También es muy recomendable esta aproximación de los Punsetes, de su primer disco, sobre la atracción irresistible de contemplar coches espachurrados:

«Accidentes».

«1952 Vincent Black Lighting» – Richard Thompson.

Esta es, posiblemente, la canción más bella escrita sobre el mito de las motos, el amor y la muerte. El genio de Thompson nos cuenta una preciosa historia sobre James, el joven delincuente que es tiroteado por la policía en un atraco y, antes de morir, le regala su tesoro más preciado, la Vincent Black Lighting, a su chica, Red Molly.

«A Day in the Life» – The Beatles.

Aquí hay dos canciones mezcladas, dos historias que se cruzan en una teoría de la conspiración que, de ser cierta, explicaría algunas cosas sobre la trayectoria de los Beatles tras su separación. Pero verdadera o no, la canción que canta John Lennon es una burlona visión acerca de un accidente de coche en la que irrumpe Paul McCartney, quien no sabremos nunca si realmente fue el protagonista de ese suceso. Psicodelia, costumbrismo, humor y muerte. Extraordinaria.

Post Trauma

La lista no ha terminado. Puede que el rock y el pop ya no existan como los conocíamos, pero el tema sigue fascinando. Grupos como The Flamings Lips han dedicado canciones a la fatalidad del accidente («Mr. Ambulance Driver», 2006) y otros han debutado en la música narrando su experiencia con la mandíbula aún cosida («Through the wire», Kanye West, 2002).

Precaución a todos.

28 Sep 18:40

¡Adiós, hipsters! Llegan los twees

by Tamara Montero
Ya están aquí. El revulsivo social que tiene como mantra la dulzura, la educación y la cultura. Te lo cuenta YES, la revista gallega de Gente, Creatividad y Tendencias

28 Sep 18:32

"MAS ROCK AND ROLL" 20 Rare 60’s Teen-Punk Artyfacts!

by noreply@blogger.com (RYP)
An incredible compilation of some of the best 60s garage, punk, and rock&roll ever made south of el Rio Grande. And this means not only Mexico, but Southamerica too: Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru etc!!!! And for extra oddity we added a song from The 5 Torquays (five G.I.s from the US stationed in Germany who later became THE MONKS!) and a band from Madrid, Spain.This compilation of mainly Mexican 60s garage punk is a cracker. If you like the Back from the Grave, Born Bad, Gravel, Pebbles series of releases then this is right up your alley. This release is in fact a label sampler from Spain's Electro Harmonix label which is a vinyl only label specialising in 60s garage / rock'n'roll / punk from places like Spain, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. One of the highlights for me is a hopped up, trashy instrumental by Los Shains called Shains-A-Go-Go, but there are a dozen or so tracks that take it out and really chop it up. Interestingly for garage fans, one of the tracks, "There She Walks", is by the Five Torquays, who later became The Monks. For me, a 60s garage addict, this is disc is pure bliss. A must!! (Shindig)

trax:
1. LOS SLEEPERS - Zombie 2. LOS SAICOS - El Entierro de Los Gatos 3. RAUL HITLER - Vivan Las Mujeres! 4. SURFERS DE LOS CAMPEONES - Checkered Flag 5. LOS SINNERS - Rebelde Radioactivo 6. LOS SONAMBULOS - Sonambulo 7. LOS SHAINS - Shains A-Go-Go 8. LOS SPEAKERS - Vete Ya 9. THE FAMOUS FINKS - Little Coffee Shop 10. THE 5 TORQUAYS - There She Walks 11. LOS GATOS SALVAJES - Donde Vas? 12. LOS YAKY - Baila el Fredy 13. BAT BOYS - Cheatin Charlie 14. LOS MONSTRUOS - Hey Monstruo 15. LOS OVNIS - El Ovni 16. LOS FLIPPERS - Flipprotesta 17. LOS MONJES - Problemas en La Mente 18. LOS SHAKERS - Give Me 19. LOS COMANDOS - Taurus 20. LOS HOLYS - Campo de Vampiros 21. LOS MACS - El Amor Despues de Los 20 Aos 22. LOS WALKERS - 19,8 23. LOS VIDRIOS QUEBRADOS - Ficciones 24. LOS GRIMM - Viaje en La Alfombra Magica 25. THE NEW JUGGLER SOUND - Glue 26. LOS ELECTRONICOS - Las Mirlas
...served by Gyro1966...
28 Sep 18:32

VA - My Pussy Belongs To Daddy (1957)

by Savage Saints

A two-for-one today, thanks to another contribution from the always reliable Ross Hamilton, who writes: "I have heard about this album down the years but never found a copy of my own until now.

