Call of Duty: Black Ops - World Premiere Trailer

All the gamers out there with the slightest interest in a good shoot-em-up will no doubt have at least one of the Call of Duty series of games in their collection.

Personally i'm not a big fan of World War 2 games but I love the Modern Warfare editions.

Next in line to be released is Call of Duty: Black Ops which is due for release November this year.

Check out the official trailer below. Looks like another hit to me!

Woman Claims She Got Pregnant From 3D Film

The wife of a US Army soldier, Jennifer Stweart, claims she got pregnant by watching a 3D adult film while visiting friends in New York.

38-year-old Jennifer Stweart used the bizarre claims to explain to her husband why their child was black, despite the lovers being very much white skinned.

Jennifer Stewart said her child looks just like a black actor in the adult movie she claims to have watched in 3D with her east coast pals.

“A month after watching the movie, I started feeling dizzy and the results were positive,” Jennifer Stweart said.

Stewart also admits her marriage to the US military man who serves overseas could be in trouble: “Even though my husband believed in me, my marriage could be at risk. But he knows I’m faithful” she said.

Despite his wife’s bizarre explanation, Iraq US military man Erick Johnson said: “I see it as suspicious. The films in 3D are very real. With today’s technology, anything is possible.”

Sounds ridiculous and possibly fake but made me laugh anyway!


story taken from eyejabber.com

The iPhone 4G Saga

Over the last few weeks a story has been unfolding over the uncovering of a prototype for the new iPhone.

So the story so far goes...

*An Apple employee loses a phone in a bar in California.

*The phone is sold to techy blog Gizmodo who in turn give the phone a good going over *and air to the world.

*Apple then issue a letter demanding the return of their property (see here).

*Police raid Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's home and seize his computing equipment (see here).

*Brian Hogan owns up to finding the phone and selling it for $5,000 (see here).

I can't imagine Apple being anything other than embarrassed about the whole situation but the way they have dealt with it could have been handled better. It would seem that Jon Stewart agrees too as he went in on Apple and their heavy handed response saying “Apple you guys were the rebels man, the underdogs. People believed in you. But now, are you becoming The Man? Remember back in 1984, you had those awesome ads about overthrowing Big Brother? Look in the mirror, man!”

It'll be interesting to see what happens next to the iPhone 4G, Gizmodo and even Brian Hogan.

In the meantime check out the new phone!!

Rehab for Kids

It’s no secret that nowadays kids have pimped out bedrooms including TVs, laptops or computers, Playstations, X-boxes and Wii’s.

Its been reported that a London clinic is launching the country's first therapy programme for children addicted to the internet and computer games. Like me you maybe think errr what the hell is going on with todays world, but really thinking about it, children are not as active as there use to be. Yeah I'm old school, I used to love P.E at school. Don't get me wrong, computer games were great at the time but playing football on the street corner with my friends was our number one hobby (I rememeber shouting out car when a car was coming so we all stopped).

Nowadays the computer games are more advanced, social networking is a bug and you can watch all sorts on the internet now. I was a little bit confused when my little brothers got homework and were told to research on the computer (what happened to books).

I never had to go to rehab for playing Pro Evo for hours upon hours, but this clinic wants to treat children as young as 12 that have serious issues, such as flying into a rage if they have been told to switch it off. Its been said that they will have to go cold turkey and also be taught face to face social skills.

Question may be how long should a child be on a computer? A survey of a secondary school children revealed that more then a quarter are spending more then six hours a day on computers. Some symptoms are said to be sleep disorders, fatigue and depression. This is really beyond a faze if these reports are true, but is rehab the answer? I'm just thinking of all these other so called clinics that celebs attend and are in and out more times then a 24hr McDonald’s drive thru.

A friend of mine was going on about internet bullying, I'm still abit confused on how you can but then again anything is possible, but can't you just block them?! Just reading in the paper that a young girl took an overdose after class mates tormented her on Bebo. I mean this is taking things to far, if you are like that then don’t display yourself to the internet world as you can be open to anything. In a perfect world yes people will say great things about you but hey that's not the world we live in and for that sake people, kids etc need to learn to keep some things to themselves. It’s like people want everybody to know everything about them.

