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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/26/has-new-girl-jumped-the-shark-zooey-deschanel/new-girl-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11232\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11232\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/new-girl1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Fox\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/new-girl1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/new-girl1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Fox\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many in my age bracket, I find it hard to like something that seemingly everyone adores. Take, for instance, Zooey Deschanel. 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But where could we go from here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/26/has-new-girl-jumped-the-shark-zooey-deschanel/nickandjess/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11200\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/nickandjess-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Nick and Jess are so in love \" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick and Jess are so in love. Photo: Fox\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In October, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/22/does-the-nickjess-romance-mean-the-end-of-new-girl/\">KQED Pop questioned whether or not this single plot point was enough to signify the beginning of the end\u003c/a> for our beloved sitcom and pointed out the show had lost several million viewers between seasons one and two. But as season three trudges onward, it seems the too soon roommate romance may not be the only sign that the show’s once brilliant scripts are getting more difficult for writers to churn out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Last week, while watching episode 16, “Sister,” I had my “A-ha! This show is going downhill!” moment when I noticed the same obnoxious phrases used twice in one episode. Actually, it was twice in one interaction by two people. Cece and Coach both took a turn recalling something slightly zany that had occurred between them, then barked at one another, “Who \u003cem>does\u003c/em> that?!” It hit me all at once. My lip curled into a sneer; my inner laugh track subsided. It just seemed so boring and obvious, like I was overhearing the brunch conversation of a couple of airheads. 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As the episodes wore on however, it became clear that this show wasn’t big enough for all of them. Soon Winston’s hilarious antics became increasingly bizarre, and not in a particularly funny way, but in a strange, weird, kind of ignorable way. His conversational contributions became poorly placed and easily brushed off. His storylines drifted further from those of the main group and now reside somewhere, off to the side, slowly fading away into obscurity. 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Recurring roles by Merritt Wever, as Schmidt’s college sweetheart, Eva Amurri Martino, as Schmidt’s coworker, Rob Reiner and Jamie Lee Curtis as Jess’ divorced parents, and Steve Agee as Outside Dave are one thing, but \u003cem>New Girl\u003c/em> has also made room for cameos by Taye Diggs, Adam Brody, John Lovitz, and even Prince. And while it was exciting to tune in and watch Prince make the entire cast of a sitcom noticeably weak in the knees, the script seemed thrown together and even a little silly. It started with a tense relationship moment between Nick and Jess and ended with Prince giving Jess a makeover and feeding her pancakes. Though I appreciated the reference to \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRjaLR2L3o\">Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Story about Prince feeding him pancakes\u003c/a> after a basketball game, his inclusion in the episode felt forced. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/19/faking-it-on-stage-from-the-red-hot-chili-peppers-to-britney-spears-lipsync-super-bowl/rhcp-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11064\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11064\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/rhcp.jpg\" alt=\"rhcp\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/rhcp.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/rhcp-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: EMI\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"size-medium wp-image-11037\" dir=\"ltr\">If you weren’t too busy drooling over the adorable Bruno Mars (like I was) during the halftime show of the Super Bowl, you may have noticed something a little off when the Red Hot Chili Peppers burst on to the stage with their song “Give It Away Now.” No, I’m not talking about \u003ca href=\"http://style.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/style/2014/02/anthony-kiedis-super-bowl-halftime-leggings.jpg\">Anthony Kiedis’ tights\u003c/a>, I’m talking about their amps. It turns out the only thing turned on was Kiedis’ mic and the play button on their pre-recorded musical track. As an act of punkness and acknowledgement that faking it is pretty lame, they only half-assed their miming, not bothering to even plug in their instruments in an attempt to maintain a shred of dignity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Could they have plugged in their guitars just the same and given it the old college try so as to not bum out the people who choose to believe in the total live-ness of a live performance? Sure, but RHCP really just didn’t want to be phonies. “We thought it better to not pretend. It seemed like the realest thing to do in the circumstance.” Their self-awareness is refreshing but not always shared with other musicians who often find themselves in similar situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re a tough crowd; we demand a lot from our artists. And why not? They make a bazillion dollars to keep us perpetually entertained. So when it comes to pop stars, we want the live show to sound exactly like the album, and we want to believe that it’s sheer talent that makes it sound that way. We don’t have patience for technical difficulties, out of tune instruments or flat voices. So they give us what we want and we happily allow the wool to be pulled over our eyes, simply accepting each live performance as truly live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On occasion, however, that cloak of perfection is accidentally nudged aside, revealing the ugly truth of the music industry’s profusion of pre-recorded musical performances. Sure, I guess \u003cem>sometimes\u003c/em> musical miming is necessary (like when the NFL makes you do it), but when an artist is caught faking it, the outcome is pretty hilarious. Luckily, the internet has beautifully captured many occasions when a perfectly pre-recorded musical moment goes humiliatingly wrong. Here are some of the most notorious live performance mishaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Tc2_tCMmV00\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Though she confidently made a name for herself singing her heart out in \u003cem>High School Musical\u003c/em>, Ashley Tisdale opted to perform Wham’s “Last Christmas” at the 2007 Rockefeller Center tree lighting event with a safety net. Though the song’s been a Christmastime hit since the year before Ms. Tisdale was born, she somehow managed to never really learn the lyrics. No wonder she looked so relaxed during her performance; her mind wasn’t all bogged down with song words. As for the ones she did remember, you can hear Ashley’s final, off-key “la, la, la,” live as her mic is switched on at 3:42. Oops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/YoPknTL397E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In 2009, Britney Spears ignited quite a controversy in the land down under. Apparently, Australians had been under the assumption that the former Mouseketeer actually sings her songs while performing her elaborate stage act live. When they discovered that Britney’s Circus tour would be vocally pre-recorded, they were outraged. The Minister for Fair Trading of New South Wales, Virginia Judge, led the crusade to expose Britney’s big lip-sync. With tickets to the pop diva’s Aussie shows ranging anywhere from $200-$1,300, Judge simply wanted concertgoers to know what they were paying for: inauthenticity. To add insult to injury, fans claimed the vocally pre-recorded spectacle wasn’t even that great. Double damn for ol’ Britney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/EdRrCZ9DDcw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In the olden days of the early ‘90s, people were absolutely shocked to discover 1990’s Best New Artist Grammy Award winners Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing frauds the whole time. As it turns out, the concept for Milli Vanilli was developed prior to Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan hopping on board. Their award-winning single, “Girl You Know It’s True” had already been completed by the time the duo had signed on to the group. The dance-band’s creator, German producer Frank Farian, admitted in a press conference that he had put the beautiful but talentless faces of Rob and Fab in front of the voices of less-attractive, much more talented singers. Four days after they received the award, their Grammy was taken away. It shouldn’t have surprised U.S. audiences that much, in retrospect. In late 1989, the group was performing live on MTV when the pre-recorded track to “Girl You Know It’s True” began to skip repeating “girl you know it’s, girl you know it’s, girl you know it’s….” until a humiliated Rob and Fab ran off-stage. It remains one of the best and most memorable lip-sync failures of all time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5RrLAgi_mBY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">You’d think, with the Milli Vanilli “Girl You Know It’s True” lip-sync disaster being rehashed annually in various VH1 countdown shows, newer artists would strive to be extra careful in the future. Apparently, Ashlee Simpson thought otherwise. 14 years after the Milli Vanilli fiasco, Jessica’s kid sister hit the SNL stage. Her first (pre-recorded) song, “Pieces of You,” went off without a hitch. As she and her band geared up for their second song, “Autobiography,” however, they got a big, bad surprise when the tape for “Pieces of You” again came blasting through the speakers. To her credit, Simpson did do a very awkward jig for a few seconds before fleeing the stage and eventually the music business altogether. Ouch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/fN4FS36B7go\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>50 Cent has been shot nine times. Nine! He has also won five Grammys and owns a sick mansion in Connecticut (a home which formerly belonged to Mike Tyson). He is, no doubt, tougher than most of us. He seems like the kind of guy who doesn't do things halfway. He's pedal to the metal, all the time. Except for at the 2007 BET Awards, when 50 decided to use a pre-recorded vocal track for his live performance. This decision was extra confusing considering 50 wasn't doing any strenuous dance moves or aerial tumbling; he was just rapping. Nevertheless, he opted for a little extra cushion...and he would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for that pesky warm-up jacket that required two hands to remove and thus forced the star to move the microphone as far away from his face as possible as a line to his song “Amusement Park” rang out, clear as a bell. Things didn't get any better when the DJ decided to play the instrumental version of the second verse as 50 tried to sing along. From the looks of this video, it appears that Snoop Dogg still dug it though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=f333cdd34b4a\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The U.S. thought we were sending our best California girl to rep the States at the December 2013 NRJ Music Awards in Cannes, but after showing a montage about what an accomplished pop star she is, Katy Perry totally blew it. Doomed from the get go, Katy's initial attempt at performing her chart-topper, \"Roar,\" was interrupted by the show's host, when he completely stopped her elaborate performance and politely instructed her to start over because the lip-sycning was so off. When Katy returned to the stage, she was singing live, but she clearly hadn't planned on doing so. Aggressive choreography is extra tough while you're singing, but Katy gave it a shot. It didn't sound that good. