Elvis Costello - World-of-Newave.info World-of-Newave.info http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 2008-11-23T19:05:36Z Latest news and articles about Elvis Costello Copyright (c)2004-2008.§/Newave SARL. All rights reserved. {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - Review: 'Colbert Christmas' Defends Santa, Beheads Heretics Jon Stewart, Elvis Costello and others join the "truthy" newsman for a comedy-packed holiday special. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/review-colbert-christmas-defends-santa-beheads-20081166625.htm 2008-11-21T21:23:00Z 2008-11-21T21:23:00Z Blog.Wired.Com http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/11/colbert-christm.html Review: 'Colbert Christmas' Defends Santa, Beheads Heretics {new window}   Blog.Wired.Com - Jon Stewart, Elvis Costello and others join the "truthy" newsman for a comedy-packed holiday special.
Review: Colbert Christmas Defends Santa, Beheads Heretics | The Underwire from Wired.com {...} Hyper-real talking head Stephen Colbert fights back Sunday against the power-mad hordes who have declared war on Christmas. His secret weapon: a deliriously strange holiday special. How strange? Toby Keith {...}
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]]> {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Two Fast Reads ...with surprisingly enduring flavor. I'm a slow reader so I particularly like books that read fast. Prose that "leans forward" in a way that makes it easy to keep going. Both of these books had that quality for me, yet manage to pull off some nice social commentary and human pathos at the same time. Personal Days, by Ed Park, is a post-Dilbert, post-Microserfs look at office culture. It's like the show The Office, except populated by people who, for the most part, understand what is happening to them. What I like best about the book is Ed Park's use of cliché phrases. You know how that first song on Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom album (Beyond Belief) strings together known phrases into something entirely bigger? Or the way Delmore Schwartz would italicize a phrase as if to show it was a saying instead of just words? Know what I'm saying? Park does this throughout his text, creating a gentle, phantom hypertext that required no further explanation. And this black comedy about downsizing brings an almost Beckett-like sense of reduction to the dwindling office. The Rules for Hearts, a family drama, by Flytrap comics writer Sara Ryan, reads a bit like one of those young adult novels I'm so very fond of, even though its characters experience some of the kinds of sex reversals and confusion usually postponed until one's late twenties or early thirties. I hate memoirs (just because) so I depend on short novels with characters I can relate to for that necessary shot of personal narrative. Sara Ryan isn't a totally new voice, but this, her third book, still reads with that freshness of someone's first novel.... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/two-fast-reads-2008102476.htm 2008-10-03T20:11:06Z 2008-10-03T20:11:06Z Boingboing.Net http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/03/two-fast-reads.html Two Fast Reads {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - ...with surprisingly enduring flavor. I'm a slow reader so I particularly like books that read fast. Prose that "leans forward" in a way that makes it easy to keep going. Both of these books had that quality for me, yet manage to pull off some nice social commentary and human pathos at the same time. Personal Days, by Ed Park, is a post-Dilbert, post-Microserfs look at office culture. It's like the show The Office, except populated by people who, for the most part, understand what is happening to them. What I like best about the book is Ed Park's use of cliché phrases. You know how that first song on Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom album (Beyond Belief) strings together known phrases into something entirely bigger? Or the way Delmore Schwartz would italicize a phrase as if to show it was a saying instead of just words? Know what I'm saying? Park does this throughout his text, creating a gentle, phantom hypertext that required no further explanation. And this black comedy about downsizing brings an almost Beckett-like sense of reduction to the dwindling office. The Rules for Hearts, a family drama, by Flytrap comics writer Sara Ryan, reads a bit like one of those young adult novels I'm so very fond of, even though its characters experience some of the kinds of sex reversals and confusion usually postponed until one's late twenties or early thirties. I hate memoirs (just because) so I depend on short novels with characters I can relate to for that necessary shot of personal narrative. Sara Ryan isn't a totally new voice, but this, her third book, still reads with that freshness of someone's first novel....
Two Fast Reads - Boing Boing {...}
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]]> {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - In 2008, will media recall 2004 declarations of Bush "mandate"? In 2004, President Bush was re-elected with 286 electoral votes, defeating Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) by 3.3 million votes -- the smallest popular-vote margin since 1976 (excluding the 2000 election) and the lowest electoral vote count for an incumbent president's re-election since Woodrow Wilson drew 277 electoral votes in 1916. Nevertheless, many in the media were quick to echo Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that "the nation" gave Bush "a mandate." It remains to be seen whether the media will apply the same standard in assessing whether the results of the 2008 election constitute "a mandate" for the projected winner. Among the many media outlets that declared Bush's victory a "mandate" (identified by affiliations and titles from 2004): Paula Zahn, CNN host: "A president with a mandate, a 10-seat majority in the Senate, at least 25 seats in the House. So everything should be smooth sailing for Republicans, right? Well, maybe not." [CNN's Paula Zahn Now, 11/8/04] Chicago Tribune editorial board: "In trying to advance an ambitious second-term agenda, President Bush has made it clear he intends to make every use he can of the assets at his disposal, starting with the electoral mandate he got last week." [Chicago Tribune, "Memo to Bush: Just say 'no,' " 11/8/04] John Roberts, CBS News chief White House correspondent (now with CNN): "With the majority of the popular vote behind him [Bush], with the Electoral College win, with a mandate that perhaps many people didn't allow him to have in the first term, can he afford to be more magnanimous with the press?" [CNN's Reliable Sources, 11/7/04] Andy Serwer, CNN host and Fortune magazine editor-at-large: "Interesting time for the president, obviously, he [Bush] seems to have a mandate from the people to go ahead and do what he wants to, his bidding. Where do you think this is going to take him?" [CNN's In the Money, 11/7/04] Christine Romans, CNN anchor: "When I talk to Democrats and people who