I don't know too much about it I am afraid, but it comes under the category of adult albums like (those by) Kay Martin and her Bodyguards, full of double entendres and sexually suggestive lyrics." I too have come across this before, its always cropping up on those 'bad album art' sites, but had never heard any of its contents until Ross passed these two cuts on to me.

There are just 10 tracks on the Beacon Records album My Pussy Belongs to Daddy, subtitled For Adults Only - Spicy Songs Sung By Outstanding Artists. Four artists are credited, none of them outstanding. The title song, credited to Faye Richmonde, is fairly mediocre and like so may of these simpering, sniggering, so-called 'adult' albums, aimed at the stag party market, but the other track I'm sharing with you today - He Forgot His Rubbers, performed by Angelina - is great; it reminds me of the wonderful Davy's Dinghy by Ruth Wallis, a Dr Demento standard and one of my favourite comedy records of all time. Co-incidentally Davy's Dinghy was recorded in 1956, just one year before My Pussy was released.

It seemed that Beacon began by specialising in these kinds of releases. Their first album, Hot Pepper, featured the same line up as My Pussy Belongs to Daddy (augmented by Nancy Steele) and included such 'classics' as I'm a Virgin, But I'm On The Verge, It Was Hard When I Kissed Her Goodbye and, not being the kind of outfit to let anything go to waste, the album also includes an earlier outing for My Pussy....cheapskates! (source)



28 Sep 18:15

"No negativity—we just want to be admired."

by Fizz
Generation Wuss » by Bret Easton Ellis [Vanity Fair]
"In his books, he used to shoot at the materialistic excesses of his generation. But today, youth has become Bret Easton Ellis' favorite target. According to him, young people are just too sensitive, too narcissistic ,too stupid. But ultimately, as he explains in this exclusive text, he kind of feel sorry for them ( and they love it !)."
28 Sep 18:15

5 Life Hacks to Class Up Your Single Guy Apartment

By Gladstone  Published: September 28th, 2014  Are you a dude? Do you have your own place? Did you just move out of your parents' home or break up with your girlfriend? Maybe you just got divorced? ATIC12/iStock/Getty Images "Back off with the questions, dude." The point is, if you're a dude and
28 Sep 01:38

Fuck Loud and make Noise

by tiki god

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Fuck Loud and make Noise originally appeared on MyConfinedSpace NSFW on September 27, 2014.

28 Sep 01:34

31 Most Satisfying Moments in Board Games

Just humiliating a child at Hungry Hungry Hippos.

BuzzFeedVideo / Via youtube.com

28 Sep 01:31

Ann Jones and her Western Sweethearts

by The Commuter

Ann Jones and her Western Sweethearts

01-Hi-Ballin' Daddy.mp3
02-God Gave Me You.mp3
03-Knockin' Blues.mp3
04-This Secret Love.mp3
05-Too Old To Cut The Mustard (& Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys).mp3
06-I Carry Your Picture In My Heart.mp3
07-You Won't Find Me Singing The Blues For You.mp3
08-Be Safe - Be Sure - Be Careful.mp3
09-Baby Sitter's Blues.mp3
10-Smart Aleck.mp3
11-Let The Love Bug Bite.mp3
12-Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind.mp3
13-Monkey Business.mp3
14-I Love You More As Time Goes By.mp3
15-If I Could Buy You.mp3
16-Love Bird.mp3
17-I've Had It.mp3
18-Love Is A Losing Game.mp3
19-A Big Fat Gal Like Me.mp3
20-Lonesome With You.mp3
21-A Little Bit Of Nylon.mp3
22-How Many Years.mp3
23-You've Got The Right Of Way.mp3
24-If I Was A Cat.mp3
25-Our Kind Of Love.mp3
26-Steppin' Out With My Shadow.mp3
28 Sep 01:28

A Magic: the Gathering Wedding Proposal

by Lisa Marcus



Lindsey Loree had more on her mind than a fun game of Magic: the Gathering when she interrupted her boyfriend Eric's Lego fun to ask him to play the game with her. Her request didn't seem to Eric to be anything out of the ordinary, as he had been teaching her to play for six months. But what happened during their game was nothing ordinary. As Eric told the story (his account is here and her account is here), 

"We’re in the middle of the game and both hovering around ten life. She’s looking awfully giddy and I’m thinking she’s got some power card that’ll spell doom for me. So I play Time Spiral. She was not happy. We reset and on her turn she smiled and threw a card on the table. What I felt next was confusion. What was that card? Five white for a sorcery and the picture was some dude kissing a girl? There’s no card like that. Well, there is now."

What Lindsey handed him was the card below, asking Eric to marry her. 


