Tila Tequila attack at Gathering of Juggalos was planned

Tila Tequila said that she was attacked at a concert called the Gathering of Juggalos late Friday night and into the wee hours of Saturday morning.

While Tila Tequila has engaged in what turned out to be false claims that she was the victim of domestic abuse or harm from another one of her so-called multiple personalities, this time she's telling the truth.

Moreover, the attack that Tila Tequila suffered at the Gathering of Juggalos concert - an annual festival of indy music and alternative or "underground" life that's best described as a rough version of Burning Man - was planned.

According to tweets by Nathan Rabin from AVClub.com and a blog called Juggalo Holocaust, there were informal yet openly communicated plans to harm or harass Tila Tequila in some way.

Tila Tequila was to perform at Gathering of Juggalos

In some comments and blogs, people asked why Tila Tequila was even at the 11th annual Gathering of Juggalos concert in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois? The event, called "The official Psychopathic Records and ICP annual fan gathering event," had Tila Tequila as one of its name concert acts according to the website poster and "Sugar Slam" who mentioned this in the promotional video for the event.

On Nathan Rabin's Twitter account @nathanrabin, he issued the following tweet that apparently was before Tila Tequila went on stage as part of what was called "Ladies Night:"

Contemplating ditching Green for Tila Tequila. Word is she'll be met with critical brickbats. And actual bricks perhap.
about 16 hours ago via txt

In other words, there was at least a chance that someone planned to harm her using a brick.

Nathan Rabin continued on Twitter with a series of tweets that give a good idea of what happened:

Tila Tequila took off her top in a desperate bid to win back the crowd. It did not work.
about 16 hours ago via txt

After a half naked, clearly lip-synching Tequila was so inundated with projectiles that she ran offstage they shut ladies night down.
about 16 hours ago via web from Harrisburg, IL

Then again, I left at 5 AM like a pussy so I don't entirely know whether Li'l Kim managed to perform before a sea of enraged Juggalos or not
about 16 hours ago via web from Harrisburg, IL

"A sea of enraged Juggalos," indicates something really went wrong. And according to the blog
Juggalo Holocaust Tila was warned that there were plans to harm her in some way via commentary from her own blog. Here's some of what was posted at the blog:

Rage "I'm waiting around for a blogger to post about the juggalos throwing pee-filled balloons at this bitch."

ITS ICP NOT IKP "you better watch your head..YOU WILL BE BOOED OFF STAGE JUST DO EVERYONE A FAVOR AND STAY HOME!"

jdubb "im throwing rotten hot dogs at you that are gonna be sitting in a warm cooler filled with hot water out in the sun untill that friday… they have also been in my fridge for over a year... i fucking hate you and i will teach you not to come back to the gathering."

And unless you have doubts that some of the people who go to the Gathering of Juggalos throw stuff, take a look at what happened to wrestler Tracey Smothers, who had a Confederate Flag jacket on and was stupid enough to wave a Confederate Flag after a wresting match:



It's one thing to say Tila Tequila should not have gone, but apparently she was a named act that was to be paid for her work. Some claim that Tila is making up the blood stains in the photo, but from the online accounts of what happened and the harm some threatened to do to Tila Tequila if she came to the Gathering of Juggalos, that's not the case.

Tila Tequila was attacked at the Gathering of Juggalos.

Tila Tequila claims brutal attack at Juggalos concert; video?

Tila Tequila Hurt 

According to TMZ.com, where reality TV show star Tila Tequila took her story, some group of men beat her up at the "Gathering of The Juggalos," which features acts like Insane Clown Posse and Kottonmouth King. Tila told TMZ:

I went onstage and immediately, before I even got on stage, DUDES were throwing HUGE STONE ROCKS in my face, beer bottles that slit my eye open, almost burnt my hair on fire cuz they threw fire crackers on stage, and they even took the sh-t out of the port-0-potty and threw sh-t and piss at me when I was onstage."

These people were trying to kill me. So then after the last blow to my head with the firecracker they threw at me exploded, my bodygaurd and the other security grabbed me and ran as fast as they could to the shitty trailor. Since their security SUCKS, the 2 thousand people ran after us, trying to kill me. They almost got me so they finally reach the trailor, blood all over myself, cant stop bleeding, then all of a sudden, all 2 thousand people surround the trailor and busts the windows!!! Even the guys INSIDE with me were shaking! Their hands were shaking cuz they were so scared! So 3 guys inside the trailor had to grab a table and push it over the broken windows and grabbed all the chairs they could find so hold the people from outside back. It was scary as hell!"