watch the Democratic machine, they're furious that this was so close again and that now the president has a mandate." [In the Money, 11/6/04] Michele Kelemen, National Public Radio diplomatic correspondent: "Others doubt President Bush will change much given his election mandate and his strong convictions in foreign policy." [NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, 11/6/04] Carol Costello, CNN anchor and reporter: "To American politics now and the mandate. President Bush is promising to use his election mandate to push his agenda forward." [CNN Daybreak, 11/5/04] Ceci Connolly, Washington Post staff writer: "Well, I certainly think that there is a mandate [for Bush]. I think we have to go a little bit careful in terms of what specifically it is a mandate for. I mean as we've all agreed, a lot was discussed in this campaign. Interestingly, what you heard President Bush focus on was tax reform, Social Security changes, partial privatization. And continuing what he calls the war on terrorism." [Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, 11/5/04] David Sanger, New York Times White House correspondent: "But Mr. Bush no longer has to pretend that he possesses a clear electoral mandate. Because for the first time in his presidency, he can argue that he has the real thing." [The New York Times, "Relaxed, Certainly, but Keeping One Eye on the Clock," 11/5/04] Dan Chapman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution global economics and business reporter: "Bush, buoyed by a popular mandate and a more Republican Congress, will probably receive the financial and military wherewithal to fight the insurgency and rebuild Iraq." [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Bush gets voters' nod on Iraq, but outlook risky," 11/4/04] Keith Miller, NBC News correspondent: "Bush, who won by more than three and a half million votes, has a solid mandate that will force the attention of America's enemies and allies." [NBC's Nightly News, 11/3/04] Rafael Lorente, Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Washington bureau: "Americans not only gave President Bush a mandate, they also gave him the necessary tools in the form of more Republican House and Senate colleagues to push through his conservative agenda." [Sun-Sentinel, "Bush now has the tools to energize his priority programs," 11/4/04, syndicated by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services] Doyle McManus and Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times staff writers: "Four years ago, George W. Bush won his first term with fewer votes than his opponent, but governed as if the nation had granted him a clear mandate to pursue conservative policies. This time, Bush can claim a solid mandate of 51% of the vote, which made him the first presidential candidate to win a clear majority since 1988 -- a point Bush aides made repeatedly Wednesday." [Los Angeles Times, "Majority Win Could Make Second Term More Partisan," 11/4/04] Tony Karon, Time magazine columnist and senior editor: "George W. Bush took the reins of power with the confidence and certainty of one who had carried a landslide mandate to implement his own agenda. This time, of course, his claim of a popular mandate is incontrovertible. His party has strengthened its grip on both branches of the legislature, and freed of any first-term restraints that might be thrown up by reelection concerns, President George W. Bush is well positioned to even more vigorously pursue his agenda." [Time, "Victorious Bush Reaches Out," 11/3/04] Wolf Blitzer, CNN anchor: "My sense is that the president will see this as a mandate on his policies, because the Republicans also did very well in the House of Representatives, did very well in the U.S. Senate, picking up seats in both. He gets over 50 percent, 51 percent. And he's going to see this as a mandate in the next four years to try and move the country in the direction he wants it to move. He will try to bring the country together in the short term, but he's going to say, he's got a mandate from the American people, and by all accounts he does." [CNN election coverage, 11/3/04] Renee Montagne, NPR host: "Well, as you say, the president's people are calling this a mandate. By any definition I think you could call this a mandate. How will he govern?" [Morning Edition, 11/3/04] Chris Matthews, MSNBC host: "Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews. And welcome to MSNBC's post-election coverage live from Democracy Plaza in New York's Rockefeller Plaza. Yesterday voters went to the polls and reelected President George Bush, giving him a mandate in his second term." [MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, 11/3/04] Several conservative media figures and outlets also quickly declared Bush's narrow victory a "mandate": Wall Street Journal editorial board: "The voters did [decide the election] -- including millions of conservative first-timers whom the exit polls and media missed -- emerging from the pews and exurban driveways to give President Bush what by any measure is a decisive mandate for a second term. ... Just because an election is close doesn't mean it isn't decisive. ... ... that Mr. Bush has been given the kind of mandate that few politicians are ever fortunate enough to receive." [Wall Street Journal editorial, "The Bush Mandate," 11/4/04] Bill Bennett, conservative author and nationally syndicated radio host: "Having restored decency to the White House, President Bush now has a mandate to affect policy that will promote a more decent society, through both politics and law. His supporters want that, and have given him a mandate in their popular and electoral votes to see to it." [National Review Online, "The Great Relearning," 11/3/04] Then-CNN host Tucker Carlson: "[N]obody has done it since 1988. The president wins reelection with a majority of the vote. It is a mandate. What will he do with it now? [CNN's Crossfire, 11/3/04] Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal contributing editor: "He [Bush] has, I would argue, a mandate now. You can bet he's going forward boldly. He announced it today in his victory speech. He said, 'Honey, I'm not just going to lower your taxes. I am transforming the tax system.' " [Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, 11/3/04] Pat Buchanan, MSNBC political analyst: "There's no doubt about it, this was a vote against, by the red-state folks who gave the victory to George Bush, it was a rejection of blue-state America. It was a rejection of their values, their attacks on the president. ... And the idea, it seems to me, that somehow the folks who won should now surrender part of whatever mandate they have to the folks who lost -- I can tell you, what we're hearing on this panel, people out there in red-state America are finding it very offensive." [Hardball with Chris Matthews, 11/3/04] William Kristol, Weekly Standard executive editor: "The hair-pullers and teeth-gnashers won't like it, of course, but we're nevertheless inclined to call this a Mandate. Indeed, in one sense, we think it an even larger and clearer mandate than those won in the