Music | Music

DJ Fontana dead at 87 - Elvis Presley's legendary drummer and last surviving band member passes away, his son reveals

ELVIS Presley’s drummer and last remaining member of The King’s original band has died. DJ Fontana passed away in his sleep last night aged, 87, according to an emotional Facebook post …

The last link to Elvis’ early days.

Music | Music

Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special to Hit Movie Theaters This Summer

Release marks concert film's 50th annivesary

If you haven’t seen it, you’ve never seen Elvis...the special that spawned my very first LP.

Music | Music

‘The race for governor has turned into a scam’

How California’s Democratic primary became a giant flop.

The jungle primary is outrageously antithetical to America’s political system.

Music | Music

The Beatles' Revelatory White Album Demos: A Complete Guide

We delve deep into the 1968 home recordings that planted the seeds for the band's classic self-titled double LP

Music | Music

Beatles' Esher Demos: Tapes That Became the White Album - Rolling Stone

The group's jovial May 1968 home recordings mark the last time they sounded like true friends

Entertainment | Television/Film/Books

The grooviest bachelor pad in Chicago modeled its kitchen after The Brady Bunch

The only thing missing is Alice!

When I was younger I used to want to be rich so that I could build a replica of the Brady Bunch house. This guy, partially, did it. It's not exact, but it evokes the era and it's still very cool in that mid-century way.

Entertainment | Television/Film/Books

Can't do enough, indeed: Sid and Marty Krofft receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Fifty years later, the famous puppeteers' legacy sails on and on and on and on and on and on.

The guys look great! I haven't seen them in a while. I was DEFINITELY one of those kids that grew up preferring their stuff over cartoons - especially "Land of the Lost." I was lucky enough to meet them once. Very nice guys.

Entertainment | Television/Film/Books

Why watch movies on film?

Today, most movies are projected digitally. But there’s more to seeing a film projected the old-fashioned way, from a 35mm or 70mm print, than a nostalgic return to the days when movies flickered on theater screens. To learn more, The A.V. Club paid a v

Analog is always a better experience. Always.

Entertainment | Television/Film/Books

A Visual Guide to All 37 Villains in the Batman TV Series | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Entertainment | Television/Film/Books

Westworld's Shogun World Shares a Background With Quentin Tarantino Films

The show's creators open up about the second season and what Westworld's Shogun World shares with Quentin Tarantino films.

Business & Finance | Startups

Silicon Valley's 'Secret' Ingredient To Startup Success

Starting your own startup is easy, it's the execution that's hard.

"Remember, that while it is commonly assumed that 90% of startups fail, this isn’t supported by the data. The numbers show that only 50% of startups fail -- those that are backed by venture capital firms (VCs) fair worse, failing 75% of the time."

Business & Finance | Startups

5 Years and 75 Rejections Later, Trading App Robinhood Is Now Worth $5.6 Billion

Recently, the company added bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrencies to its platform.

Let’s hope that Moptu doesn’t need to go through this many rejections. We’ve been rejected too often, but not this many times.

Business & Finance | Startups

10 New Services That'll Make You Say, 'Why Didn't I Think of That?'

From on-demand translators to self-driving taxis in retirement communities, here are services you need to know about.

People will say that we’re biased, but Moptu is as good of an idea as any of these. A social network that allows people to discover and share articles with the people they trust, mitigating the issue of “fake news,” without the distractions of memes, status updates and selfies? All without privacy issues, algorithms, and intrusive ads? Why didn’t I think of that? Except we did. We’re looking for a seed round and don’t have the types of connections that these other people have. If you can help and/or want to be part of making Moptu the default platform for socially aggregated news, please get in touch: joshn@moptu.com.

Business & Finance | Startups

What No One Tells You About Launching A Startup

I cringe every time I hear someone say that they want to start a company to advance their career. While it’s true that doing a startup is a great way to leapfrog your career, that’s a terrible reason to do it.

I can speak from person experience: you better be VERY passionate about what your startup does before you begin.

Business & Finance | Startups

This Young Founder Built a Multimillion Dollar Business by Rejecting the Silicon Valley Ethos and Being True to Herself

Laura Behrens Wu came to the U.S. as an outsider, and admits she's still trying to find her way.