While no one wants to see this happen to Tila Tequila or anyone, this video blogger has to ask where's the video? It's hard to believe something so awful as that happened and no one had a video.

But there's more to this story.

Stay tuned for an update!

David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris expecting twins - Twitter

Image by Capital M via Flickr

David Burka and Neil Patrick Harris 

Long-time partners David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris announced they're expecting twins.

According to The Hollywood Gossip, Neil Patrick Harris, the star of CBS' How I Met Your Mother put the news out from his Twitter page @ActuallyNPH:

So, get this: David and I are expecting twins this fall. We're super excited/nervous/thrilled. Hoping the press can respect our privacy...

The news led to a ton of tweets of congratulations.

HIMYM_Writers - Congratulations @ActuallyNPH and David Burtka, daddies-to-be!
about 5 hours ago via web
Top Tweet 31 Retweets

alydenisof - Congrats to @ActuallyNPH & David on their family expanding to four soon! Can't wait for the playdates:)
about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck

joeyashley - @ActuallyNPH Congratulations!
1 minute ago via web in reply to ActuallyNPH

katraenel - @ActuallyNPH Congrats on the babies!! You are so laid back and easy going, it seems, I'm sure you'll be a great dad. Congrats to david too!!
1 minute ago via web in reply to ActuallyNPH

kevinpollak - Lord Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) is on the Chat Show tomorrow LIVE at 3pm, PDT. Fire early Tweet 5's & questions when ready...
13 minutes ago via web
4 Retweets

ausslp - @ActuallyNPH So awesome!!! It always makes me happy when people I like have kids! You're doing the world a favor! :)
2 minutes ago via web in reply to ActuallyNPH

Of course, the question is who's the surrogate mother? Or are they adopting twins? No word as of this writing.

Good Burger - What's Fantasia Barrino and Steven Slater's best place for a burger?

Fantasia via last.fm

As of this writing the keyword "Good burger" is at the top of search trends on Google, whereas on Bing x-Rank it's Fantasia Barrino. So in the interest of some Internet fun, this blogger wondered what American Idol and Grammy star Fantasia Barrino and Jet Blue Flight Attendant Steven Slater's best place to get a burger was.

Certainly the conversation of where to get a good burger's more desirable for Fantasia Barrino than talking about the overdose and sex scandal issue she's dealt with this week. And talk of a good burger would bring a smile to the face of Steven Slater, who can tell us what kind of beer he would drink with it.

One thing's for sure, Fantasia Barrino could use a good burger, especially considering what Paula Cook's lawyer said to People Magazine.

Paula Cook's lawyer, who was married to Antwaun Cook, the man who allegedly took up a sexual relationship with Fantasia, said to People Mag that Cook was "saddened and disheartened by the end of her marriage," and that "She's embarrassed, and humiliated and distressed by the lack of respect that was shown for her marriage by Ms. Barrino."

On Friday, photos surfaced of Fantasia Barrino with Antwaun Cook at a local Charlotte, N.C. park. It's open meetings like that, supposedly for Fantasia's VH1 reality TV show, that Cook calls "brazen" and has caused her pain and distress.

Moreover, Paula Cook may sue Fantasia Barrino under something called the "home wrecker law" in North Carolina. (Can you imagine if such a law was on the books in California?)

But what's Fantasia Barrino's favorite place to get a burger? As of this writing, considering all she's going through, Barrino may not be so discriminating as to the kind of burger she eats.

Then, we have Steven Slater, who grabbed two beer cans before he caused to be inflated, then jumped down an emergency escape chute from the JetBlue Boeing 757 he was a flight attendant on. The beer of choice, according to TMZ.com, is Blue Moon Beer.

Now, I've never heard of Blue Moon Beer, so you know they've got to be jumping for joy from all of the attention.

What kind of burger goes with Blue Moon Beer? Well, it's got to be the Blue Moon Burger, which you can only get at Blue Moon Burgers, at 920 Republican Street in Seattle. Now, Blue Moon Burgers better carry Blue Moon Beer, and both should invite Steve Slater in for a meal and a drink.

JetBlue trying to throw mud at Steve Slater?

On the matter of Steve Slater, it seems JetBlue's got its PR machine to go to work on discrediting him, with news of passengers who said he was "rude" before he went AWOL. But it's not working, in the Zennie62 poll of now 1,451 respondents, 63 percent think he's a hero.