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/07/motley-crue-calls-it-quits-a-timeline-of-the-highs-and-low-of-their-wild-career/motley/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11026\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11026\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/motley.jpg\" alt=\"motley\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/motley.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/motley-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://myspace.com/motleycrue/mixes/covermix-20/photo/598725\">PR Newswire\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Years ago, a girl friend of mine accused a guy friend of mine of not having enough Crüe in his collection. This, she declared, was an affront to rock n’ roll, for Mötley Crüe were at the forefront of the hair metal revolution. He laughed it off, feeling that the teased hair, rock 'n' roll pyromaniacs were more of a spectacle than anything else. They both were right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">For over 30 years, Mötley Crüe have lived the \u003cem>quintessential\u003c/em> rock star existence. With enough sex, drugs, leather pants, overdoses, and loud music for three lifetimes. Along the way, their once admired wild behavior became a parody of itself, as the band deteriorated into the all-too-common story of rock n' roll excess. Yet whenever a member of the Crüe was knocked down, he found a way to dust himself off and sneak back into the spotlight. After 30 years, the band has \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-motley-crue-calls-it-quits-announces-final-tour-20140128,0,5738163.story#axzz2sasvEfEK\">officially decided to call it quits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Throughout their colorful career, Mötley Crüe have kept things interesting and often times awful. Here are the highlights of their over 30 years on stage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong>April 1981:\u003c/strong> After finalizing their lineup, guitarist Mick Mars suggests the name “Mottley Cru.” Nikki Sixx likes it, but decides spelling it “Motley Crue” is way cooler. Their buddy suggests they add umlauts over the “o” so that they’ll appear tougher and pay homage to their favorite beer, Löwenbräu. Sixx does them one better and Mötley Crüe is born. By the end of the month, they open two sold out shows (in the same night) and enter into an exclusive management contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>June 1981\u003c/strong>: The Crüe plays their first show at the Troubadour in LA, shattering previous attendance records. Babes abound, lured in by the band’s good looks and wild stage show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>November 1981:\u003c/strong> The band drunkenly records their first album, \u003cem>Too Fast For Love\u003c/em>, over four days. They release it on their own label Leathür Records. KROQ plays the title track on a Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>February 1982:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Kerrang\u003c/em>! magazine prints a full page, color photo of beautiful, blonde frontman, Vince Neil. The Crüe still cannot land a record contract with a major label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>April 1982:\u003c/strong> Mötley Crüe plays to a sold out house (3,500 seats) at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Elvira is there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>May 1982:\u003c/strong> MC signs a 7-year deal with Elektra Records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Summer 1982:\u003c/strong> Mötley Crüe tours Canada and \u003cem>Too Fast For Love\u003c/em> is re-released by Elektra, coming in at #157 on the Billboard charts. They perfect their look and get tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/tb95jqsYTm0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Halloween 1982:\u003c/strong> Nikki Sixx ignites his leather jumpsuit during an encore at SF’s Concord Pavilion. The band is fined thousands for setting the fire and Sixx is extinguished on stage by fire fighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>March 1983:\u003c/strong> MC land a gig opening for Kiss on the Creatures of the Night tour but are kicked off the tour by Gene Simmons, citing “bad behavior,” after playing only five shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Summer 1983:\u003c/strong> Nikki Sixx crashes his friend’s Porsche, injuring his shoulder. The hospital prescribes him Percocet, which eventually leads him to a crippling addiction to heroin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Fall 1983:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shout At The Devil\u003c/em> is released and sells 200,000 copies in its first two weeks. It eventually climbs its way to #17 on \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em>. MC appears on MTV for the first time. They embark on a 23-city tour in support of \u003cem>Shout At The Devil.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5dwoIU0iPPo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>January 1984:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shout At The Devil\u003c/em> goes gold. The next day it goes platinum. Demi Moore suggests Alcoholics Anonymous to Nikki Sixx; he doesn’t listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Most of 1984:\u003c/strong> Mötley Crüe tours extensively in Europe, destroying hotel rooms, breaking hearts and reinforcing negative stereotype of both Americans and rock stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>December 8, 1984:\u003c/strong> Vince Neil throws a BBQ in Redondo Beach. Members of glam-band Hanoi Rocks are in attendance, along with other rockers and Hollywood heavies. After days of booze and drugs, Vince Neil borrows his neighbor’s ‘72 Ford Pantera to go to the liquor store. Speeding home with the booze, Neil slips on a wet spot in the road and collides into oncoming traffic at 65MPH. The other driver is put into a month-long coma, her passenger injured, while Neil’s passenger, 24-year-old Hanoi Rocks drummer \u003ca href=\"http://www.ugo.com/music/razzle-dingley\">Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley \u003c/a>is killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>January 1985:\u003c/strong> Vince Neil is charged with drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter. He spends 30 days in rehab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Summer 1985:\u003c/strong> The video for MC’s new single, “Smoking In The Boys Room,” a cover of Detroit’s own Brownsville Station, is shot. This single is their first Top 40 hit. 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The band does drugs with famous rockers of the 1970s throughout Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Spring 1986:\u003c/strong> Lee and Locklear get hitched. Police are called to their honeymoon hotel room to break up a vicious, violent fight between the two. Nikki Sixx learns he is spending $3,500 a day on his drug habit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Summer 1986:\u003c/strong> Vince Neil starts his 30 day jail sentence. He is permitted to sign autographs for the guards and even entertains a groupie with a one-hour conjugal visit. He is released after serving 18 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1987\u003c/strong>: Mötley Crüe hangs out with Jon Bon Jovi a lot. They shoot the “Girls Girls Girls” video, which is later banned by MTV due to its topless ladies and general strip club theme. They are sued by a fan who claims she sustained serious hearing damage after attending one of their shows in the front row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1988\u003c/strong>: Tommy Lee checks himself into rehab and soon the rest of the band joins him, determined to clean up their collective act. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old fan from Florida sets his legs on fire attempting to imitate Nikki Sixx from the Mötley’s \"Live Wire\" video. The band issues a “don’t try this at home” statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1989\u003c/strong>: Nikki and Tommy form a music production company called The Terror Twins. This is also the nickname the duo has earned through years of their debaucherous hijinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Pretty Boy Floyd releases a cover of MC’s “Toast of the Town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Vince Neil gets plastic surgery citing a deviated septum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em> is released and becomes the band’s first Top 10 hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Vince Neil punches Guns N’ Roses’ Izzy Strandlin in the face at the MTV Video Music Awards as payback for an altercation between Izzy and Neil’s then-wife. Thus began the infamous hair metal feud between Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe. Axl Rose challenges Neil to a fight, Neil accepts the challenge, but so far it hasn’t happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em> goes #1 on Tommy Lee’s 27th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/1XHcPYorSJw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1990\u003c/strong>: \u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em> goes triple platinum. Tommy Lee moons an audience and is charged with indecent exposure. Nikki Sixx marries Brandi Brant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1991\u003c/strong>: Nikki Sixx and Brandi Brant have a son. Mötley Crüe wins an American Music Award. The band releases a greatest hits record, \u003cem>Decade of Decadence\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1992\u003c/strong>: Wild front-man Vince Neil is fired from the band after they grow weary of his consistently obnoxious behavior. John Corabi, singer of the band The Scream, signs on to front the Crüe. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KBPEJ21j7k\">Crüeball\u003c/a> game is released for Sega Genesis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1993\u003c/strong>: Heather Locklear files for divorce from Tommy Lee. The Vince Neil Band attempts to make a name for itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1994\u003c/strong>: \u003cem>Mötley Crüe\u003c/em> is released and while it charts in the Top 10, it’s not nearly as popular as \u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em>. This is blamed on the new guy and the band’s attempt at embracing a new, more alternative sound. Tommy Lee meets Pamela Anderson at the Sanctuary Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/P2zgjIGaIo4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1995\u003c/strong>: Tommy Lee marries Pamela Anderson in Cancun. Vince Neil’s daughter, Skylar, loses her brutal battle with cancer. After her death, Neil checks in to the Betty Ford rehab center. A tape filmed on Pam and Tommy Lee’s honeymoon is stolen from the couple’s home. It quickly circulates the internet, launching the most infamous of the now very popular celebrity sex tape and catapulting Pam and Tommy into the tabloid spotlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1996\u003c/strong>: Pam and Tommy Lee file a $10 million lawsuit against \u003cem>Penthouse\u003c/em> and its executives as they claim the magazine was about to publish stills from the stolen honeymoon video. They do not win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">They have their first child, Brandon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Pam plans an elaborate, headline grabbing birthday party for Tommy called Tommyland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">John Corabi is ushered out of the band as Vince Neil re-enters the fray. