…the guy in the background really needs to step up his game if he’s duping Gaga’s pokerface:

Yes, that’s my sister (I make the same face; it’s genetic), and yes, she’s just posted a new radio show to BrooklynRadio.net. Technically speaking it’s an anti-Auto-Tune set — a tirade against the digital technology that’s allowed frog-voiced famewhores like Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Paris Hilton, and Kim Zolciak try their hand at being professional song stylists. However, in the mix of all the delicious low-tech realness (and quirky personal stories), sis has also included a great Mardi Gras tune by Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias. Says Tiff:

Happy New Year! I am back with a new show – Episode 52 – I HATE AUTO TUNE MIX!! I had to let it be known how much auto tune grates me! We are living in a musical age that will sadly be known as the “AUTO TUNE YEARS”. My show is a sort of protest against the auto tune majority! So come join me and lets make this anti auto tune movement grow!! As always there’s killer trax to be had. Groovy Blues from Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon, and Otis Rush. Rock out with Dr Feelgood. Get in the spirit of Mardi Gras with Bo Dollis and The Wild Magnolias. And kinda a newish track from the Killer! Yep, 74 years old and he’s still got it! And LOADS MORE!!! Plus 2 boring stories from me! Enjoy!

Click here to view the track list and get down.

[from Flicker user JustinVG via BB]

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[ Joe Rogan Has A Creepy Locker Room Stalker, via Marty ]

On the upside: although TotalProSports chose a terrible title for that post, the commenters are far more bearable than you’d expect.

The boyfriend in my headpiece from Friday night’s bal masque, hosted by the Mystic Krewe of Satyricon.

During my final appearance as King Satyricon VII. My friend Brian did an amazing job on the costume (though the sparkly bits aren’t quite as obvious in full flash). Photo by a completely different Brian.

FYI, no beheading was necessary. I went peacefully.

1) Do you live in New Orleans?

2) If so, do you live in District C?

3) If so, did you know that Assessor Tom Arnold, who is running for City Council in District C, has been known to keep a gun in his office at the Algiers courthouse?

4) Did you know that Tom Arnold — who may or may not be stark raving bananas — was [supposedly seen] pointing that gun at his head after having a squabble with his wife?

5) Did you know that Tom Arnold has the worst campaign consultant ever? Because a talented consultant would never explain the aforementioned incident by saying, “Tom Arnold was not wielding a gun around the courthouse…. It was simply a disagreement between Mr. Arnold and his ex-wife, and it was a personal matter.” WHICH INVOLVED A GUN.

6) Did you know that Tom Arnold’s website features sentences, paragraphs, talking points, and beliefs borrowed from others? (Though technically, the blame for that falls to his site designer, Chip Quaglino, owner of Quaglino Advertising and Graphics, who recycled verbiage from previous campaigns he’d worked on with other candidates. Said the designer, “Sue me for not being overly creative or having time to sit down and do this.” And he’s got a point: surely it’s crazy to think that that someone who builds creative content for his own ad agency would be creative.)

7) Did you know that as of Wednesday, Tom Arnold still hadn’t bothered to file campaign finance records with the state Board of Ethics?

8) Did you know that Tom Arnold has a penchant for using police lights on his non-police vehicle when he’s late for a meeting, or possibly dinner?

If the answer to any of these questions is YES, perhaps you should high-tail it to the nearest voting booth and ensure that the aforementioned motherfucker stays the hell off the New Orleans City Council.

I love seeing Republicans, Libertarians, and other “fiscal conservatives” bash Big Government, then pitch a hissy fit when anyone threatens to trim the budget of the oversized agencies in their district. NASA funding is a great illustration of that phenomenon, since much of NASA’s work is based in Red States like Texas and Louisiana.

Case in point: our own Republican Senator David Vitter is forever screaming about scaling back the government, about reining in spending, about relying on the private sector to get things done. Basically, he’s asking us to outsource. Not surprisingly, Vitter vehemently opposed the Big Three bailout (which, FYI, saved thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs), but he gets rootin’ tootin angry when NASA sustains a hit, as he did in 2008 when he claimed that outsourcing space travel was equivalent to letting the Communists win:

“Today’s hearing focused on a number of very important issues facing the future of NASA not addressed in [President George W. Bush’s] FY 2009 budget request. I questioned the NASA administrator about the lack of funding in the president’s budget to accelerate the development of the Ares 1 Launch Vehicle and the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. The existing space shuttle program is due to be phased out by 2010, and if NASA is to continue with its tradition of progress and exploration we must move to address the gap in U.S. human spaceflight capability that will occur with the retirement of these vehicles.

“If we fail to accelerate the funding to close this gap, the U.S. will have no choice but to pay for our astronauts to travel to space in Russian vehicles. I am sure that most Americans will not be pleased to see us paying hundreds of millions of dollars to the Russians to send our astronauts into space at the same time we are laying off highly qualified, experienced and dedicated Americans who have been working on space shuttle programs for the past 27 years. NASA and the administration should examine whether it makes more sense to spend those hundreds of millions of dollars to close the gap rather than to pay the Russians to try to fill it,” said Vitter.

[VoteSmart]

And from yesterday’s email blast:

This week President Obama announced his intention to  terminate NASA’s Constellation Program intended to replace the space shuttle.  The president’s budget calls for NASA to instead rely solely on so-called “commercial”  space launch systems to take our astronauts into space.

Besides being bad for our nation’s space program, the president’s decision is particularly bad for  Louisiana and the dedicated workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans  who have been so integral to NASA since the days of the Apollo Program.   If Constellation is completely abandoned as the president  wishes, the effect on Michoud’s employees and the local economy would be  disastrous.

Now don’t get me wrong: I am a complete science nerd. I love NASA. I think it’s a hugely important program. I just think it’s ironic that a Jeebus-loving, Darwin-hating Creationist would be eager to throw money at a giant-sized government agency that’s so rational, objective, and science-y.