Internet stalking presents no challenge.

Before the internet, stalking people was a lot more effort. When you wanted to stalk someone, you had to figure out where they lived, or their phone number, or whether they had pets that would rip off your face while you were trying to take pictures through their window. Even when the internet was in its youth, you still had to find out a person’s screen name to look at their profile.  But…sigh…now with social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace,  and Twitter, not only can you find out everything about other people, but you can probably get naked pictures of them while you’re at it. Where’s the fun in stalking?

If video games have taught us anything, it’s that the effort required to do something increases the amount of positive chemicals released when you get the reward. Before, stalking was an experience. It took days of hunting to figure out a schedule. There was a lot of planning involved and a chance that you could get caught. Sometimes, you failed. Risk and reward were prevalent. Now? The worst thing that can happen is that they only release information to their friends, and you have to click on their friends until you find one that shares information with everyone. Eventually, you still get naked pictures, and no one’s the wiser. Worse for the stalker, you could probably just friend request them and get it anyway. Who rejects those?

I just don’t understand how this never comes up in general conversation about the dangers of the internet.  After all, if the stalkers aren’t stalking people, then what are they doing? It’s an intriguing question to ask, but my guess is that they’re probably thinking of new ways to bring back the hunt. That kind of thinking can only lead to murder. Or emo vampires. Holy shit, I think I just figured out how Twilight is a success.

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Pop sensation Debi Nova sat down with MTV.com to share a little more about herself in a new episode of “The 5.” Watch the clip to learn more about her native country of Costa Rica and her tendency to speak in “Spanglish.” Debi also talks about her passion for songwriting and playing instruments along with her love for surfing.

Stay tuned for the release of Debi’s debut album, Luna Nueva, due out this spring. Her new single “Drummer Boy” is available on iTunes now.

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The Mad Hatter and the Red Queen: Residents of a Wonderland I care not to visit

Writer Linda Woolverton can be credited with most of the originality of the film in her take on Lewis Carroll’s storybook version of Alice in Wonderland, called “What Alice Found There,” combining it with some of the premises of Disney’s 1951 animated version. But even a decent script can fall by the wayside if all of the emphasis is on the visual; this makes what sparse dialogue there is highly vulnerable to judgment. I think the only non-banal line that was delivered came from the mouth of Crispin Glover (who else could be trusted with such a purpose?) when he said to Alice in giant form, “I like your largeness.”

Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts

Even though the audience knows going in that this is going to be Tim Burton’s rendering of a time-honored, classic story, it is heinously lacking some of the best elements, one of them being the white rabbit screaming, “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date!” or the Queen of Hearts pitching a fit about someone painting her roses red. Or even the walrus and his clam family. Everything is merely a subtle reference or an inconsequential nod to the precendents set by the original story (though the inclusion of the jabberwocky was a pretty badass move). Not to say that Lewis Caroll’s psychedelic ranting is worthy of bible-level reverence, but there should be some amount of more highly attuned compliance to this dearly departed, drug-addled literary figure.

Anne Hathaway in her unblemished portrayal of the White Queen

Another item to consider is the timing of this film’s release. The entire plot is centered around ending the reign of an evil and depraved ruler. It would have been nice if this could have coincided with the Bush years. Obama hasn’t quite yet reached this level of odium yet. At least not until after the final resolution for health care. It just would have given the movie a layer of depth that is appreciably missing underneath the five hundred coats of makeup on the combined faces of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anne Hathaway. There’s also the contradictory message of saying “All the best people are mad” and then turning around and condemning the Red Queen for her diabolical eccentricity. Why Tim, are you a secret advocate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?Similar Posts:

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The Dali-esque beach Gorillaz find themselves stranded on

The album opens with the bluntly titled “Orchestral Intro,” a one minute opera-like symphony without words that misleads the listener into thinking this could be the tone for the rest of the beach-themed narrative. But no, the neo-operatic sounds of 2D, Noodle, Russel, and Murdoc are quickly counteracted by the bass line of track two, “Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach,” which is rich with the under appreciated baritone sound of Snoop Dogg’s lush voice. And yes, I realize I’ve described Snoop Dogg’s vocal stylings with the same reverence usually given to Pavarotti, but you have to admit Snoop has the same croonishly soothing voice of a howling bloodhound. The album then takes a swift turn for the worst on track three, “White Flag,” a conglomeration of sounds that really shouldn’t even have made the cut. Yes Damon, you like non-white influences, you’ve renounced your faith in Britpop, we get it. That don’t mean you gotta punish us with “White Flag.”

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“Rhinestone Eyes” has some of the album’s more standout lyrics, but without the accompanying beats to make it a favorite, a gross oversight when you’ve got poetic verses like: “Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away/Where the paralytic dreams that we all seem to keep/Drive on engines till they weep.” Following “Rhinestone Eyes” is the anthemic “Stylo,” the video of which is vaguely reminiscent of “Scar Tissue” by Red Hot Chili Peppers and includes a reaction to the sound of a police siren that I’m sure we all wish we could carry out. As for the Bruce Willis cameo, all I can say is, if it’s not Christopher Walken, don’t even bother with the presence of a celeb.

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The tracks that come after “Stylo” and before “On Melancholy Hill” are, to put it as euphemistically as possible, something you could find on an album being distributed (a.k.a. thrust into your face with malice and overtones of resentment) by the various aspiring hip hop artists begging for money outside of Mann’s Chinese Theater. However, if you can make it though that interim period to “On Melancholy Hill,” it is well worth the wait. The song is among Gorillaz’s best work and far overshadows the anticlimactic “Plastic Beach” featuring Lou Reed that precedes it.

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MARCH

30th Knitting Factory   Boise, ID

31st Knitting Factory   Spokane, WA

APRIL

1st Paramount Theater   Seattle, WA

3rd Roseland Theater   Portland, OR

5th Fillmore   San Francisco, CA

6th Fillmore   San Francisco, CA

7th Fox Theater   Pomona, CA

8th Soma   San Diego, CA

9th Club Nokia   Los Angeles, CA

10th Marquee   Phoenix, AZ

12th Salt Air   Salt Lake City, UT

13th Ogden   Denver, CO

15th Stubbs   Austin, TX

16th Verizon Wireless Theater   Houston, TX

17th Nokia Theater   Dallas, TX

19th War Memorial   Nashville, TN

20th Tabernacle   Atlanta, GA

22nd DAR Hall   Washington, D.C.

23rd House of Blues   Boston, MA

24th Terminal 5   New York, NY

25th Electric Factory   Philadelphia, PA

28th House of Blues   Cleveland, OH

29th Royal Oak   Detroit, MI

30th Riviera Theatre   Chicago, IL

MAY

1st State Theater   Minneapolis, MN

2nd Eagle Ballroom   Milwaukee, WI

4th Val Air Ballroom   West Des Moines, IA

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Ginger states,“With sorrow and yet with much thankfulness for the opportunity to have played in the Pumpkins, I am sad to say that I can no longer tour with the Pumpkins. Although I’ve been blessed beyond belief over the past few years through playing with the Pumpkins, my priority now is to keep our little family unit together, which includes my husband and my baby. Although I do plan on continuing to do music in different forms, my priority is for neither for my husband nor myself to be apart from our daughter so that we can raise her together. I wish Billy all the best and look forward to seeing the Pumpkins in the near future. I would also like to thank all of the Pumpkins fans for all of their support. I will see you at the Pumpkins shows!”

AUDITION INFO:

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