Quite a game changer! He goes on with his story,

"Of course I said yes. I made a joking fuss about how her cards were sleeved and mine weren’t and how it’d be really hard to shuffle them. Then she gave me a ring pop, to make it official.

Now, there was a little cheating on her part. I Time Spiraled the card back into her library and while I was shuffling she dropped it in her lap to make sure it was in her next hand. But I suppose that can be forgiven given the circumstances."

Way to be flexible with the rules when necessary! Congratulations to the happy couple. -Via Geekologie.


27 Sep 18:03

How to Properly Sell Your Sweaters on eBay

by A B

This is Deb, she sells handmade sweaters on eBay while looking like she’s being held hostage against her will.

27 Sep 17:51

Giant, Worm-Slurping Leech Filmed For The First Time

by Robbie Gonzalez

Giant, Worm-Slurping Leech Filmed For The First Time

For the first time, filmmakers in the forests of Borneo's Mount Kinabalu have documented the so-repulsive-it's-captivating behavior of a large, red, worm-guzzling predator. While it remains unclassified by science, the animal is known to the area's tribespeople, fittingly, as the "Giant Red Leech."

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27 Sep 10:24

Best friday post

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27 Sep 10:23

The day Bobby Jean realized she completely wasted her life,,,,

by dw
27 Sep 10:19

Marvel llega a un acuerdo con los herederos de Jack Kirby

by Gerardo Vilches

jackkirby

Según informa la web hollywoodreporter.com los herederos de Jack Kirby han llegado a un acuerdo con Marvel en su disputa judicial por los derechos de autor del artista. Un comunicado conjunto informa de que “Marvel y la familia Kirby han resuelto amistosamente sus disputas judiciales y están deseosos de trabajar juntos en la meta común de rendir honores al papel significativo de Mr. Kirby en la historia de Marvel”.

En la noticia publicada se resume el caso Kirby de manera muy reveladora: “… representaba el equilibrio de poder entre los colaboradores creativos por un lado y los estudios que gestionan la producción y distribuyen las obras por otro. Se trataba de cómo interpretar quién es un “empleador” bajo la Copyright Act de 1909 —antes de que se modificara la ley de derechos de autor— y de si los tribunales deberían aplicar la prueba de “instancia y gastos” y situar todos los trabajos por encargo bajo su paraguas, o si por el contrario deberían hacer hacer una interpretación estricta, lo que en la práctica permitiría que otros personajes icónicos como James Bond fueran liquidados”.

Más información sobre este complejo caso en la web citada.

27 Sep 10:00

‘Hey Ya’ cover shows it was meant to be played on French horn

by Alex Moore
‘Hey Ya’ cover shows it was meant to be played on French horn

YouTuber FhornPatrick (can you tell he’s a French horn enthusiast?) uploaded a cover of “Hey Ya” done all on French horn and showed why this song was meant for it. The one thing about watching someone do a cover where they loop themselves is that it always starts out slow. Give it a few seconds and the guy has a rich Outkast tapestry going. I’m officially putting French horn on my list of underutilized instruments along with the ukulele.

h/t: Reddit

27 Sep 09:55

‘This American Life’ just drop-kicked Goldman Sachs

by Alex Moore
‘This American Life’ just drop-kicked Goldman Sachs

Every once in a while “This American Life” breaks a major news story—the 2010 story of Adrian Schoolcraft exposed corruption in the NYPD and prompted a city-wide inspection; their 2010 report on predatory home loans in the wake of the financial crisis went viral and helped expose the whole industry for the racket it’d become.

A new episode airing Friday (Sept 26) promises to do the same thing for the financial industry.

The story centers on Carmen Segarra, Fed regulator who was assigned to regulate Goldman Sachs in 2012. This American Life reporter Jake Bernstein obtained 46 hours of secretly recorded tapes between Segarra, Fed employees and Goldman reps, and as Bloomberg points out the the corruption and willful ignorance are shocking:

The job right from the start seems to have been different from what she had imagined: In meetings, Fed employees would defer to the Goldman people; if one of the Goldman people said something revealing or even alarming, the other Fed employees in the meeting would either ignore or downplay it. For instance, in one meeting a Goldman employee expressed the view that “once clients are wealthy enough certain consumer laws don’t apply to them.” After that meeting, Segarra turned to a fellow Fed regulator and said how surprised she was by that statement — to which the regulator replied, “You didn’t hear that.

As Bloomberg explains, regulating the banking industry has failed because Fed regulators often get hired to work for the very banks they’re supposed to be regulating. With a recycling of positions between the private and public sector, it’s a little like hiring a shark to regulate the seals. And because of the cronyism that world is famously insular, which makes transparency a challenge.

However “The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra” episode blows the world of Wall Street regulation wide open with unprecedented access to its acute failures.