This computer and internet issue is not just a children problem as adults suffer too. Maybe you could be one of them without realising.

Here is a list of key things to spot if you are an addict:

Do you ignore and avoid other work or activities to spend more time on-screen?

Do you often check messages or e-mails before doing something else you need to do, even delaying meals?

Do you prefer to spend time with people online or through messaging to socialising?

With the world going crazy with Blackberries and IPhones, it seems that we have gone crazy for these gadgets that allow us to use facebook, msn and other social sites on our phones. Just think sometimes before you spend hours on end on the internet, or perhaps even try a good old fashioned chat face to face!

With all this being said…..make sure you keep reading this blog! :)

Oh No D'Angelo

It's been 10 years since D'Angelo's last album Voodoo was released and just like every other fan out there I have been waiting ever since for a new one. So what's he been doing? Well he has been busy getting arrested several times, being involved in car crashes, putting on weight, losing that weight again...it's no wonder he hasn't had much time for music. And now....?

It seems that Michael 'D'Angelo' Archer and Those Dreamin' Eyes of his, decided that One Mo' Gin just wasn't enough and he wanted to get Higher. So he decided to go Cruisin for a Lady who might also Feel Like Makin Love. Well what he did next was not exactly Smooth because he ended up goin for a piece of the Devil's Pie.

If only he had looked Left and Right a few more times he might have realised the undercover cop. After gettin caught red handed trying to pay $40 for a hooker you can bet he was sayin Sh!t, Damn, Motherfcuker!

For the less musical official version see the story on BBC News.

Personally I don't care if he writes the whole of his next album being obese and high on cocaine whilst driving around crashing cars and picking up prostitutes...the guy is a musical genius and the world needs at least one more album!!

Guess Who's Bizzack?

Ok so in a million guesses you probably wouldn't have guessed who or what I was talking about but...drumroll please...one of my favourite websites ever is back online.

hiphopsite.com is a must visit, sorry scratch that, a must favourite for any self respecting hiphop fan. I was going to write a little history but DJ Pizzo (one of the site creators) has done such a good job himself that i suggest you read his here if you are interested.

I used to visit this site daily for its features such as News on the DL (a daily gossip/news column), In The Deck (reviews)and their renowned Best and Worst lists. It's a great thing to find a site that stays true to it's beliefs and no matter what pressure or money may be being thrown at it from certain quarters, sticks to its guns and gives an honest opinion. Because of this I always found their reviews to be on-point and would often buy albums off the back of their recommendations.

On the note of buying music, another of the reasons I visited the site so often was to buy music, yes they were based in Las Vegas and I have an HMV down the road but did HMV offer free mixtapes, hats, shirts and other goodies and all for pretty much the same price as buying from down the road (incl. shipping)? (The answer is no, by the way).

So albeit without the store (a victim of the massive changes in music retail), the site is back up and running and it may have a new lick of paint but the old soul is still there. In fact years worth of archived reviews and features have been uploaded so check it out and fill your boots.

MusicDNA - The Future of Music?

It has been revealed this week that the creators of the MP3 have made a new music file format. They have called this new format "MusicDNA". These files will work like MP3s but allow extra content such as videos, artwork, lyrics and blog posts to be included in the file. This content is continually updated keeping the file up to date.

Am I excited about this? In a word....no.

This is hardly an great evolution of what we currently have. When you download new music from iTunes you can get a digital booklet with it, do you really want anything else? I can imagine checking blogs or reviews etc before purchasing the music but after?

Over the past 20 odd years there have been big leaps in the way we play our music. In my mind the main reason for moving forward should always be because either the quality is greatly improved or because the new media makes is more easily portable. Being more easily portable isn't really an issue nowadays with the ability to carry 100s of thousands of MP3s on a single device.

The jump from vinyl to cassette was massive and the walkman was king. Moving on to CD the jump in quality was huge. Even minidisc had it's day due to it's size.

Whether MusicDNA becomes the next BluRay or Betamax remains to be seen. To me though it's like needlessly putting things together that exist on their own well enough in the first place. This is not an evolution.

A New Basketball League...For Whites

I saw this story over on TheRapUp....Apparently those nasty blacks are ruining the good old game of basketball, so one "canny" boxing promoter in Augusta USA has come up with an ingenious alternative to the NBA. Imagine a league where the players just play the "good, old" type of bball, where the players are all "wholesome" characters. Well you could be part of this, oh, well as long as both of your parents are caucasian!



