Lil Wayne’s Teeth Get Karma Canals

February 20, 2010 by Phil Maggitti ·
Filed under: Music 

image of rapper lil wayne

Karma score: 72/100

My goofy Aunt Lea, who once threatened to commit suicide by stuffing her head into an electric oven, was fond of saying, “Be true to your teeth or they’ll be false to you.” Too bad Lil’ Wayne didn’t know my Aunt Lea. She was one scary-ass white woman, f’shizzle, but she could have set home boy straight about his teeth. Read more

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Trey Anastasio Repairs His Karma. Music Next?

February 17, 2010 by Phil Maggitti ·
Filed under: Music 

musician Trey Anastasio's 2008 mug shot

Karma score: 84/100

Many people believe that Phish guitarist, Trey Anastasio, hit bottom when he was busted for DWI-drugs in some upstate New York podunk early on a cold, mid-December morning in 2006, but those people are wrong. Anastasio bottomed out in 2004, the year Phish called it a day. Read more

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Bruce Springsteen Is a Karma Chameleon

February 10, 2010 by Phil Maggitti ·
Filed under: Music 

image of Bruce Springsteen

Karma score: 55/100

Five days ago we gave Bruce Springsteen a karmic thumb up for loudly refusing to participate in a lawsuit against a New York City bar in which a band had played two of his songs. The lawsuit was filed on Springsteen’s behalf by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). The group alleged that Connolly’s Pub & Restaurant on W. 45th St. had failed to obtain the requisite performance license from ASCAP and, therefore, the bar owes The Boss money. Read more

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Pete Townshend & The Who Are Low on Karma

February 9, 2010 by C.D. Graves ·
Filed under: Music 

image of Pete Townshend of The Who

Karma score: 28/100

Who guitarist Pete Townshend, a registered sex offender in England from 2003 through 2008, performed during the Super Bowl halftime show dressed as a former registered sex offender. Rocking a red doo-rag beneath a dirty-old-man hat, sunglasses, an icky-looking stubble, and a cheap shirt that rose to reveal his paunch, Townshend, 64, looked like he’s spent some time slouched in a crummy van across from an elementary school playground. Read more

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  • Today in Karma History

    03/17/461
    Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop, and apostle of Ireland, died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. Born in Great Britain, most likely in Scotland, Patrick was part of a well-to-do Christian family of Roman citizenship. At the age of sixteen he was captured and enslaved by Irish marauders.

    Patrick worked as a herder in Ireland for the next six years. During that time he depended on a deepening religious faith for comfort. Following the counsel of a voice he heard in a dream one night, Patrick escaped and found passage on a ship to Britain, where he was eventually reunited with his family.

    Some time later Patrick had another dream. This time an individual named Victoricus gave him a letter, entitled "The Voice of the Irish." As he read the letter, Patrick heard the voices of Irishmen pleading him to return to their country and to walk among them once more.

    After studying for the priesthood, Patrick was ordained a bishop. He returned to Ireland in 433 and began preaching the gospel, converting thousands people, and building churches around the country. After forty years of living in poverty, teaching, traveling, and working tirelessly, Patrick died on March 17, 461, in Saul, where he had built his first church.

    Much of what is known about Patrick's legendary life comes from the Confessio, a book he wrote during his last years.

  • Shortcuts to Killer Karma

    Shortcuts to Killer Karma turns the accepted notion of karma on its head and shakes the money out of its pockets just for laughs. In this section we will show you how to appear worthy even when you're being a total [penis]. Sound cool? Click here.