Comedian George Carlin dead at age 71

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.

Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John's Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain. Carlin died at 5:55 p.m. PDT. He was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. It was announced Tuesday that Carlin was being awarded the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

The dean of counterculture comedians, Carlin constantly pushed the envelop with his jokes, particularly with a routine called "The Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV."

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Downset

   
Artist: Downset

   Genre(s): 
Metal
   Alternative
   Metal
   Alternative
   

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Discography:


   
 Universal

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 11


   
 Code Blue Coma

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 4


   
 Check Your People

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 13


   
 Do We Speak A Dead Language ?

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 15


   
 Downset

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 10

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Blending rap, funk, hard-core punk, heavy metal, and socially aware lyrics, Downset was ab initio formed in Los Angeles in the late '80s as region of the city's placid prospering hardcore scene, just apace expanded their sound (and changed their name from the more didactical Social Justice). Composed of vocalist Rey Oropeza, guitarists Ares Schwager and Rogelio "Roy" Lozano (the latter of whom has also worked as Cypress Hill's touring guitar player), bassist James Morris, and drummer Chris Lee, Downset perfected their bleak, urban marque of rap/hard stone unification years ahead the genre exploded commercially, debuting in 1994 with a self-titled record album for Polygram. The followup, Do We Speak a Dead Language?, appeared in 1996, but the band was presently foiled in its efforts to discharge a tierce album due to contractual entanglements resulting from its label's merger with Universal. Downset eventually caught on with Epitaph and issued Check Your People in late 2000. Universal followed four long time later.

Labeouf Caught Lighting Up In Smithsonian Museum?

Actor Shia LaBeouf has reportedly received a stern warning from officials at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. after he was allegedly caught smoking in a forbidden area. The 21-year-old had reportedly taken a break from filming Transformers 2 at the museum when he decided to light-up in the restrooms - setting the smoke alarms off in the process, according to the National Enquirer. Sources claim LaBeouf was given a lecture about his irresponsible conduct and was warned he would be kick off the property if he repeated the incident. It's not the first time LaBeouf has been in trouble for his nicotine habit. In February , he was charged with smoking in a prohibited area in California - to which he pleaded guilty and was forced to pay a $500 fine for the offence.


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World�s Sexiest Vegetarians Named

Leona Lewis and Red Hot Chili Pepper’s frontman Anthony Kiedis have been crowned the World’s Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2008, by animal rights group PETA.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals compiled the votes from thousands of people online with the two music stars coming out on top.
“Soon after I [went vegan],” Kiedis tells PETA.� “I saw some documentary footage of what happens in the factory farming of cows… It sealed the deal.”
Lewis, who’s hit single ‘Bleeding Love’ has topped charts worldwide, is a strict vegetarian saying she doesn’t “have clothes, shoes or bags made from leather or suede or any animal products… I’m on a mission.”
Rising Hollywood star, Australian Abbie Cornish was crowned as Down Under’s sexiest vegetarian for 2008.
Cornish, who stars in the upcoming movie �Stop Loss� with her boyfriend Ryan Phillippe, has been a vegetarian since she was 13.
She says she garnered an understanding and compassion for animals when she was growing up on a farm, in the NSW Hunter Valley.
“I was really puzzled by the idea that people could feel compassion for a dolphin but, at the same time, they were quite prepared to eat a cow or a pig,” she says.
“It was confusing because I thought of all animals as equal”.
Photo courtesy of Sony BMG.

Love Chain

   
Artist: Love Chain

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Burn

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 11

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The Love Guru

The Love Guru features far too many gross-out gags, and too few earned laughs, ranking as one of Mike Myers' poorest outings.

Red Hot Chili Pepper adds Math the Band to his festival

It’s highly unlikely that the pals Kevin Steinhauser used to pass homemade CDs to in Westford ever expected him to be invited by Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis to play a festival that includes Bob Dylan, Gnarls Barkley and the Raconteurs.
But Steinhauser and his buddies in Math the Band will be heading to Pittsburgh to play the first New American Music Festival just as soon as they finish their own tour with Harry and the Potters and Uncle Monsterface.
“When I started doing music for fun, I would just burn CDs and give them to my friends,” said Steinhauser, a 21-year-old UMass-Dartmouth elementary education major. More recently, a CD of Math the Band found its way to Kiedis, the curator for the New American Music Festival, who decided Math the Band was a worthy college addition to his lineup.



Not that Steinhauser or his band mates - Justine Mainville and Zach Burba - have ever spoken to Kiedis.
“To be honest, the person I got a phone call from never expressed who they were, but it probably wasn’t (Kiedis) because they mentioned him by name,” Steinhauser said of the invitiation to play in Pittsburgh on Aug. 8 and 9. “Unless he talks about himself in the third person, it probably wasn’t him.”
Steinhauser believes Math the Band’s route to Kiedis’ attention started with a show in New York City last Thanksgiving. After the gig, the band’s music was passed on from an industry insider to a music production company in Los Angeles and eventually to Kiedis and the New American Music Union, which seeks to present established acts alongside college bands that will be judged by musicians, journalists and other music business professionals.