Bloody hell, just when women were allowed off their leash and freed from their iron shackles, it seems that someone doesn’t want female kind to embrace individuality and tell men to sod off. Millions of bras went to waste as scores of ladies burnt them in order to campaign for rights including the vote, chance to work and to stay up past 10pm.

Now, men and woman are almost equal, but what would happen if you decided to gradually take your clothes off and lie naked on the floor? Erykah Badhu decided to do just this last March in Dallas where she recreated the moment when President John F Kennedy was shot dead in 1963. Perhaps we didn’t get explicit history lessons as we can’t remember John F Kennedy waving his wang around before he got shot. Maybe someone took offence at him doing that, the daft sod.

Don’t worry; the video is for work, so you won’t be left in any dodgy situation when you hastily knock over a coffee cup as you hastily pull up a spreadsheet when the boss wanders over. The more pop savvy of you might recognise the basic premise of this video with someone walking down the street. Just look at Massive Attack’s amazing Unfinished Sympathy video, The Verve’s shoddy remake and then the even worse version that was the soundtrack to a failed World Cup campaign.

None of those videos has nudity though and this one contains a real life woman getting her lady bits out. Don’t get all excited and skip to the end of the song now you pervert, because the song is placed on YouTube, all the rude bits are blurred out. What did you expect? M.I.A can’t showcase her ginger genocide video, so what hope is there for nakedness? BBC News reports that after taking off her clothes:

“US soul singer Erykah Badu has paid a $500 (£322) fine and will serve six months’ probation for stripping naked on a Dallas street for a music video.”

Again, we really have no idea how her lying down and pretending to be shot will automatically trigger a reference to the John F Kennedy shooting. More teenage boys will be left disappointed as their potential access to free grot has been spoilt. Just in case you thought we’d go the whole article without mentioning the actual song, Window Seat is a phenomenal recording, with its clunky beat still showing that Erykah Badhu can sing the majority of people in her genre under the table.

In an ironic way, it’s a shame that such a great single has only been given literal exposure by its curator doing what she did in the video.

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Looks like Wesley Snipes is going to have to revert to some of the crafty money-making techniques of Sidney Deane to get himself out of this pickle.

The star of the Blade trilogy, as well as Money Train – we’re not forgetting that one, Wesley – has had some… ‘troubles’, should we say, over the last couple of years. Troubles involving taxes. And how he didn’t bother to pay them between 1999 and 2001, apparently. Maybe he assumed his valuable contribution to movies was payment enough?

Regardless, the vampire-hunting, trash-talking basketballer who likes trains with money on them has been ordered by a federal judge to pay back $217,000 to the government, to cover the legal costs incurred in prosecuting him earlier this year.

Hopefully Wes can pull something like The Marksman 2: The Marksman in Space out of the bag to cover those bills. And use the tagline ‘Wesley. Snipes’. If it hasn’t already been done. And if it hasn’t, hecklerspray gets the copyright on that badboy.

Wesley is currently appealing against the decision to imprison him for three years after he misplaced his tax pen, or whatever his incredible defence for not reporting $11 million of income was, but it looks like this charge is set to stick. While it isn’t the hugest fine in the history of the world, it’s certainly another in the line of examples that the once-Simon Phoenix is being used to set. It would also seem that judges hate him.

When you take into account the fact that Wesley’s crime involved money, and how he didn’t pay it to the government when they say he should then – well, you start to understand why they’re being so harsh.

As we all know, money is the most important thing in the world, more so than a roof over our heads, a hot meal or even the air we breathe. Clearly they’re well within their rights to go overboard on all the charges, even forcing Wesley Snipes to pay for the prosecution that worked against him.

Ah well – it’s one of life’s lessons and one that Willie Mays Hayes is sure to have learned his lesson from, even if it does mean he won’t be able to bankroll Passenger 57 2: Passenger 57 in Space. Which is a crying shame.

To make matters worse for the 46-year-old, he could still end up going to jail for three years when the result of his appeal is decided. On the plus side, Snipes does have a lot of experience at fighting and doing excellent roundhouse kicks, so at least he’ll be able to handle his own in the joint, possibly making something of a name for himself.

Another positive of jail could be the gangland chums he’s sure to make on the inside – all of whom would add a great deal of authenticity when playing ‘Generic Baddie 3′ in Demolition Man 2: Demolition Man in Space.

Never let it be said that hecklerspray don’t try and help – we’re looking for positives, trying to cheer the guy up. It’s not like his real friends are much use.