http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170006318497

the 26-year-old is planning to write a book about the venture which saw him trade up through a novelty doorknob, a camping stove, a snowmobile, a recording contract, and an afternoon with rock star Alice Cooper.

"I knew it was possible," he said on the BBC's Today programme. "You can do anything if you put your mind to it."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5167388.stm

http://www.rickenbacker.com/gallery.asp?gcategory=Guitars&gyear=1960

In 1983 the Serge Modular company produced a demo cassette featuring many artists using the Serge Modular synthesizer.

http://www.mnmlnoise.com/Serge_Musicians_Tape.html

Lap top musician t-shirt [via Music Thing]:

http://www.fractalspin.com/x/product.php?productid=78&cat=16&page=1

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/

"Writer and musician Kinky Friedman, who once sang "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore," may include the name by which he is best known on the ballot to choose Texas' next governor in November"

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=12794290§i...

Texas school district bans grillz

ARLINGTON, Texas - The school district here has expanded its dress codes to include mouths — and earlobes.

Students may no longer wear mouth jewelry known as "grillz" — shiny teeth caps — or the earlobe-stretching practice known as "gauging."

"The district is having to respond to fads because they've become distracters or a safety hazard for those around them," said Malcolm Turner, the district's executive director of student services

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_fe_st/grillz_earlobes;_ylt=At3ZvC8KwK69ubqd...

"Two months later, 24 of the participants filled out a questionnaire. Two-thirds called their reaction to psilocybin one of the five top most meaningful experiences of their lives. On another measure, one-third called it the most spiritually significant experience of their lives, with another 40 percent ranking it in the top five."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/07/10/national/a213221D59.DTL

David "Fathead" Newman

"Syd Barrett, the former lead singer of Pink Floyd and one of the key figures of the 60s, has died at the Cambridgeshire home to which he retreated as a recluse more than 30 years ago."

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,1817952,00.html