In what seem a surprise to some, John McCain picked a woman running mate, namely Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Not so much of a surprise: she’s fiercely anti-abortion. Read more after the jump.  (more…)

Frank151 Photo Editor Craig Wetherby is bringing his heralded show to LA this weekend. If you are in LA, this is not to be missed!

ZUNE L.A.
presents
The Good Life!Photography by
Craig WetherbySaturday, August 30th @
Zune L.A.
8275 Beverly Blvd.

Opening Reception 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Music Provided by
DJ Muggs
Blu Jemz

RSVP: events@frank151.com

www.craigwetherby.com

“At the sound of the tone the time will be 12AM. This is the sound of the Midnight Rockers Express. Late-night radio vibes from New York City for any time of the day, for anywhere you are. Bringing you inspiring and entertaining music with no boundaries. Playing the brand new releases and the classic recordings. Featuring special edits, remixes and DJ mega-mixes from the MRE crew.”

Check out Midnight Rockers Express on brooklynradio.net

Sound crew Knifeshow teamed up with Frank friends Ducksworth and The Dover Chester for their latest mixtape release, Bone Scandal. Listen to the mixtape here and catch Knifeshow Presents: Full Service, live at Love tonight in NYC.

Frank family Clark Kent will be djing this Friday at Southpaw in Brooklyn for the “Just For Kicks” sneaker event…Check it out:

Check out this wildly biased video we found floating around the web:

“Canadian police have arrested one of the world’s most prolific bicycle thieves after discovering almost 3,000 bikes in his possession.”

(Via BBC)

Meanwhile, back in NY, take a look at this oldie-but-goodie.

Warner Bros is sueing an Indian studio over a film whose title it believes is too close to that of its hugely successful Harry Potter series.Mumbai based Mirchi Movies is set to release its film Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors on September 12 in the subcontinent. But a lawsuit filed last week by Warner could yet see it pulled from the screen.

Besides the blatent name rip, we don’t really see it. Judging from the trailer, it looks like Macaulay Culkin’s more entitled to a royalty check than Warner Brothers.

Via guardian.co.uk 

This just in via Outaroad.com:

Gangster lyricist Adejah Palmer more popularly known as Vybz Kartel was given a rude awakening when his Honda Accord motor car was bombed outside of his plush upper St Andrew home in the late hours of Sunday 24th August. According to reports from the area, a motorcycle was heard entering the road on which the Dj lives and moments later an explosion shattered the silence complimented by the sound of the motorcycle speeding off. Check the whole story here.