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Rock-n-Roll and Reality TV . . .

. . . They're probably not a good combination: > J.D., on CBS' Rockstar INXS wore a shirt that, when viewed normally, appeared to say something in an Asian language but, when viewed sideways, clearly reads "[Anatomically Impossible Act]" Censors did not catch the trick and images

Spiritualist and Occult Exhibit

New York's Met has a freaky exhibition coming up: The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult. It'll run from September 27, 2005”“December 31, 2005. Link [http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={B927CD20-71AD-4986-B346-66AE99B96BA4}] . The New York Times reported on it. Link [http://www.

More Fodder for the Anti-American Muslims

The Mohawk has become mainstream, according to this NYT piece. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/fashion/thursdaystyles/01mohawk.html?adxnnl=1&8hpib=&adxnnlx=1125568901-aEKgXCKvKDuShpshThhHkA] . Excerpt: > Some are curly and extend down the back into mullets or are gently buzzed along the sides. The result

Could be Funny . . .

. . . but will probably be an embarrassment. We enjoy Liddy, but don't respect Hannity. We've never listened to North: > A new comic series bearing the unwieldy title ''Liberality for All" is coming out in October from ACC Studios, a recently formed one-man publishing

If Cheaters Never Prosper . . .

. . . then America's future doesn't look too bright: > Rutgers University released a survey conducted with 4,500 high school students. Cheating was the focus of the survey. Seventy-five percent of the respondents said they cheated regularly. Eighty percent indicated that they saw nothing wrong with cheating.

What Would Adam West Think?

DC Comics has sent its lawyers to chase an artist who painted and sold a bunch of "gay Batman" pictures. Link [http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews8-18-05.asp]. We wish DC luck. The pictures are borderline funny, if they weren't so digusting. PG-13 Link

The Earliest Pod Cast Fans

> [I]n the course of 30 years [the Grateful Dead] managed to become the highest-grossing live band in the history of rock. > Yet in all of their years, they had only one hit ”“ 1987's “Touch of Grey,” which made it to number 9 on Billboard'

A Look at Looks

The Wilson Quarterly has a lengthy essay about Americans' obsession with appearance. It has a lot of current studies and analysis. Link [http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=135758]. Excerpts: > In general, how we look communicates something about how healthy we are,

Elvis

We've admitted previously: We like Elvis. No, we don't own a velvet Elvis, but we do have some Elvis posters. We bought them mostly for the shock and humor value, but we genuinely enjoy Elvis' music and persona, no matter how shallow and absurd. Perhaps

News Flash: Wal-Mart Turns Down Expansion Opportunity!

> Officials at Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., ordered their Roanoke store to put an end to Singles Shopping, the only program of its kind at Wal-Mart's U.S. stores. > Taking a cue from Wal-Marts in Germany, the month-old program encouraged customers on Friday evenings to pick