President Obama has had some wins and some misses, but perhaps his biggest shortcoming has been his failure at meaningful financial sector reform. Six years later, we’re just as vulnerable to market bubbles and crashes and their ensuing devastating unemployment as we were in 2008. Hopefully the episode can go viral enough to finally give the issue the attention it deserves.

27 Sep 09:53

18 Undeniable Facts That Prove the World Is Getting Better

By CRACKED Readers  Published: September 26th, 2014  When the news is screaming bloody murder in our brains, and our social media feeds are full of people disagreeing with each other in the most vile manner possible, it's hard to believe that things are peachy right now. But, well, when you take a step
27 Sep 09:52

Why Is Aluminum Foil Shiny on One Side But Not the Other?

by John Farrier


(Photo: Jason Eppink)

If you examine a typical roll of aluminum foil, you'll notice that one side is shiny, but the other is not. Why is that? Melissa of Today I Found Out explains that the way that it's manufactured makes this necessary:

In what is called the Bayer Process, after pure molten aluminum is obtained from aluminum oxide, it is placed in furnaces with a small amount of other elements (typically the final product will be between 99.8% and 99.9% aluminum). This liquid is then poured into “chill casting devices where it cools into large slabs called ‘ingots.’” Next the ingot is treated with heat (annealed), and then rolled between heavy rollers.

This initial foil is sent through still more rollers, several times, until it reaches the desired thinness. For the type of foil that is bright on one side and matte on the other, it is so thin that during some of the last rollings, two sheets of the thin foil must be placed together lest they tear or crimp during the final rolling of the sheets.

One consequence of this is that while the sides that touch the highly polished rollers are burnished to a bright finish, the inner sides that touch the other aluminum foil remain matte.

-via American Digest

27 Sep 09:48

A Pokémon revela enchufes de decenas de alcaldes e cargos políticos en toda Galicia

by Redacción

Aquagest recibiu moreas de peticións por parte de rexedores, concelleiros ou funcionarios de diferentes partidos e localidades, segundo correos interceptados na investigación. Conde Roa, Paula Prado ou Romay Beccaría son algúns dos que piden emprego para familiares ou amigos.

26 Sep 23:42

Best time of the year

by VectorJones



26 Sep 23:39

thedesureich: ruinleon: a snake wearing a top hat and mustache...



thedesureich:

ruinleon:

a snake wearing a top hat and mustache that is all

ah mr sneky,i see u r wering ur fance top

26 Sep 23:15

The problem with home-cooked meals

by Sarah Kliff

Food writers love to expound on the benefits of home-cooked meals.

"No nonsense cooking and eating — roasting a chicken, making a grilled cheese sandwich, scrambling an egg, tossing a salad — must become popular again," Mark Bittman at the New York Times wrote in an op-ed extolling the benefits of preparing food at home. To tackle the obesity crisis, he writes, "The smart campaign is not to get McDonald’s to serve better food but to get people to see cooking as a joy rather than a burden, or at least as part of a normal life."

A team of sociologists that recently spent 18 months following nearly 200 low- and middle-income moms argue that’s much easier said than done. The three researchers — Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliot and Joselyn Bretton — spent hundreds of hours interviewing and observing how moms feed their families. And they found that, while many enjoyed cooking, the time pressures and desire to please all family members made home-cooked meals a tiring, stressful experience.

For these families, tossing a salad wasn’t simple at all. Those who lacked reliable transportation only grocery shopped once each month, making perishable foods impractical. Scrambled eggs might not please all family members; roasting a chicken requires time between finishing work and serving dinner.

"The idea that home cooking is inherently ideal reflects an elite foodie standpoint," they write in the journal Contexts. "Romantic depictions of cooking assume that everyone has a home, that family members are home eating at the same time, and that kitchens and dining spaces are equipped and safe. This is not necessarily the case for the families we met."

Earlier this week I interviewed Bowen, an associate professor at North Carolina State University, about the research and what she learned.

Sarah Kliff: Tell me a little bit about the research project you’re working on, and what you’re trying to understand about the role of home-cooked meals.

Sarah Bowen: We’ve interviewed 120 low-income mothers about the social, economic, and cultural factors that affect how they feed their families. We also have 30 interviews with middle-class mothers as part of one of my co-authors' project. The interviews usually last about two hours, and we also selected 12 of those families to do more intensive ethnographic observations. With them, we’d visit them at least 10 times over a month, watching them as they made dinner, went grocery shopping, went to the WIC office and doctor appointments. We tried to get a better picture of their daily lives.

SK: And with all of that observation, what did you learn?

