Kid Cudi is a well-known stoner, but speaking in Brooklyn at a recent appearance he made a point to say he was not headed the way of The 27s:

“I know you guys were hearing some sh*t about me in the news. I was wilding out and sh*t, but I’m good now. I just smoke weed. I know n*ggas die when they 27. I’m 26 now, but I promise I’ll live till I’m old as sh*t.”

The release of Kid Cudi’s second album, “G.O.O.D. Music Day” (featuring Kanye West, Consequence, and Big Sean) has now been pushed back till September 30, 2010.

Here’s an interesting interview with clips from the upcoming disc. Kid Cudi has some brains, so hopefully he won’t continue to waste ‘em.

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“Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.

Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.” –Sundance.com

Check out the trailer below…

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The first was featured in the November 2008 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. An avid guitar collector, Zeke Schein, claims he now owns the third known photograph of Johnson, and that he bought it off of eBay.

The seller advertised the photo as that of a “young BB King” but Schein was convinced otherwise. $2200 had the item shipped and delivered. Upon closer scrutiny, Schein believed the man to the left of “Robert” to be, none other than that of Johnny Shines, well-known traveler and companion of Johnson during their heydays. The hands and facial features certainly suggest an affinity for Johnson’s own, but to date, the certainty is still less than 100%.

A second photo, eerily similar to the much heralded cigarette photo booth shot, came to light in early 2007 when the owner asked for a whopping $795,000 at opening auction. Crazy, right?!? Maybe not so when you figure this in… In the summer of 2006, what was dubbed, the “Holy Grail” of musical instruments popped up: the guitar said to be held by Robert Johnson in his infamous cross-legged portrait. For a mere $6 million, the guitar went up for grabs across the web. There was little proof other than some photo comparisons, but risk seems to be less important than an opportunity to own music history.

Whether or not these artifacts do in fact hold clues about the lives of Robert, Johnny, or even Willie does not really matter. The quest to authenticate Robert or Willie’s life will continue to enthuse and inspire music fans across the globe. And, who knows, maybe the ole’ thrift store down the road holds the proof of Willie’s mug, Robert’s additional threads or links in the chain to a history we can’t get enough of. Cheers!

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The 5-foot-ten-inch Nava approached the plate like everyday business. “I wanted to treat it like I normally do,” he said. “I just said, `How are you guys doing (to umpire Bill Hohn and catcher Brian Schneider)?’(notes) They didn’t say anything.”

The bases were loaded for Boston with no outs.

“I knew it was his first at-bat, but I tried to throw him a sinker away,” Blanton said. “I threw it right down the middle and it didn’t sink.”

Blanton’s fast ball ended up in the right-field bleachers before Nava realized what had happened. In perfect Major League fashion, Nava had his chance to soak it up as Fenway Park’s enthusiasm pulled Nava from the dugout for a rookie curtain call.

Watch the hit unfold below :

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After the game, GM gave the pitcher a $53,000 Corvette, an act that The New York Times’ Nick Bunkley called in to question on the grounds that the U.S. Government currently holds 61 percent of GM stock. “A free sports car for a Detroit Tigers baseball player was not among the reasons the government saved General Motors from financial collapse.”

More than a week has passed and research firm Joyce Julius & Associates in Ann Arbor, Mich., said GM’s gift was cited in 714 TV programs, publicity worth about $1 million. It was also covered in 151,000 publications and Web entries, including Drive On, worth another $7.9 million. Crain’s says GM didn’t commission or pay for the report. Wonder what Nick Buntley thinks of that? For the cost of a couple of full-page ads in glossy magazines, GM netted an estimated $9 million worth of publicity. Sounds like a pretty good deal to us.

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Lil Wayne began serving in NYC’s Rikers Island jail in March after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in October 2009. He admitted to keep a loaded semiautomatic gun on his bus in 2007.

We’re not sure if Lil Wayne had read the fine print of what constitutes contraband at Rikers when he talked with Rolling Stone shortly before being incarcerated. “I’ll have an iPod, and I’ll make sure they keep sending me beats.”

The Associated Press reports that “the Grammy Award-winning rapper faces potential discipline after jail officers found a charger and headphones for a digital music player stashed in a potato chip bag in his cell Monday, city Correction Department spokesman Stephen Morello said.”

The player was found in another inmate’s cell nearby.

Apparently inmates are only allowed to listen to music on radios and headphones sold at the jail commissary. With this infraction, who knows if Tha Carter III will be out on good behavior in November. We hope so.

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The latest entrant, Chris Solinsky (25), is the first and only member of this exclusive 27-minute club who hails from outside Africa. So far, 20 Kenyans, 6 Ethiopians, 2 Moroccan’s, 1 each from Uganda, Eritrea, and the United States. Solinsky’s winning time was 26:59.6.

It should be noted that no one has died trying to beat this record, which is a major difference to The 27s this site typically covers. To put the 27 runner’s club in perspective, more than 3,000 people have summitted Mt. Everest, the world tallest mountain.

Our congratulations go out to Chris Solinsky.

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Here’s the complete list:
Rolling Stones/Let It Bleed (1969)
Led Zeppelin/’IV’ (1971)
David Bowie/The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
Mike Oldfield/Tubular Bells (1973)
The Clash/London Calling (1979)
New Order/Power, Corruption and Lies (1983)
Primal Scream/Screamadelica (1991)
Pink Floyd/The Division Bell (1994)
Blur/Parklife (1994)
Coldplay/A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

Now, will the USPS please get on the bandwagon and release stamps along the same lines?

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Frances Bean Cobain is currently 17 years old. Her mother Courtney Love already lost custody of her between 2003 and 2005 due to Love having a drug overdose.

Frances Bean Cobain’s trust, which was set up by Kurt Cobain before he committed suicide in 1994, is still under control by Courtney Love.

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