It seems like it would be a peripheral issue, but I never cease to be amazed at how many actual newspaper consumers, or “intense readers”, as Joel Kramer is describing his target audience for MinnPost.com, lock up with the notion of reading their news off a two-pound, desk-bound computer. They all want to flop somewhere … Read more
ART LECTURE They Call Him Heap of Birds What a name! Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds. Or is it VI? His name seems to be in all capital letters everywhere. What does this mean? Is he… just that kind of guy? Perhaps. With exhibits across the world — from the MOMA; to … Read more
This month’s Vanity Fair has an article about a new online news website, newser.com, that includes Michael Wolff, former Pioneer Press editor Tom Doctor, and High Beam Research. The article, “Is This the End of News,” is definitely word a read.
Last month, seven U.S. soldiers wrote an op-ed piece for the NY Times which gave lie to the sunny sunshine glowing the past two days from General David Petraeus’s ass. Today, we read in the Times that two of those men have been killed in Iraq…in a truck accident. Senseless.
He didn’t exactly fall on his sword, but you gotta like Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for resigning because his popularity had fallen to Bush-like levels. The NY Times put it like this: “Mr. Abe, deeply unpopular, had already been written off by Japan’s political establishment and news media, his political future measured in months.” … Read more
In a moment of moral weakness I paused in my surfing from the end of the Twins game last night to Letterman to The Colbert Report. What caught my eye was Harvey Levin, the guru of TMZ.com, being fed “story ideas” by his, uh, staff of twenty-something “news” hounds. With journalism winding down in print … Read more
SPECIAL EVENTS Happy Rosh Hashanah! Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown today, so Happy Jewish New Year. Jewish or not, this might be a good time to take stock of the year’s mistakes and reflect upon the changes you need to make in your life. This isn’t about false resolutions, folks. Think about realistic things you … Read more
They might look innocent (and stylish) enough. But hear ye the simple story of how I came to know – the hard way – of my new running tights‘ nasty, little secret. (The culprit is as right.) Upon first inspection, the Adidas Response running Capri had all the features I sought of my autumn running … Read more
Adfreak turns us onto The Peeq, a risqué facebook-style social networking site for adults.
This old video shows Britney Spears chatting with Kevin Ferderline during her down time. It’s quite sad, really — the perverse mutation of innocence.