SB: One thing that really came across was that people are actually cooking a lot. On average, the people in our study were making dinner at home five nights each week. For the poorer families, they cooked because they didn’t have the money to eat out. Middle-class families felt it was important to cook and eat at home. So people in our study were cooking, but a lot felt like they didn’t have enough time or money to do it the "right" way. There were essentially three obstacles that got in the way of cooking the ideal meal, and they affected families in different ways.

One thing we heard a lot about was time pressure. For the poor and working class families, many of them had unpredictable or non-standard schedules that might change week to week. Quite a few had service industry jobs. Their schedule would change, and they might not know until a day or two in advance. They didn’t have this predictable schedule that is implied in the notion that we all get home at 5:30 and can start dinner.

Middle-class moms had more predictable schedules and most of them had a partner to share in the work of cooking. (Some of the poor and working class moms had partners, but others were single moms). Still, they said they lacked the time they needed, with everyone getting home around 6 o'clock and then scrambling to get dinner ready. They also wanted to spend time with their kids, so there was that tension.

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(AFP via Getty Images)

SK: How did the cost of cooking factor into the decisions that the families you were studying made?

SB: We weren’t surprised that money was an issue for the poorer families. A lot has been written on how healthy ingredients are more expensive, so that was one issue. In addition, a lot of the poorer families didn’t have reliable transportation, so they would only shop once a month. They wouldn’t buy very much fresh produce at all, because it goes bad quickly.

Some of the families didn’t have a kitchen table, or enough chairs for everyone, or lacked basic kitchen utensils, so that was another obstacle. When we hear about how we all need home-cooked meals, there are a lot of assumptions of what that looks like.

For the poorer families, this didn’t always reflect reality. The middle-class moms talked about money, but it was more about not having enough money to buy what they felt was necessary to make the very best for their families — for example, not being able to buy as much organic food as they wanted.

SK: When you and your co-authors talked to these moms, was there an ideal meal they were comparing what they made against? Was there a sense of, "Here’s what I should be doing and here’s how I’m falling short?"

SB: The middle-class moms did talk about this ideal meal. They had read these things, or heard these things about the importance of making dinner like your grandma and not eating processed foods. They were trying to live up to that and feeling like they were not able to, either because of money or maybe because they wanted to spend more time with their kids. It wasn’t that easy.

The poor and working class moms were less likely to talk about ideal meals in that way. A few mentioned organics, but they generally said that they couldn’t afford organic food or that organic food was for rich people. I remember one mom who said that she had heard something about organic and why to eat organic, but that she made it go in one ear and out the other because she didn’t have the money. In general, poor moms were focused on making sure their families got enough to eat, but they also talked about trying to give their families good or healthy food.

SK: One of the things you write about as a challenge is pleasing other family members with cooking, and trying to make something everybody would like. How does that play out?

SB: We observed a lot of meals, and there were very few where at least someone didn’t complain. Negotiating people’s preferences was a challenge for everyone.

Middle-class moms felt it was important to try new foods, so they were working hard to develop their children’s palates, even if this was stressful and time-consuming. For the poor moms, they couldn’t afford to waste food if their families didn’t like it, so they reasoned it was better to stick with foods their families would eat. For all of the families, making sure everyone would eat was a challenge they had to navigate.

(John Moore / Getty Images News)

SK: So after observing all these meals and families, how did that shape how you think about the importance of home-cooked meals?

SB: We’re not against family meals and we're definitely not against dinner. Most people would agree that it sounds nice to slow down and enjoy a home cooked meal. But just telling people to do a better job doesn’t really address all these bigger issues that affect families’ abilities to make these meals. These are things that range from food access, to where the grocery store is located, to wages, to having jobs with predictable hours. If this is important that people be able to eat home-cooked, healthy meals, we have to think about what we need to do to get there.

We haven’t figured that out, but we have a few ideas, like healthy food trucks or community kitchens or to-go meals at schools that kids can take home. It’s good that people are talking about food, but we should start thinking about how can we support families in ways that aren’t just in the kitchen.

SK: For the families that were trying to make home-cooked meals work, how’d they navigate these challenges? What were the trade-offs like?

SB: People would try different things. Sometimes they would involve kids with cooking, sometimes they would use crockpots or more frozen food.

I’m thinking of one mom who was going to community college and commuting back and forth by bus. She and the kids would get home at 8 p.m. She said that if she could just get home at 6, she might have time to cook like she wanted to, but when she got home at 8 she had to put something together fast. She had grown up cooking with her grandma and talked about how she liked cooking. There were lots of women like that. They liked showing their families they cared, and they liked cooking. But during the week it was really hard to do that.

SK: Is there a negative consequence to encouraging people to make more home-cooked meals? Does it set up a standard that people can’t reach?