This is inspiring. We're going through a similar thing with Moptu. Right now, 100% of social media users who want to read articles, have to do so while also dealing with memes, selfies, status updates and all of the other social noise that interferes with the efficacy of sharing content. We solve that problem. We haven't met with 125 investors or had 115 rejections, but we've had enough that it gets very discouraging sometimes. If you're an investor and interested in hearing more about our vision for Moptu, get in touch! joshn@moptu.com

Politics | Politics

Syria Is Now In Charge of the UN's Disarmament Efforts. Really.

The U.S. says the Assad regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons on civilians should disqualify it from the post.

If this doesn’t call the UN’s legitimacy into question, what does? Oh yeah. The incredibly long list of other things that they’ve done which were all equally as repugnant.

Politics | Politics

Anti-Israel Protesters Shout Down Amb. Nikki Haley at University of Houston | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com

Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations was interrupted by protesters waving Palestinians flags while speaking at the University of Houston...

Free speech: until we disagree.

Politics | Politics

Seattle's Unloosed Monsters Will Kill The Progressive Dream

Seattle is ground zero for progressive experiments... (Its) recent contributions to the liberal virosphere include... a $275 head tax per employee to raise $48 million annually to address a rising homeless population of almost 12,000 people in a city of 7

This is so obviously misguided, it's hard to understand how anyone can support it.

Politics | Politics

Opinion | Three Cheers for Cultural Appropriation - The New York Times

If we make people stay in the ethnic and racial lane assigned to them by accident of birth, we’ll lose everything that makes this country great.

This article should be required reading for everyone. The idea of "cultural appropriation" is diametrically opposed to the very American idea of the melting pot, or "e pluribus unum," which means "out of many, one." The best of what Americans are comes from a shared culture derived from many sources. Cultural appropriation is a regressive, foolish, and dangerous idea.

From the article (a comment that I especially related to:

"Consider the simple act of eating a meal in an era of cultural purity. This weekend I had dinner in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, cooked by a Palestinian who was raised in Israel where her brother served in Parliament. Yet her restaurant is billed as Lebanese. And she accents her traditional dishes with herbs that would never be found on a plate in the Levant. But if proponents of cultural purity had their way, I’d have spent the evening cordoned on the Upper West Side watching “Yentl” and eating gefilte fish."
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Politics | Politics

The Hill Drops Out of Future White House Correspondents’ Dinners – Adweek

The Hill is backing out of next year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, unless the association that oversees the annual black-tie event makes some changes.

The Hill is usually pretty fair. They’re getting this right. No matter your feelings about any president, what occurred at the last White House Correspondents Dinner was pathetically, and absolutely needlessly, partisan, which is an unfortunate trend in public life.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

Where Has Teen Car Culture Gone?

Something is missing in the lives of today’s adolescents: that magical coming-of-age feeling when a whole world opened up.

I never thought about it before, but the whole hot rod culture has disappeared. This is why.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

Study: Two Spaces After a Period May Be Better Than One - The Atlantic

A new study proves that half of people are correct. The other is also correct.

I switched to one space a few years ago because I had a marketing job where they demanded it. I may need to go back to two spaces.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

Quiz: Call the Grammar Police | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

135 Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts

Store these away for future trivia nights.

These are some amazing facts. And who doesn’t love amazing facts?

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

Whatever Happened to Generation X?

As they head into middle age, the “slacker” generation of Philadelphians — sandwiched between the never-say-die boomers and the all-about-us millennials — is feeling overlooked, overworked and overwhelmed. But their chill, pragmatic approach to li

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

The Vanishing World of Neon Motel Signs - Atlas Obscura

A photographer has spent decades capturing these symbols of Americana and the open road.

I love these old signs. Many years ago, before everyone had a camera on their phone, I wanted to put together a coffee table book about old neon signs. That was in the '90s. It is very sad to watch the rapidity with which these signs are disappearing. It was/is an endemic part of Americana. Worse, their replacements are the boring, generic, sameness of the typical 21st century roadside experience, which has replaced style with monotony. Not just hotel signs either, but all signage. Have you seen Las Vegas lately? It looks a lot more like any other new urban environment than Las Vegas. It's just another symbol of the current American desire to replace individualism with conformity.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Don the Beachcomber to close Sunday in Sunset Beach; new location being sought

Renowned tiki restaurant Don the Beachcomber will close Sunday night after nearly 10 years at its Sunset Beach location, the restaurant announced Friday.

