Hackers React to Amy Winehouse's Death

Swagger Security, the group that hacked Amy Winehouse's website last month, has tweeted their reaction to news of Amy Winehouse's death.

Call me cruel, but quite frankly, I find this hilarious.

Tweet #1:

Making sense isn't exactly SwagSec's forte.

And the absolute best reaction ever:

I find it admirable that the members of Swagger Security are able to find joy, even in these dark, dark days.

Eerie – All These Musicians Died When They Were 27 – “Forever 27” Artist List

In light of the sudden death of singer Amy Winehouse today, we came across this creepy phenomenon called “27 Club” or “Forever 27”.

Some people just refer to them as “The 27’s”

What is it and who are they?

It is a list of famous artists and musicians that all died when they were 27-years-old.

Some call it a coincidence, others may call it divine, but it is mostly just sad that we have lost so many talented people at age twenty seven.

Jimi Hendrix – Drugs
Janis Joplin – Heroin Overdose
Jim Morrison – Drug Overdose
Amy Winehouse – Unknown at this time
Kurt Kobain – Suicide

Biographer Charles R. Cross says,

"The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. While humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27".

There is even a book “The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll” by Eric Segalstad and Josh Hunter that discusses the life of not only the above artists, but 30 other musicians that died when they were 27.

Coincidence?



Other notable names are Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan of the Grateful Dead, Pete Ham of Badfinger, Gary Thain of Uriah Heep, D. Boon of the Minutemen, Pete de Freitas of Echo & the Bunnymen, and Rudy Lewis of The Drifters.

And the list goes on…….

Truth can be stranger than fiction some times.

Remember kids – stay in school and don’t do drugs.

And finally, watch your back Lady Gaga.

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Amy Winehouse is DEAD

Once upon a time, I said Lindsay Lohan died, just for funzies...

Well, Amy Winehouse is dead... And this is real. TMZ real, not Courtney Stodden real rill.

 R.I.P.

TMZ has confirmed: "Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment in London today"

The following is a press release from the Metropolitan Police:

"Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.

On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained."

We all know that Amy Winehouse lived a life filled with drugs and alcohol, so news of her death really can't be considered shocking, but I suppose we shouldn't jump to any hasty conclusions, quite yet...

Amy Winehouse had quite the month, leading up to her death:

Amy Winehouse had to cancel her European tour, after this interesting performance in Serbia, on June 18:

...And remember when Amy Winehouse's website was hacked last month? I wonder how Swagger Security feels about the death of the "white devil".

UPDATE: Swagger Security Reacts to Amy Winehouse's Death

Kids: Don't do drugs.


^[1] TMZ Staff. "Amy Winehouse Found Dead" TMZ 16 July 2011.

Dead - Amy Winehouse Found Dead in Her London Apartment

There is some sad news in the world of alternative music today.

Twenty-seven year-old singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment Saturday afternoon.

London police were called shortly after 4:00 PM and asked to assist a female who turned out to be Winehouse.

When police arrived they found the singer dead.

Witnesses told reporters that they suspect drugs and alcohol was the cause of death.

Police have not commented on a possible overdose.

Winehouse had cancelled the remainder of her European tour last month after appearing intoxicated on stage in Serbia Belgrade and was heckled by the audience.

Related: Amy Winehouse wasted on stage in Serbia Belgrade – Video

In 2007 the singer married musician Blake Fielder-Civil, but the couple had an increasingly violent relationship. Blake was sent to prison in 2008 on charges of obstruction of justice and they divorced in 2009.

Mitch Winehouse, her father, has not commented on her death but is currently travelling to London from New York.

R.I.P and God speed Amy.

You’re in the arms of the Angels now – may you find some comfort there.

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Amy Winehouse's Website Gets Hacked...Big Time

Earlier today, Amy Winehouse's website was hacked by what is, quite possibly, the most hilarious team of hackers ever. (It's not like I know a ton of hacker teams though, so I could be wrong.)

The best part is: her website is still under the hackers' control (as of publish time). Check it out for yourself: www.AmyWinehouse.com
(UPDATE: The hackers must've really done a number on Amy's site, because the URL now redirects to Amy Winehouse's Facebook page)

In case you missed it, here's a screen shot of the hilarious shenanigans:
(Warning for any sensitive souls: I am much too lazy to censor this, there are just WAY too many words that would need to be blurred out. Plus, it's just funnier this way.)

Click on the image, so you can see it full size. Reading is fun!

In their crazy, hard-to-read, mess of text, the hackers write:

"THE GOALS OF SWAGSEC ARE 2 TAKE BACK THE INTERNET FROM THE WHITE DEVIL.DEATH 2 THE WHITE DEVIL."