What do you think?

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Oakland City Council Race: Pat Kernighan's buying drinks Wednesday!

Apparently the news that her Oakland City Council District Two Seat Competitor Jennifer Pae raised over $30,000 has driven her to the bar (just kidding). Oakland City Councilperson Pat Kernighan's hosting a gathering at Era Art Bar on Grand Avenue, just 40 feet from Broadway in Downtown Oakland, where she's buying cocktails for her friends and supporters - uh, with a donation.

If you follow this space, you recall the last political event this blogger attended at Era Art Bar: the Blogger Party for Libby Schaaf, who's running for the Oakland City Council District Four seat.  In fact, here's the video:



But - not that I'm complaining - you had to buy your drinks, which is great for controlling cocktail consumption!  (And The Era Art Bar's becoming the venue of choice for Oakland political events of late, with Libby, Pat and Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan holding shindigs there.)

Pat Kernighan

This news of "Complimentary Drinks" emphasized in the email reminds this blogger of the great political election events of the 1990s where you never had to pay for a drink. Of course, the events were held by the San Francisco Democratic Party at The Fairmount Hotel.

But I digress.

The event is held this Wednesday, August 18th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, a donation of between $100 if you're a friend and $700 if you're an "angel" is required, and you MUST RSVP by emailing patforcouncil@gmail.com and you can visit her website at www.patforcouncil.com

And as I'm 2,000 miles away, I will not be able to attend.

Tech News - TechCrunch Disrupt coming to San Francisco

Michael Arrington and Carol Bartz

In tech news, readers to this space will recall the very successful TechCrunch Disrupt, New York City held in May at what was a giant Merrill Lynch call center in Chelsea.

That event drew 1,000 people from the Bay Area alone, and about 1,200 people overall. Now, TechCrunch Disrupt comes to San Francisco September 27-29 at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse.

What to expect? Well, a great startup competition, as well as the always interesting interviews given by TechCrunch Co-Founder Michael Arrington. Here's a hilarious wrap-up video we did at TechCrunch Disrupt New York City:



On the serious side, the winner of the Startup Battlefield was a firm called Soluto, which offers an online, social networked-based system for help with computers and PCs. In fact, it's so popular now, the firm had to disable some of its website services until its planned new version is launched.

Speakers? Carol Bartz?

As of this writing I don't know who will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. For all I know, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz may return. Here's the famous interview between Arrington and Bartz at TechCrunch Disrupt New York City:



Stay tuned.

The Expendables kicks Scott Pilgrim's tail at box office

Stallone kicks Scott Pilgrim's ass at box office 

For all of the hype and super-cool, "movie-of-the-century" jazz that came with the buzz about Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the movie is failing at the box office.

Even with it's still current (as of this writing) number-one Twitter Top Trend ranking over The Expendables, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is tanking at the box office. The only movie to lack a single black character's not pulling in the theater money to cover its $60 million to $70 million budget.

Scott Pilgrim's getting it's tail kicked by The Expendables at the movie box office.

According to Dealine.com's Nikke Finke, The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Bruce Willis and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, earned $13.5 million for an estimated weekend gross of $34 million from 3,270 theaters.

By contrast, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World made just $4.7 million from 2,818 theaters. So even thought it opened in fewer movie houses, it was just over 200 fewer. The bottom line is people weren't going to see Scott Pilgrim vs. The World other than a small, loyal fan base.

Sylvester Stallone a cultural icon...still

Sylvester Stallone's career success is based on what he described as "epistemological taxonomy," or basically that his movies have become cultural artifacts of sorts, in my video from the red carpet at Comic Con 2010:



Whatever the case, Stallone still means something to the American public, and his appeal is across age, race, and sex. Even Julia Roberts Eat, Pray Love, couldn't beat Stallone and The Expendables at the box office. The romantic escape chick flick (which this blogger plans to see) took in $9 million. The guys beat the girls.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Social Media

The failure of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World at the box office is because the demographic it was aimed at, teens and 20-somethings, don't have the bucks of the past to spend at movies. Social media buzz can't make parents cough up money they don't have in at a time of 9 percent and 10 percent unemployment rates.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is tanking at the box office as of this writing. Nikke Finke predicts complete failure. We shall see.

The Expendables vs. Scott Pilgrim on Twitter - Update

Stallone's pop culture battle is one to watch

After what was a spirited battle against an a largely organically-establised Twitter following for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The Expendables, the action movie starring Sylvester Stallone, has fallen from fifth position on Twitter Top Trends, to the last position overnight.