Southern California is intent on becoming nothing but a soulless land of giant steel and glass boxes.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

The legacy of ‘Mad Men’ won’t be its clothes or its cocktails. It’ll be all that modernist furniture.

How “Mad Men” has influenced our tastes in design.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Mad Men Sets Have Arrived in New York, and They are Glorious - TV Time - Curbed National

Photos via Architizer "Matthew Weiner's Mad Men", an exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York opens tomorrow, March 14, offering visitors the chance to...

If only I had the money to go to New York. I would definitely go just to see this.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Thank the Jews for the "Mad Men" Aesthetic: How They Designed the Modern American Home

The mid-century modernists who fled Hitler helped shape a visual aesthetic that's still pervasive, as shown in a new museum exhibit.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Norwegian rapper curses ‘the f***ing Jews’ at diversity concert

Leader of Jewish community threatens legal action against Kaveh Kholardi, who says remark at Oslo concert was 'taken out of context'

Of course. This could only happen at something called a “diversity concert.” Antisemitism is where the far right and far left meet, but today’s biggest antisemitic threat is from the left. It’s a growing problem and to ignore it is incredibly dangerous and foolish.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Johannesburg councilor suspended for Israel support

“I would like to declare that I am a friend of Israel, and the city of Johannesburg is a friend of Israel! Shalom, Shalom!” she declared on Sunday.

Unreal. South Africa should know better. It doesn’t.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Sign at future San Diego Jewish center vandalized with threatening graffiti

Threatening graffiti was written on a sign announcing the future home of the University of California San Diego Hillel Jewish Center in the United States.

This is very sad, I lived in San Diego for 13 years and still consider it a second home. But, to be very honest, this doesn't surprise me at all. I experienced more (real) antisemitism during my time in San Diego than I had in my entire life previous to living there. It's just reality that outside of LA and New York it's just more common (although I have experienced it in LA too - particularly during my time at USC which has a history of looking the other way at bigotry when it's directed at Jews).

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

In Britain, poll indicates, 23% ‘unwilling’ to have a Jew in the family

Similar number found in Italy, Germany and Austria in survey of 15 countries in Western Europe; the Dutch found to be most accepting

The more things change...

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Pro-Israel UCLA Students to Meet With Administration After Anti-Zionist Peers 'Violently' Disturb Event | Jewish & I

Pro-Israel students at the University of California, Los Angeles who called for the suspension of an anti-Zionist group that disrupted their...

UCLA has become one of the most hostile schools to Jewish students in the country. I am sure that every one of the "protestors" claims that they respect free speech and "diversity." Notice that they all complain about the "nakba," but not one of them ever wants to acknowledge the hundreds of thousands of Jews ejected from Arab countries at the same time. As for the "both sides do it" argument, please find me a single example of this ever going the other way.

Science & Technology | Science & Space

Los Angeles, America’s Future Spaceport - The Atlantic

The city of stars was once a major hub for aerospace. Soon it might be again.

When I was growing up, all of the adults had stories about someone they knew who worked in aerospace. I don't think that anyone who didn't live here before about 1990 knows that LA has this history. There is a place called "Rocket Liquor" right down the stret from me. I doubt anyone has any idea that Rocketdyne used to also be down the street. People would work on rockets during the day and then head over to Rocket Liquor for beer after!

Science & Technology | Science & Space

SpaceX’s rocket booster survived descent despite no landing attempt | TechCrunch

SpaceX flew a mission today that didn’t include a controlled recovery attempt of the Falcon 9 booster involved in the launch. Even still, the first stage..

Science & Technology | Science & Space

How John Young Smuggled a Corned-Beef Sandwich into Space

NASA astronaut John Young, who died Jan. 5, is remembered for a small scandal after he smuggled a corned-beef sandwich into space.

Science & Technology | Science & Space

A new generation of giant rockets is about to blast off

SpaceX's long-awaited Falcon Heavy rocket is just one of a handful of heavy-lift rockets being developed by companies and NASA.