I would rip on the text's lack of readability...but I guess that's why these guys went into hacking, and not web design.

BUT WAIT! The fun doesn't stop there: Amy Winehouse's hacker is on Twitter! Username: @SwagSec (I know you wanna follow!)

Let's get to know @SwagSec, shall we? According to their Twitter Profile:  

"WE ARE HERE TO TAKE BACK THE INTERNET .--.wHoOp.--. FROM THE WHITE DEVIL. WE ARE A TEAM OF HOMOSEXUAL NEGROS AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT. SWAGGGG"

And, because I love screen shots:

Please notice that @SwagSec is following 12 people, two-thirds of which, are accounts associated with KFC. Nice.

UPDATE: 
KFC has blocked @SwagSec on Twitter. What idiots. They're really missing out on a great opportunity for publicity. SMH. SMFH.

Here's what @SwagSec has to say about it:

Yeah, I censored. And yeah, I retweeted.

Colonel Sanders obviously just made @SwagSec's s#!t list. Stay tuned for: "KFC's Website Gets Hacked...Big Time"

Video - Amy Winehouse Stumbles Through Show – Cancels Remaining Concert Dates and Enters Rehab

Here we go again. Poor Amy Winehouse.

It seems the troubled rock star singer is back on drugs.

Last week in Serbia Belgrade she tried to perform on stage but was so wasted that the crowd booed and heckled her.

A fellow band mate had to remind her what song she was singing and ultimately had to sing it for her as a spaced out Winehouse looked around in confusion.

The video below shows a stumbling Winehouse stopping, and then restarting her show and arguing with her band.



Embarrassing to say the least.

You can tell she is wasted and can’t understand a single word she is mumbling.

By the way, Amy’s handlers are trying to get all the Belgrade videos removed from the internet so there is a chance the above clip will become unavailable.

Earlier this month her reps say Amy checked into rehab at the Priory Clinic but checked out after staying only seven days. You know, the “Charlie Sheen” rehab method.

After news of her disastrous drug fueled performance in Belgrade got out, her team quickly pulled the plug on two of her upcoming European shows saying,

“Amy Winehouse has canceled appearances in Istanbul and Athens for the coming week. Despite feeling sure that she wanted to fulfill these commitments, she has agreed with management that she cannot perform to the best of her ability and will return home. She would like to apologize to fans expecting to see her at the shows but feels that this is the right thing to do.”

After returning home the news got even worse.

Apparently her “Management Team” felt the singer was unfit to perform any more and cancelled the 11 remaining shows of her European tour saying,

“Amy is withdrawing from all scheduled performances while she focuses on recovering. Everyone involved wishes to do everything they can to help her return to her best and she will be given as long as it takes for this to happen,"

While no reason was given for the cancellations, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why.

After all, it is Amy Winehouse.

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The Week In Ugly: Week of May 1 - May 7, 2011

Sometimes the gods of ugly really make my life easy.

The amount of glorious ugly I've witnessed this past week has made for a lovely ugly start to the month of May. Apparently, April showers bring May ugly.

First Up:

Chelsy Davy

Wondering who Chelsy Davy is? She's Prince Harry's fugly girlfriend.

I can't quite put my finger on what those lips remind me of... but it's definitely something ugly.

Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton is the definition of "hot mess".

 Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling is always disgusting, but this picture is especially horrifying.

For god's sake, PUT THAT THING AWAY! 

Amber Rose

Amber Rose looks dressed & ready to serve time for this crime of fashion!

(Hardy har har)

Denise Richards

Denise Richards ALWAYS looks like a deer in headlights. It's so frightening.

Lady GaGa

Lady GaGa always makes me want to vomit. Fugly dress, fugly shoes, fugly makeup, fugly hair, fugly face.

I often wonder if Madam GagMe looks in the mirror, and thinks to herself:
"Deeyum! I am one attractive lady!" ...I'll bet she does, given her high levels of  delusion.

Brooke Shields

I'm actually glad that Brooke is wearing that fugly hat. At least it partially hides her fugly face!

And now for this week's Ugins!

(My new favorite weekly feature, part of 'The Week In Ugly'

Ugins

ug-ins [ugg-inz]
-noun
1. ugly twins
2. either of two persons or things closely resembling each other in a manner that is very unattractive, unpleasant to look at, or displeasing in appearance.
See also: uglets

Amy Winehouse & Lady GaGa

So freaking similar, it's horrifyingly scary. Scarily ugly.

Where you been hiding at, Taylor Momsen? Ho Hum, I guess you'll just have to click here to see her past appearances in 'Ugly'. I guess the gods of ugly didn't make this such a great week, after all.

See ya next week, ugly fugs!