landslide reelection campaigns of Nixon in 1972, Reagan in 1984, and Clinton in 1996." [The Weekly Standard, "Misunderestimated," 11/15/04 issue] http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/in-2008-will-media-recall-2004-declarations-of-bush-2008118435.htm 2008-11-05T04:21:10Z 2008-11-05T04:21:10Z Mediamatters.Org http://mediamatters.org/items/200811040020 In 2008, will media recall 2004 declarations of Bush "mandate"? {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - In 2004, President Bush was re-elected with 286 electoral votes, defeating Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) by 3.3 million votes -- the smallest popular-vote margin since 1976 (excluding the 2000 election) and the lowest electoral vote count for an incumbent president's re-election since Woodrow Wilson drew 277 electoral votes in 1916. Nevertheless, many in the media were quick to echo Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that "the nation" gave Bush "a mandate." It remains to be seen whether the media will apply the same standard in assessing whether the results of the 2008 election constitute "a mandate" for the projected winner. Among the many media outlets that declared Bush's victory a "mandate" (identified by affiliations and titles from 2004): Paula Zahn, CNN host: "A president with a mandate, a 10-seat majority in the Senate, at least 25 seats in the House. So everything should be smooth sailing for Republicans, right? Well, maybe not." [CNN's Paula Zahn Now, 11/8/04] Chicago Tribune editorial board: "In trying to advance an ambitious second-term agenda, President Bush has made it clear he intends to make every use he can of the assets at his disposal, starting with the electoral mandate he got last week." [Chicago Tribune, "Memo to Bush: Just say 'no,' " 11/8/04] John Roberts, CBS News chief White House correspondent (now with CNN): "With the majority of the popular vote behind him [Bush], with the Electoral College win, with a mandate that perhaps many people didn't allow him to have in the first term, can he afford to be more magnanimous with the press?" [CNN's Reliable Sources, 11/7/04] Andy Serwer, CNN host and Fortune magazine editor-at-large: "Interesting time for the president, obviously, he [Bush] seems to have a mandate from the people to go ahead and do what he wants to, his bidding. Where do you think this is going to take him?" [CNN's In the Money, 11/7/04] Christine Romans, CNN anchor: "When I talk to Democrats and people who watch the Democratic machine, they're furious that this was so close again and that now the president has a mandate." [In the Money, 11/6/04] Michele Kelemen, National Public Radio diplomatic correspondent: "Others doubt President Bush will change much given his election mandate and his strong convictions in foreign policy." [NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, 11/6/04] Carol Costello, CNN anchor and reporter: "To American politics now and the mandate. President Bush is promising to use his election mandate to push his agenda forward." [CNN Daybreak, 11/5/04] Ceci Connolly, Washington Post staff writer: "Well, I certainly think that there is a mandate [for Bush]. I think we have to go a little bit careful in terms of what specifically it is a mandate for. I mean as we've all agreed, a lot was discussed in this campaign. Interestingly, what you heard President Bush focus on was tax reform, Social Security changes, partial privatization. And continuing what he calls the war on terrorism." [Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, 11/5/04] David Sanger, New York Times White House correspondent: "But Mr. Bush no longer has to pretend that he possesses a clear electoral mandate. Because for the first time in his presidency, he can argue that he has the real thing." [The New York Times, "Relaxed, Certainly, but Keeping One Eye on the Clock," 11/5/04] Dan Chapman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution global economics and business reporter: "Bush, buoyed by a popular mandate and a more Republican Congress, will probably receive the financial and military wherewithal to fight the insurgency and rebuild Iraq." [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Bush gets voters' nod on Iraq, but outlook risky," 11/4/04] Keith Miller, NBC News correspondent: "Bush, who won by more than three and a half million votes, has a solid mandate that will force the attention of America's enemies and allies." [NBC's Nightly News, 11/3/04] Rafael Lorente, Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Washington bureau: "Americans not only gave President Bush a mandate, they also gave him the necessary tools in the form of more Republican House and Senate colleagues to push through his conservative agenda." [Sun-Sentinel, "Bush now has the tools to energize his priority programs," 11/4/04, syndicated by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services] Doyle McManus and Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times staff writers: "Four years ago, George W. Bush won his first term with fewer votes than his opponent, but governed as if the nation had granted him a clear mandate to pursue conservative policies. This time, Bush can claim a solid mandate of 51% of the vote, which made him the first presidential candidate to win a clear majority since 1988 -- a point Bush aides made repeatedly Wednesday." [Los Angeles Times, "Majority Win Could Make Second Term More Partisan," 11/4/04] Tony Karon, Time magazine columnist and senior editor: "George W. Bush took the reins of power with the confidence and certainty of one who had carried a landslide mandate to implement his own agenda. This time, of course, his claim of a popular mandate is incontrovertible. His party has strengthened its grip on both branches of the legislature, and freed of any first-term restraints that might be thrown up by reelection concerns, President George W. Bush is well positioned to even more vigorously pursue his agenda." [Time, "Victorious Bush Reaches Out," 11/3/04] Wolf Blitzer, CNN anchor: "My sense is that the president will see this as a mandate on his policies, because the Republicans also did very well in the House of Representatives, did very well in the U.S. Senate, picking up seats in both. He gets over 50 percent, 51 percent. And he's going to see this as a mandate in the next four years to try and move the country in the direction he wants it to move. He will try to bring the country together in the short term, but he's going to say, he's got a mandate from the American people, and by all accounts he does." [CNN election coverage, 11/3/04] Renee Montagne, NPR host: "Well, as you say, the president's people are calling this a mandate. By any definition I think you could call this a mandate. How will he govern?" [Morning Edition, 11/3/04] Chris Matthews, MSNBC host: "Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews. And welcome to MSNBC's post-election coverage live from Democracy Plaza in New York's Rockefeller Plaza. Yesterday voters went to the polls and reelected President George Bush, giving him a mandate in his second