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Darth Vader Gets a Parking Ticket in Brooklyn

BarBarSeven — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:45 +0000

Even the Empire is powerless against the wrath of the NYC department of traffic.

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Daring Mens Fashion Show Circa 1951

BarBarSeven — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:39:36 +0000

No comment.

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Apple critic Mike Daisey is as hot as ever?

BarBarSeven — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:20:23 +0000

This article is strange. It declares that despite the Apple incident, Mike Daisey is as “hot as ever”, but the example given is what? “ The 50-person seat room was packed…” FIFTY PEOPLE!?!?! Whoa! Is that even legal? Were fire marshals called?

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Butter Knife Weilding 69 Year Old Man Stopped from Boarding Flight by the TSA

BarBarSeven — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:41:37 +0000

Hey everyone, a 69 year old man was prevented from boarding a plane with a BUTTER KNIFE! Phew, dodged that one.

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Upworthy

BarBarSeven — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:04:58 +0000

New site that aims to make practical/social causes viral & fun.

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Iraqi ‘emo’ youths reportedly killed by conservative militias

BarBarSeven — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:01:07 +0000

Reports say that up to 58 teenagers have been beaten to death or shot in the last month, most of them men.

Iraq’s interior ministry recently described emos as devil worshippers.

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Ralph McQuarrie passed away today at the age of 82

BarBarSeven — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:59:55 +0000

“Some of the designs in the first three Star Wars films are honestly amazing work. The man we have to thank for this is Ralph McQuarrie, the concept artist who really set the tone for the film, much more so than any other individual. And I’m including George Lucas in that.”

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Goat Massage

BarBarSeven — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:07:19 +0000

Y’all massage my back.

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Nello Ferrara of the Ferrara Pan Candy Company Has Passed Away

BarBarSeven — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:52:45 +0000

Creator of Atomic FireBalls & Lemonheads has passed away.

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1963 Jim Henson Robot Film Discovered

BarBarSeven — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:48:19 +0000

From the AT&T archives.

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Brooklyn Proto-Parkour from the 1930s

BarBarSeven — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:55:51 +0000

Check out John Ciampa as he climbs and jumps across NYC!

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Take Up More Than One Seat at 3:00am, Get Arrested

BarBarSeven — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:57:51 +0000

“Mr. Peppers had put his feet up on a subway seat, and that, the officer informed him, was a crime — one that in his case would lead to his arrest. He spent 12 hours in jail before he saw a judge, and was released after pleading guilty.”

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People Living in Tree Trunks in Prospect Park

BarBarSeven — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:11:37 +0000

And they are not Keebler Elves.

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The Passengers are Fatter so US Coast Guard Revises their Regulations

BarBarSeven — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:21:29 +0000

“For roughly the last fifty years, the US Coast Guard regulations for the loading and stability of passenger vessels has assumed an average weight of 160 pounds per person. Conceding to the reality of a more corpulent population, the regulations were updated last month, increasing the Assumed Average Weight per Person by 25 pounds, to 185 pounds.”

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Girls Rock Austin Camp Counsellor Murdered on New Years’s Day

BarBarSeven — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:27:17 +0000

Tragic, but the killer has not been caught. Posting to get the word out.

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Japanese Cats for New Year’s

BarBarSeven — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:26:48 +0000

The title says “Christmas” but I say this is a New Year’s catastrophe.

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New York Dance Stand 1983 complete Danceteria episode

BarBarSeven — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:57:23 +0000

Fun, goofy & cool NYC 1980s right here: “Complete 1983 episode of public access cable television show New York Dance Stand. Features footage shot at Danceteria on West 22 st. in New York.”

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Artist John Chamberlain Dies

BarBarSeven — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:54:23 +0000

“John Chamberlain, a multi-tasking artist who made sculptures out of crushed, often vibrantly painted automobile parts that came to define his career while flouting connections to any single movement or trend, has died. He was 84.”

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According to the BBC: Sunday Mirror Phone Hacking

BarBarSeven — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:36:57 +0000

Well, look at this!

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Lady Takes Off Pants to Cool Off in NYC Subway

BarBarSeven — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:57:19 +0000

Check out the guy who sits down at 0:23.

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Avengers Movie Trailer Leaked

BarBarSeven — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:43:01 +0000

‘Nuff said. EXCELSIOR!

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Michele Bachmann has CHOOT-SPA!

BarBarSeven — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:39:19 +0000

“Choot-spa?” It’s “chutzpah” shiksa.

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Artist Who Used to Paint Pro-Kim John Il Art Does a 180

BarBarSeven — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:36:52 +0000

“Before defecting, Song cut his artistic teeth painting propaganda for Kim’s regime, turning out grinning portraits of founding father Kim Il Sung and technicolor depictions of militant workers and peasants. Since arriving in South Korea, however, he has turned his talents against the repressive regime and its diminutive leader.”

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Cat Faces Off Against 2 Green Apples

BarBarSeven — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:15:53 +0000

What did the apples do? Why is the cat terrified?

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Harvey Pekar Interviewed by Elvis Mitchell

BarBarSeven — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:08:31 +0000

“By day, Harvey Pekar was a file clerk, but by night he created one of America’s favorite cult comics, American Splendor. He later became the subject of a feature film, in which he appeared as himself. Cleveland’s favorite dark, dysfunctional and curmudgeonly son died in July, 2010. On the first anniversary of his death, we re-broadcast his 2003 interview with Elvis Mitchell.”

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