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Alexander Skarsgard cried when children mocked him for wearing cowboy boots. The 'True Blood' actor travelled to Texas as a youngster with his father Stellan Skarsgard, and embraced the southern US culture by purchasing the functional footwear, but fo... She still pulls no punches. Exene Cervenka, one-of-a-kind vocalist for revered Los Angeles band X, remains as outspoken as she is down-to-earth, passionate and kind. She made her mark in the male-dominated world of punk rock more than three decades ago, yet Cervenka, now 55 and living in Orange, continues to march to her own [...] Exene tells it straight on X, illness and O.C. is a post from: Soundcheck Where was Obama and the UN when Iran was killing and torturing their people. Remember Neda dying on the streets and Obama and the UN did nothing. And now this story and the progressives feign outcry. Is America going to save em all or invade them all. In your world view America is just a cowboy who can fix all the worlds problems? Or progressives just want to pick and choose your tortures and killings? Why now and not then? Political motivation? carry on. The actor was laughed out of Swedish school for wearing the decidedly American style Check out these sexy new shots of Alexander Skarsgard from the June 2011 issue of Interview Magazine, on NY stands June 3, nationwide June 7. The 34-year-old True Blood hunk shared a funny story about a time he lived in Texas growing up. He told Arcade Fire's Win Butler, "Well, I spent two months [...] Brendan Perry / Robin Guthrie Deach Cab For Cutie @ the Woodies in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Tragedy @ MDF 2011 (more by BBG) today in NYC * Zeitgeist @ The Stone * George Clinton @ BB King's... Scott Carney's The Red Market is a book-length investigative journalism piece on the complicated and sometimes stomach-churning underground economy in human flesh, ranging from practice of kidnapping children to sell to orphanages who get healthy kids to pass off to wealthy foreigners to the bizarre criminal rings who imprison kidnapped indigents in "blood farms" or lure impoverished women into selling their kidneys. Carney's story starts when he was living and working in India, showing around groups of American students; one of his charges commits suicide and he is plunged into the grisly midst of the bureaucracy of human remains and the disposal thereof. Carney uses this story as a jumping-off point for a series of investigative chapters, each of which is a relatively self-contained look at a different part of the "red market" -- the black market for human bodies and their parts. Many of these chapters focus on India, which seems to be at the middle of much of the red market trade, having the unique and unfortunate combination of huge population, massive poverty, widespread corruption, ineffectual bureaucracies, enormous wealth discrepancy, and a post-colonial relationship with the west whose legacy is a set of trade ... GREEN BAY, Wis. - B.J. Raji wasn't one of the Green Bay players who showed up for a preseason kickoff luncheon wearing a cowboy hat, but he liked his teammates' subtle show of swagger. Tony Romo isn't letting a losing season ruin his game. The dinged-up Dallas Cowboy quarterback ensured girlfriend Candice Crawford had a very happy 24th birthday, choosing... An interpretive center established in northeast Nevada in recognition of the early pioneers is offering free admission next week in conjunction with the 27th National Cowboy Poetry Festival in Elko. Violet sunsets, a wide variety of live music, a beatnik crew of Longhorn/political/musical/techie/spunky types, and the nation's largest natural swimming pool in an urban area are sure to keep Texas' capital all sorts of weird for a long time to... Sure, you're a cowboy coder and you want to do things your own way, but you shouldn't unless it is very intuitive. Kill 'Em Dead Cowboy to release debut album 'I Am Salvation' and tour Europe The original plan was for the Cowboy Junkies to make a record with their longtime friend, folk artist Vic Chesnutt. Tragedy intervened, however, when Chesnutt, 45, died by his own hand on Christmas Day 2009. And so what had been conceived as a collaboration ultimately took shape as a tribute, with the ... This week's episode of _All Songs Considered_ features the Swedish sisters in First Aid Kit covering a blues classic, an ode to Vic Chesnutt from Cowboy Junkies, songs about "nothing" from Ducktails and more musical discoveries. By Omar Sacirbey c. 2010 Religion News Service (RNS) Born and raised in Oklahoma, Sarah Albahadily will wear her headscarf to a Brad Paisley concert and her cowboy boots to mosque. There are two things she says she never misses: Friday prayers or a University of Oklahoma football games. But after seven in 10 Oklahoma voters on Tuesday (Nov. 2) approved State Question 755, a constitutional amendment that prohibits courts from using Islamic law, known as Shariah, Albahadily suddenly feels a little less at home in the Sooner State. "It's disheartening. Even though it was expected, you still feel the blow," said Albahadily, 27, as she drove to the Mercy School, a K-12 Islamic school in Oklahoma City where she teaches science. In many ways, State Question 755 will likely have little impact either in Oklahoma or elsewhere -- Muslims quickly point out they never lobbied for Shariah law, and many wouldn't support its use anyway. What really worries Muslims is the anti-Muslim fervor that fueled it. It's the same sentiment behind the aborted Quran bonfire in Florida and the opposition to an Islamic community center near Ground Zero. The bottom line: Muslims increasingly feel unwelcome, unwanted and viewed by their neighbors as un- American. And if that sentiment can be legislated in one state, they say, it could be legislated in another. Yet rather that retreating from public life, Oklahoma Muslims like Albahadily are vowing to increase their involvement in community affairs and raise their visibility, confident that when fellow citizens get to know them, their prejudices will dissolve. Albahadily said she would put on a brave face for her teenage students. "If they see me upset, they're not going to want to participate in civics or community life. But if