term." [MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, 11/3/04] Several conservative media figures and outlets also quickly declared Bush's narrow victory a "mandate": Wall Street Journal editorial board: "The voters did [decide the election] -- including millions of conservative first-timers whom the exit polls and media missed -- emerging from the pews and exurban driveways to give President Bush what by any measure is a decisive mandate for a second term. ... Just because an election is close doesn't mean it isn't decisive. ... ... that Mr. Bush has been given the kind of mandate that few politicians are ever fortunate enough to receive." [Wall Street Journal editorial, "The Bush Mandate," 11/4/04] Bill Bennett, conservative author and nationally syndicated radio host: "Having restored decency to the White House, President Bush now has a mandate to affect policy that will promote a more decent society, through both politics and law. His supporters want that, and have given him a mandate in their popular and electoral votes to see to it." [National Review Online, "The Great Relearning," 11/3/04] Then-CNN host Tucker Carlson: "[N]obody has done it since 1988. The president wins reelection with a majority of the vote. It is a mandate. What will he do with it now? [CNN's Crossfire, 11/3/04] Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal contributing editor: "He [Bush] has, I would argue, a mandate now. You can bet he's going forward boldly. He announced it today in his victory speech. He said, 'Honey, I'm not just going to lower your taxes. I am transforming the tax system.' " [Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, 11/3/04] Pat Buchanan, MSNBC political analyst: "There's no doubt about it, this was a vote against, by the red-state folks who gave the victory to George Bush, it was a rejection of blue-state America. It was a rejection of their values, their attacks on the president. ... And the idea, it seems to me, that somehow the folks who won should now surrender part of whatever mandate they have to the folks who lost -- I can tell you, what we're hearing on this panel, people out there in red-state America are finding it very offensive." [Hardball with Chris Matthews, 11/3/04] William Kristol, Weekly Standard executive editor: "The hair-pullers and teeth-gnashers won't like it, of course, but we're nevertheless inclined to call this a Mandate. Indeed, in one sense, we think it an even larger and clearer mandate than those won in the landslide reelection campaigns of Nixon in 1972, Reagan in 1984, and Clinton in 1996." [The Weekly Standard, "Misunderestimated," 11/15/04 issue]
Media Matters - In 2008, will media recall 2004 declarations of Bush "mandate"? {...} President Bush was re-elected in 2004 with 286 electoral votes, the smallest popular-vote margin since 1976 (excluding the 2000 election) and the lowest electoral vote count for an incumbent president's re-election since 1916. Nevertheless, many in the media were quick to echo Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that "the nation" gave Bush "a mandate." It remains to be seen whether the media will apply the same standard in assessing the results of the 2008 election. {...}
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Bedroom & Share Great Home & Neighborhood by private park & trans. (oakland lake merritt / grand) $645 • Lakeshore Highlands – Great neighborhood, fast, easy walking distance to buses & Lakeshore / Grand Ave. shopping; Ample on-street parking. Near 580. 20 minutes by bus to downtown S.F. 10 minutes by bus to downtown Oakland. • Beautiful, clean & orderly, yet casual, comfortable and relaxed, remodeled, 12 room (6 bedroom), 3-bath home built in 1927. EMAIL FOR PHOTOS! – Bedroom available furnished or unfurnished. o High Speed Wireless connected to Comcast Cable Internet - strong signal in most of house. o Laundry room with ironing center, washer & dryer. New marble & ½” tile shower downstairs, tub upstairs. o Comcast TV Cable connection & shared access Free USA-wide calls (VOIP) Phone connection in each bedroom. About 80 free channels in each room – plus premium channels and “on demand” on common area big screen. – You can pay extra every month for a box to also receive all of the premium channels in the bedroom. Bedroom wall has bracket if you want to install your own flat screen. The common area TV is not used too much by existing tenants. o All utilities (gas, electric, water, sewer, waste mgt., landline, cable & internet) $75. flat fee per month total = $645. + 75 = $720. o Just remodeled, fantastic furnished kitchen. New hardwood floors in common areas. o Miscellaneous furniture available. o Fax/copy machine and many other office amenities usage negotiable. o Buying and maintaining these furnishings and services in an apartment in a far less attractive neighborhood could be a hassle and cost far more! This is a great deal for busy, responsible people that want to simplify living necessities & live well. • Lockable bedrooms. Existing home occupants are 5 reasonably neat, courteous, responsible, working people with busy schedules. With the somewhat staggered work hours of residents, the home often seems (and is) empty or almost empty! Plus 3 of the 5 spend more than ½ the time out of town and the other two are out of the house a lot more than they are in it. Visitors / occasional overnights OK. Rent adder and owner approval required for couples or other long-term guests. • Share large living & dining room, two bathrooms, office & spacious kitchen. The wireless internet connected bedrooms & common areas are perfect for frequent net users or occasional telecommuter. • Enjoy the huge rear deck facing a 4-acre private scenic, wooded park with walking trail. • Existing occupants, including the owner, spend large portions of time at work and play away from residence. Owner spends about 3/4 of time living & working in Baja CA on sustainable development for indigenous communities by partnering with them for utility scale wind power development on their lands. • Existing occupants are hardworking, caring, easy going and friendly, but we mostly keep to ourselves. We are not looking for new friends; only for reliable pleasant, independent housemates that will get along with and respect one another, and that will be responsible in taking care of this beautifully remodeled home. A sense of humor, honesty and a cooperative nature are pluses. • New carpets or tile / painting in bedrooms. • 11 year old Yorkie; Saysha lives here during days. She goes to a friend’s house at nights and on weekends. No more pets, please. • Non-smokers strongly preferred. Smoking only outside on porch, deck or yard with proper disposal of all matches and butts! • Periodic housecleaning of common areas is included, but the day-to-day rule is: “If you mess it up, clean-it up promptly.” (“If you borrow it, replace it promptly”, etc.) With the owner expected to be out of country more often soon, the responsibility for cooperative cleaning, putting out trash, etc. is a little heavier than when he is in town. • Housemates: Mike F., 56: Energy Efficient Lighting Pioneer in California, Clean, Renewable Utility Scale Wind Energy & community development in Baja. As hobbies has written a book and produced CD’s with Grammy winners. Phiyen V., 40ish: waitress. Likes music, keeps to self, very quiet – became a citizen in August, 2008; Owner’s brother Roberto. 