SB: I guess I would dodge the question a little bit, and say I think what is more important is making sure that people have the opportunity to eat good meals with their families. In order for all families to have that opportunity, we need to address some of these larger issues. Having the opportunity to eat good meals shouldn’t just be a privilege. So for me, what’s really important is looking at how we change that.

SK: Was there anything in doing this research that surprised you?

SB: How much people were cooking. We hear all of the time that Americans have stopped cooking. A lot of the families in our study were cooking every night, especially the poorest families. They couldn’t afford to eat fast food and a lot didn’t have cars. People were cooking a lot and that surprised me a little, because of how much we hear that the opposite is true. At the same time, they felt they weren’t cooking well enough. They felt like they didn’t have enough money and weren’t able to cook the right way or the way they should be.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

26 Sep 23:06

Today’s Underwhelming Lovecraft Comic Synopsis is...



Today’s Underwhelming Lovecraft Comic Synopsis is “The Music of Erich Zann”, published in the March, 1922 issue of National Amateur. This might have been one of the first Lovecraft stories I read. Considering the fates of most of his characters, this tale has a somewhat happy ending for a Lovecraft story. I mean, nothing joyous happens, it’s just that no one dies a grisly death or goes insane and kills themselves. Zann kinda flakes out and stares into the horrible black infinite void while playing the viol, but that’s a step up from really going crazy, right? 

26 Sep 16:48

Choriqueso con chile. Receta

by Philippe Saez

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En este viernes y pocas horas del fin de semana, les propongo una receta ideal a la hora de la botana para cualquier reunión entre amigos o familiares: el choriqueso con chile.

A este clásico de la mesa mexicana le he integrado otro ingrediente indispensable de la gastronomía local que es el chile. Este puede ser el tradicional jalapeño o el chile serrano.

Los ingredientes:

300g de queso manchego, 150g de chorizo, un chile serrano o jalapeño (al gusto), una cucharita de aceite de oliva, sal.

La preparación:

Cortar el queso en trozos medianos. Picar finamente el chorizo y el chile. En una sartén (preferentemente antiadherente) colocar un cuarto de la cucharita de aceite y el queso. Dejar a lumbre baja por unos 15 minutos hasta que el queso de derrita, revolviendo con regularidad. En otra sartén verter lo que sobró del aceite y poner a cocer el chorizo con el chile por unos diez minutos a fuego medio y revolviendo con regularidad. choriqueso-chile-2.jpg Verter ahora el chorizo y el chile en la sartén que contiene el queso ya derretido, agregar un poco de sal al gusto, revolver todo muy bien. Dejar otros cinco a ocho minutos a fuego lento y listo.

Para una mejor degustación de este choriqueso con chile les recomiendo servirlo muy caliente con unas tortillas de harina o unos totopos acompañado de una cerveza clara bien fría.

Directo al Paladar| Pasta con pollo y chorizo. Receta

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La noticia Choriqueso con chile. Receta fue publicada originalmente en Directo al Paladar México por Philippe Saez.








26 Sep 16:46

Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos

by Morgan

The best things in life are meant to be shared.  Please remind me of that this upcoming football Sunday when I am HOARDING these Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos to myself.

Don’t be surprised if you find me whispering “my precious” over them and viciously swatting away the hands of friends and family members who are eager to try a bite.

Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos.  Could this be any more perfect for football season?  Shredded buffalo chicken, cheesy ranch queso, blue cheese crumbles, pickled jalapenos, and chopped green onions!  The ultimate appetizer! | hostthetoast.com

Seriously, I will tackle you linebacker-style if you try to grab a nacho in all of its buffalo chicken glory without asking nicely first.  Be warned.

So, it’s football season and I’m all amped up because my team is doing well for a change, and I’m going all-in with the appetizers this year.  And everyone knows that the number one way to do appetizers on game day is to load up on the buffalo sauce.

Note my other buffalo chicken recipes.

Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos.  Could this be any more perfect for football season?  Shredded buffalo chicken, cheesy ranch queso, blue cheese crumbles, pickled jalapenos, and chopped green onions!  The ultimate appetizer! | hostthetoast.comLoaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos.  Could this be any more perfect for football season?  Shredded buffalo chicken, cheesy ranch queso, blue cheese crumbles, pickled jalapenos, and chopped green onions!  The ultimate appetizer! | hostthetoast.com

What makes these Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos so special?

Well, first of all, there’s buffalo chicken, obviously.

Then, it’s smothered in a ranch queso and sprinkled with blue cheese crumbles (or not, if you’re not into that sort of thing).

Next, some chopped green onion and pickled jalapenos are thrown on top before a quick trip to the oven.