The reason for this, as stated in the last blog, is that The Expendables marketing outreach, which innovatively took it directly into the pop culture Mecca called Comic Con 2010 San Diego, was to create buzz from a demographic not known for supporting heavy, non-video-game-based action movies.

Then, Lionsgate worked to boost The Expendables Twitter exposure by using staff and actors as part of a Herculean effort that almost worked to catch up to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World on Twitter.

Still, it's early in the game. But Scott Pilgrim sits atop Teitter.

Obama supports Mosque by WTC site by Suzannah B. Troy

President Obama made waves yesterday by supporting the plans to build a Mosque by the WTC site.


President Obama said:

"Let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," the President said to applause from the 90 guests at a White House dinner Room celebrating the holy month of Ramadan.





If only it was that simple.  Yes, we are all agreed we believe in religious freedom.

I wrote this previously in response to a New York Post editorial on their piece about Mayor Bloomberg telling New Yorker to shut up on the Mosque debate.

No Mike Bloomberg people are not going to shut up because the wounds are still open and very raw. Yes we believe in religious freedom but please explain how the WTC is still an open wound. Many can remember the smoke that would melt rescue workers' shoes. If the smallest piece of DNA was found people finally had the most minute something of a loved one. 

How excruciating is that Mike to have to hope for the most infinitesimal DNA to find a love one and they are still finding remains so no Mike, people won't shut up. I do not  know why a Muslim group would be so insensitive and if they wanted to help heal and bring people together why not ask for suggestions and feedback. It doesn't sound like rocket science to reach out to a community post 9-11 but it seems this group wants to cause more pain. Do they have right to build yes but does it seem like they want to cause more pain? Yes.

Getting back to President Obama and I know he has a sense of humor so I would loved to have asked him for his thoughts about the gay bar that will be coming to the building next door to the proposed site of the Mosque.  Here is The New York Post article "Erecting a gay bar next door".  Will the members of the Mosque welcome their gay neighbors?

Scott Pilgrim vs the World vs The Expendables on Twitter

Stallone's ready for pop culture battle

Friday the 13th produced not an unlucky day for Lionsgate. It's new film, The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone, finds itself in the totally improbable position of battling Scott Pilgrim vs The World for Twitter supremacy.

And you know what? While Scott Pilgrim's been ahead of The Expendables for the last two days, The Expendables is gaining on it in Top Twitter Trends as of 11:10 PM PST , Friday. The Expendables is five spots down from the number-one-ranked Scott Pilgrim. But that means Scott Pilgrim can only go one way: down. Let's take a sample of the tweets from both films:

Scott Pilgrim vs the World on Twitter:

God_Damn_Batman
Scott Pilgrim vs The World is 113 minutes long. Scott Pilgrim vs The Batman? 1.84 seconds. That includes the credits.
about 12 hours ago via web
Top Tweet 100+ Retweets

AnnaKendrick47
Alright kids, Scott Pilgrim is in theaters TODAY. If this movie doesn't blow your mind, you are dead inside.
about 15 hours ago via mobile web
Top Tweet 100+ Retweets

radiomaru
THIS IS AMAZING! Scott Pilgrim movie trailer recreated with panels from the original comics! http://youtu.be/KIR2XYGDxCo
12:59 PM Aug 10th via TweetDeck
Top Tweet 100+ Retweets

ericpowerup
just got back from scott pilgrim.. thought it was great. Makes me wanna play No More Heroes again!
half a minute ago via web

volneydouglas
Scott Pilgrim was a really great movie. Why is it so hard to make a story new and unique? Take more creative risk like THIS Hollywood!
half a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone

The Expendables On Twitter

lionsgatemovies
THE #EXPENDABLES is now playing in theaters! Get showtimes and buy tickets now! http://bit.ly/cigwr8
about 13 hours ago via web
Promoted by Lionsgate Movies 26 Retweets

Mickey__Rourke
The Expendables opens this weekend. It kinda went way over budget. Likely because I kept stealing all their helicopters, but who's to say.
about 16 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Top Tweet 100+ Retweets

michaelianblack
"The Expendables" is going to be the best movie I ever watch eight months from now on an airplane going someplace like Ohio.
about 17 hours ago via web
Top Tweet 100+ Retweets

ToryStarBabyyy
Do 1st Page!!!! http://www.projectpayday.com/go/2712583, Scott Pilgrim, Expendables, #fridaythe13th, #ismilewhen, DONA DELMA, SS3, Inception
half a minute ago via web

DJ_ASAD_MM
#expendables was one of the best action movies eva!!!!!!!!!
half a minute ago via HTC Peep

WSFStone
The Expendables with my boys: the first thing worth tweeting in a long time. Thanks sylvester
half a minute ago via txt

The main difference between Scott Pilgrim vs the World and The Expendables may not be obvious to you, so I'll help out. The Expendables tweet parade seems to have been started and helped along by Lionsgate, whereas Scott Pilgrim vs the World's tweet parade was established by geeks.