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/24/what-you-tweet-could-come-back-to-haunt-you-just-ask-courtney-love/tweet-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10778\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10778\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/tweet.jpg\" alt=\"tweet\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/tweet.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/tweet-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Getty\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s pretty obvious that the power of the Internet in the hands of an attention-craving, rabble-rousing person can be downright dangerous (remember a little someone \u003ca href=\"http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/amanda-bynes-craziest-tweets-201397/31540\">named Amanda Bynes\u003c/a>, for instance?). The Twitter phenomenon has made not thinking before you speak easier than ever before. Aside from public judgement, a few dollars in settlements, and possibly losing your job as you jet to the other side of the world (\u003ca href=\"http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/531566/20131223/justin-sacco-tweet-twitter-year-racist.htm#.UuEqmZTTky4\">ahem, Justine Sacco\u003c/a>), people haven’t really been held legally accountable for what they type in the Twitterverse...until now. It seems Courtney Love, the drama-loving Mrs. to the late, great Kurt Cobain, got herself into some serious hot water after authoring a 2010 tweet, in which she alleged her then lawyer was “bought off,” and is now facing a fierce prosecutor in an LA courtroom in the first ever libel trial involving Twitter (do not call it Twibel, pretty please).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Like Love herself, Courtney’s tweets have had a sordid past and caused some major personal drama along the way. Who could forget when the grunge goddess \u003ca href=\"http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/04/13/frances-bean-cobain-courtney-love/\">lambasted her only daughter on Twitter\u003c/a>, alleging that she had slept with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, causing major heartache for both Frances Bean and Grohl. Or the \u003ca href=\"http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/03/04/courtney-love-settles-twitter-lawsuit/\">$430,000 settlement \u003c/a>Love was ordered to pay designer Dawn Simorangkir, after a series of statements she made on both Myspace and Twitter implied that Simorangkir had some kind of criminal past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10774\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 201px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/24/what-you-tweet-could-come-back-to-haunt-you-just-ask-courtney-love/220px-courtney_love_1995_by_andrzej_liguz/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10774\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10774 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/220px-Courtney_Love_1995_by_Andrzej_Liguz-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Love performing with Hole, 1995 Image via wikipedia commons\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love performing with Hole, 1995\u003cbr>Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courtney_Love_1995_by_Andrzej_Liguz.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Unfortunately for Courtney, her tweet-first-settle-out-of-court-later strategy did not work this time; this tweet’s got legs. Though numerous libel cases have been filed on the heels of ugly tweets, this is the first time such a case has been brought to trial. In fact, the outcome of this case could easily set the precedent for how Internet libel cases are treated in the US from now on. That’s one powerful tweet!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Before we get any further, we’ll need to get some definitions straight. Defamation is knowingly making a false statement about someone that is potentially damaging to their good reputation. It is also known as vilification, traducement, or even calumny. Whatever you wanna call it, it’s ugly business. When this statement is written down, it’s called libel. When it’s spoken, it’s called slander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">As \u003cem>Bloomberg Businessweek\u003c/em> reporter \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-15/courtney-loves-libel-trial-inspires-this-proposed-fix-for-twitter-defamation\">Drake Bennett points out\u003c/a>, “most of the relevant legal opinions on libel date from a time when publishing meant printing or posting something in a newspaper or magazine -- institutions that, in part because of the fear of lawsuits, make some effort to keep outright falsehoods out of their pages. Twitter, on the other hand, allows any user to publish whatever he can fit into 140 characters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">So just how does Twitter (and most of the Internet) get away with this? Why, the Communications Decency Act of 1996, of course! Lauded as a great protector of freedom of expression, Section 230 of this piece of legislation, states: \"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” In other words, websites hosting third-party content are not held legally responsible for the user created content (though it should be noted there are exceptions regarding intellectual property and criminal claims). This is how sites like Yelp and YouTube are able to function. \u003ca href=\"http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120405125648/twilightsaga/images/b/b2/The_more_you_know.gif\">The more you know\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">So let's dig into the particulars of this specific case:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>The Accusation:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Love’s former attorney, Rhonda Holmes, who was hired by Love to tackle a fraud case against the executors of her late husband’s estate, accused Love of defamation of character, after reading the following tweet sent from Courtney’s since suspended @CourtneyLoveUK account in June 2010:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cem>“@noozjunkie I was f***ing devastated when Rhonda J Holmes Esq of san diego was bought off @fairnewsspears perhaps you can quote.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>The Defense:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">At first, Courtney tried to play dumb claiming she was not “good” at computers and didn’t understand that her tweet was public and not just sent to the two people tagged therein. She also claimed that since her tweet was merely an “opinion,” it should not be treated as defamation (this seems tough to argue as the tweet seemed to be phrased as a statement of fact). When the judge wouldn’t buy it, Love’s defense team took another approach. They now argue that since the Internet is like the Wild West of the printed word, drenched in exaggeration, misrepresentations, rumors, opinions, and cat memes, Love’s off-the-cuff comments should simply be taken in stride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>The Issue:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">The question now becomes: should Twitter (or the Internet at large) reshape the way our courts view defamation? Essentially, does the length of the writing -- 140 characters vs. an article or an essay -- affect its ability to contain libel? And how do we move forward while protecting both freedom of expression and the freedom to not have life-wrecking lies spread about you around the world wide web?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">We don't know the answers to these questions yet, but chances are we could be in for some rule changes in the near future. For now though, just sit back and watch it all unfold, and remember, tweet responsibly.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The Twitter phenomenon has made not thinking before you speak easier than ever before. Aside from public judgement, a few dollars in settlements, and possibly losing your job as you jet to the other side of the world (\u003ca href=\"http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/531566/20131223/justin-sacco-tweet-twitter-year-racist.htm#.UuEqmZTTky4\">ahem, Justine Sacco\u003c/a>), people haven’t really been held legally accountable for what they type in the Twitterverse...until now. It seems Courtney Love, the drama-loving Mrs. to the late, great Kurt Cobain, got herself into some serious hot water after authoring a 2010 tweet, in which she alleged her then lawyer was “bought off,” and is now facing a fierce prosecutor in an LA courtroom in the first ever libel trial involving Twitter (do not call it Twibel, pretty please).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Like Love herself, Courtney’s tweets have had a sordid past and caused some major personal drama along the way. 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Or the \u003ca href=\"http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/03/04/courtney-love-settles-twitter-lawsuit/\">$430,000 settlement \u003c/a>Love was ordered to pay designer Dawn Simorangkir, after a series of statements she made on both Myspace and Twitter implied that Simorangkir had some kind of criminal past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10774\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 201px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/24/what-you-tweet-could-come-back-to-haunt-you-just-ask-courtney-love/220px-courtney_love_1995_by_andrzej_liguz/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10774\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10774 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/220px-Courtney_Love_1995_by_Andrzej_Liguz-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Love performing with Hole, 1995 Image via wikipedia commons\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love performing with Hole, 1995\u003cbr>Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courtney_Love_1995_by_Andrzej_Liguz.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Unfortunately for Courtney, her tweet-first-settle-out-of-court-later strategy did not work this time; this tweet’s got legs. Though numerous libel cases have been filed on the heels of ugly tweets, this is the first time such a case has been brought to trial. In fact, the outcome of this case could easily set the precedent for how Internet libel cases are treated in the US from now on. That’s one powerful tweet!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Before we get any further, we’ll need to get some definitions straight. Defamation is knowingly making a false statement about someone that is potentially damaging to their good reputation. It is also known as vilification, traducement, or even calumny. Whatever you wanna call it, it’s ugly business. When this statement is written down, it’s called libel. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/16/macaulay-culkin-serves-up-a-pizza-punk-trend-already-started-by-bay-area-band-pizza-underground/1-pizza/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10609\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10609 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/1-Pizza.gif\" alt=\"1-Pizza\" width=\"516\" height=\"345\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Pizza and music go together like parties and fun, so it’s no surprise that pizza-themed music has been snagging headlines as of late. Music blogs have been heating up all winter long with talk of new pizza projects from seasoned pros and musical novices alike. In mid-December, alt-rockers the Foo Fighters treated patrons of Moorpark, California’s Rock 'n' Roll Pizza to \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvJQAOm9yOE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a two and a half hour set\u003c/a> (their first gig since October 2012). With the Foos’ performance coming just days after the announcement of child-star turned joke-rocker Macaulay Culkin’s new pizza-centric musical project, we have to wonder if Mac inspired the Foos to hop on the pizza train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">[contextly_sidebar id=\"af1d854392a348bf20dfb28dae8e1dd4\"]Oh, you didn’t hear? Macaulay Culkin is back on the scene with a brand new pizza-themed Lou Reed/Velvet Underground cover band. That’s right; let that sink in. We can’t be sure if the plan for the band was hatched before or after the Velvet Underground's iconic frontman, Lou Reed, passed away. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pzm1lQX0qU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we can be sure that Mac is no stranger to mixing pizza with art\u003c/a>... and let’s just assume that when Culkin emancipated himself from his money-hungry parents in 1996 at age 16, his diet consisted largely of pizza (this seems like a reasonable guess to me).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">We can all imagine the scenario that inspired the pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band: you’re sitting around with pals, late at night, when someone gets the brilliant idea to change all the lyrics to Lou Reed songs to be about pizza. “Ya know, like 'Take a Bite of the Wild Slice!,'\" some clever pal shouts. Somehow, the eruption of laughter turns into serious motivation. And the songs practically write themselves (because they have already been written)! Turning silly ideas into reality is what celebrities are great at, so Culkin and his cohorts headed to Mac’s house to record the creatively named \u003ca href=\"http://thepizzaunderground.bandcamp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pizza Underground’s first demo\u003c/a>. You can purchase this for as little as $1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgIEdaOHryc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Pizza Underground, or “PU” as I call them, unleashed their cheesy tunes to a bar full of raucous Brooklynites, all hopped up on the free pizza and orange soda that circulated the room (you have the chance to relive this when \u003ca href=\"http://www.ticketfly.com/event/453123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they play San Francisco on March 5th\u003c/a>). And of course they had fans at their first “show” (it was an 8-minute performance, where the band mimicked the Velvet Underground’s traditional black-on-black style). As the \u003cem>Daily Beast’s\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/14/the-pizza-underground-review-eight-minutes-at-macaulay-culkin-s-pizza-party.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caitlin Dickson put it\u003c/a>, “what culturally-conscious Brooklyn 20 or 30-something \u003cem>wouldn’t\u003c/em> stand outside in 35 degrees to catch a glimpse of Kevin McAllister singing pizza-themed adaptations of songs they’ve been listening to on Spotify ever since Lou Reed died?\" By mid-December, it seemed like the Pizza Underground was on top of the world, but as it turns out, Mac’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/verymuchso/the-13-cheesiest-songs-about-pizza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not the first person to sing about pizza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIt2CdbBo_w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">As word of Culkin and Co.’s \"hilarious\" pizza-punk concept made its way westward, pioneering pizza punx and Bay Area tough guys, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/personalandthepizzas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal and the Pizzas\u003c/a>, rolled up their sleeves and prepared for a fight. You see, Personal and the Pizzas have been serving up hot tracks dripping with delectable pizza puns since 2010 and haven’t received even a small slice of big attention for it. The main difference being that Personal and the Pizzas made up their songs all by themselves (which I guess makes them slightly harder to know than songs that have been circulating since the '70s). Oh, and they aren’t famous child stars, which, at least in this scenario, seems to put them at a disadvantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.emusic.com/17dots/2013/12/12/personal-the-pizzas-fire-back-at-macaulay-culkins-pizza-themed-velvet-underground-cover-band/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eMusic reached out\u003c/a> to the Bay Area bad boys for their reaction to Culkin’s wayfarer-wearing, wannabe beatnik band. Not surprisingly, Personal had some heated words for Culkin and his cronies:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“First we’re gonna kill em!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">THEN! we’re gonna sue em!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">DONT MESS WITH THE F**KIN’ PIZZAS, PR*CK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">I CAN REED MOTHERF**KER\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">I CAN REED.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Kill first, sue later, got it. And Personal is right; he can Reed. I can Reed, too. We all can because Reed already Reed-ed before us. Still, threats of death and lawsuits and claims of unoriginality can’t keep the Party Monster down. PU marches on, \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jan/07/pizza-underground-macaulay-culkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">releasing a new music video\u003c/a> which features a Macaulay Culkin kazoo solo. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Pizza Underground, or “PU” as I call them, unleashed their cheesy tunes to a bar full of raucous Brooklynites, all hopped up on the free pizza and orange soda that circulated the room (you have the chance to relive this when \u003ca href=\"http://www.ticketfly.com/event/453123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they play San Francisco on March 5th\u003c/a>). And of course they had fans at their first “show” (it was an 8-minute performance, where the band mimicked the Velvet Underground’s traditional black-on-black style). As the \u003cem>Daily Beast’s\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/14/the-pizza-underground-review-eight-minutes-at-macaulay-culkin-s-pizza-party.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caitlin Dickson put it\u003c/a>, “what culturally-conscious Brooklyn 20 or 30-something \u003cem>wouldn’t\u003c/em> stand outside in 35 degrees to catch a glimpse of Kevin McAllister singing pizza-themed adaptations of songs they’ve been listening to on Spotify ever since Lou Reed died?\" By mid-December, it seemed like the Pizza Underground was on top of the world, but as it turns out, Mac’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/verymuchso/the-13-cheesiest-songs-about-pizza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not the first person to sing about pizza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Example:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/SIt2CdbBo_w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/SIt2CdbBo_w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">As word of Culkin and Co.’s \"hilarious\" pizza-punk concept made its way westward, pioneering pizza punx and Bay Area tough guys, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/personalandthepizzas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal and the Pizzas\u003c/a>, rolled up their sleeves and prepared for a fight. You see, Personal and the Pizzas have been serving up hot tracks dripping with delectable pizza puns since 2010 and haven’t received even a small slice of big attention for it. The main difference being that Personal and the Pizzas made up their songs all by themselves (which I guess makes them slightly harder to know than songs that have been circulating since the '70s). Oh, and they aren’t famous child stars, which, at least in this scenario, seems to put them at a disadvantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.emusic.com/17dots/2013/12/12/personal-the-pizzas-fire-back-at-macaulay-culkins-pizza-themed-velvet-underground-cover-band/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eMusic reached out\u003c/a> to the Bay Area bad boys for their reaction to Culkin’s wayfarer-wearing, wannabe beatnik band. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hbmKji6kYmE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Last week, action-movie star and ponytail advocate Steven Seagal announced his aspirations to run for Governor of Arizona. The 61-year old martial arts expert made the comments while promoting \u003cem>Steven Seagal -- Lawman: Maricopa County\u003c/em>, his reality show which is shot in Arizona and features Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America.” Seagall is a member of Arpaio’s \"posse\": a group of some 3,000 unpaid civilians who support the sheriff’s aggressive ideas for targeting undocumented immigrants throughout the state. It's unclear as to whether or not Seagal’s announcement was an off-the-cuff comment, an attempt to promote a reality show, or serious business. In any event, one thing is clear: Steven Seagal cares about immigration...and karate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">But the action star isn’t the only unlikely celebrity to have thrown his hat in the political ring. Let’s take a look at a few other celebs who’ve attempted to cross-over their careers from the screen to the political arena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10513\">Jesse “the Body” Ventura\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10572\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 206px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/jesse_ventura_on_a_fda_poster-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10572\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10572 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/Jesse_Ventura_on_a_FDA_poster1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"206\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jesse_Ventura_on_a_FDA_poster.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At first, we all naturally scoffed at the idea of a professional wrestler turned politico. Surely, his years in the ring, body-slamming his opponents and generating soap-opera level drama, would never transfer into politics. Just imagine our surprise when Jesse Ventura beat not one but two mainstream candidates in the 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial race. The former wrestling pro ran for office as a member of the Reform Party and proudly served one term as Minnesota’s Governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Clint Eastwood\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10573\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/il_fullxfull_340760949/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10573\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10573 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/il_fullxfull_340760949.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: The Clint Eastwood Archive\" width=\"240\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/il_fullxfull_340760949.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/il_fullxfull_340760949-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://theclinteastwoodarchive.blogspot.com/2010/03/clint-eastwood-mayor-of-carmel.html\">The Clint Eastwood Archive\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our neighbors to the south in Carmel, CA \u003ca href=\"http://www.clinteastwood.net/mayor/\">elected Dirty Harry mayor\u003c/a> by a landslide victory! Actor/director/gun enthusiast Clint Eastwood received nearly three-quarters (72.5%, to be exact) of the total vote in the 1986 mayoral election. He held the office of mayor from 1986-1988. Unfortunately, he did not get rich from this venture. Turns out, being mayor of Carmel paid only $200 a month. Not shockingly, Clint opted not to run for a second term. Back to Hollywood, baby!