50-something, Elvis impersonator, traveling salesman, sports enthusiast, fun-loving, gregarious and hard working. Out of state more than 3/4ths the time. Phiyen’s sister Thuy takes care of Sayhsa. Thuy sometimes stays here when Mike is in Mexico. Thuy & Phiyen’s nephew Alex, 30, Chiropractic Grad, aspiring fireman, sports enthusiast, free-thinker, school maintenance worker. Stays here very occasionally, temporarily - averages 1 night per month. Richard: 40-something. Private contractor in downtown Oakland on a medium term consulting job for the state. Returns to Sacramento most weekends, his girlfriend visits other weekends. He works long hours and has outside organizational interests for spare time. Mostly here just to sleep and watch TV in his room. Nice, Friendly. • We prefer someone who would like to stay more than 6 months and less than 2-3 years. This has been a great transitional place for a number of students, recent divorcees, temporary workers with homes in other areas, etc. We prefer someone with an active life who will enjoy and respect this nice home, but whose primary focus is activities away from it. • First month’s rent & 1/2 month deposit are required in advance. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/bedroom-amp-share-great-home-amp-neighborhood-by-20080915032.htm 2008-09-30T17:13:26Z 2008-09-30T17:13:26Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/roo/860985286.html Bedroom & Share Great Home & Neighborhood by private park & trans. (oakland lake merritt / grand) $645 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - • Lakeshore Highlands – Great neighborhood, fast, easy walking distance to buses & Lakeshore / Grand Ave. shopping; Ample on-street parking. Near 580. 20 minutes by bus to downtown S.F. 10 minutes by bus to downtown Oakland. • Beautiful, clean & orderly, yet casual, comfortable and relaxed, remodeled, 12 room (6 bedroom), 3-bath home built in 1927. EMAIL FOR PHOTOS! – Bedroom available furnished or unfurnished. o High Speed Wireless connected to Comcast Cable Internet - strong signal in most of house. o Laundry room with ironing center, washer & dryer. New marble & ½” tile shower downstairs, tub upstairs. o Comcast TV Cable connection & shared access Free USA-wide calls (VOIP) Phone connection in each bedroom. About 80 free channels in each room – plus premium channels and “on demand” on common area big screen. – You can pay extra every month for a box to also receive all of the premium channels in the bedroom. Bedroom wall has bracket if you want to install your own flat screen. The common area TV is not used too much by existing tenants. o All utilities (gas, electric, water, sewer, waste mgt., landline, cable & internet) $75. flat fee per month total = $645. + 75 = $720. o Just remodeled, fantastic furnished kitchen. New hardwood floors in common areas. o Miscellaneous furniture available. o Fax/copy machine and many other office amenities usage negotiable. o Buying and maintaining these furnishings and services in an apartment in a far less attractive neighborhood could be a hassle and cost far more! This is a great deal for busy, responsible people that want to simplify living necessities & live well. • Lockable bedrooms. Existing home occupants are 5 reasonably neat, courteous, responsible, working people with busy schedules. With the somewhat staggered work hours of residents, the home often seems (and is) empty or almost empty! Plus 3 of the 5 spend more than ½ the time out of town and the other two are out of the house a lot more than they are in it. Visitors / occasional overnights OK. Rent adder and owner approval required for couples or other long-term guests. • Share large living & dining room, two bathrooms, office & spacious kitchen. The wireless internet connected bedrooms & common areas are perfect for frequent net users or occasional telecommuter. • Enjoy the huge rear deck facing a 4-acre private scenic, wooded park with walking trail. • Existing occupants, including the owner, spend large portions of time at work and play away from residence. Owner spends about 3/4 of time living & working in Baja CA on sustainable development for indigenous communities by partnering with them for utility scale wind power development on their lands. • Existing occupants are hardworking, caring, easy going and friendly, but we mostly keep to ourselves. We are not looking for new friends; only for reliable pleasant, independent housemates that will get along with and respect one another, and that will be responsible in taking care of this beautifully remodeled home. A sense of humor, honesty and a cooperative nature are pluses. • New carpets or tile / painting in bedrooms. • 11 year old Yorkie; Saysha lives here during days. She goes to a friend’s house at nights and on weekends. No more pets, please. • Non-smokers strongly preferred. Smoking only outside on porch, deck or yard with proper disposal of all matches and butts! • Periodic housecleaning of common areas is included, but the day-to-day rule is: “If you mess it up, clean-it up promptly.” (“If you borrow it, replace it promptly”, etc.) With the owner expected to be out of country more often soon, the responsibility for cooperative cleaning, putting out trash, etc. is a little heavier than when he is in town. • Housemates: Mike F., 56: Energy Efficient Lighting Pioneer in California, Clean, Renewable Utility Scale Wind Energy & community development in Baja. As hobbies has written a book and produced CD’s with Grammy winners. Phiyen V., 40ish: waitress. Likes music, keeps to self, very quiet – became a citizen in August, 2008; Owner’s brother Roberto. 50-something, Elvis impersonator, traveling salesman, sports enthusiast, fun-loving, gregarious and hard working. Out of state more than 3/4ths the time. Phiyen’s sister Thuy takes care of Sayhsa. Thuy sometimes stays here when Mike is in Mexico. Thuy & Phiyen’s nephew Alex, 30, Chiropractic Grad, aspiring fireman, sports enthusiast, free-thinker, school maintenance worker. Stays here very occasionally, temporarily - averages 1 night per month. Richard: 40-something. Private contractor in downtown Oakland on a medium term consulting job for the state. Returns to Sacramento most weekends, his girlfriend visits other weekends. He works long hours and has outside organizational interests for spare time. Mostly here just to sleep and watch TV in his room. Nice, Friendly. • We prefer someone who would like to stay more than 6 months and less than 2-3 years. This has been a great transitional place for a number of students, recent divorcees, temporary workers with homes in other areas, etc. We prefer someone with an active life who will enjoy and respect this nice home, but whose primary focus is activities away from it. • First month’s rent & 1/2 month deposit are required in advance.