Science & Technology | Science & Space

Why Are the Mountains on Mars So Much Taller Than Those on Earth? | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

News | News

Trump: Kim summit 'better than anybody could have expected'

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were heading to “a signing” after their “fantastic meeting,” Trump told reporters Tuesday after emerging from a working lunch at their Singapore summit.

No matter how you feel about Trump: history was undoubtedly made today.

News | News

Covered California premiums will rise 12.5%, and Anthem Blue Cross cuts coverage - LA Times

Monthly premiums for California health insurance plans sold under the Affordable Care Act will rise by an average of 12.5% next year, and Anthem Blue Cross plans to end coverage in most of the state.

But the system is working, right? That's what (some) people keep telling us. You have to LOVE the way the LA Times attempts to blame the costs increases on "uncertainty about Obamacare" and not Obamacare itself.

News | News

Linda Sarsour Declares CNN's Jake Tapper Has Joined 'the Ranks of the Alt-Right' – Tablet Magazine

Back in October, the Anti-Defamation League released a study of anti-Semitic abuse on social media during the 2016 election campaign. As part of it, they ranked the top 10 Jewish journalists who had received the most harassment from the alt-right. I was

This woman is one of the most vile people in the country. The bigot calling Jake Tapper a bigot? It is pathetic. But this is the problem with flippantly throwing terms around. Progressives have been using labels as weapons for years, and have done so whether they are true or not. This is an extreme example, but until progressives start to condemn people like Sarsour, they will continue to obliterate their credibility.

News | News

Don Rickles, legendary lightning-fast launcher of comic insults, dies at 90

Comedian, who sharpened his barbs on TV and at clubs, was dubbed Mr. Warmth by Johnny Carson.

I had the opportunity to meet Don Rickles several times and I can confirm what everyone else is saying-he was not only one of the funniest comedians that ever lived, he was one of the nicest, sweetest, compassionate people in the world. He will be missed and the world needs his type of honest, human, humor more than ever. Too many people have forgotten that comedy brings people together and honest comedy is rarely politically correct. Funny is funny, and this man was the funnier than anyone in living memory.

News | News

PolitiFact statements about Fake news

PolitiFact.com is a project of the Tampa Bay Times to help you find the truth in Washington and the Obama presidency.

Fake news has been a big problem as the amount of information designed to feed the "echo chamber" effect (the idea that people only want to be exposed to information that re-enforces previously held ideas) has exploded.

Pets & Animals | Dogs & Other Animals

Senior Dachshund Found Alone On Lawn With The Saddest Note - The Dodo

“Please take care of my dog. I love her so much.”

This is very sad. I don't understand how anyone could do this to a dog is so obviously sweet. Reese looks like a very nice dog. I would have taken him home!

Pets & Animals | Dogs & Other Animals

19 Pictures That Are 100000% Definitely NOT Of Dogs

No dogs to be seen here.

Nope...DEFINITELY no dogs here.

Pets & Animals | Dogs & Other Animals

'Man's Best Friend' Took 3 Bullets to Protect His Owner From Robbers

"Rex came out with the little strength he had left in him and threw himself..."

If this doesn't touch you, you might be a sociopath. This dog's loyalty, intelligence, and instincts to protect his friend are all amazing.

"A bloodied Rex then bolted back upstairs to check on the boy, who was still hiding in the closet, and it wasn't long before the burglars made it to the upstairs floor and trashed the bedrooms.

“As they entered the room where my nephew was hiding in the closet, Rex came out with the little strength he had left in him and threw himself at them as he knew my nephew was in danger,” Cadena wrote."

Pets & Animals | Dogs & Other Animals

People are letting their dogs take the Egg Challenge. It's much better than Tide Pods.

Try not to squeal with joy.

My favorite, and I love them all, if the golden doodle who is....alas...afraid of the egg.

Pets & Animals | Dogs & Other Animals

Woman Adopts 4 Senior Chihuahuas Who Are Still Full Of Puppy Love | Huffington Post

"With senior pups, you never have to nap alone."

All dogs are equal. Man.

Science & Technology | Tech

Apple is adding group FaceTime video calls to iOS 12

Apple is adding the ability to FaceTime more people onto a video call, allowing up to 32 people to be on the call — and tapping an increasing interest in group video calling stemming from apps like Houseparty As far as features go, this was a pretty nat