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Just one day after being almost crushed to death by hugs, Morrissey reportedly tried to get a We Are Scientists and PAWS show canceled last night, complaining that the sound of the band’s gig would bleed over into his show at Santa Ana’s The Observatory. The competing show was scheduled for another room in the same venue, and if a lengthy post on PAWS’ Facebook is to be believed, Morrissey’s management demanded that PAWS cancel its opening set entirely, and that We Are Scientists perform just an abbreviated set—and this only after Morrissey’s show was over. Though PAWS would reportedly have been paid double its rate to not play, the offer obviously didn’t sit well with the group, which posted (then deleted, then reposted) a long screed on its Facebook, with the original calling Morrissey a “rich, has-been, ego maniac acting like a baby ...

Creative Review reports that modernist designer Massimo Vignelli, creator of the iconic American Airlines logo among many other designs, is very ill and will be spending his last days at home. Vignelli has an interesting last request—he’d like anyone who has been touched or influenced by his work to send him a letter, note, card, etc to the following address:

Massimo Vignelli
130 East 67 Street
New York, New York 10021
USA

image via Helvetica

via Creative Review

It's only taken 45 years or so, but Doraemon — the robot-cat from the future who is often called Japan's equivalent of Mickey Mouse for eternal popularity — is finally coming to America, when Disney XD premieres the anime this summer.

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You might still be angry about waiting for that Back To The Future II hoverboard that never arrived, but now you’ve at least got the perfect way to get your aggressions out. A company called Large Manufacturing, producers of “custom accessories for submachine guns” (we assume that means iPod skins, only submachine-gun-shaped) has recreated the pulse rifle from Aliens.

Large has built what it calls the MAX-41A by combining a submachine gun and a short-barreled shotgun, all in the shape of the most iconic sci-fi movie weapon this side of the lightsaber. And now, just like Hudson, Hicks, and Vazquez, you too can fire bursts of ammo at 800 rounds per minute. As Large is quick to point out, it was all assembled legally. How? Because we live in the greatest country in the world, that’s how! Besides, it’s not like this is something dangerous, like unpasteurized ...

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Adult Swim has recently announced that they are planning to bring together actor Jack McBrayer and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for a new, currently untitled, buddy comedy series that would be added to their 2014-2015 programming schedule. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “unlike most everything in the Adult Swim live-action roster, it will air as a half-hour.”

UNTITLED TRIUMPH/MCBRAYER SITCOM – Jack (McBrayer) is a former child star of a popular Lassie-type series that ran in the ’80s and ’90s. After it was cancelled, his crude but beloved co-star (Triumph) spiraled into decadence and got Jack in trouble with him. 15 years later, with Jack finally self-sufficient, happy, and away from show business, Triumph finds his way back into Jack’s life. This new half-hour live-action comedy series is created by Robert Smigel (SNL, TV Funhouse, Conan), Michael Koman (Eagleheart, Nathan For You) and David Feldman (Real Time, Dennis Miller Live), starring Emmy®-nominee Jack McBrayer (30 Rock) and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (Conan), produced by Poochie Doochie Productions and Universal Television.

Here is a video from 2012 of Jack McBrayer and Triumph visiting Chicago’s Weiner’s Circle on Conan:

video via Team Coco

via The Hollywood Reporter

by @juan_domenech

So, how much would the home of Dragon Ball's hero be worth on today's market? It's got nothing to do with power levels. As this infographic reveals, as with all houses, it's about size and location.

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Ulpiano Checa, Naumachia, the Roman staging of naval battles as mass entertainment, 1894

For literally our entire lives, Paul and I hadn't played Mice and Mystics. Then we played Mice and Mystics. Then it was out of stock!

But this month will see a new printing of the much-discussed game scurrying onto shop shelves the world over. A game of daring-do and wild adventure! A story of tiny heroes with huge hearts. A tale... of cheese.

And so it was written that Shut Up & Sit Down would perform "The Review", and take a quick peek at Mice and Mystics: Heart of Glorm, too.

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The banned Clippers owner has the strangest justification for saying racist comments to V. Stiviano in an audio recording.

The Donald Sterling saga continues to get uglier. The banned Clippers owner has been defending his racist comments in multiple ways, some of which are disturbing. The most recent justification: he said those things to convince V. Stiviano to sleep with him, according to TMZ.

Sterling is telling friends ... he was so desperate to bang Stiviano, he was willing to say ANYTHING to get her to consent to some old man humpin' ... and no man should be judged by what he says to get laid.

You'll be stunned to learn that this tactic didn't work.

Earlier in the week, an audio recording of Sterling denying that he is a racist surfaced on Radar Online and was independently confirmed by ABC News. Sterling tried to use his personal history to defend himself.

"I mean, how could you think I'm a racist knowing me all these years?" he asks his friend. "How can you be in this business and be a racist? Do you think I tell the coach to get white players? Or to get the best player he can get?"

[...] "I grew up in East L.A ..." Sterling explains. "I was the president of the high school there. I mean, and I'm a Jew! And 50% of the people there were black and 40% were hispanic. ... So I mean, people must have a good feeling for me."

Sterling also expressed dismay that nobody tried to get his side of the story and later added that "you can't force someone to sell property in America."

Nevertheless, the league will continue its push to find a buyer for the Clippers. Former Time Warner head Richard Parsons is expected to be named the club's new CEO. The next step is dealing with Shelly Sterling's share of the club, which she reportedly does not want to give up.

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(Tales From Riverdale Digest #17.)

This film from bonnetbidaud.tv features the medieval Chinese manuscript Or.8210/S.3326 discovered in 1907 by the archaeologist Aurel Stein at the Silk Road town of Dunhuang and now housed in the British Library. This set of sky maps displaying the full sky visible from the Northern Hemisphere, is up to now the oldest complete preserved star atlas known from any civilisation. It is also the earliest known pictorial representation of the quasi-totality of Chinese constellations.

Director : BLUMBERG Jérôme
Scientific direction : BONNET-BIDAUD Jean-Marc
Producer : CNRS Images (2009)
Duration [20'00]

Further reading on IDP:
The Dunhuang Chinese Sky: A Comprehensive Study of the Oldest Known Star Atlas by Jean-Marc Bonnet-Bidaud, Dr Françoise Praderie and Susan Whitfield.
Star Atlas: Translation by Imre Galambos.
Chinese Astronomy, an educational resource by Abby Baker.