The Crowes Are Coming February 28, 2008
Posted by fitsnews in : Good Stuff , add a commentFITSNews - February 28, 2008 - Atlanta-based soul rockers The Black Crowes will be performing at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia this April as part of the GridIron Bash, a series of Spring Football kickoff concerts. At least that’s what we think this group of super hot Tri-Delts was trying to tell us last night. Honestly, they could have been passing out flyers to a Jonesboro-style mass suicide for all we know.
The Crowes, whose 1992 album Southern Harmony and Musical Companion ranks among the greatest soul-rock records ever made, have been back together now for a little over three years since the band took an “indefinite hiatus” from 2002-2005.
We don’t think it’s a stretch to assume that “weed” may have been involved there, because frankly these guys have smoked enough pot in their lives to fill a small park … like Central Park. Which is why in addition to their kick-ass live shows, the Crowes are probably best known for their advocacy on behalf of marijuana legalization.
We’re pretty stoked about the show, people. In fact, we’re filling out our press credentials right now so that we, too, can experience an Almost Famous moment on the Crowes tour bus. One that will hopefully involve some bodacious governmnent-quality weed. Wait, did we say that?
This Was Controversial In 1989 February 27, 2008
Posted by fitsnews in : Good Stuff , 1 comment so farOH, AND MADONNA WAS STILL HOT, TALENTED
FITSNews - February 27, 2008 - Since people are always talking about how controversial (and hot) we are, we figured we’d post this video to remind everybody what controversial was 20 years ago. Seriously, “Like A Prayer” cost Madonna a Pepsi commercial or something like that, basically because a bunch of rednecks in South Carolina who handle snakes and hate black people said they weren’t going to drink Pepsi anymore unless they fired her.
We don’t drink Pepsi because it sucks, people, but that’s another story (editor’s note: hollaback, Coca-Cola). Of course, Madonna herself pretty much started sucking in the late ’90s, too. Well, with one noteable lip-locking exception.
Anyway, while we were interviewing Bill Rogers over at the S.C. Press Association for our latest controversial bombshell, we shifted gears briefly to ask him when “new media” like FITSNews would be invited to partake of the rarified air that is official journalism-dom. And while Rogers couldn’t give us a precise date, he did say “it’s coming.”
Times change, people. Just think, when Madonna was being stalked with pitchforks by S.C. Freewill Baptists in overalls two decades ago, the Internet was just a twinkle in Al Gore’s eye. Who knows where we’ll be two decades from now, but here’s hoping lasers and full frontal will somehow be involved.
FITSNews Exclusive - Legislators To Recuse Themselves In Payday Debate
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HARRISON, SMITH SHOW THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE RIGHT THING IN POLITICS
FITSNews - February 27, 2008 - In stark contrast to the conduct of State Senators John Hawkins, Brad Hutto, Luke Rankin, Vincent Sheheen and David Thomas - all of whom ignored a flagrant conflict of interest last week by voting on payday lending legislation while they stand to make millions of dollars by suing the industry - two State Representatives who are also participating in a class action lawsuit against the industry said today that they would refrain from voting or participating in debate on the issue in the House.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Harrison and Subcommittee Chairman Murrell Smith announced today that they would recuse themselves from the issue entirely, a decision the two said they reached together despite the circulation of an advisory ethics opinion saying they could vote on the legislation without running afoul of the law.
“I know what the ethics opinion says, but I’d rather do the right thing than hide behind some sheet of paper,” Rep. Smith said. “People know what right and wrong is, and while there are often shades of gray in politics, this issue is black and white to me. Chairman Harrison and I met at length on this issue, and we both agreed that this is the right thing to do.” (more…)
Lindsay Naked = Money
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THIRTY-FOUR MILLION HITS? THAT’S ALMOST WHAT WE GET, PEOPLE
FITSNews - February 27, 2008 - The publishers of New York Magazine are pretty much rolling up hundred dollar bills and lighting cigarettes off of them after nude pictures of Lindsay Lohan appeared on their website earlier this month. According to ABC News:
For a site that’s averaged around a million page views a day lately, the results were stunning. NYmag.com recorded a total of more than 40 million page views Monday and Tuesday, more than 34 million of which came from the Lohan portfolio … and while some magazines reportedly spend millions to get their hands on exclusive photos of celebrities or their babies, (NY Mag) paid Stern its standard fee for such assignments–and paid Lohan nothing for her participation.
