The... Polanski

I've just read that Roman Polanski has been arrested after roughly 30 years living in France, escaping trial for allegedly drugging and raping a 13 year old girl. Amazing.

I would have thought that Polanski would be one of those guys that stayed on the run until they died, but he got caught. It'll be interesting to see what the outcome will actually be.

Will the US extradite him back to their soil, and will they go to trial for something that happened 30 years ago? Seriously, the person who he apparently did all this to says to leave it the fuck alone, and that she doesn't care.

It'll be a very interesting few months ahead for Mr Polanski I think.

The... Mothersbaugh

I've had my kids the last few days, and they've been pretty good. Most of the time, they've been quite content to sit still and have been watching a lot of Nick Jr.

Which means, I get to either watch or hear a lot of Nick Jr.

I swear, the whole line-up of shows makes me think of DEVO. Constantly. The music is either made by Mark Mothersbaugh, or inspired by his work, or he is on the show that is currently on.

It was quite strange the first time I spotted him drawing on 'Yo Gabba Gabba!'

My kids were watching him intently as he started to draw some creature, the type of which I cannot recall... but he then drew a flute and the drawing started to play the flute and jump about the place (which reminded me of "Cactus Chef playing 'We Didn't Start the Fire' on a flute" from Late Night with Conan O'Brien). Obviously his mind is still warped from the old DEVO days and this has translated to the projects that he is involved in...

...which is good to see. That's exactly what kids need these days. Some good old 1970's/1980's insanity.

By the way, I found the Lego man from here. Quite awesome indeed.