Lastly, you let the skillet cool just enough to dive in face-first without hurting yourself, because you might not be prim and proper when there’s nachos in the immediate vicinity but at least you’ve got enough self-restraint to avoid facial burns.  Hopefully.

But don’t let them wait too too long, because nobody likes soggy nachos (I’m tearing up at the thought of it) and you don’t want to sacrifice one drop of queso or buffalo sauce.

Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos.  Could this be any more perfect for football season?  Shredded buffalo chicken, cheesy ranch queso, blue cheese crumbles, pickled jalapenos, and chopped green onions!  The ultimate appetizer! | hostthetoast.com

I don’t think I need to elaborate any more.  You and I both know that you need these, STAT.  Let me hurry up and get you that recipe so you can put the ingredients on your shopping list for this Sunday.

Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos.  Could this be any more perfect for football season?  Shredded buffalo chicken, cheesy ranch queso, blue cheese crumbles, pickled jalapenos, and chopped green onions!  The ultimate appetizer! | hostthetoast.com

Loaded Buffalo Chicken Nachos
 
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Author: Morgan
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • ½ bag tortilla chips
For the buffalo chicken:
  • 2 chicken breasts, shredded (you can use rotisserie chicken, prepare in the crock pot, or poach them until cooked through, which is what I did here)
  • Franks buffalo hot sauce, to taste (about 1 cup)
  • 2 teaspoons powdered ranch seasoning
For the ranch queso:
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 lb white american cheese, shredded
  • 8 oz Monterrey or pepper jack cheese, shredded
  • 1-2 tablespoons powdered ranch seasoning
Additional toppings:
  • 10 slices pickled jalapenos, or to taste
  • 2 green onions, sliced
  • ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles
  • Buffalo sauce, to taste
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Toss together the shredded chicken, buffalo sauce, and powdered ranch seasoning in a medium-sized bowl. Make sure the chicken has a good coating of buffalo sauce, but you don't want it to swim in it. You will add a drizzle of buffalo sauce to your nachos in addition to the sauce on the chicken. Cover and set aside to keep warm.
  3. In a small saucepan, heat the heavy cream to a simmer. A handful at a time, stir in the cheeses, making sure they've completely melted before adding the next handful. Keep stirring and add in the ranch seasoning.
  4. Put a thick layer of nachos on the bottom of a cast iron skillet, and top with ½ of your buffalo chicken, making sure to get some in the nooks and crannies so all of the chips have a little chicken. Drizzle some of the queso on top.
  5. Add a second thick layer of tortilla chips, top with the remaining buffalo chicken, and drizzle again with queso. You will have queso leftover. Serve this on the side with additional nachos if you'd like, or save it in a refrigerated container.
  6. Add jalapenos, green onions, and blue cheese to taste, and drizzle with a tiny bit more buffalo sauce if you'd like. Remember, you don't want to overdo it and wind up with soggy nachos.
  7. Place the nachos in the oven for 2-3 minutes, or until the blue cheese crumbles JUST begin to melt and the chicken is heated up. Serve warm.
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26 Sep 16:43

La red social sin publicidad y porno-friendly que no comercia con tus datos

by Gema Lozano

«Tu red social pertenece a los anunciantes (…) Eres el producto que compran y venden…(Una red social) no es una herramienta para engañar, coaccionar y manipular sino para conectarse, crear y celebrar la vida. Tú no eres un producto». Es parte del Manifiesto con el que Ello, la que red social gratuita y sin publicidad y que algunos quieren ver como el anti-Facebook, presenta su versión pública en beta.

En Ello, al igual que en ocurriera con Diaspora (la ‘malograda’ red social que se presentó en 2010 como gran alternativa a Facebook con la privacidad de los usuarios como bandera), la publicidad no tiene cabida. Sus creadores consideran poco ético el funcionamiento de las redes sociales «manejadas por anunciantes que emplean sus armas de vendedores», para recabar toda la información de lo que los usuarios hacen en estos sitios. «Bajo el pretexto de un servicio gratuito, los usuarios de estas redes pagan un alto precio en forma de falta de privacidad y publicidad intrusiva», añaden en su web.

Y Ello, aseguran, no cambiará en lo que a esto se refiere. No ocurrirá lo que pasó con Twitter, Facebook y demás, que comenzaron como plataformas sin anuncios, pero que con el tiempo cambiaron su política de privacidad para poder vender información de sus usuarios y «bombardearles» con publicidad. «Si esto ocurriera perderíamos gran parte de la comunidad Ello. Incluidos nosotros mismos, porque nos molesta la publicidad más que a cualquiera».

