olberman strikes again

olberman deserves a medal....he is a very courageous man who does his research...

fever ray - if i had a heart

my buddy jim posted this on mnation and i just had to share. it's the debut single from fever ray, the new offshoot project of karen dreijer of the knife! the knife videos are fucking fantastic and this one is no exception. check it out!

madonna and the making of lv ads

the pr machine is in full force now with this excellent behind the scenes video of the making of the new louis vuitton ad campaign featuring cerebral jester favourite...madonna. she looks incredible and still has that innocence she had when she first started...maybe even more now than before. and i think i'm in lust with marc jacobs....he is a sexy beast!


Madonna for Louis Vuitton 2009 (Making Of)

Madonna was signed as the face of the French luxury brand's spring/summer 2009 collection Louis Vuitton in what the company called an "amazing coup".


Antoine Arnault, Louis Vuitton's communications director, said: "Madonna is glamorous. She has a global image. She's the ultimate performer and businesswoman, and not someone who is just a famous singer. She has travelled. She has tried to change things.
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Marc Jacobs, the label's creative director, came up with the idea of casting Madonna after seeing her perform at a concert in Paris.


"I just blurted out, 'I think we should do Madonna,'" he said. "I was totally just blown away by it, and moved by her performance, by what she had to say, and her energy.
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All rights reserved to Louis Vuitton, www. louisvuitton. com

the speech

(CNN) -- Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first African-American president Tuesday. This is a transcript of his prepared speech.

In his speech Tuesday, President Obama said America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet. Watch the full inauguration speech »

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

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Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted -- for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

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For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions -- who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them -- that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account -- to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day -- because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control -- and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort -- even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment -- a moment that will define a generation -- it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confidence -- the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:

"Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive... that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."

America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

the oath

giving bush the boot!

it's finally here! the end of the bush regime! i really don't know which person i would like to be least right now...bush who has to live for the rest of his life knowing that an insanely large number of people despise his every molecule...or obama who has to spend too many days of his promising presidency cleaning up after w before he can even think about beginning to embark on his own journey and change history again and again.

washington d.c. must be a really strange place right about now and here's one of the reasons. this story, pics and accompanying video clips are amazing!


President Bush was given an Iraqi-journalist-style sendoff on his last full day in office Monday, as tourists and demonstrators lobbed shoes, pumps, boots, sandals and Crocs from Pennsylvania Avenue onto the White House lawn.

Before launching the operation live, the shoe-chuckers took target practice in Dupont Circle on a 20-foot-tall blow up doll of the outgoing president, decked out in the flight suit he wore aboard the "Mission Accomplished" aircraft carrier.

Unlike Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who inspired the protest, none of the shoe-throwers in the group were arrested. (Later that day, reports NBC, one man was arrested for chucking a shoe at the White House.)

Marching down Connecticut Avenue with handfuls of footwear, the group of about a hundred was on the receiving end of enthusiastic honks, thumbs-up and waves from people in the street.

The reception was almost as warm from the people guarding the White House.

"Don't hit me!" one officer behind the White House fence joked as shoes rained around him.

Tracey Primavera, a shoe-lobber from Provincetown, Massachusetts, shouted at the guard that she had a pump that would look nice on him.

"I tried that. It didn't look good on me," yelled back the officer. Primavera tossed him the pump anyway.

Tourists on Pennsylvania Avenue picked up shoes and lobbed them at the White House as well. "A lot of random people joined in," noted one organizer, David Swanson. "Everybody wanted to be photographed with an "Arrest Bush" sign.

The tourists also joined a spontaneous chorus that formed. On the night of the election, thousands of people swarmed the White House and sang the old sports classic, "Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye." The song made a reappearance Monday, as did a number of tunes apparently written for the occasion, with lyrics such as "Hang down your head, George Bush/Hang down your head in shame," and "Take him to the Hague" -- the latter sung to the tune of "Working on the Railroad."

