commerce
Another Great Thing About America!

Sure, our subways are soaked with urine, but at least we're spared THIS: [AP reports:] Tok...

movies
A Gay Old Time at the Movies

Variety reports that Steve Buscemi and Dan Ackroyd have joined the cast of the forthcoming...

commerce
Sony Grabs “Amateur Video” Site

As I noted just this past week on this site, the democratization of the media through tech...

omniculture
Obliterating Cultural Distinctions: Shakespeare at the Fringe

Shakespeare in a bouncy castle, or moon walk, is the Reuters writer's pick for zaniest Sha...

commerce
Strip Poker Championships, Of Course

In the Omniculture, everything happens. Hence, given the popularity of poker on television...

commerce
The (Temporary) Democratization of the Media, Through Technological Change

It's all too common for writers and analysts to characterize the internet as reponsible fo...

commerce
Film Critics Under Fire

An article in today's Los Angeles Times observes that the reputation of the American film ...

commerce
Theft or Canny Marketing Ploy: You Decide

Forthcoming TV programs are increasingly appearing on peer-to-peer networks, evidently wit...

art
Thomas Kinkade Moves In

The Thomas Kinkade company reports that a new development in Columbia, Missouri, will feat...

commerce
NYC Fringe Festival

The New York International Fringe Festival opens today in the city that never sleeps, kick...

books
Culture and Population

The eminent poet and philosopher Frederick Turner provides some big-picture, civilization-...

omniculture
A Program I Will Never See….

As I've pointed out before, in the Omniculture, everything happens. A particularly vivid c...

commerce
Fringe Phenomena in the Omniculture

Another hugely successful "fringe" phenomenon (see my Lollapalooza post immediat...

commerce
Lollapalooza in the Omniculture

The Lollapalooza festival of "alternative" music is drawing huge crowds in Chica...

commerce
MTV Turns 25, World Continues Turning

MTV turned 25 this week, and your intrepid correspondent has contributed a few thoughts to...

music
A Musical Depression

Those who have read my music criticism in the past know that I prefer compositions that ar...

commerce
Mass-Marketing Good Taste

The Reebok shoe company has announced that it has signed young actress Scarlett Johansson ...