I guess it could work, I mean just looking through some comments on related YouTube videos there are a few valid points made, there would be no guns in dressing room lockers, no nappy headed hoes at games (hold tight Don Imus), instead of dunk competitions they could have lay up contests!

Well let's hear from the man himself...big shout to Donald Trump's barber who has done a sterling job on this dudes syrup too.



So there you go...would this ever be a popular idea? What would be the equivalent if we switched it around? A blacks only swimming club? hmm...what happened to Eric the Eel?!

Teddy P....

A sad note to start the year on with the passing of Soul singing legend Teddy Pendergrass, He died @ hospital in Philadelphia following "a difficult recovery" from colon cancer surgery.



Rest In Peace Teddy P.....

KFC Uproar

The Australia advert for KFC stating the only way to shut us up is a bucket of chicken....ummmm maybe we are taking this to serious but there is a fine line between just having fun and sterotypes.

The ad shows a lone white Australian man surrounded by a raucous crowd of black West Indies supporters at a cricket match. He asks “Need a tip when you’re stuck in an awkward situation?” and proceeds to share a bucket of fried chicken with the crowd.

Australian Web site news.com.au reported that KFC called the ad a “light-hearted” reference to cricket and said that any intent of racism was “misinterpreted by a segment of people in the U.S.

Question is do you find this offensive or just a bit of fun?

I know for a fact if some comedian done this I may of been busting my gut...

Tactical Nuclear Penguin - The 'World's Strongest Beer'

Beer...Some people love it, some hate it. Personally i'm not a big fan but don't mind the odd one every now and then. Generally beer and lager are drinks with quite a low alcohol content if you compare it to wines and spirits. That is until now.

BrewDog who are based in Scotland and are not new to controversial beers, with their previous releases being the 18.2% beer 'Tokyo' and the low alcohol 'Nanny State'. Tactical Nuclear Penguin though puts those in the shade by being the first 32% beer.

Hold up...32% beer?! Surely a pint of that would have even got Bill Werbeniuk wasted! (If you haven't heard of him, google it!). This beer is not supposed to be drank in the traditional way though, a warning label on the bottle instructs "This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. In exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost."

BrewDog managing director says "This beer is about pushing the boundaries, it is about taking innovation in beer to a whole new level." If you say so James. Not being a beer connoisseur myself I couldn't give a Castlemaine XXXX. Tactical Nuclear Penguin will apparently be on sale in limited supply for £30 a bottle.

I'll have a JD and coke please...

The Story of Rom Houben

Looking at the news last night I heard about this story and now instantly have a new biggest fear to go alongside being buried alive! Recently it has come to light that a Belgian Man named Rom Houben had been wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for the past 23 years. His entire body was disabled following a car crash and he was believed to be in a "vegetative state" (i hate that term).

For all these years since the accident he had laid there seeing and hearing people come and go, without being able to react or communicate. Even having to hear of his own father's death and not being able to even cry but the feelings and thoughts are still being processed in his brain.



I can't begin to imagine how frustrated, angry, depressed he must have been. Since the truth was revealed via a brain scan, it has been found that Rom is able to communicate using a special keyboard. I for one would be interested in buying his book if he ever managed to write one.

Mr Houben's story was revealed in a paper written by Steven Laureys, a doctor at Liege University who wrote a recent paper that detailed the case.

In it, Mr Laureys said that in about 40% of cases in which people are classified as being in a vegetative state, closer inspection reveals signs of consciousness.

Let's hope that these closer inspections become standard practice and in future nobody else will have to live in such a nightmare.

Kanye moves from HMV to Waterstones

World renowned illustrator Bill Plympton and Kanye West have teamed up for the “Through The Wire” (The Words And Lyrics of Kanye West) book that hits shops in November.




The book will feature twelve Kanye songs with a graphic illustration of the lyrics. Definitely something to add to the collection!

Autotune The News #9

If you haven't seen any of the videos in this series yet...shame on you! In a nutshell, these guys take footage of recent news and autotune it into a much more palatable and funny musical news roundup.