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10574\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 221px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/sean_duffy_official_portrait_112th_congress/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10574\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10574 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/Sean_Duffy_Official_Portrait_112th_Congress-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"221\" height=\"331\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sean_Duffy,_Official_Portrait,_112th_Congress.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Sean Duffy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any self-respecting Millennial will remember Sean Duffy from MTV’s 1997 season of \u003cem>The Real World: Boston\u003c/em> (or at least his appearance on 2002’s \u003cem>Real World/Road Rules Challenge\u003c/em>). He also totally married Rachel (you know, the one who loved Puck) from the original \u003cem>Real World: San Francisco\u003c/em>. But did you know he also secured the office of District Attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin? Yup, he held the office from 2002 until 2010 at which point he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional district. It's truly shocking to think that MTV reality show fame can be a stepping stone to political success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Shirley Temple\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10575\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 231px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/482px-ambassador_to_czechoslovakia_shirley_temple_19901025_crop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10575\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10575 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/482px-Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"231\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/482px-Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop.jpg 482w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/482px-Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop-400x497.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Not too long after the beloved child star grew up, she became very active in California’s Republican Party. Undeterred by her unsuccessful first attempt to gain a seat in the House of Representatives in 1967, Temple went on to be appointed Representative to the 24th US General Assembly of the United Nations just two years later. She also served as U.S. Ambassador to Ghana in 1976 and U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1989, tap-dancing and politicizing her way into their hearts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cbr>\n \u003cbr>\n \u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Kal Penn\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10576\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/800px-uscpenn/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10576\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10576 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/800px-USCPenn-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USCPenn.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Kal Penn puff-puff-passed his way into our hearts as the high-as-a-kite Kumar Patel in the enlightening 2004 feature, \u003cem>Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle\u003c/em>. The filmed spawned a 2008 sequel, \u003cem>Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay\u003c/em>, which was less enlightening. By 2009, Penn had given up acting in favor of politics. He joined the Obama administration in the White House Office of Public Engagement as Associate Director. He currently serves as a liaison with the Pacific-Islander and Asian-American communities. Remember, just say no to derailing film careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Gary Coleman and Mary Carey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10577\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 196px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/garycoleman_may_2005-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10577\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10577\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/GaryColeman_May_20051-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GaryColeman_May_2005.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10578\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 217px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/401px-mary_carey_2011/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10578\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10578 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/401px-Mary_Carey_2011.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"217\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/401px-Mary_Carey_2011.jpg 401w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/401px-Mary_Carey_2011-400x597.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Carey_2011.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2003 California gubernatorial election saw no fewer than 135 eager candidates. 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Actor/director/gun enthusiast Clint Eastwood received nearly three-quarters (72.5%, to be exact) of the total vote in the 1986 mayoral election. He held the office of mayor from 1986-1988. Unfortunately, he did not get rich from this venture. Turns out, being mayor of Carmel paid only $200 a month. Not shockingly, Clint opted not to run for a second term. 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It's truly shocking to think that MTV reality show fame can be a stepping stone to political success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Shirley Temple\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10575\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 231px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/14/the-most-surprising-celebrity-politicians/482px-ambassador_to_czechoslovakia_shirley_temple_19901025_crop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10575\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10575 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/482px-Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"231\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/482px-Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop.jpg 482w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/482px-Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop-400x497.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ambassador_to_Czechoslovakia_Shirley_Temple_19901025_crop.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Not too long after the beloved child star grew up, she became very active in California’s Republican Party. Undeterred by her unsuccessful first attempt to gain a seat in the House of Representatives in 1967, Temple went on to be appointed Representative to the 24th US General Assembly of the United Nations just two years later. 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The filmed spawned a 2008 sequel, \u003cem>Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay\u003c/em>, which was less enlightening. By 2009, Penn had given up acting in favor of politics. He joined the Obama administration in the White House Office of Public Engagement as Associate Director. He currently serves as a liaison with the Pacific-Islander and Asian-American communities. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10348\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 212px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/26/maybe-no-one-will-notice-shia-labeouf-and-other-famous-plagiarizers/shia_labeouf_cannes_2012/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10348\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10348 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Shia_LaBeouf_Cannes_2012-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image via Wikipedia Commons\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shia_LaBeouf_Cannes_2012.jpg\">Wikipedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">It’s been a rough few weeks for the \u003cem>Even Stevens/Transformers/\u003c/em>one episode of \u003cem>Freaks and Geeks\u003c/em> actor, Shia LaBeouf. The problem is, every time he opens his mouth (or takes to his keyboard), the words he produces just don’t seem to be his. Here’s what I mean: On December 16, the Shia-directed short film, \u003cem>HowardCantour.com\u003c/em>, began its rounds on the Internet. The film, a 12 minute short about a film critic starring comic Jim Gaffigan, had previously been released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 and received some praise, but went largely unnoticed by the mainstream. When it hit the web on \u003ca href=\"http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/12/16/howardcantour-com/\">Short Of The Week \u003c/a>on December 16 however, it made a splash...a really, really bad splash. You see, though you may not realize it, people familiar with well-known indie comics who also have all-day internet access can be dangerous to a Hollywood career. LaBeouf found this out the hard way when one such person, B\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/jordanzakarin/shia-labeouf-rip-off-daniel-clowes-howard-cantour\">uzzFeed’s Jordan Zakarin\u003c/a>, noticed Shia’s film bore a striking resemblance to the 2007 comic\u003cem> Justin M. Damiano\u003c/em> by famed cartoonist Daniel Clowes. And by “resemblance,” I mean essentially an exact copy of, with no reference to or mention of the original author. Oops. After getting away with this charade, which included numerous interviews in which he claims his life experiences informed the script, LaBeouf probably thought he was home-free. He clearly underestimated the cultural impact of Buzzfeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To thicken the plot, LaBeouf appears to have also plagiarized his tweeted apology. Given his history of straight-up copying, Internet heroes made swift work of fact-checking his mea culpa. They soon discovered that a portion of his apology appeared to be directly lifted from a \u003ca href=\"http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100226121955AA5dgbh\">Yahoo! Answers message board \u003c/a>where, four years ago, Yahoo! user “Lili” wrote, “Merely copying isn't particularly creative work, though it's useful as training and practice. Being inspired by someone else's idea to produce something new and different IS creative work, and it may even revolutionize the 'stolen\" concept.'” LeBeouf tweeted the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\" dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/26/maybe-no-one-will-notice-shia-labeouf-and-other-famous-plagiarizers/screen-shot-2013-12-24-at-10-31-20-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10346\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10346\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-24-at-10.31.20-AM-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-12-24 at 10.31.20 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Maybe he thought no one would notice? Well, everyone did. Sorry, dude. I’m sure somewhere in Hollywood, Shia LaBeouf is angrily shaking his fist at the sleuths over at BuzzFeed. But he’s certainly not the only celebrity to boldly plagiarize. Sure, artists inspire other artists all the time, but sometimes the inspired are less tactful (or creative) about integrating their inspiration. For instance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10347\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 182px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/26/maybe-no-one-will-notice-shia-labeouf-and-other-famous-plagiarizers/png/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10347\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10347 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/PNG-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pong cabinet. Image via Wikipedia Commons. \" width=\"182\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signed_Pong_Cabinet.jpg\">Wikipedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In 1973, Atari was sued by Magnavox over the game PONG. According to Magnavox, Atari founder, Nolan Bushnell, copied the idea for the riveting game of simulated table tennis from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.magnavox-odyssey.com\">Odyssey\u003c/a>'s tennis game. Nolan saw video game pioneer, Ralph H. Baer’s, version at a Magnavox electronics show in Burlingame, CA in 1972 and promptly founded Atari with a fresh, new, game idea. Magnavox noticed the similarity to Baer’s ping-pong simulation game and filed suit in 1973. They reached an out of court settlement in 1976.