"Bale Out" is a satirical dance remix by American composer Lucian
Piane, also known as RevoLucian, released on February 2, 2009, to
YouTube and MySpace. The piece utilizes audio from a July 2008 rant
made by actor Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation.
Various other elements are used in the remix, including pulsating dance
track beats and clips of Barbra Streisand from a 2006 exchange with a
supporter of then-President George W. Bush, creating the impression of
Streisand arguing with Bale. The day after its release, the YouTube
page for the song had been viewed over 200,000 times, and over a
million times by February 5, 2009. The Associated Press called it a
"hypnotic dance track", and United Press International noted it was
"catchy", characterizing it as a "YouTube sensation". Gil Kaufman of
MTV.com described the piece as "a techno-ripping, demonic dance party".
TIME magazine's website called the track "hilarious", and Nine News
characterized it as a "raging online success". The director of
Terminator Salvation McG liked the remix and put a copy of it on his
iPod, and Bale said he had heard the remix and thought "they did a good
job".
Read the rest of this article:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bale_Out>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1536:
An expedition to the New World led by Spanish conquistador Pedro de
Mendoza founded what is now Buenos Aires, Argentina.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires>
1848:
The Mexican–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles)
of Mexican territory known as the Mexican Cession to the United States
in exchange for US$15 million.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo>
1922:
The novel Ulysses was first published in its entirety after this
material by author James Joyce first appeared in serialized parts in
the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December
1920, becoming one of the most important works of Modernist literature.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_%28novel%29>
1943:
World War II: The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving
German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest
battles in human history.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad>
1982:
The Syrian army bombarded the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt
by the Muslim Brotherhood, killing about 7,000–25,000 people.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hama_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
yomp (v):
To make a strenuous long-distance march
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yomp>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have
exhausted all other alternatives.
--Abba Eban
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abba_Eban>