After the discovery of Richard III’s bones beneath a parking lot in Leisceter, England this past February, the Richard III Society immediately went ahead and commissioned a 3D sculpture of his head. The model was created by Professor Caroline Wilkinson and the forensic art team at the University of Dundee, using a 3D printing technique called stereolithography. Which is essentially the same manner in which those 3D guns are being printed.

Both the specifics of the skull shape and portraits painted of the notoriously wicked king during his lifetime were taken into account in order to produce the most accurate representation possible.

While the sculpture is currently on display in Leisceter, people across Britain will soon be able to gaze upon the disembodied head of the “rudely stamp’d” Plantagenet when it goes on tour this summer.

No plans have been made yet to recreate the King’s scoliosis-afflicted (not hunchbacked!) body. That we know of. Anything is possible, and really, what else is the Richard III society going to do with it’s time otherwise?

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Tickets for the first inaugural Interlocken music festival will be released in two waves, with the initial “artist-presale” opening May 22nd, and general “early-bird” access going on sale May 23rd.

The four-day bash will be held on Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, VA just south of Charlottesville. What’s most of interest about Interlocken, other than the fact that it is one of very few festival appearances for Grateful Dead offshoot band, Further, since the band withdrew from Bottlerock due to injuries guitarist Bob Weir sustained after a fall at a Port Chester performance, is how heavily the festival will work to “integrate an ethos of sustainability into camping, lodging, food, drink, transport offerings and specialized onsite activities” according to the festival’s official site.

Fortunately for my inner hippie (and the Earth, duh) this appears to be the way of the future for rapidly growing mainstay festivals, as well as the baby operations that are popping up left and right across the country. In addition to a slew of locally sourced edibles and Mother Nature-friendly lodging, the festival is using their tried connections, via seasoned concert promoters Dave Frey and Peter Shapiro, to fill the bill with the likes of Neil Young & Crazy Horse & The Black Crowes, among others.

A full lineup is yet to be announced, but we’re fairly certain this will be one for the books.

Interlocken Music Festival 2013 (thus far):

Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Furthur
The Black Crowes
Zac Brown Band
The String Cheese Incident

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Groupon CEO wunderkind turned epic business flop Andrew Mason was ousted from his company a month ago. He rejected a $6 billion dollar acquisition offer from Google and took the company public in late 2011, only to see the stock price plummet 73% since then. Groupon was one of the biggest boom-bust stories of the second great digital wave—one which left Mason out on his butt.

So how is he coping? “Traveling, losing some weight, reading, and embarking on other cliched pursuits of the unemployed,” he writes on his blog. Apparently one of the cliched pursuits of the unemployed is recording an album of “motivational business music.”

The best part? The album is called “Hardly Workin.’” From Mason’s blog:

I managed over 12,000 people at Groupon, most under the age of 25. One thing that surprised me was that many would arrive at orientation with minimal understanding of basic business wisdom. “Haven’t you read any business books? Good to Great? Winning? The One Minute Manager?” I’d ask. “Business books? Not really our thing,” was the typical response. I came to realize that there was a real need to present business wisdom in a format that is more accessible to the younger generation.

It was with this in mind that I spent a week in LA earlier this month recording Hardly Workin’, a seven song album of motivational business music targeted at people newly entering the workforce.

If this all sounds a little strange (or completely fucking bananas, as the case may be) don’t feel too bad for Mason. He’s been able to use his considerable experience and visibility to secure backing to start a new company. “I’ve accumulated a backlog of ideas over the last several years, my favorite of which I’ll be turning into a new company this fall,” he writes.

Let’s hope it’s not a record label.

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Some recent testing done on contaminates in Minnesota’s lakes has revealed that, rather than being the pure, wholesome, Rose Nylund-y bodies of water we’ve always thought they were, they actually have a bit of a substance problem. In that they are saturated in cocaine, synthetic estrogen, anti-depressants, carcinogenic swine antibiotics and insect repellent.

Which can only mean one thing, really. And that is that Minnesota is obviously having the best parties ever, and not inviting the rest of us.

Seriously, though. Does this explain Michele Bachmann’s crazy eyes?

Joking aside, it turns out that 1/3 of the lakes tested in Minnesota are laced with cocaine, and 78% of them are filled with pesticides. Which is really not so good for either humans or aquatic life.

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Heard Braxton/Palmer yet? Well, if you haven’t already, you definitely should. The Olympia-based producer/DJ Sonny Thomas’s latest track, “Creeper, Pt. 1,” is a dark and hypnotic slice of deep house. Harkening back to the early ’90s raves, the track also represents the underground currents now blooming in DIY warehouses nights.

“Creeper, Pt. 1″ is out now on Ceremony Recordings. (Check out another Ceremony Recordings artist, Prism House, for whom I directed a live music video.)

An especially stressed-looking Rob Ford wore his signature pink-hued face and a loosened tie to a press conference on Friday afternoon. At said presser, the Toronto mayor denied the existence of the alleged scandalous video capturing Ford smoking crack, which, to our knowledge, is still on the auction block for anyone with six figures to spare. “The allegations are ridiculous,” Ford told reporters as he fumbled a piece of paper. “The Toronto Star going is after me.”