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli> In 2003, the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> reported that their reporter, Jayson Blair, “committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud while covering significant news events.” This included falsifying stories, making up quotes and doctoring photos to support his work. He also allegedly lifted details and stories from other newspapers and wire services. When the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> investigated Blair’s work more closely, they discovered fraud in a large number of his published work. Blair resigned in dishonor and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-times-reporter-who-resigned-leaves-long-trail-of-deception.html?src=pm\">the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> spilled the beans on his deception.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli> Totally underrated Beatle, George Harrison, let his inspiration get the better of him when he copied the melody to the Chiffon’s 1963 hit, “He’s So Fine”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/rinz9Avvq6A\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px\">for his own song, “My Sweet Lord,” released in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/0kNGnIKUdMI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px\">After a long lawsuit, a judge ruled in 1972 that, while guilty of plagiarism, Harrison had done so “subconsciously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>American historian and writer Stephen Ambrose is renowned for his biographies of Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon, as well as numerous books on the subject of WWII, including the popular \u003cem>Band of Brothers\u003c/em>. However, when his 2001 novel detailing the trials and tribulations of B-24 airmen during the second World War, \u003cem>The Wild Blue,\u003c/em> hit bookstores, it wasn’t exactly greeted with open arms. Shortly after the book’s release, Ambrose was accused of plagiarizing numerous passages from University of Pennsylvania professor Thomas Childers’ \u003cem>Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II.\u003c/em> Some further investigation by \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em> magazine and the \u003ca href=\"http://hnn.us\">History News Network\u003c/a> uncovered instances of plagiarism in at least seven of Ambrose’s works. Ambrose passed away in October 2002, leaving behind a legacy of half-truths.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli> And who could forget when Kurt Loder broke the news on MTV that up-and-comer Vanilla Ice had denied that he’d ripped-off a riff from Queen’s “Under Pressure” for his 1990 hit, “Ice Ice Baby.” The Ice-man’s interview did little to convince the world that he hadn’t stolen the riff, even after he explained that the “little, biddy change” made all the difference.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/1s0hEi8zhmg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Well, you can’t blame a guy for trying, right? Actually, you can. Plagiarism is weak. And it’s the antithesis of creativity. You gotta mix it up a little, Shia, throw some originality in there. For it’s a fine line between inspiration and theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10348\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 212px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/26/maybe-no-one-will-notice-shia-labeouf-and-other-famous-plagiarizers/shia_labeouf_cannes_2012/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10348\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10348 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Shia_LaBeouf_Cannes_2012-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image via Wikipedia Commons\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shia_LaBeouf_Cannes_2012.jpg\">Wikipedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">It’s been a rough few weeks for the \u003cem>Even Stevens/Transformers/\u003c/em>one episode of \u003cem>Freaks and Geeks\u003c/em> actor, Shia LaBeouf. The problem is, every time he opens his mouth (or takes to his keyboard), the words he produces just don’t seem to be his. Here’s what I mean: On December 16, the Shia-directed short film, \u003cem>HowardCantour.com\u003c/em>, began its rounds on the Internet. The film, a 12 minute short about a film critic starring comic Jim Gaffigan, had previously been released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 and received some praise, but went largely unnoticed by the mainstream. When it hit the web on \u003ca href=\"http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/12/16/howardcantour-com/\">Short Of The Week \u003c/a>on December 16 however, it made a splash...a really, really bad splash. You see, though you may not realize it, people familiar with well-known indie comics who also have all-day internet access can be dangerous to a Hollywood career. LaBeouf found this out the hard way when one such person, B\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/jordanzakarin/shia-labeouf-rip-off-daniel-clowes-howard-cantour\">uzzFeed’s Jordan Zakarin\u003c/a>, noticed Shia’s film bore a striking resemblance to the 2007 comic\u003cem> Justin M. Damiano\u003c/em> by famed cartoonist Daniel Clowes. And by “resemblance,” I mean essentially an exact copy of, with no reference to or mention of the original author. Oops. After getting away with this charade, which included numerous interviews in which he claims his life experiences informed the script, LaBeouf probably thought he was home-free. He clearly underestimated the cultural impact of Buzzfeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To thicken the plot, LaBeouf appears to have also plagiarized his tweeted apology. Given his history of straight-up copying, Internet heroes made swift work of fact-checking his mea culpa. They soon discovered that a portion of his apology appeared to be directly lifted from a \u003ca href=\"http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100226121955AA5dgbh\">Yahoo! Answers message board \u003c/a>where, four years ago, Yahoo! user “Lili” wrote, “Merely copying isn't particularly creative work, though it's useful as training and practice. Being inspired by someone else's idea to produce something new and different IS creative work, and it may even revolutionize the 'stolen\" concept.'” LeBeouf tweeted the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\" dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/26/maybe-no-one-will-notice-shia-labeouf-and-other-famous-plagiarizers/screen-shot-2013-12-24-at-10-31-20-am/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10346\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10346\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-24-at-10.31.20-AM-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-12-24 at 10.31.20 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Maybe he thought no one would notice? Well, everyone did. Sorry, dude. I’m sure somewhere in Hollywood, Shia LaBeouf is angrily shaking his fist at the sleuths over at BuzzFeed. But he’s certainly not the only celebrity to boldly plagiarize. Sure, artists inspire other artists all the time, but sometimes the inspired are less tactful (or creative) about integrating their inspiration. For instance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10347\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 182px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/26/maybe-no-one-will-notice-shia-labeouf-and-other-famous-plagiarizers/png/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10347\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10347 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/PNG-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pong cabinet. Image via Wikipedia Commons. \" width=\"182\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signed_Pong_Cabinet.jpg\">Wikipedia Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In 1973, Atari was sued by Magnavox over the game PONG. 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He also allegedly lifted details and stories from other newspapers and wire services. When the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> investigated Blair’s work more closely, they discovered fraud in a large number of his published work. Blair resigned in dishonor and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-times-reporter-who-resigned-leaves-long-trail-of-deception.html?src=pm\">the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> spilled the beans on his deception.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli> Totally underrated Beatle, George Harrison, let his inspiration get the better of him when he copied the melody to the Chiffon’s 1963 hit, “He’s So Fine”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/rinz9Avvq6A\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px\">for his own song, “My Sweet Lord,” released in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/0kNGnIKUdMI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px\">After a long lawsuit, a judge ruled in 1972 that, while guilty of plagiarism, Harrison had done so “subconsciously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>American historian and writer Stephen Ambrose is renowned for his biographies of Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon, as well as numerous books on the subject of WWII, including the popular \u003cem>Band of Brothers\u003c/em>. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=10289\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10289\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10289\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/kathleen-hanna.png\" alt=\"Photo: Dusty Lombard\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/kathleen-hanna.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/kathleen-hanna-400x225.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.ifcfilms.com/uncategorized/the-punk-singer\">Dusty Lombard\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In the early ’90s, Kathleen Hanna erupted onto the alternative music scene as the powerful voice of the band \u003ca href=\"http://bikinikill.com/\">Bikini Kill\u003c/a>, and quickly became regarded as the rock ‘n’ roll godmother of third wave feminism. Hanna and her cohorts were the brains behind the Riot Grrrl movement, an underground, feminist punk movement that worked to create a safe space for women in the music scene through photocopied fanzines, female-fueled discussion groups, activism, and good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll. Her sharp tongue and ferocious performances with Bikini Kill (and, later, dance-punk trio, \u003ca href=\"http://www.letigreworld.com/\">Le Tigre\u003c/a>) made Hanna the most recognizable (and loudest) voice of the Riot Grrl movement, bewitching a new generation of free-thinking females.