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The Common Culture

The Christian Science Monitor asks, "In an age of increasing sources of reading and viewing material, do we have a common pop culture anymore?" It concludes that, though weakened, we do. It's an entertaining article. It also provides this Top Ten List of pop events that

Misc. Leno

From last night's show: > The first confirmed case of bird flu has just been discovered in Iraq. This is just the kind of thing that can destroy their tourism industry. > "Walk The Line” was passed over for best picture nomination. Which makes 'Brokeback Mountain”

Mozart at 250

Terry Teachout writes in honor of Mozart's 250th birthday [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article.asp?aid=12101066_1]. Excerpt: > [Mozart] was a child prodigy without formal education who wrote his first symphony at the age of nine and his last one a mere 23 years later, not

Mozart at 250 Years

Friday is the 250 anniversary of the birth of Mozart. WFMT in Chicago, in co-operation with more than 100 other stations, will broadcast a 3-hour concert live from Salzburg, Austria, Mozart's birthplace, from 11:00 AM CST until 2:00 PM, with an intermission at 1:

Claw Me

Cockfighting, though illegal, is popular in Utah [http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3431577]. I'm talking about rooster fighting, incidentally. It's not polygamy-driven competition for wives.

Back to the Drawing Board, NBC

What can they do next to offend Christians and increase ratings? They're good at the former, poor at the latter. > The last chapter of the controversial religious drama "The Book of Daniel" has been written at NBC [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_

Who Wants to be a Dirt Bag?

> More than 200 reality TV hopefuls queued up to conceive a baby with a stranger live on air for a Â£10,000 prize. > They were the victims of a spoof set up to see how far people would go to get on television, reports the Daily Mirror.

Movies and Health

> Researchers from the University of Maryland have concluded that watching a comedy can increase blood flow as much as aerobic exercise or regularly taking heart medication. > On the flipside, the mental anguish caused by watching a drama significantly decreases blood flow. Link [http://www.news.com.au/story/

Sploid

You think anti-Catholicism is dead? Visit Sploid [http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/01/catholic_cult_s.php], a popular Internet news site that received a ton of publicity when it started up last year. The following story is just one of many such bigoted articles I've

Gay Neighbors

The New York Times has run a disgustingly-slanted story this morning [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/arts/television/21welc.html?ei=5094&en=c9dd0688b64e8728&hp=&ex=1137819600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all] . Summary: ABC produced a TV show called Welcome to the Neighborhood.