Bedroom & Share Great Home & Neighborhood by private park & trans. {...}
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]]> {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Charles Platt on Akihabara, the Week Before the Massacre My friend Charles Platt is one of the smartest people I know. Besides being a novelist, editor, and author of many non-fiction books, he's also a fine photographer, designer, and an astonishingly versatile maker of all manner of things. When he offered to write a monthly column for Boing Boing, I was overjoyed. His first piece is about a recent trip he took to Tokyo's Akihabara district. Lost in Trancelation Akihabara, the Week Before the Massacre by Charles Platt On a sunny Sunday, Tokyo?s Akihabara district hosts an unrehearsed, ad-hoc street festival for fashion rebels and role-playing fantasists. Conventionally dressed shoppers outnumber the costumed exhibitionists by a significant factor, but the misfits make up for their minority status with their flamboyance. If you ever harbored a secret yearning to be a Victorian schoolgirl, a male transvestite, a French maid, or maybe a Japanese Elvis impersonator . . . or if you simply like the idea of looking strange among a subculture which will not only tolerate it, but celebrate it . . . here is a nurturing sanctuary. It?s like a sunnier version of the Halloween festival in New York City, or a richer variant of London?s Portobello Road. On the main drag of Chuo-doori, anyone with a secret self-identity can unwrap it for public display. I?m here with two women: Erico, my Japanese-born significant other, and her female friend who is our guide for the afternoon and prefers to be referred to as ?Kay? in this account. Intensely intellectual yet slyly playful, Kay is a sociologist who specializes in popular culture. She seems to relish the opportunity to show us how naughty the Japanese can allow themselves to be. ?Which would you like to see first?? she asks with a bright smile. ?Consumer electronics or porno stores?? Servicing the needs of erotic costume play, this store also sells rice cookers. Porno, of course?although Kay confuses us by leading us into a place that looks more like a U. S. drug store. We walk past utilitarian items such as band-aids and electric shavers before we come to a big section entirely devoted to clothing for cosplay, meaning costume play. As if by accident, almost all the costumes seem to have sex-fetish connotations, and I?m not just talking about trashy bedroom lingerie of the type that you can buy from Frederick?s of Hollywood. It?s a one-stop source for every clicheed female role in a sex video, from schoolgirls to nurses to maids. In fact, I find more maid costumes than all other categories put together. The cheaper ones are boxed, while hand-made items are on hangers. Cheap frills: Packaged costumes for less than $40 apiece. Since the contents are not pornographic per-se, there seems to be no lower age limit for the model on the box.... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/charles-platt-on-akihabara-the-week-before-the-massacre-20080937344.htm 2008-09-29T21:59:53Z 2008-09-29T21:59:53Z Boingboing.Net http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/29/charles-platt-on-aki.html Charles Platt on Akihabara, the Week Before the Massacre {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - My friend Charles Platt is one of the smartest people I know. Besides being a novelist, editor, and author of many non-fiction books, he's also a fine photographer, designer, and an astonishingly versatile maker of all manner of things. When he offered to write a monthly column for Boing Boing, I was overjoyed. His first piece is about a recent trip he took to Tokyo's Akihabara district. Lost in Trancelation Akihabara, the Week Before the Massacre by Charles Platt On a sunny Sunday, Tokyo?s Akihabara district hosts an unrehearsed, ad-hoc street festival for fashion rebels and role-playing fantasists. Conventionally dressed shoppers outnumber the costumed exhibitionists by a significant factor, but the misfits make up for their minority status with their flamboyance. If you ever harbored a secret yearning to be a Victorian schoolgirl, a male transvestite, a French maid, or maybe a Japanese Elvis impersonator . . . or if you simply like the idea of looking strange among a subculture which will not only tolerate it, but celebrate it . . . here is a nurturing sanctuary. It?s like a sunnier version of the Halloween festival in New York City, or a richer variant of London?s Portobello Road. On the main drag of Chuo-doori, anyone with a secret self-identity can unwrap it for public display. I?m here with two women: Erico, my Japanese-born significant other, and her female friend who is our guide for the afternoon and prefers to be referred to as ?Kay? in this account. Intensely intellectual yet slyly playful, Kay is a sociologist who specializes in popular culture. She seems to relish the opportunity to show us how naughty the Japanese can allow themselves to be. ?Which would you like to see first?? she asks with a bright smile. ?Consumer electronics or porno stores?? Servicing the needs of erotic costume play, this store also sells rice cookers. Porno, of course?although Kay confuses us by leading us into a place that looks more like a U. S. drug store. We walk past utilitarian items such as band-aids and electric shavers before we come to a big section entirely devoted to clothing for cosplay, meaning costume play. As if by accident, almost all the costumes seem to have sex-fetish connotations, and I?m not just talking about trashy bedroom lingerie of the type that you can buy from Frederick?s of Hollywood. It?s a one-stop source for every clicheed female role in a sex video, from schoolgirls to nurses to maids. In fact, I find more maid costumes than all other categories put together. The cheaper ones are boxed, while hand-made items are on hangers. Cheap frills: Packaged costumes for less than $40 apiece. Since the contents are not pornographic per-se, there seems to be no lower age limit for the model on the box....