The target practice on the giant Bush doll began around 11:00 in the morning and was still going five hours later, as thousands of people walking through the circle stopped to pick up a shoe and wing it at the outgoing president. Some threw fastballs like al-Zaidi. Others tied several together in an attempt to land them on Bush's long Pinocchio-esque nose. Children took part. ("Okay. One more shoe, kids," said one parent.) Some folks simply walked up to the doll and kicked it in the shins. It fell over at one point and people rushed it, beating it with shoes.

Still others, like al-Zaidi, missed.

"Ah! I missed!" yelled Sharon Kerr, in town from Austin, Texas, after chucking wide of her presidential mark. She said that she felt a little like the Iraqi reporter for missing. But she noted in his defense, "He had people blocking him."

Kerr began to leave the circle but stopped. "I'm gonna go one more time. I'm gonna nail him this time," she said before winding up and striking him cleanly in the belt.

Cheryl Upshaw, in from Atlanta and sporting a full-length fur coat, hit the Bush doll high on the shoulder. "I was really trying to aim for his heart," said Upshaw, a registered nurse who owns a home healthcare agency. The throw was cathartic, she said, and it seemed to relieve some of her anger.

"It's not that I hate him," she clarified. "I don't hate him personally. I hate what he has done to this country."

Medea Benjamin, a cofounder of the antiwar group CODEPINK, said the protest was a way to "get the Bush era out of your intestines."

"I was a little reluctant because I want to be in a positive mood," she said. "I don't want to be seen as doing something violent. The shoe-throwing is borderline, but the intent is to insult, not to hurt. There's a fine line."

Once all the shoes had been tossed onto the White House lawn, the officers collected them and piled them into the back of a small truck. "The next person who throws them gets arrested," said one, though the entire pile had already been thrown.

As the protesters headed back toward Dupont Circle, a Secret Service agent left them with a parting observation.

"You all won," he said.

phunky photos of me!

so i'm always posting pics of madonna and whoever else...vids of crazy people on youtube etc. and i decided..it's time for a little ole fashioned narcissism hehe. here's a sampling of a fun little photoshoot me and my buddy dan took the other day while hanging out at his house. he's got a super duper mac and found some really cool plugins for his photobooth application. if you want to check out the rest go to my myspace and look in the catatronic sessions folder. i'm really excited about all of these...i think they are so funky!

research and retaliation

i would love for this video to go viral...but unfortunately bullshit like chris crocker and all the people trying to imitate beyonce's single ladies video get much more attention...

Sordid Lives' star Jason Dottley calls David Caton, executive director of Florida Family Association, after Caton released a statement Wed. asking for a boycott of all advertisers who support his tv show "Sordid Lives: The Series". A fan found his cell phone number online (as did Jason when he searched their site and was able to download a newsletter that contained it), Jason called him to address the lies he stated concerning his husband Del Shores' divorce and his family, and also to confront Caton about his attempt to boycott Sordid's advertisers. Caton hung up on Jason the first time, but the second time Jason left Caton a hefty heart-felt voice message, all caught on tape. A link to the article is here: http://www.votervoice.net/Core.aspx?A...

madonna outtakes and glimpse of new w!

it's christmas all over again! the first two shots below are photos that have leaked from the recent session for upcoming w magazine spread featuring the super cougar herself giving her best vampire in years! i'm sure you've heard about the sexy brazilian guy named "jesus" she's about to devour in the first pic and the following is possibly her gulping on the poor, young stud's blood.


now...a raunchy and deliriously sexy set of outtakes from the hard candy sessions. she looks so filthy in this set it reminds me of some sections of the sex book...it's amazing how she can still find a new pose to strike after all these goddamn years! gotta love her face and body but i enjoy the surgical bandage barely concealing her national treasures especially! enjoy my friends!

porn industry needs a bailout too!

this is brilliant! i guess all the free porn websites out there don't help at all but let's hope this gets more coverage than it has already so we can sit back and giggle at the responses haha

Porn industry seeks federal bailout

From CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Mark Preston

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.


Larry Flynt is asking for a bailout.

“The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out from the banks to the big three,” said Owen Moogan, spokesman for Larry Flynt. “The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else and they are going to ask for the $5 billion. Is it the most serious thing in the world? Is it going to make the lives of Americans better if it happens? It is not for them to determine.”

