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Peter Steele crosses over...

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Restoration Revelation: Goddess of the North

It looks as if the Druids are rising once again in the British Isles:

Work is to start on a giant sculpture of a naked woman which is to be carved into the Northumberland landscape.

The "Goddess of the North" will be made from 1.5 million tonnes of earth from the Shotton mine, near Cramlington.

It will stand 34 metres - 10 metres higher than the Angel of the North - and will be 400 metres long.

Once developed, it is believed it will be the largest human form to be sculpted into the land, in the world.

UFO on the M5

From The Sun:

TWO fighter jets are filmed whizzing over the M5 - apparently in pursuit of a UFO. A mystery cameraman took footage of the military aircraft chasing the shiny orb. The 30-second clip is believed to have been taken from a West Midlands service station car park.

Expert Nick Pope, who probed UFO sightings for the MoD, said: "This is one of the best videos I've seen. It could be a new drone - that might explain the military jets.

It certainly could be, but Pope notes that this isn't the time or place to test a drone, and we still haven't seen any confirmed drones with no external architecture, such as stabilizers and antennae.

Fringewatch: S2 Ep 17

This was a good solid ep, if not a bit on the serviceable side. We start out expecting a standalone and end up back in the Mythology. The Jacksonville motif seems increasingly creepy in light of the of the scandals emanating from the Vatican, not to mention the daycare scares of the 80s. That being said, I'd like to see Olivia begin to manifest some interesting powers herself, aside from the vision thing.

The real treat this week (aside from the hypnotic Vancouver ambiance) was an uncredited guest appearance by Diane Kruger of Troy and National Treasure fame (and Joshua Jackson's GF, the lucky bastard). Sadly, it looks to be a one-off...

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Malcolm McLaren 1946-2010

Malcolm McLaren, the man who irreversibly changed the face of British music as manager of the Sex Pistols, died yesterday, aged 64.

He had suffered from cancer for some time and, despite a recent period of good health, his condition had deteriorated rapidly in recent days, according to his spokesman. He died in Switzerland yesterday morning and his body is expected to be flown home to be buried in Highgate cemetery, north London.

Those paying tribute to him last night included John Lydon, who poignantly signed his statement in the name of Johnny Rotten, the nom de guerre that the one-time enfant terrible used during his Sex Pistols days.

In the Strangest Places, pt. 3,419

Asia was a punchline in The 40 Year-Old Virgin, but they were made up of some heavy duty prog vets from Yes, ELP and King Crimson who decided to to forget all of the wonky time-signature stuff and play the Top 40 sweepstakes. Matt from X-Files Lexicon sent along this video, with some fascinatingly incongruous Ishtar/Kali/Sekhmet destroyer-goddess imagery...