Yo Majesty is bringing  that Kryptonite Pussy and some of their other tracks to the Echoplex this Saturday night. Hit it after The World of Wonder Storefront Gallery's show, "All-American Porn: 25 Years of Erotic Photography from Vivid Entertainment"

Lucia is a One-of-a-Kind miniature baby sculpture by Camille Allen. She measures 2 1/2 inches (6.4 cm) and has dark brown hair.

Erykah Badu gave birth to a healthy daughter at 1:30 pm yesterday. She and the father,  Jay Electronica have named their daughter Twitty Milk which I am sure, with the right turban, will go over just fine at school. (via twentyfourbit)

Your own 5lb bag of $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency notes from the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing for just $45.00

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Is the magazine Men's Health taking a less than healthy approach to gender in their new campaign?

A Massachusetts police officer is in hot water (so to speak) after allegedly urinating on a fellow music-lover at a Metallica concert and then flashing both his badge as well as some racism when confronted by security.  Cape Cod Times reports

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Vanessa Prager

January 24, 7-10PM
Show runs through February 14

Robert Berman Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue C2/D5
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Storm Sea by April Gornik, 2007, oil on linen, 24" x 30"

It didn’t work for Rosie O’Donnell or the Newlyweds stars, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, but John Mayer is giving the variety show format a go. CBS network president Nina Tassler leaked that John Mayer is filming a pilot for a variety show and if it is picked up it will become either a series of specials or a regular weekly series.

Non-musical entertainment projects are not new to Mayer; he’s tried his hand at stand-up comedy, aired a single episode of a VH1 show called John Mayer Has a TV Show, and then there’s his infamous TMZ paparazzi camera baiting.

In other variety show news, the Osbourne family are also planning their own variety program on FOX.   (TwentyFourBit)

You know how you can watch the Wizard of Oz with the volume down and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" instead?  Well, now  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Europe) has an optional new unauthorized soundtrack. The "utterly hilarious" "re-telling" of the first Harry Potter movie by artist Brad Neely can be downloaded (free) and played as a voiceover with the movie on mute.  (via notcot.org)

The Flip Wilson Show was the first successful network variety series with an African-American star. In its first two seasons, its Nielsen ratings placed it as America's second most-watched show. Flip Wilson based his storytelling humor on his background in black clubs, but adapted easily to a television audience. The show's format dispensed with much of the clutter of previous variety programs and focused on the star and his guests.

Clerow "Flip" Wilson had been working small venues for over a decade when Redd Foxx observed his act in 1965 and raved about him to Johnny Carson. As a result, Flip made over 25 appearances on the Tonight Show, and in 1968, NBC signed him to a five-year development deal.

 Flip Wilson's most popular and enduring character was the sassy, brazen Geraldine Jones. Flip wrote Geraldine's material himself and tried not to use her to demean black women. Though flirty and flashy, Geraldine was no "finger popping chippie." Geraldine was also based partly on Butterfly McQueen's character in Gone With the Wind: unrefined but outspoken and honest.   She expected respect and was devoted to her unseen boyfriend, "Killer." It also helped that Flip had the legs for the role, and did not burlesque Geraldine's build, though NBC Standards and Practices had asked him to reduce Geraldine's bust a little.   As Geraldine, in wig, high heels and mini-dress, Wilson coined phrases that became part of the national pop vocabulary, such as “The devil made me do it,” and, “What you see is what you get!”

“The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she’s not a put-down of women,” he once said. “She’s smart, she’s trustful, she’s loyal, she’s sassy. Most drag impersonations are a drag. But women can like Geraldine, men can like Geraldine, everyone can like Geraldine.”

The Flip Wilson Show turned out to be one of the last successful variety shows. CBS' 1972 offering, The Waltons, became a surprise hit, winning the same Thursday time slot. By 1973-74, it was John-Boy and company who had the second most popular show of the season. NBC put Flip Wilson's show to rest, airing its last episode on 24 June 1974.

Burying more than the bone in Marley & Me. (via Dog Art Today)

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Buffet Libres DJs released a second installment to their "Rewind" series.  An impressive  list of  contributing bands and DJs were asked to remix or reinterpret a track of their choice from the 70's , 80's and 90's.  The resulting 89 tracks range from obscure to anthem and are a flashback freak-out/psyche-out to explore.  Read about, stream or download for free here

The Botticellis - Here I Go Again (Whitesnake cover)

Project Jenny Project Jan - Self Control (Laura Branigan cover)

The Old Believers - Naive Melody (Talking Heads cover)

Mojib - Paranoid Android (Radiohead cover)

New Kids On The Block - Step By Step (The Requesters remix)

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It's like a freakin circus.  A "monumental" 46" x 36" of pure power-poli-pop art for the people. Bidding starts at $25.00

Gimme a circus

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Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston was born  Saturday December 27 at 5:30 AM to the still unwed Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston.   Get the full story here

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A santastic twist on the traditional Thanksgiving "hand turkey."  See more here.  

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Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney ,  Rihanna feat. Jay-Z , Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake , Nine Inch Nails , Mary J. Blige , Diana Ross , Rick James, & The Temptations delicately mashed by DJ Lobsterdust