I can be upbeat, and say, `OK, we're going to stand firm,' they'll respond." Less than 24 hours after the polls closed, Albahadily's mother was organizing local Muslims to meet newly elected lawmakers; local Muslim groups and the ACLU announced a bid to have the referendum declared unconstitutional. There are an estimated 30,000 Muslims in Oklahoma, which has 3.7 million residents. They describe themselves as well-educated, prosperous, and attracted to Oklahoma's friendliness, slow pace of life and safety. The referendum was primarily authored by Republican state Rep. Rex Duncan, and sailed through the state's legislature. In 2007, Duncan made headlines when he refused a copy of a Quran given to lawmakers by the Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council. On Tuesday, he won a bid for a county district attorney position. Muslims say the referendum worsened anti-Muslim prejudice that was already enflamed by the Ground Zero controversy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and frequent visits from Islamophobic speakers like Brigitte Gabriel, hosted by local churches and conservative organizations. "It's really brought the Muslim-haters out," said Allison Moore, a Muslim activist in Tulsa. Since the referendum was introduced in June, Moore and other Muslims said, mosques saw an increase in hate mail and threatening phone calls. Children walking home from a Muslim school in Tulsa were harassed by people in passing cars. Some Muslim women left their headscarves at home. Muslims found a small measure of optimism in Tuesday's vote. "At least 30 percent of Oklahomans are educated about the issue," said Imam Imad Enchassi, president of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City. "This is a very red state. But people are being educated." Muslims say they were also buoyed by support from non-Muslims. Almost 20 organizations in Tulsa -- from the Police Department to the local Interfaith Council to the Jewish Federation of Tulsa -- formed the "Tulsa Say No To Hate Coalition," which condemned the referendum for fanning "flames of bigotry." Oklahoma Muslims have been down this road before. In 1995, they were wrongfully accused of blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. In the days after, Enchassi accompanied then-Gov. Frank Keating to a local mosque in a public display of solidarity. Studies show familiarity breeds solidarity and support, so Muslims say they need to be seen and known now more than ever. But Sheryl Siddiqui, a spokeswoman for the Edmond-based Islamic Council of Oklahoma, said there are limits to how much they can do. "Muslims in Oklahoma do a phenomenal amount of outreach," she said. "It's not on us anymore. There are people out there who still believe Obama is a Muslim." Siddiqui moved with her husband to Oklahoma from Massachusetts in 1984, and admitted she occasionally thinks about returning to the liberal state where, at least in Cambridge, schools are closed on a major Islamic holiday. "People are really different. They're more open," she said. But she always concludes that Oklahoma is home. "Muslims have been here a long time, and we're going to continue to make this the best place to live that we can make it." _Copyright 2010 Religion News Service. All rights reserved. No part of this transmission may be distributed or reproduced without written permission._ Read this post » Xbox 360/PS3; £24.99; cert 18+; Rockstar Want to give your game a new lease of life? Just add zombies. It is, seemingly, a bizarre formula for success – over to the psychologists for the full explanation – but the undead have been a popular choice as "bad guy" for several years in any number of successful games and franchises. Now they're popping up so regularly in unexpected titles, it can only be a matter of months before we get Lego Night of the Living Dead. After the assorted Call of Duty bonus levels, the latest to get the flesh- eating spin is Red Dead Redemption. On the face of it, it's a deeply cynical move and clearly profit is a major part of the decision, but this is more than a half-hearted exercise in money-grabbing. Undead Nightmare is a very fine game indeed. The cowboy vs zombies scenario here has already been available as a download. Now though, Rockstar – as it did with the GTA extra missions – has released the game, plus assorted excellent multiplayer content, as a standalone, sensibly-priced expansion pack. While the game's pallet has changed (it's now in standard horror title washed- out shades) and the music has been given a spooky-as-hell makeover, the basic mechanics of Red Dead Redemption – or Grand Theft Horses, as it's become affectionately known – remain intact. Once again you play John Marston, but this time there's no choice to be made between honour or otherwise. There's no doubt who the enemy is from the second your wife and child get infected and turn into flesh-eating zombies. Your task – after hog-tying your family to keep them out of trouble – is to find a cure. The catch is they're not alone: the entire wild west is being overrun by the living dead. That's just the start of it though and it's clear within minutes that the team at Rockstar have had a lot of fun imagining this one into existence, from the undead horses and mythical beasts you can ride (including unicorns and the four horses of the apocalypse) to the new weaponry such as the gleefully messy blunderbuss, which you load with zombie limbs, and holy water. The dead eye shooting function returns – and boy, will you need it. The game may look like Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, but its philosophy is unforgiving, with painfully limited ammo and a foe that can only be taken down with a headshot. It can be frustrating – you'll do a lot of running away – but with side missions aplenty, stunning voice work, a genuinely funny script, plus those excellent multiplayer games, this is the best console-related £25 spend this year. **• Game reviewed on Xbox 360** Rating: 4/5 * Games * Xbox * Microsoft * PS3 * PlayStation * Sony Neil Davey guardian.co.uk (C) Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Just as Hitchcock donned a cowboy hat to appear in Psycho, so do some novelists enjoy lurking around in their own books.
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