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Five years ago, much to the bewilderment of her loyal fans, Hanna dropped the mic, claiming she’d said all she needed to say, and stopped performing. It wasn’t until the autobiographical, career-spanning documentary \u003cem>The Punk Singer\u003c/em> that Hanna bravely revealed to the world that she’d been struggling with late-stage Lyme disease. The debilitating illness, misdiagnosed for years, sidelined Hanna for some time, but the songstress fought tooth and nail to restore her health and still managed to find time and energy to start a new band, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thejulieruinband.com/wp/\">The Julie Ruin\u003c/a>, along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Through archival footage and dozens of interviews with friends and fellow artists, \u003cem>The Punk Singer\u003c/em>, weaves the story of Kathleen Hanna. Interesting, inspiring, and always honest, director Sini Anderson creates a beautiful tribute to a living legend. So when the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at the chance to chat with one of my personal heroes regarding her mysterious disappearance, the modern face of feminism, and the silent US epidemic, Lyme disease. Below is our (too short for this fan-girl!) conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10275\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 207px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=10275\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10275\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10275 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/KH2-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Dusty Lombard\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KQED Pop: So, I saw \u003cem>The Punk Singer\u003c/em> twice last week.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Kathleen Hanna:\u003c/strong> Woah!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I know, I know. I rented it on iTunes and I saw it at the \u003ca href=\"http://roxie.com/\">Roxie Theatre\u003c/a> in San Francisco. So I guess my first question is, how does it feel to have a film made about your career and your life?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> Um…it feels weird. It wasn’t like \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2481948/\">Sini\u003c/a> pointed a gun to my head and made me do it, but I made it under the duress of being a sick person and thinking this is my only chance to have my work remembered and this is a way that my work can, in a way, be archived. So to actually be so much better, physically now, and having to live with what I’ve done. It’s like, woah! I shared all this stuff. I totally laid myself bare in all these ways that I probably wouldn’t have if I wasn’t sick. Cause when you get sick you have this thing of just radical honesty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard for me to watch, it’s embarrassing, it’s all of those things. I don’t watch it. I saw it once in the theater, but it’s one of those things I’d like to watch when I’m 65 and be like, “Oh look, look what I did!”\u003cbr>\n[aside postID=’arts_13808185′]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>You have a knack for taking the hardships you’ve faced in your life and using that as fuel for your art. I’m curious how you encourage and support someone who’s going through a rough time in their life to do the same?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> It’s a really hard line because I kind of hate that American idea of “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” and those kind of clichés. I feel like I’ve very much fallen prey in my own life to that kind of misguided optimism. At the same time, I’ve learned [a lot] over the last couple years, not just from being sick but from going to a bunch of cabaret performances (I know that sounds crazy). My friend \u003ca href=\"http://flavorwire.com/423888/the-tender-side-of-bridget-everett-new-yorks-sexiest-most-terrifying-alt-cabaret-sensation/\">B\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://flavorwire.com/423888/the-tender-side-of-bridget-everett-new-yorks-sexiest-most-terrifying-alt-cabaret-sensation/\">ridget Everett is an amazing cabaret artist\u003c/a> and she takes a lot of her life tragedies and dysfunctional childhood things and she turns them into jokes. Because they’re so upsetting, they make you laugh. I really believe in tragedy plus time equals humor. And I feel like telling your story over and over again, whether it’s to a therapist or a camera, or an interview sometimes, takes the sting out of it. And turns it into just a story in your life that you can goof around with. It doesn’t have to be this thing that defines you or controls you. It could be something that gives you fuel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10292\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 383px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=10292\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10292\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10292 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-17-at-4.58.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Photo: Dustin Lombard\" width=\"383\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-17-at-4.58.16-PM.png 782w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-17-at-4.58.16-PM-400x251.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Dustin Lombard\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So if you were to write your Riot Grrrl manifesto now, would you make any changes to it? Or would you remain true to what you said at the time when you originally wrote it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> I think I would have a lot of stupid, sagely advice in my new Riot Grrrl manifesto that nobody would want to hear. I’m glad that I wrote it how I wrote it, however flawed it was because, I wrote it, you know? I didn’t write it and throw it in the trash, I actually printed it. When I read it now, yeah, it’s embarrassing. I feel like there’s a lot of me really trying to cover all my bases and just making sure I mention like speciesism. And I’m not saying that that’s not an important topic, but I feel like I was trying to kind of do this very ’90s, white, middle-class, college educated girl thing of ‘I’m critiquing myself while I’m asserting myself.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">And I think that actually makes it harder for people to critique you. Because you’re like ‘I already critiqued myself. Look I included everyone in this!’ Yeah, I’m including everyone but it’s surrounded by a bunch of pictures of white women. So it’s like, am I really including everyone in this? How homogeneous is the punk scene and that’s where this is being distributed? And all those kinds of questions. So I think I would probably be more honest about what position I was writing from and that I wasn’t able to write this universal, overarching thing. I was writing from my own point of view. I’d make that more obvious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Do you feel that, as it has evolved, \u003cstrong>the Riot Grrrl movement\u003c/strong> remained true to its roots or has it shifted in some significant way in your eyes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> I don’t even know if Riot Grrl still exists as such. I think that right now there’s this interesting transitional phase where people who have been influenced by Riot Grrrl or who have pushed against it in a lot of really interesting ways are now creating brand new things. There’s the \u003ca href=\"http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/\">People of Color Zine Project\u003c/a>. There’s also the \u003ca href=\"http://birdsongmag.tumblr.com/\">Birdsong Collective\u003c/a> here in New York — they distribute zines, they put on shows — and I also see \u003ca href=\"http://www.kathleenhanna.com/girls-rock-camp-alliance/\">Girls Rock Camp\u003c/a> as being something that kind of fulfills the promise that Riot Grrrl never really achieved. They are physically getting young women, all different kinds of young women, together to make music and giving them skills to work together. Those are the places I see Riot Grrrl manifesting itself and that is really exciting. I don’t think Riot Grrrl needs to be repeated. It already happened. And it doesn’t need to be fetishized or anything. I think it needs to be critiqued and challenged because that’s the way that things grow and get better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s go back to the topic of Lyme disease. Will it get out of your system? Will you be better?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH: \u003c/strong>I don’t know. My doctor used to treat AIDS patients and now he treats Lyme disease patients. And he has spoken to me about how there is a similar denial within the medical community and within the larger culture, which is ridiculous because I’ve spoke to two different journalists today, one whose mom had it for 14 years and is still struggling and another who was like ‘yeah, my two brothers have it,’ and I’ve only talked to five reporters today. So it’s a pretty huge deal and they’re still kind of working out the treatments for it. Nobody really knows. There’s not going to be a point where I get tested and I’m clear and then I go back every six months and check to see if I’m clear. It’s more like living day to day. I’m still in treatment now and I’ll be done in about two more months, and then I go on the maintenance program. Then, hopefully I can start weaning off my meds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10293\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 286px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=10293\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10293\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10293 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/3-Kathleen-Hanna-playing-the-drums.-Photo-courtesy-of-Allison-Michael-Orenstein-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Allison Michael Orenstein\" width=\"286\" height=\"430\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Allison Michael Orenstein\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Yeah, that looked painful.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> Oh, that stuff in the movie is like nothing. It’s so funny to me. I was like, you should use something way harsher than that because that was a good day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>I appreciate you sharing the rough things you’re going through because I know that you’re going to heighten awareness of it. So I’m curious if there’s anything that you want people to know about Lyme disease? Something they don’t know that needs to be said.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> I think the main thing is, if you’ve gotten a negative test, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. I was tested two times. If you’re tested when you’re on antibiotics, it often doesn’t show up. If you’re a late stage Lyme disease person, it often doesn’t show up. It’s a disease that typically needs to be diagnosed by your symptoms. I had uveitis which is inflammation of the eye and my eye got bright red. It was like having pink eye except someone was punching me in the eye over and over. My optometrist said “You either have MS, lupus, celiac, Crohn’s or Lyme,” and I said I can’t have Lyme because I was tested for it twice. And that’s really sad to me. That’s the main thing: even if you’ve been tested, look into what the symptoms are. Watch the movie \u003cem>Under Our Skin\u003c/em>. If you recognize yourself, you may have it. Find a good doctor and don’t give up. Don’t ever give up on finding the proper treatment because it is out there. It just has to be individualized to where you’re at. It’s expensive, but it’s your life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Well, I’m glad you’re on the right track for your health and I hope you’re feeling better.