Jogging not a knee-killer, study says

This is great news indeed--if it's true. One problem with the findings, as the article mentions, is that the two studies only looked at runners, a group which likely excludes people predisposed to knee problems. Even...

Nazi war criminal found at football match

The Sun finds the 4th most wanted Nazi war criminal at Euro 2008 watching the football. " MINGLING with football fans in a pavement café, an elderly gentleman soaks up the atmosphere of Euro 2008. Yet Milivoj Asner, out strolling with his wife, is no ordinary...

Why I Hate Cops

"I don't hate cops. I've had friends who were cops in every town where I've ever lived. One pal o' mine--Cuddles to his friends--drove the meat wagon (picking up corpses) for the Chicago police department. Another was Ziggy, a ex-junkie who submitted an application to the...

Stephen Malkmus treats on Record Store Day

Ex-Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus is getting into the spirit of the upcoming Record Store Day on April 19 by offering some Jicks rarities at the event.  A limited edition single for the song "Cold Son" off...

Pavement reunion?!?

If the tour does come about, it'll be interesting to see an older, presumably wiser Pavement well after the band's terror twilight. Anyone else excited?"Led Zeppelin did it. Van Halen did it. Hell, even the Pixies...

JFK's murder still felt 40 years later

" Thousands of people converged on a Dallas street Saturday where U.S. president John F. Kennedy was assassinated exactly 40 years ago. Many left flowers, flags and messages of mourning near the site – one of several makeshift memorials across the country. The...

From the Basement: The Nigel Godrich Show

I heard rumours about this series early last year. What a great concept for music television: compelling intimate performances by compelling artists, recorded and broadcast in high quality sight and sound. No gossip,...

Anarchists target official bank of Vancouver Olympics

A rocky situation at the Royal Bank."Anarchists are targeting the 2010 Winter Olympics official bank with a campaign of vandalism. A "small group of anarchists" damaged windows of the Royal Bank of Canada branch at...

Randi Rhodes not a victim of Hate Crime

Yesterday many bloggers had their panties in a knot because some idiot Host at Air America started blaming the “Right Wing Conspiracy” for the injuries Randi Rhodes suffered after an incident in NYC. "The...

Chantal leaves 'havoc' behind in Newfoundland

"Chantal leaves 'havoc' behind in Newfoundland Ken Meaney CanWest News Service Thursday, August 02, 2007 Tropical storm Chantal dropped nearly 100 millimetres of rain on Eastern Newfoundland (Tom O'Keefe, CanWest...

Saved by Beer!

The following is a press release by band called National Product, whose tour van was beset by mechanical difficulties, to put it mildly."Late Friday night while driving to Calgary the members in National Product...

Kasparov Arrested at Kremlin Rally

The situation in Moscow is tense, as 9000 cops have been brought in to head off a massive anti-government rally."Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov was among about 170 people arrested as police moved against a...

Santa's Ghetto: Work, Consume, Die

It's a Banksy Christmas this year in London. Have you heard of Banksy? His work has appeared on NowPublic before. And now his gallery, Santa's Ghetto, is open as a tribute to the loss of commercialism this holiday...

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