“One of his (Günther Netzer) most fabled moments on the pitch arrived in the final for the 1973 German Cup. After a season of public power struggles with his manager, he announced a move to Real Madrid a week before this final game against Koln. The manager had him start the match on the bench. I am not sure I understand the details, but I think the manager tried to sub him in during the first half, and Netzer refused to go on the field. And then, during the second half, he shed his jacket, and said “I will go on now” and scored the winning goal. You can see that goal here, starting at about 2 minutes.”
— Jennifer

Make a donation in a friend or family members name to Wikipedia — I did.

Dorothy, a 73-year-old retired librarian, and her husband Herb, an 85-year-old retired postal clerk started buying minimal and conceptual art in New York in the early 1960s, living on Dorothy’s salary and spending Herb’s on art. Thirty years later, the Vogels had managed to accumulate over 4,000 pieces, filling every corner of their living space from the bathroom to the kitchen. “Not even a toothpick could be squeezed into the apartment,” recalls Dorothy. Their apartment was near collapse, holding way over its limit - something had to be done.

In 1992, the Vogels made headlines that shocked the art world: their entire collection was moved to the National Gallery of Art, the vast majority of it as an outright gift to the institution. Many of the works they acquired at modest prices appreciated so significantly that their collection became worth several million dollars, yet the Vogels never sold a single piece to breakdown the collection. Herb and Dorothy still live in the same apartment today- with 19 turtles, lots of fish, one cat -once completely emptied, now refilled again with piles of artworks.

Cried my eyes out when I saw this documentary. Maddd cute.

“Okay, I need a minute to brag about my students who represented my school this past sunday, competing in a ballroom dance competition against 14 other LA schools.

We’ve been working for the past 10 weeks learning 5 different dances, and Sunday was the final competition, in which we selected 10 students to compete. I watched and cheered on nervously as they danced the meringue, rhumba, foxtrot, tango and swing in some fancy ballroom on the west-side of town.

I’ve never been more tense or nervous as I was when they were announcing the winner. My students had worked so hard and danced so well; I wanted them to win badly — they deserved it. The M.C. announced the 3rd place winner, the 2nd place winner, and then the 1st place winner: Culture and Language Academy of Success! We won it! I lost it. Went crazy hugging my students and hoisting our HUGE first place trophy up high. They allowed us, the winners, one last dance in front of the whole crowd. I’ve never been more happy, more proud.

I gotta give mad props to Alaysia, Damani, Evan, Crystal, Jerimiah, Jaida, Kennedy, Renard, Denzel and Tah-je. The best little dancers in all of Los Angeles.

Warmly,
Andrew Gaines

Illicit Haul: Colombian soldiers guard a semi-submersible captured last month with 1.6 tons of cocaine

by Chris Kraul

Reporting from Tumaco, Colombia — Squat, bull-necked and sullen-looking, Enrique Portocarrero hardly seems a dashing character out of a Jules Verne science fiction novel.

But law enforcement officers here have dubbed him “Captain Nemo,” after the dark genius of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” They say the 45-year-old has designed and built as many as 20 fiberglass submarines, strange vessels with the look of sea creatures, for drug traffickers to haul cocaine from this area of southern Colombia to Central America and Mexico.

Capping a three-year investigation that involved U.S. and British counter-narcotics agents, Colombia’s FBI equivalent, the Department of Administrative Security, arrested Portocarrero last month in the violent port city of Buenaventura, where he allegedly led a double life as a shrimp fisherman. (continued)

Thank Michael Jonathan · 12/14/08

Laibach, Life is Life from Opus Dei — a higher quality DVD rip.

Pantheon of Broken Men and Women poster. A tribute to those individuals who have been shattered by a certain suspension of disbelief. As Pantheons are more often than not dedicated to the victors (whether during their lifetime or via history), this is an inverted Pantheon, dedicated to the defeated. Produced in collaboration with Fillip, Slavs and Tatars, and Stand Up Comedy.

George Best Interview, Part 1 of 4.

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4