swagger so bright I don't even need light

A contract rider includes specifications on stage design, sound systems, lighting rigs, as well as an artist's wish list for a performance--from transportation and billing to dressing room accommodations and meals. In some cases, a promoter will refuse a demand (crossing out the request on the document), though stars usually get what they want, whether it's clean boxer shorts (Jane's Addiction), prune juice (Kansas), or an arrangement of tulips, roses, gardenias, and lilies (Janet Jackson). After skimming through a large list I found online, this seemed to be the one I couldn't stop laughing at...

Rapper Lil Wayne (real name: Dwayne Carter) is taking full advantage of his chart-topping position, according to his 2008-2009 tour rider, excerpts of which you'll find below. The performer, who gets half his six-figure fee in cash before a show, demands that he be lodged in the "Presidential Suite" of a "5 star hotel." His room must be at least 1000 square feet, and the living room and bedroom have to be separated by a door. Promoters must also be prepared to provide a "chartered Lear JET" for Lil Wayne and his entourage. The performer's dressing room needs to be "without oder" and stocked with two bottles of Hennessy cognac ("XO Only!!!"). He also requires two bottles of Perrier-Jouet champagne, though his people need to brush up on the spelling of "Perrier." As for security, Lil Wayne needs a two-vehicle police escort from the airport, and to and from the hotel and the concert venue. And he also stipulates that four off-duty cops must accompany him during these travels (while most rappers seek to distance themselves from law enforcement, Lil Wayne describes this rider entry as a "MANDATORY REQUIREMENT!!!"). While touring overseas, Lil Wayne requires around-the-clock security provided by "FOUR (4) ARMED PERSONNEL."

Don't come knockin...

charts ...

Gutter is a tool!!

Anti-Wi-Fi Paint---For the Scrooge in you :)

Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have created a special paint which can block out wireless signals.The paint contains an aluminium-iron oxide which resonates at the same frequency as wi-fi – or other radio waves – meaning the airborne data is absorbed and blocked. While paints blocking lower frequencies have been available for some time, this new technology is the first to absorb frequencies transmitting as high as 100GHz (gigahertz). Signals carrying a larger amount of data – such as wireless internet – travel at a higher frequency than, for example, FM radio.

The paint has a number of interesting potential applications including: keeping wireless networks secure, blocking phone calls during movies, shielding hospital rooms from unwanted electromagnetic radiation, and making clothes that protect people from electromagnetic waves.

I kind of like it :)