New Sleigh Bells’ Record: Someone Make the Pain Stop!

Reign of Terror sounds like the bronze medalist of the Rock Special Olympics.

Its a little special in a lot of ways. Sleigh Bells second album is a continuation of their first”dumb cock rock riffs over a drum machine with robotically pretty female vocals. The songs are ehhh but everything sounds terrible because of the mastering. This is one the loudest albums Ive ever heard, and its painful, disorienting to listen to even a single

Source:
http://www.splicetoday.com/music/someone-make-the-pain-stop

 

INTERVIEW: Wrestler Kurt Angle Talks ‘Warrior’, the WWE & His Acting Career

Movieline speaks with Kurt Angle about his circuitous route from the Olympics to the WWF to acting, how the WWE may have stifled his film career in the wake of fellow wrestler Dwayne The Rock Johnsons own career transition and how mulling a switch to UFC helped him train for ‘Warrior’.

Source:
http://www.movieline.com/2011/09/kurt-angle-on-warrior-his-longtime-acting-ambition-and-following-the-rock-out-of-the-wwf.php

 

During the Olympics, the Feds Will Be Reading Your Tweets -

As the winter Olympics begin, the Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be monitoring the comments and posts on websites and social media like Twitter for information on possible terror threats.

Among the sites listed in a privacy impact statement filed Friday afternoon by DHS are the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, Twitter

Source:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/olympics-feds-reading-tweets/story?id=9825070

 

Brazil pledges Olympic security after Rio violence

Brazilian officials are insisting security won’t be a problem for the 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of bloody chaos just two weeks after it was picked to host the games.

Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_violence

 

Conservatives Revel In America’s Olympic Defeat | TPM

When the International Olympic Committee voted against Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics this morning — after the President and First Lady flew to Copenhagen to push for it in person — the Weekly Standard newsroom burst into applause.

Cheers…

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http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/weekly-standard-newsroom-erupts-into-cheers-at-news-of-olympics.php

 

1st Chinese tennis player to reach Grand Slam tourney Finals

In July 2008, a month before China grabbed the sporting headlines for the Beijing Olympics, Zheng Jie made her own bit of sporting history for China.

Check it out here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/ta.zhengjie/index.html?eref=rss_latest

 

2010 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Preview

The Big 7 are previewed here along with other players to watch.

Who will get a jersey for the Olympics in Vancouver?

Link:
http://www.gunaxin.com/2010-vancouver-winter-olympics-ice-hockey-preview-canada-russia-unitedstates-sweden-finland-czech-slovakia/3949

 

Independent Investigation: Special Olympics Fixed

A secret investigation sent shock waves across the sports world yesterday, when it revealed that the Special Olympics, one of the nation’s premier annual athletic competitions, is fixed.

Source:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50102

 

China Hosts Realistic-Looking Olympics [The Onion]

BEIJING�Long after the closing ceremonies of last August’s XXIX Olympiad, participants and spectators from around the world were still talking about the incredibly lifelike, almost realistic atmosphere the nation of China was able to bring to the Games.

Link:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/china_hosts_realistic_looking

 

China Hosts Realistic-Looking Olympics [The Onion]

BEIJING�Long after the closing ceremonies of last August’s XXIX Olympiad, participants and spectators from around the world were still talking about the incredibly lifelike, almost realistic atmosphere the nation of China was able to bring to the Games.

Check it out here:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/china_hosts_realistic_looking