The Smoking Cupcake's recent downtime has been overloaded with the usual bombardment of trivial and seemingly inconsequential material - there is truly more out there than meets the eye. So, in an effort to periodically give you a window into what I find scary, practical, trite, comedic and absurd, I give you the inagural Outpost Trasmission:

Ever wonder what would happen if somone ground-burst a 550 kiloton nuclear warhead in your backyard? The people at the International Journal of Health Geographics did...All yea, all yea, Tony Wilson, co-founder of Factory Records, passed from cancer August 10th (I'm sure the ever-exploitative Wilson would want you to go watch 24 Hour Party People right now)... In 1983, Rev. Tom Bird allegedly murdered his wife - creepy stuff...Is anyone else tired of Amy Winehouse and her douchebag husband?...Looks like Kevin Morford definitely chose the wrong week to stop sniffing glue...Sometimes, lawnmowers suck...I've been trying to explain the military draft conundrum to people for 6 years...Something tells me Lazaro shouldn't be defending himself...

You should check out: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Greatest Hits (many thanks to Mr. & Mrs. T-Bone)...this guy is so popular, he can't even go to the bathrooom in South America