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Sublease furnished room Oct 1-Nov 5th, furnished, 3 bedroom apt (mission district) $1000 1bd I am going to be traveling during the month of October, so I'm offering my room to be subleased during that time. It's one bedroom out of three in our household, so you would be sharing the apartment with my two awesome roommates, both girls in their late 20s. My roommate has a cat named Elvis who lives here. He's an entertainer. The apartment has a great location at 20th and Valencia in the Mission. You are two blocks from Ritual, two blocks from Dolores park, and 1 block from Mission street itself. It's an ideal Mission location. The room is furnished with desk, bed, chairs, heater, etc. Basically, the apartment should contain most everything you might need - bathroom / kitchen, etc. The apartment is a typical mission-style 'railroad apartment' - with an extremely long hallway and all the rooms off to one side. Our back porch looks out over the Mission playground. It's quite a nice place, we are very comfortable here. I'll be gone from October 1st through November 5th-ish (I am not totally sure about the date when I will return yet - in addition we could be flexible as I could stay with my girlfriend for a few days if necessary.) I'm offering it for $1000 / month, plus a $500 deposit that will be refunded. (So if you were to stay from Oct 1 - Nov 5th, it would be 1165 + 500 = 1665 to move in, with $500 of that refunded when I return. However, you could choose some subset of dates within that range. We'll negotiate.) Utilities are included in this price - everything included, basically. If you're interested, please email me, and I will contact you to arrange a meeting and to show you the apt. Thanks! Kevin http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/sublease-furnished-room-oct-1-nov-5th-furnished-20080921024.htm 2008-09-22T00:29:29Z 2008-09-22T00:29:29Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sub/849849673.html Sublease furnished room Oct 1-Nov 5th, furnished, 3 bedroom apt (mission district) $1000 1bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - I am going to be traveling during the month of October, so I'm offering my room to be subleased during that time. It's one bedroom out of three in our household, so you would be sharing the apartment with my two awesome roommates, both girls in their late 20s. My roommate has a cat named Elvis who lives here. He's an entertainer. The apartment has a great location at 20th and Valencia in the Mission. You are two blocks from Ritual, two blocks from Dolores park, and 1 block from Mission street itself. It's an ideal Mission location. The room is furnished with desk, bed, chairs, heater, etc. Basically, the apartment should contain most everything you might need - bathroom / kitchen, etc. The apartment is a typical mission-style 'railroad apartment' - with an extremely long hallway and all the rooms off to one side. Our back porch looks out over the Mission playground. It's quite a nice place, we are very comfortable here. I'll be gone from October 1st through November 5th-ish (I am not totally sure about the date when I will return yet - in addition we could be flexible as I could stay with my girlfriend for a few days if necessary.) I'm offering it for $1000 / month, plus a $500 deposit that will be refunded. (So if you were to stay from Oct 1 - Nov 5th, it would be 1165 + 500 = 1665 to move in, with $500 of that refunded when I return. However, you could choose some subset of dates within that range. We'll negotiate.) Utilities are included in this price - everything included, basically. If you're interested, please email me, and I will contact you to arrange a meeting and to show you the apt. Thanks! Kevin
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]]> {MOVIES > REVIEWS} - Hounddog Starring: Dakota Fanning, Piper Laurie, David Morse, Robin Wright-Penn, Jil... Review: This ain't the old Dakota Fanning rape movie they showed at Sundance nearly two years ago to a rain of critical revulsion. This is the re-edited Dakota Fanning rape movie that re-emerges as an even riper piece of cheese. Fanning, then 12, plays Lewellen, toughing it out in 1950s Alabama with her nut-case daddy (David Morse) and religious-zealot grammie (Piper Laurie) but finding solace in her worship of Elvis. The rape, barely glimpsed, happens when Lewellen does a dance for a local boy who promises her a ticket to the King's concert. If there's a Southern-gothic cliché (oh, those snakes!) that writer-director Deborah Kampmeier misses, I don't know it. What I can't figure is why anyone would want to release this tripe in theaters just when Fanning has nearly lived it down. They ain't... Rating: 0.5 Star http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/movies/reviews/hounddog-20080947929.htm 2008-09-18T09:12:58Z 2008-09-18T09:12:58Z Rollingstone.Com http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/14705177/review/23178147/hounddog? Hounddog {new window}   Www.Rollingstone.Com - Starring: Dakota Fanning, Piper Laurie, David Morse, Robin Wright-Penn, Jil... Review: This ain't the old Dakota Fanning rape movie they showed at Sundance nearly two years ago to a rain of critical revulsion. This is the re-edited Dakota Fanning rape movie that re-emerges as an even riper piece of cheese. Fanning, then 12, plays Lewellen, toughing it out in 1950s Alabama with her nut-case daddy (David Morse) and religious-zealot grammie (Piper Laurie) but finding solace in her worship of Elvis. The rape, barely glimpsed, happens when Lewellen does a dance for a local boy who promises her a ticket to the King's concert. If there's a Southern-gothic cliché (oh, those snakes!) that writer-director Deborah Kampmeier misses, I don't know it. What I can't figure is why anyone would want to release this tripe in theaters just when Fanning has nearly lived it down. They ain't... Rating: 0.5 Star
Hounddog : Review : Rolling Stone {...} This ain't the old Dakota Fanning rape movie they showed at Sundance nearly two years ago to a rain... {...}
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]]> {ARTS > MUSIC} - Music - Album Reviews ELVIS VS SPANKOX: RE:VERSIONS SONYBMG, £12.99 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/music/music-album-reviews-20080953216.htm 2008-09-12T01:00:00Z 2008-09-12T01:00:00Z News.Scotsman.Com http://news.scotsman.com/music/Music--Album-Reviews.4485370.jp Music - Album Reviews {new window}   News.Scotsman.Com - ELVIS VS SPANKOX: RE:VERSIONS SONYBMG, £12.99
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]]> {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Kim Jong: Il? North Korea's "dear leader" Kim Jong-Il was mysteriously absent from a big military hoo-hah in North Korea; now there is widespread speculation the dictator has suffered a stroke. He loves nuclear weapon, RPGs, imported cognac, horse riding, platform shoes, fast cars, and has some sweet-ass Elvis hair. He is also said to be a fan of the comedic works of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and once released the hip-hop compendium "Communist Rap Classics: License to Kim-Jong." (Thanks R Stevens)Previously on Boing Boing: * North Korea promotes vacations with wacky Flash movie * Rare NoKo literary gems written by Kim Jong Il * How to reach NoKo musical director who pawned kidney * NoKo students' stage show: bigger than Riverdance? * Video, photos from North Korea "Arirang" state culturefest * North Korea claims to have invented anti-hunger noodles... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/kim-jong-il-20080983113.htm 2008-09-10T17:08:19Z 2008-09-10T17:08:19Z Boingboing.Net http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/10/kim-jong-il.html Kim Jong: Il? {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - North Korea's "dear leader" Kim Jong-Il was mysteriously absent from a big military hoo-hah in North Korea; now there is widespread speculation the dictator has suffered a stroke. He loves nuclear weapon, RPGs, imported cognac, horse riding, platform shoes, fast cars, and has some sweet-ass Elvis hair. He is also said to be a fan of the comedic works of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and once released the hip-hop compendium "Communist Rap Classics: License to Kim-Jong." (Thanks R Stevens)Previously on Boing Boing: * North Korea promotes vacations with wacky Flash movie * Rare NoKo literary gems written by Kim Jong Il * How to reach NoKo musical director who pawned kidney * NoKo students' stage show: bigger than Riverdance? * Video, photos from North Korea "Arirang" state culturefest * North Korea claims to have invented anti-hunger noodles...