Francis said in a statement that “the US government should actively support the adult industry's survival and growth, just as it feels the need to support any other industry cherished by the American people."

“We should be delivering [the request] by the end of today to our congressmen and [Secretary of the Treasury Henry] Paulson asking for this $5 billion dollar bailout,” he told CNN Wednesday.

Flynt and Francis concede the industry itself is in no financial danger — DVD sales have slipped over the past year, but Web traffic has continued to grow.

But the industry leaders said the issue is a nation in need. "People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the statement. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."

"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind. It's time for congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. The only way they can do this is by supporting the adult industry and doing it quickly."

So far, there has been no congressional reaction to the request.

i'm a hustler baby

me and my friend dan's favourite past time as of late is watching and finding insanely creative and crazy music videos for songs we know and like...we're both djs so music is the glue that binds us together haha. check out this video for 'hustler' by simian mobile disco. it starts out a little off, but then speedily not gradually becomes a disturbing, offensive, gorgeous mess! enjoy!!

9/9/09 and 'beetlejuice'

every year has that particular day when all the digits are the same...in '06 it was 6/6/06 and in '07 it was..yeah..you guessed it...7/7/07. one can always expect someone to release something on that date and make it a major event and this year will be no different. produced by tim burton, the newest cgi drama to hit the big screen on 9/9/09 is none other than the film "9". here's the trailer...it looks fantastic if you ask me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b9zx-eKP8M&eurl=http://forums.madonnanation.com/index.php?showtopic=24603&feature=player_embedded

and speaking of tim burton...my brand new party and very first party completely on my own as dj and promoter is called 'beetlejuice'! it will be a monthly party taking place the first sunday of every month....the debut is sunday, february 1st! i'm excited...wish me luck! the night will feature songs from the late 80s and early 90s....a time when i was in grammar school and then high school. it will be a night full of fun nostalgia and silly memories....lighthearted and chill. here's the flyer that i made myself...

quincy jones makes his move

Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President-Elect Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries, The United States has never created such a position. We in the arts need this and the country needs the arts--now more than ever. Please take a moment to sign this important petition and then pass it on to your friends and colleagues.




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madonna and the smiths?

check out this mini interview with johnny marr from the smiths reminiscing about their very first show in nyc and who opened for them. i think he has the year wrong though for sure but interesting anyway...

johnny marr on madonna

wonderful, wonderful

artwork by d. cacioppo

it is such a wonderful, wonderful feeling
to be missed
to be told that you are missed
but unfortunately
you have to be apart from someone special
to feel that type of wonderful

vhs or beta - we could be one

more madonna pics for louis vuitton!

this whole series is classic! she looks absolutely gorgeous!

extreme bear makeover!

my friend sy posted this on facebook and i just had to, had to repost it...it's brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tvSfuoNhG4

the amazing austrailian lyrebird

this bird is unbelievable!!! check it out!!

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chauncey treat - the only one

so here's a nice fresh proper chauncey treat for the new year given its own post. it is a song by chris lake that marries the old school diva house sound that was prevalent when i first started djing in 2002 with the current sparse and murky minimal drawl of house music today. i'm not sure who the vocalist is but her voice is wonderfully sultry and adds such a silky touch to this hot track....enjoy!

chris lake - the only one

prospero ano nuevo!

happy new year everyone!

as with every year, i am looking forward to new and exciting adventures and the casting aside of poisonous vines that threaten to choke my rose garden along the way. i'm anxious to bring you along for the carnival ride!

i'm going to spend some time today revamping the site with new shapes and colours and all that jazz.

i also promise that 2009 will feature a more consistent amount of blogging...featuring a more intimate look into the cerebral jester's mind as well as the usual stock of wacky videos, original poetry, dirty tracks for you to download and so much more!

thank you for reading...it means everything to me!

here's a little chauncey treat to tide you over until i get all things squared away. it's a new remix of an old favourite featuring david byrne from the talking heads. not sure if you remember 'lazy' but this version is totally reconstructed and quite filthy for sure!

x-press 2 featuring david byrne - lazy (mowgi remix)