That means Scott Pilgrim vs the World will have greater staying power, or legs, whereas The Expendables will fall from Twitter and at the box office after two weeks of glory.

Black characters or no, and that's a sticking point in this corner, Scott Pilgrim vs the World has the makings of a pop-culture classic, just looking at the reactions all over the Internet. Still, the bet here is The Expendables niche as a bang-bang shoot-em up will sustain it through 2010.

Next week's box office stats will be interesting. Stay tuned.

Jersey Shore episode 3 season 2 by Nikky Raney

Jersey Shore's third episode of the second season aired Thursday, August 12 at 10 p.m. The episode focused mainly on the relationship between Ronnie and Sammi; there was also some reconciliation between the housemates and Angelina.

Ronnie announced to Sammi that she was his girlfriend while they were at work at the gelato shop. Later on we see Ronnie choosing to go out clubbing with the guys instead of staying home with Sammi. While he is out he dances with a few girls and ends up making out. Snooki and JWoww debate what to do about the fact that they both know and haven't told Sammi. They know it makes them look like bad friends, and they try to think of a plan.

At a club Snooki talks to Angelina and tells her if she confesses to all the bad things she has said about the other housemates that she will be forgiven and given a second chance. She admits to the all the bad things she said, and she is given a second chance.

MVP night stands for Mike, Vinnie, and Pauly. Angelina tried to get in on the action, but when Angelina had her back turned the boys sprinted out of the house.

The guys end up bringing home grenades and one of the girl's fake plastic breast falls out into the hot tub. At that point the guys decided that the girls needed to leave.

Snooki is on the phone with her boyfriend as she lays in the bean bad with Vinnie. She ends up getting in bed with Vinnie and they are both drunk. Snooki says, "Wanna F***?" Vinnie says, "Sure." There is never any proof that anything sexual happened between the two of them, but they woke up in the morning and Vinnie answered the phone when Snooki's boyfriend called.

There aren't many customers at the gelato shop so The Situation stands outside of the store shirtless trying to attract customers. It fails.

Next episode previews shows the truth coming out to Sammi about Ronnie. This season is better than the last one. Come back next week for the blog on episode 4.

All photos courtesy of MTV.com

Social Media, Social Networking, and Zennie62: a talk with Tonya Hall

Tonya Hall 

A Saturday morning talk on Social Media and Social Networking between Tonya Hall which is she @Barzhini and Zennie Abraham, uh, that's me here @zennie62.

And it's in the morning at 10 AM EDT, 7 AM PDT at (click here) TonyaHall.net (radio tab, listen live). Yep, the morning talk show at its best!  Pour some coffee!

Tonya Hall's show is called The Tonya Hall Show - Embracing the POWER of Social Media!, and she's had people like 140 Character Conference Founder Jeff Pulver, and Foursquare Founder Dennis Crowley as guests, so I'm in good company. But what are we going to talk about?

Well...

With the slow death of traditional media, and the increasing knowledge gap between established New Media players and the enormous number of new players entering the market, what should you do to not only become a competent user of New Media tool, but to stay relevant in a sea of constant change? That's one of the questions and issues Tonya and I will tackle.

I'm going to leave the rest of the conversation for you to consume, but keep in mind I've been in this space since the 1990s when I was in AOL chatrooms learning how to place links in my responses, to 2006, when I discovered something called video-blogging via a convention called "Vloggercon."

Here's a video preview of where our talk might go:

Using New Media At The DNC Convention - How Zennie62 Does It



What do you get out of SXSW other than Mark Cuban?



Stabbing at Comic Con 2010 - Man stabbed in face with pen at Resident Evil panel

Why this one? Because the video was created in response to a disturbance as it happened, and in total the news that something was happening at Comic Con traveled around the convention within what one observer estimated to be just 20 minutes. The video captures the chaos of the moment as I was standing in line to see the Marvel Entertainment Panel for The Avengers.



Check it out!