Before Ford found himself in an imperceptible slump, he stepped away from the herd of press. One reporter shouted a follow-up question, asking if the mayor believed the video was a fake. He gave no comment. Watch below.

h/t Gawker

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Someone out there is a terrible human being with a coal black heart: a San Francisco restaurant named Bacon Bacon, that specializes in bacon, may have to close due to neighbor’s complaints about the smell of bacon in the neighborhood. The nerve!

Bacon, beloved by Internet denizens and also mouths the world over, is known to give off a particular (some might say heavenly) odor. This angered residents, who say that the owner of the restaurant also illegally dumped grease in the sewers.

In August, the restaurant was given a notice that it lacked the proper health permits, according to the letter from The City’s health department instructing it to cease operations. That letter gave the restaurant 75 days to resolve the issue.

A public hearing must be held before Bacon Bacon can continue operating, but one may not be scheduled until July, Planning Department officials said.

(Restaurant owner) Jim Angelus said that he has tried to meet with neighbors to resolve their concerns since last year, but the parties have failed to agree.

Read more: SF Examiner

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Scientists at University of Arizona announced this week that they’d discovered dogs get a runner’s high, similar to humans. Running increases the levels of endocannabinoids in their brains, which gives them “natural high similar to that of cannabis.” In light of the new discovery, here are 25 dogs totally blazed on running, man.

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No, you cannot. It is private. It’s something special Courtney Stodden shares only with her stretchy mutant serial killer lover, 50-something-year-old Doug Hutchinson. As much as the thought of this turns you on, it is something you will never get to witness for yourself.

Just know that it exists and that it was filmed sometime after August, and that you will never experience its grandeur. Despite the fact that it would definitely be the sexxxiest thing that has ever existed in the whole entire universe.

I will give you a moment to cry softly to yourself.

Stodden told E! Online that the tape is a “solo performance” and not even on her computers, saying “Hackers, don’t even go there cause you’ll find nothing.” You hear that, hackers who desperately want to feast their eyes upon the sheer majesty that is Courtney Stodden sexing herself? You will not find anything, so don’t even try.

As for what is on the tape? ”I don’t want to put any images in people’s mind; I’m gonna leave it up to you guys to think what you want,” says Stodden, wistfully imagining that most people are fond of visualizing her Plasticine face whilst they pleasure themselves.

When asked about her plans to pose for Playboy, Stodden said that she hasn’t sent them any pictures yet, but that she has posed recently for a UK magazine and believes it is possible to do naked pictures that are also classy and tasteful. Like this one, where she got nekkid with a fake corpse.

However, despite the fact that we cannot see real Courtney Stodden porn, we can always satiate ourselves with her delightful… um, comedy stylings?

It may work for you, if that is what you are into. In fact, when I was just watching it now, my dear friend and Death and Taxes co-worker, Ned Hepburn, kept asking me if I was watching weird Japanese porn. So there’s that.

For the record, I also do not plan on releasing a sex tape ever. Which I think is true for most people.

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It’s been five years. Let’s catch up on what some of the cast has been up to.

1. Dominic West, Jimmy McNulty

McNutty returned to his British accent in the acting trade, having most recently played Richard Burton in BBC4′s upcoming Elizabeth Taylor biopic, co-starring Helena Bonham-Carter.

2. Andre Royo, Bubbles

Royo, who was so convincing as Baltimore police’s junkie CI, was once handed heroin by a passer-by while filming an episode on location because he “needed a fix.” These days, Royo is helming the boxing drama “His New Hands,” currently in production.

3. Felicia Pearson, Snoop

Felicia Pearson, who played the street soldier Snoop, gave an interview to GlobalGrind back in November of 2012 to discuss her six and a half years spent in prison for second-degree murder (1995-2001) and how, now after “The Wire,” she’s not so sure she’s ready to return to acting. (Pearson almost didn’t do “The Wire” in the first place because she thought it was just a sucker’s paycheck.)

4. Idris Elba, Stringer Bell

Spoiler alert: Idris Elba’s character in “Prometheus” totally gets to bone Charlize Theron. In more recent news, the actor got in a scuffle with Liam Gallagher at the NME Awards in March … over a hat.

5. Method Man, Cheese

Some of you may have caught Meth during the second weekend of Coachella.

6. James Ransone, Ziggy Sobotka

James Ransome, responsible for depicting the dick-flashing Polak from season two, has become a regular in Spike Lee films including “Inside Man,” “Red Hook Summer” and the forthcoming “Oldboy.”

7. J.D. Williams, Bodie

J.D. Williams was interviewed on the streets of NYC when he participated at a 2012 march to raise awareness about the NYPD’s history of racial profiling. “I’m from New Jersey … we do have a very high racial profiling incident rate,” he told Democracy Now. “That air and that feeling is always there with young black men.”

8. Sonja Sohn, Kima Greggs

Since her turn as one of Baltimore City’s narcotics detectives, Sonja Sohn has taken a few parts on TV here and there. She has devoted a wealth of her time to campaign for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in North Carolina and the Baltimore’s reWIRED For Change inner-city youth program.

9. Michael Kenneth Williams, Omar Little

Michael Kenneth Williams is slated to play the famous 20th Century boxer Black Jack Johnson in the upcoming “179th Street.” Which will be interesting to see how (or if) the makeup department’s going to cover up Williams’s permanent forehead scar that he sustained after a bar fight at age 25. Black Jack had no forehead scar.

“The Wire” @ IMDb

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