Enjoy....!

Leona Lewis Might Want Lessons From Lennox!

Leona Lewis has been punched during an promotional book signing for her new book "Dreams".

"Leona was the victim of an unprovoked attack," the singer's rep said in a statement. "The police were called immediately and medical attention has been sought. Leona is understandably shaken and apologizes to the fans she was unable to meet and complete signings."

Photographs show Lewis leaving Waterstone's bookstore with sunglasses on and a pained expression on her face. Reports indicate she was taken to a doctor as a precautionary measure.

An eyewitness at the store told the BBC, "[Lewis] was running out with her hand over her eye, and I just saw a man on the floor. Suddenly the security all jumped on him and they were trying to pull him out and he was just laughing. He thought it was funny."

I bet she didn't imagine "a moment like this" happening! (sorry I had to do it)

BBC stand by BNP activist interview

The BBC has defended a decision to broadcast an interview in which a BNP activist claimed England footballer Ashley Cole was not "ethnically British".
More than 100 people reportedly complained about the interview with two leading young members of the far-right party on Radio 1's Newsbeat programme.
But the programme's editor defended the piece, broadcast on September 30, saying he had also received messages from listeners who believed it had "exposed the BNP on a range of issues", as well as "a great many texts" that were "broadly supportive" of the extremist party.



During the two-minute item, one of the interviewees, introduced on the programme as "Joey", was asked if he would have a problem with Cole calling himself British.
He responded: "He cannot say he is ethnically British."
He also spoke of Cole "coming to this country", even though the Chelsea player was born in Stepney, east London.
BNP leader Nick Griffin was also interviewed separately on Radio 1, which has a mainly young audience of 11 million a week.
A BBC spokesman said: "Newsbeat interviewed Nick Griffin and two young BNP activists in the light of huge audience response to recent stories about BNP electoral success and what they stand for.

In my opinion, this portrays the impression that the BBC support these views as they are normally very stringent on UN-PC views being aired. Ross & Brand & the Many Clarkson quotes. The BBC say that 11 million people heard this interview (so they say) & got back "positive" feedback? Its seems like it's a party broadcast for the BNP!!!

Lilly Allen Hero by day Pirate by night..

So earlier this week Lily Allen was hailed for her heroic crusade to save the music industry well, it seems she has been flouting her own very public views on distribution of copyrighted material by circulating a mixtape featuring artists' work without their permission.

The Lily Allen mixtapes – two 50-min mixes use snippets of artists including Jay-Z, Beats International and The Kinks – were previously available on Lily's blog, although they seem to have mysteriously disappeared recently.

Lily has responded by saying: "I made those mixtapes five years ago. I didn't have a knowledge of the workings of the music industry back then. Anyway the snippets of songs you hear on those mixtapes are about 30 seconds to one minute in length, in traditional mixtape style."

Hmm – as far as I know, permission is still needed before you distribute (unless It my own mixtape).The star has been slated across the web for her seeming double-standards, in the light of her suggestion that illegal file-sharers should have their bandwitdths squeezed.

But it now seems that Lily's own anti-filesharing blog, has been closed down.

Is that the sound of furious backpeddalling we hear?

What do you think?

Is filesharing killing music?

Jay Gets Bill's Attention

Bill O'Reilly shows his love for Jay-Z by advertising his album for him in the only way he knows best.

Gotta love Bill's love and enthusiasm for hiphop. Unlike when he takes aim at "gnoz" (nas) it doesn't quite sound as funny when he mentions Jay's name, it's still good to see he's listening though.

Back For The First Time

The Final track listing for Blueprint 3 "What more can I Saaaaaaaaaaay"

The BIG Show

First came Floyd Mayweather, now it appears Shaq is going to go "toe to toe" with The Big Show during a 3 hour special episode of WWE RAW next month. For all of you that love wrestling this is gonna be great news because that means no PPV, it's free!

Personally, I haven't followed or watched wrestling since I was about 8...you know, when it was real...it was wasn't it?

Anyway, this seems like it would be more entertaining than the last match of this type which involved Mayweather, at least they are similar in size. Perfect result for me would be a Shaq win, then he busses out some of his famous dance moves in the ring. I guess we'll have to see how they write it though....I mean see how it goes!