Sin publicidad, y después de obtener un crédito inicial de 435.000 dólares de una firma de capital riesgo (todo un logro a día de hoy, teniendo en cuenta que pocos son los inversores que apuestan por el social media precisamente por considerar poco probable que alguien pueda toser a Zuckerberg), Ello necesitaba ingeniárselas para conseguir nuevas fórmulas de financiación. Fue así cómo sus creadores decidieron que, aunque las funciones básicas serían gratuitas, la red ofrecería servicios Premium que los usuarios interesados puedan comprar para personalizar su presencia en Ello y, de paso, contribuir con ‘la causa’. ¿Será suficiente? En declaraciones a The Guardian, los responsables del site al menos confían en que este modelo de negocio les permita, al menos, «mantener la cabeza fuera del agua…»

Lo que comenzó como una red social privada creada por «un grupo de siete reconocidos artistas y programadores» se ha acabado abriendo al público debido a las numerosas peticiones que aquellos recibían de gente que quería formar parte de la red. Aunque para pertenecer a Ello aún es necesario conocer a alguien dentro de la red. Eso o solicitar una invitación en la home. En la última semana, llegaron a recibir hasta 31.000 peticiones a la hora.

Muchos de esos solicitantes, probablemente, se haya sentido atraídos por la escrupulosa política de privacidad de la que Ello presume y con la que pretende evitar situaciones derivadas del abuso de otras redes. Los datos recabados, aseguran, únicamente sirven para mejorar la experiencia de los usuarios («por ejemplo, si recibimos muchas visitas de Holanda, nos planteamos la posibilidad de traducir nuestra página de ayuda al holándes»). Afirman, además, que los datos recabados (mediante una versión especial de Google Analytics) son anónimos. «Podemos saber cómo usa la gente Ello en general, pero no lo que estás haciendo tú en particular».

Que uno de sus creadores y CEO, Paul Budnitz, califique a Ello como una red social que no tiene ningún problema con el porno («siempre que no anime a la gente a hacerse daño o tenga algo que ver con niños») contrasta, también, con la política de Facebook en lo referente a contenido para adultos. Aunque en sus Reglas, Ello deja claro la necesidad de avisar al resto de usuarios cuando se pretenda subir contenido de este tipo.

Cuando apenas su versión beta acaba de dar sus primeros paso nos preguntamos, ¿será Ello un mero aspirante más o conseguirá convertirse realmente en un competidor serio para la red social de Zuckerberg? 

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26 Sep 15:29

Uderzo Family Settle Their Differences Over Asterix Legacy

by Rich Johnston

After seven years not speaking to each other (and with a few lawsuits in the middle), a statement has been released stating that the co-creator of AsterixAlbert Uderzo and his wife Ada Uderzo have reconciled with their daughter Sylvie Uderzoending a seven-year conflict of legal proceedings.

The announcement followed a ruling today from the Appeal Court of Versailles in a closed-door judgement. It also states that Albert Uderzo was not the victim of those around him “abusing his frailty” as Sylvia had stated earlier.

Sylvie Uderzo and her husband Bernard de Choisy sued after being were dismissed by Asterix’s publisher Editions Albert Rene as the managers of Uderzo’s estate back in 2007. They were opposed to her father’s decision to sell 60% of his stake in the character to the publisher.

Well, in that case, there’s only one way this can end.

 

Uderzo Family Settle Their Differences Over Asterix Legacy

26 Sep 15:29

Se cancela la película de ‘Y: El último hombre’

by Oscar Algandour

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Y, el último hombre

Y, el último hombre

Últimamente recibimos multitud de noticias de próximas adaptaciones de cómic a cine y televisión, como la serie de ‘Supergirl’, la de ‘Daredevil’ o películas como la esperadísima ‘Los Vengadores: la era de Ultrón’. Pero no siempre salen las cosas como se tienen pensadas, como es el caso de la adaptación cinematográfica de ‘Y: el último hombre’.

Dan Trachtenberg, el que iba a dirigir la película, ha afirmado que finalmente los derechos de la obra han vuelto a sus autores, Brian K. Vaughn y Pia Guerra, después de que un fan le preguntase en qué fase se encontraba el proyecto, sin más explicaciones. Al parecer, el guión iba a contar solo los dos primeros arcos argumentales, queriendo contar una historia completa, pero no toda la historia, para que en caso de tener éxito poder continuar con más películas. Ahora la posibilidad de una nueva adaptación es incierta como bien declara Trachtenberg, que desconoce si Vaughn querrá hacer algo más con la historia, aunque cree que no le es necesario.

Es una lástima no poder ver las andanzas de Yorick Brown como último hombre en la tierra, pero como dicen en Coming Soon, podéis conseguir en vuestra librería favorita todos los números de ‘Y: el último hombre’.

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