Actually, George Peppard is The Aquamaniac

Well, Christina Aguilera has been linked to torture (with a very intended linking pun). What is more ironic--something that should be of utmost interest to all our hipster readers out there and especially Turtledaub himself--is that Guns 'N Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" was blasted at CIA-installed puppet dictator Manuel Noriega's compound when the U.S. government turned on him in 1989, and Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walking" thundered out of the speakers at the Branch Davidian compound in wacky Waco, TX in 1993. At least the Italians are ready to lock up the kind of people who would try that stuff. "Italy: Making the World Safe for metalheads, duders, and hipsters at all points south of heaven, since 2005" Sounds like a winning tourism campaign to me. What I really wonder about, though, is how many people felt a strange inclination, something they...just...couldn't put their fingers on...to head in the direction of Waco, TX at about the same time in 1993 that Nancy Sinatra was heard loudly in those parts. That's the kind of stuff newspapers won't tell you. But, alas, that's exactly what I want to know! I would estimate the number at somewhere around 484 persons, not counting cattle.

And by the way, if years of watching The A-Team has taught me anything (besides the fact that the U.S. government is totally corrupt and is after a team of crack commandos for a crime they didn't commit), it's that George Peppard is best known as The Aquamaniac.

Anyway, please enjoy this awesome artwork by Gerhard Richter (yes, he IS the same guy who painted a candle that was reproduced on a certain Sonic Youth album cover):