Lohan, seen cavorting with Sic Willie somewhere in “the islands” in a recent photo (above), couldn’t be reached for comment regarding her giveaway nudity making New York Magazine richer than God. We’re assuming she would have said something about freckles being linked disproportionately with the upfront fee, but suffice it to say we like freckles. C’mon people, are we alone on this one? Thirty-four million page views can’t be wrong …
Bringing You The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
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WE’RE SUCH TEASES, WE KNOW
FITSNews - February 27, 2008 - We had no idea until yesterday that teasing stories is generally not the brightest idea in the world. Seriously, we could have brought you people the head of Alfredo Garcia (as held by a nude Pam Anderson) and it probably still would’ve been a letdown.
Yesterday was nuts, though. We even had TV stations calling us asking if they could help break our big story “live at 11,” to which we replied “what does the head of Alfredo Garcia have to do with tele-vision, Jefe?”
Oh well. Live and learn. Although in fairness to the relevance of our story, we are already hearing rumblings this morning that several S.C. news organizations are preparing to file additional legal motions aimed at obtaining the improperly sealed documents referenced in our big story this morning.
We are also hearing rumblings that Rep. Wallace Scarborough and his infamous 9MM gloc are planning on paying our founding editor a visit faster than you can say ”the judgment of the Lord is at hand.” Word is somebody special may have asked him to “bring her the head of Sic Willie Garcia.”
In related news, FITS did get a rare mention in today’s La Socialista. Perhaps not surprisingly, we were credited with “causing tension” within the GOP. So yeah, we’re just a bunch of tension causing teases over here today.
FITSNews Exclusive - “Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave”
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LEGISLATOR’S DIVORCE DECREE IMPROPERLY SEALED, LAWSUIT AIMS TO OPEN THE FILE
FITSNews - February 27, 2008 - A South Carolina lawmaker’s divorce decree was improperly sealed by a Lowcountry family court judge - allegedly under pressure from the lawmaker himself - raising a host of open records issues and prompting at least one legal action aimed at opening the file, according to sources and documents obtained exclusively by FITSNews.
Charleston Rep. Wallace Scarborough, whose messy divorce became fodder for the tabloids during his 2006 campaign, has been accused by multiple sources of applying improper pressure to seal his divorce decree in an effort to provide political cover for himself and State Senator Catherine Ceips, with whom Scarborough has allegedly engaged in an ongoing romantic relationship for nearly five years. Both Scarborough and Ceips, whose husband passed away in 2006 after a long illness, have repeatedly denied having a romantic relationship with each other during the time that they were married.
“Once (Scarborough and Ceips) reached the decision to deny their affair, sealing the documents became a political necessity for them both,” said a Charleston Attorney familiar with the case. “No string was left unpulled.”
The divorce decree was sealed by a Charleston County Family Court Judge in late 2006, although FITSNews has obtained a copy of a lawsuit challenging that decision and requesting that the file be made public. (more…)
The Ladykillers Are For Real February 26, 2008
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OSCAR NIGHT HEIST RELIVES COEN BROTHERS FILM
FITSNews - February 26, 2008 - While film-making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen were in California Sunday night raking in the Oscars for their latest flic, No Country For Old Men, one of the pair’s most critically-acclaimed features was being played out in real life at a jewelry store on the other side of the world.
In case you’ve never seen the 2004 cult classic The Ladykillers, it’s the story of an eclectic group of theives who tunnel underground to pull off a multimillion dollar heist. Well, that’s exactly what happened at Damiani’s in Milan, Italy Sunday night … from the New York Post:
Thieves pulled an Oscar-night heist by tunneling into a famous jewelry store in Milan, Italy, to swipe $20 million in gems - as company bosses partied thousands of miles away in Tinseltown.
As if ripped from the script for “Ocean’s 11,” seven thugs dressed as cops busted through Damiani’s cellar walls and tied up shocked employees before pocketing their loot Sunday night. The heist could have netted more. Some of Damiani’s most valuable jewels were an ocean and continent away, decorating Hollywood’s elite.
Tilda Swinton was wearing a Damiani diamond bracelet as she won best supporting actress for “Michael Clayton.” Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt have been among Damiani’s famous Hollywood customers.
Wow. The only way this story could possibly be any cooler is if the theives turned out to be jujitsu-proficient, machine gun-wielding ninja-babes who wore five-inch stilettos and 1920’s-style flapper masks (editor’s note: only) who debated the relevence of existentialist philosophy to the current social malaise via a dry, ironic wit expressed at random intervals during the heist.
Let’s face it … Millions in stolen diamonds + Boobs + Coen Brothers Film Noir techniques = something we’d pay to see, people.