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will you ever quit being out there, being a voice?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> I think that the way that I will be out there will probably change. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>You have a knack for taking the hardships you’ve faced in your life and using that as fuel for your art. I’m curious how you encourage and support someone who’s going through a rough time in their life to do the same?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> It’s a really hard line because I kind of hate that American idea of “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” and those kind of clichés. I feel like I’ve very much fallen prey in my own life to that kind of misguided optimism. At the same time, I’ve learned [a lot] over the last couple years, not just from being sick but from going to a bunch of cabaret performances (I know that sounds crazy). My friend \u003ca href=\"http://flavorwire.com/423888/the-tender-side-of-bridget-everett-new-yorks-sexiest-most-terrifying-alt-cabaret-sensation/\">B\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://flavorwire.com/423888/the-tender-side-of-bridget-everett-new-yorks-sexiest-most-terrifying-alt-cabaret-sensation/\">ridget Everett is an amazing cabaret artist\u003c/a> and she takes a lot of her life tragedies and dysfunctional childhood things and she turns them into jokes. Because they’re so upsetting, they make you laugh. I really believe in tragedy plus time equals humor. And I feel like telling your story over and over again, whether it’s to a therapist or a camera, or an interview sometimes, takes the sting out of it. And turns it into just a story in your life that you can goof around with. It doesn’t have to be this thing that defines you or controls you. It could be something that gives you fuel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10292\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 383px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=10292\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10292\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10292 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-17-at-4.58.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Photo: Dustin Lombard\" width=\"383\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-17-at-4.58.16-PM.png 782w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-17-at-4.58.16-PM-400x251.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Dustin Lombard\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So if you were to write your Riot Grrrl manifesto now, would you make any changes to it? 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Look I included everyone in this!’ Yeah, I’m including everyone but it’s surrounded by a bunch of pictures of white women. So it’s like, am I really including everyone in this? How homogeneous is the punk scene and that’s where this is being distributed? And all those kinds of questions. So I think I would probably be more honest about what position I was writing from and that I wasn’t able to write this universal, overarching thing. I was writing from my own point of view. I’d make that more obvious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Do you feel that, as it has evolved, \u003cstrong>the Riot Grrrl movement\u003c/strong> remained true to its roots or has it shifted in some significant way in your eyes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> I don’t even know if Riot Grrl still exists as such. I think that right now there’s this interesting transitional phase where people who have been influenced by Riot Grrrl or who have pushed against it in a lot of really interesting ways are now creating brand new things. There’s the \u003ca href=\"http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/\">People of Color Zine Project\u003c/a>. There’s also the \u003ca href=\"http://birdsongmag.tumblr.com/\">Birdsong Collective\u003c/a> here in New York — they distribute zines, they put on shows — and I also see \u003ca href=\"http://www.kathleenhanna.com/girls-rock-camp-alliance/\">Girls Rock Camp\u003c/a> as being something that kind of fulfills the promise that Riot Grrrl never really achieved. They are physically getting young women, all different kinds of young women, together to make music and giving them skills to work together. Those are the places I see Riot Grrrl manifesting itself and that is really exciting. I don’t think Riot Grrrl needs to be repeated. It already happened. And it doesn’t need to be fetishized or anything. I think it needs to be critiqued and challenged because that’s the way that things grow and get better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s go back to the topic of Lyme disease. Will it get out of your system? Will you be better?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH: \u003c/strong>I don’t know. My doctor used to treat AIDS patients and now he treats Lyme disease patients. And he has spoken to me about how there is a similar denial within the medical community and within the larger culture, which is ridiculous because I’ve spoke to two different journalists today, one whose mom had it for 14 years and is still struggling and another who was like ‘yeah, my two brothers have it,’ and I’ve only talked to five reporters today. So it’s a pretty huge deal and they’re still kind of working out the treatments for it. Nobody really knows. There’s not going to be a point where I get tested and I’m clear and then I go back every six months and check to see if I’m clear. It’s more like living day to day. I’m still in treatment now and I’ll be done in about two more months, and then I go on the maintenance program. Then, hopefully I can start weaning off my meds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10293\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 286px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=10293\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10293\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10293 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/12/3-Kathleen-Hanna-playing-the-drums.-Photo-courtesy-of-Allison-Michael-Orenstein-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Allison Michael Orenstein\" width=\"286\" height=\"430\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Allison Michael Orenstein\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Yeah, that looked painful.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> Oh, that stuff in the movie is like nothing. It’s so funny to me. I was like, you should use something way harsher than that because that was a good day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>I appreciate you sharing the rough things you’re going through because I know that you’re going to heighten awareness of it. So I’m curious if there’s anything that you want people to know about Lyme disease? Something they don’t know that needs to be said.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KH:\u003c/strong> I think the main thing is, if you’ve gotten a negative test, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. I was tested two times. If you’re tested when you’re on antibiotics, it often doesn’t show up. If you’re a late stage Lyme disease person, it often doesn’t show up. It’s a disease that typically needs to be diagnosed by your symptoms. I had uveitis which is inflammation of the eye and my eye got bright red. It was like having pink eye except someone was punching me in the eye over and over. 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Despite the gratitude fest, there may be various roadblocks to your full enjoyment of Thanksgiving. To combat this, here's a helpful guide to help you overcome some common Thanksgiving obstacles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\" dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Obstacle 1: You Don’t Eat (Or Like) Turkey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">So it turns out your least favorite part of the Thanksgiving tradition is the bird. Whether your diet restricts you or your taste-buds just say no, there are certainly non fowl alternatives. If turkey doesn’t tickle your fancy but meat is A-OK, try \u003ca href=\"http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/apple_leek_stuffed_pork.html\">apple and leek stuffed pork tenderloin\u003c/a> or a \u003ca href=\"http://www.marthastewart.com/356012/whole-roasted-salmon-orange-butter-glaze?czone=food%2Fthanksgiving-center%2Fthanksgiving-center-turkey&gallery=275157&slide=356012¢er=276949\">whole roasted salmon with orange butter glaze\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">If meat is too murdery for you, consider combining seasonal flavors into a delicious vegetarian option. Try \u003ca href=\"http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/red_wine_braised_roots.html\">red wine braised root vegetables\u003c/a> or s\u003ca href=\"http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/savory_bread_pudding_with_spinach_mushrooms.html\">avoy bread pudding with spinach and mushrooms\u003c/a> as a main course alternative. Contrary to popular belief, it isn’t actually against the law to avoid turkey on Thanksgiving. So get creative, use seasonal flavors (or don’t!), and serve up something both alternative and awesome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\" dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Obstacle 2: You Hate Football\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Watching football is right behind consuming turkey in the traditions line. Unfortunately, this does nothing for those among us who would rather not watch football...ever. If your family is the type to settle into their Laz-E-Boys after the feast to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nfl.com/thanksgiving\">watch the holiday matchups\u003c/a> (this year the Packers vs. the Lions, the Raiders vs. the Cowboys, and/or the Steelers vs. the Ravens) avoiding the game can be a challenge. Luckily, there are a few businesses that remain open on this holiday and those businesses are called movie theaters. While your family settles in for a football-and-tryptophan-induced coma, you can sneak off to the theater for an evening of Jujubes and blockbusters. This year, catch \u003ca href=\"http://www.movieinsider.com/m10597/homefront/#.UpNRyZTk9Rc\">Jason Statham in the action thriller \u003c/a>\u003cem>Homefront\u003c/em> , or \u003ca href=\"http://www.movieinsider.com/m10191/delivery-man/#.UpNRvZTk9Rc\">check out that zany Vince Vaughn\u003c/a> as he discovers he’s fathered 533 children through sperm donation in \u003cem>Delivery Man\u003c/em>, or, if you haven’t done so already, bask in the glow of \u003ca href=\"http://www.movieinsider.com/m9159/catching-fire/#.UpNTZ5Tk9Rc\">Jennifer Lawrence’s bravery\u003c/a> during \u003cem>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\" dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Obstacle 3: Too Much Conversation with Family\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Holidays often mean time with our families. While on the surface this sounds like a wonderful thing, too much conversation with one’s family can turn a person insane. If the holiday conversation with your family members starts to gnaw at your nerves, there’s always games! Divert your Aunt’s attention away from your unmarried, non-baby-having self with a board game. Try the fun, conversational games like Apples to Apples or (my personal favorite) \u003ca href=\"http://www.howdoyouplay.net/party-games/how-to-play-the-celebrity-game.html%20t\">Celebrity\u003c/a> to get your family chatting and laughing. Help make some positive memories this year while breaking the monotony. Remember, not everyone gets the opportunity to spend this holiday with their family so consider yourself lucky. 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