Limmer loves Vocolate!

Going through the old YG catalog and started listening to Wheesung the other day. I am very much in love with his last CD, Vol. 6: Vocolate, released late last year. Although he and YG parted ways about 4 years ago, there's still a very hip R&B infused sound to his tracks. Anyway, this is the song that happened to be playing when I decided to post, so here's a live version of 눈물 쏟고 또 쏟고 (Tears Keep Flowing and Flowing).

News of the Day for 4.30.10

• A British man attempts to duck Big Brother for one month.
• Pennsylvania man fined for illegally shooting a bear after luring it with loads of donuts and pastries. What a waste of donuts and pastries.
• Australia attempts to introduce the world's most stringent cigarette packaging regulations by banning branding.
• Shanghai's World Expo is yet another attempt for China to demonstrate it's growing influence. More from the NYTimes.
• Dutch Muslim women at society's forefront.
• Bigot-gate causes panic among Labour's upper ranks, but in the Prime Minister's defense, the woman did ask where '[a]ll [those] Eastern Europeans...[were] flocking from'. Um, try Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, the Guardian impresses with headlines and calls last night's debate 'the X Factor for ugly people' and explores the candidates' inner ape. Elections are fun!

News of the Day for 4.29.10

• Arizona's ridiculous new law spurred by an immigration non-crisis.
• A deeper look at the two Koreas and now the sunken warship that threatens to divide them further. Would North Korean involvement indicate Kim Jong-Il's weakening power? Also, China's rising stake in Korean affairs.
• Chili peppers for pain relief.
• Gordon Brown faces bigot-gate.
• UK's white ruling class.
• Ghana's invention workshop, via BBC's From Our Own Correspondents. (One of my favorite radio programs/podcasts.)
• Happy Meals may get the boot in Santa Clara.

News of the Day for 4.28.10

• China lifts HIV/AIDS travel restrictions ahead of World Expo.
• Tail of Denmark's Little Mermaid's journey to the Shanghai Expo.
• China loses 2000 Olympic bronze medal for fielding underage athlete. Surprised? No.
• China aims to tighten internet controls in order to prevent leaks of 'state secrets'. 
• French president Nicolas Sarkozy visits China.
• South Korea mourns naval disaster deaths and treads lightly around the issue of North Korean involvement.
• That whole thing Asian thing about personality and blood type, this time in Japan.
• Glue, eggs, and smoke bombs - that's how Ukraine's Parliament gets shit done. Take note, Congress!
• Chechen president accused of ordering the kidnapping of an exile who was later killed during the botched abduction.
• Affirmative action that makes a difference for Indian women.
• Nancy Drew's iron grip on women in power. This quote in particular caught my attention: "Girls who read, especially voraciously, are not the girls most focused on popular culture." I beg to differ.

News for the Day for 4.27.10

• The curious relationship between chocolate and depression.
• The curious relationship between the religious and celibacy.
• The curious relationship between Playboy and the Hollywood sign. 
• The curious relationship between chimps and death.
• The curious relationship between quolls and cane toads.
• The curious relationship between landfills and deodorant.
• The curious relationship between Taiwanese politicians and the mafia.
• The curious relationship between Brazilian cowboys and life.
• The curious relationship between Russian adoptees and a Montana ranch.
• The curious relationship between the Pentagon and PowerPoint.
• The curious relationship between Chinese hospitals and doctors.
• The curious relationship between public radio and classical music.
• The not-so-curious relationship between health and a balanced diet.

News of the Day for 4.26.10

• Papal condoms, gay marriage blessing, singing with the Queen? Re a memo for Pope Benedict's upcoming visit to the UK, someone in the British Foreign Office is clearly out of touch with the Catholic Church. (UPDATE: That someone turns out to be a 23 year old Oxford graduate. Smart kids.)
• Sandstorm season in northern China. I can say from experience, this blows [groan].
• Japanese rally to kick the US off Okinawa.
• Stephen Hawking warns against contacting aliens.
• The BBC investigates the cost of virginity in the Arab and Asian world.
• Controversial book airs Samsung's dirty laundry.
• After several years of reading Britain's take on US elections, a Times article dissecting the recent television debates in the British election.
• Anti-yoga yogis increasingly reject the consumer, personality cult-driven nature of yoga.

News of the Day for 4.24.10

• Yea! Just what China needs - a car show!
• Sunbeds can be addictive. So when will research show that whitening creams have a similar effect?
• Naps + dreams can aid in learning. No word yet on what dreaming about Korean pop stars helps anything.
• It's 2010, but good ol' racism is still chugging along. A story about a white family on vacation in Florida who insisted they not be served by 'people of colour' or anyone 'with a foreign accent'. It clearly did not occur to them that they, in fact, have a foreign accent when visiting the States.
• Malcolm Tucker, the master of the F-bomb and fictional character on the f-ing hilarious political comedy The Thick of It, provides a weekly election briefing over at the Guardian. It is fucking brilliant.

Toronto women rate the men of Big Bang.

The good ladies of Toronto took part in this highly scientific survey to determine who is the best looking Big Bang member. Daesung seems to be a favorite, though I'm wondering what pictures they showed. Probably not Taeyang + Prayer MV shots because if Canadian women saw the six pack on that man........

Dumbfoundead + Clara + Jay Park = 'Clouds'.

At laaaaaast! There were some anxious people last night just waiting for the super trio of Dumbfoundead, Clara, and Jay aka Jaebeom to drop their much anticipated track. And here it is!! Enjoy, because I certainly did.

>>> What's that? You say you love this track and want a piece of it? No problem. Dumbfoundead has a FREE download at his site. Show them some love!

Big Bang + 'Lies' = Death by Pineapple.

I've seen this video quite a few times, but I only now noticed that the girl kills her lover - with a pineapple. Damn.