floating airport
San Diego group promotes floating airport A local group is promoting a plan to replace Lindbergh Field with an international airport off the coast of San Diego. Courtesy of Yoshiyuki Inoue. Updated:...
View ArticleWhy I Want to Fuck Arnold Schwarzenegger
In the ongoing battle between the two movie stars: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Warren Beatty, there has already been a number of Ballardian moments. If Beatty actually throws his hat into the ring...
View ArticleThe Director of the Medical Illustration Department
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/brad/medill/pernkopf.html The History of Eduard Pernkopf’s Topographische Anatomie des Menschen by David J. Williams “Frequently misunderstood because of the history of the...
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Jimmy Ballard's Hospital Review
What might have happened if J.G. Ballard had used his medical training to its fullest potential and become a doctor rather than a writer? Well, there would be no pen name for a start; ‘Jimmy Ballard’...
View ArticleAt the Airport Hanger
BEATTY TRIES TO CRASH SCHWARZENEGGER RALLY By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press Writer SAN DIEGO Actors Warren Beatty and wife Annette Bening tried to crash a campaign appearance Saturday by Gov....
View ArticleMemories of the Space Age
It started Monday when their first plane blew a tire on takeoff, dumped fuel over the ocean and circled back to Los Angeles International Airport to land in a spray of sparks, shedding 200 pounds of...
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Artist Accused of Vandalizing Urinal Jan 06 PARIS A 76-year-old performance artist was arrested after attacking Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” _ a porcelain urinal _ with a hammer, police said. Duchamp’s...
View ArticleThe Drowned World
Whale spotted in central London A seven-tonne whale has made its way up the Thames to central London, where it is being watched by riverside crowds. The northern bottle-nosed whale, which is 16-18ft...
View ArticleCar Crash in Las Vegas
A head-on collision Monday sent Sen. John Ensign and an aide to the hospital. Ensign and the aide who was driving were taken to Sunrise Hospital with minor to moderate injuries, police said. A hospital...
View ArticleCSI Revisited
Ballard wrote a fascinating review about CSI that was posted on this board. He called the TV show one of his favorites. Here’s what the “experts” say: Experts Blame Cop Show For Educating Criminals...
View ArticleTrashy Islands
Reading this article my mind went all Ballardian. Giant patch of ocean debris carries ghost nets, trash onto Island shores By Jan TenBruggencate Advertiser Science Writer A massive oceanic debris gyre...
View ArticleTerminal Theme Parks
Am I reading too much into these bits of news that catch my imagination? I’m reminded of HELLO AMERICA. Why? Because Vegas itself is more of a theme city than a real city. And terror in theme parks...
View ArticleBallard on Mondo Cane
The new book Sweet and Savage: The World Through the Shockumentary Film Lens, by Mark Goodall has just been published by Headpress in the UK. The only blurb comes from Ballard and Goodall conducts a...
View ArticleFrenchmen arrested for bringing ‘happy crashing’ to Spanish roads
Giles Tremlett in Madrid Thursday August 10, 2006 The Guardian You’re approaching a busy roundabout in a bustling Spanish city, minding your own business. Suddenly a rogue figure lurches out into the...
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