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]]> {AUTOS > MAGAZINES AND E-ZINES} - Storming Sweden in the World's Wildest Prius Love it or hate it, the Toyota Prius is a boring car and the last thing you'd expect to see snagging trophies at a car show. But three Swedes with wild imaginations and a truckload of cash have turned a car with the personality of a goldfish into the world's wildest hybrid. Claes Gustafson and the crew at Classe's Garage completely reworked one of Toyota's eco-wonders and gave it more video screens than the Super Bowl, more speakers than a political convention and a paint job that makes Amy Winehouse look understated. It took eight weeks and $184,275, and by the time the car rolled out of the shop the only thing they hadn't modified was the chrome trim on the grille. Gustafson is an automotive reporter for Sweden's TV4, and about a year ago the network asked if he'd like to host his own show building a custom car. The only answer to that question is "Yes," and Gustafson decided to build an eco-friendly ride. He considered a Volvo, a Saab and a Honda but picked the Prius because of its unique drivetrain. "The goal ... was to give the viewer a great show and, second, to show that a Toyota isn't a boring and anonymous car," he told us by e-mail. The idea, he says, was "to show that every car can be styled." Saying Elvis Haeggblom and Kenny Kyrk styled the car is like saying Michelangelo painted a ceiling. No one makes a body kit for the Prius, so they used one for the Volvo XC90. They ditched the back doors and swapped the fronts for a pair that open like a knife. The back window went in the trash and the side windows were reshaped. There's a carbon fiber wind splitter under the front bumper and under the door sills. The rear end got a carbon fiber venturi. The car rides on an air suspension and 20-inch wheels brought to a halt with over-sized front brakes. A body that wild needs an interior to match, so Haeggblom and Kyrk gave it a custom dashboard and a center console, racing seats and a 4,400-watt stereo system measured on the Richter scale. They managed to squeeze five subwoofers, eight speakers and almost a quarter mile of audio cable into the car and still found room for 15 LCD screens and a tablet PC with wireless internet access. Four batteries keep it all going. Gustafson didn't say anything about mods to the drivetrain, so we're assuming it's stock (although they moved the shifter from the dash to the center console and gave it an eight-ball knob). The entire buildup was chronicled on the program Classe Bilstyling (Swedish for car styling) last spring and the car made its public debut at the Bilsport Custom and Performance Show, where it took top honors in the eco-car division and snagged the John D'Agsostino Kustom Kars of California Special Award. It's since appeared in Sweden's Street Xtreme magazine, which shot the video we grabbed the pic from. Updated 8:50 a.m. PDT Extreme Toyota Prius http://articles.world-of-newave.info/recreation/autos/magazines-and-e_zines/storming-sweden-in-the-world-s-wildest-prius-2008091541.htm 2008-09-01T12:47:48Z 2008-09-01T12:47:48Z Blog.Wired.Com http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/08/the-worlds-most.html Storming Sweden in the World's Wildest Prius {new window}   Blog.Wired.Com - Love it or hate it, the Toyota Prius is a boring car and the last thing you'd expect to see snagging trophies at a car show. But three Swedes with wild imaginations and a truckload of cash have turned a car with the personality of a goldfish into the world's wildest hybrid. Claes Gustafson and the crew at Classe's Garage completely reworked one of Toyota's eco-wonders and gave it more video screens than the Super Bowl, more speakers than a political convention and a paint job that makes Amy Winehouse look understated. It took eight weeks and $184,275, and by the time the car rolled out of the shop the only thing they hadn't modified was the chrome trim on the grille. Gustafson is an automotive reporter for Sweden's TV4, and about a year ago the network asked if he'd like to host his own show building a custom car. The only answer to that question is "Yes," and Gustafson decided to build an eco-friendly ride. He considered a Volvo, a Saab and a Honda but picked the Prius because of its unique drivetrain. "The goal ... was to give the viewer a great show and, second, to show that a Toyota isn't a boring and anonymous car," he told us by e-mail. The idea, he says, was "to show that every car can be styled." Saying Elvis Haeggblom and Kenny Kyrk styled the car is like saying Michelangelo painted a ceiling. No one makes a body kit for the Prius, so they used one for the Volvo XC90. They ditched the back doors and swapped the fronts for a pair that open like a knife. The back window went in the trash and the side windows were reshaped. There's a carbon fiber wind splitter under the front bumper and under the door sills. The rear end got a carbon fiber venturi. The car rides on an air suspension and 20-inch wheels brought to a halt with over-sized front brakes. A body that wild needs an interior to match, so Haeggblom and Kyrk gave it a custom dashboard and a center console, racing seats and a 4,400-watt stereo system measured on the Richter scale. They managed to squeeze five subwoofers, eight speakers and almost a quarter mile of audio cable into the car and still found room for 15 LCD screens and a tablet PC with wireless internet access. Four batteries keep it all going. Gustafson didn't say anything about mods to the drivetrain, so we're assuming it's stock (although they moved the shifter from the dash to the center console and gave it an eight-ball knob). The entire buildup was chronicled on the program Classe Bilstyling (Swedish for car styling) last spring and the car made its public debut at the Bilsport Custom and Performance Show, where it took top honors in the eco-car division and snagged the John D'Agsostino Kustom Kars of California Special Award. It's since appeared in Sweden's Street Xtreme magazine, which shot the video we grabbed the pic from. Updated 8:50 a.m. PDT Extreme Toyota Prius
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