"An alternative rock band from Florida claims it'll feature a live suicide during a gig next month.

Tampa outfit Hell on Earth says a terminally ill member of a right-to-die group planned to commit suicide on stage during the gig on October 4.

Their website says the person's identity won't be released until the day of the gigat the State Theatre in St. Petersburg. The site didn't say how the person would commit suicide.

The band claims the "volunteer" wanted to die onstage to "raise awareness for dying with dignity"."

Ananova: Rock band plans onstage suicide

The phaomnneil pweor of the hmuan mnid.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it
deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and
lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Fcuknig amzanig, huh?

naet ltilte ticrk!

" American politicians are being encouraged to put aside differences with France and eat some french fries and french toast if they want international help to rebuild Iraq.

Lawmakers ordered the foods renamed "Freedom" fries and "Freedom" toast earlier this year, reflecting anger at opposition to the US-led war to topple Saddam Hussein. "

Ok so i guess we're saying - Fuck France for not agreeing with our blowing shit up in Iraq, but if they help us clean up the mess, we'll give them credit for junk food.

US politicians urged to put 'French' back on the menu

] RATE radio is a collaborative filtering client/server mp3
] player/downloader. The iRATE server has a large database
] of music. You rate the tracks and it uses your ratings
] and other peoples to guess what you'll like. The tracks
] are downloaded from websites which allow free and legal
] downloads of their music.

Hmm..

iRATE radio home

"A 75-year-old Phoenix man stored his wife's body in his backyard for nearly six years, hoping she could be brought back to life.

Police found Marcia Lynn Rowlette's body twisted and upside down in an old freezer.

They also found dozens of cats, faeces and urine inside the house, after a tip-off from Edwin Rowlette's daughter."

Im glad re-animators are starting to pop up.

Man stored wife's body for six years in hope of new life

"Johnny died due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure," Cash's manager, Lou Robin, said in a statement issued by Baptist Hospital in Nashville.

Thursday was a crappy day, as John Ritter also passed away unexpectedly while working on his TV show.

One very interesting tidbit that was on NPR this morning, but I can't find references of on Google yet, is the statement that while in the Air Force, Johnny Cash was a codebreaker. This would make Johnny the Alpha-Geek, and most beloved, as the original codebreaking Man in Black.

Music Legend Johnny Cash Dies at 71

"President Bush visits rural Oregon to tout his forest plan. Suddenly, huge fires burn. Now a small town is consumed by conspiracy theories."

Black copters over Oregon

"Astronomers have detected the deepest note ever generated in the cosmos, a B-flat flying through space like a ripple on an invisible pond. No human will actually hear the note, because it is 57 octaves below the keys in the middle of a piano."

Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard

"Genetically-modified vaginal bacteria may be able to serve as a "living condom", secreting proteins that protect women against HIV, suggests a new report."

I dunno---I think Vaginal bacteria sounds like a bad thing. It makes me think of yogurt.

'Living condom' could block HIV

] Los Angeles, CA - The RIAA announced that they would
] begin a strategy of profits by lawsuit, which should keep
] them a viable business indefinitely.
]
] "It's really a bold new idea that really gets back to the
] roots of the RIAA," said new RIAA Chairman and CEO Mitch
] Bainwol. "We'll no longer be worried about distributing
] music. The file sharers will do that for us, but now
] we'll just make our money from suing them and that's
] really what we're all about."
]
] According to a report by The Inquirer it will take the
] RIAA over 2,000 years to sue every file sharer, which
] confirms the long-term viability of the business model.

BBspot - RIAA Says Future of Music is Suing File Sharers