Popular Culture |
14 April 2003
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Magazines or Catalogues?
One has a great deal of affection for the lowly magazine. It is the artistic and financial culmination of movable type -- disposable yet durable writing. So, when trying to find an article by Christopher Hitchens (who is often wrong but always smart) written a while ago, one had the unpleasant experience of trying to navigate a recent issue of a magazine. Gutenburg never imagined such misery. For more, click here.
Pepsi, the Monkey and $1,000,000,000
The media media, that is, those publications and electronic outlets that cover the communications industry, has uncovered a joint abomination that Pepsi and Warner Brothers TV plan to perpetrate in the coming weeks. It seems that wanting to be a millionaire on the strength of one's trivia knowledge is inadequate; the jaded American public needs a shot at $1 billion -- fortunately, a monkey will give it away to add a touch of dignity. Click here to read on.