For Christian “Dicky” Davies, Burning Man, isn’t exactly his cup of tea. The annual, “hippy fest,” in Nevada has the reserved 27-year-old feeling like he is not really part of the group. And when he is…it’s a little fake.
“Dicky doesn’t like to dance to electronica. Dicky doesn’t like glo-sticks or pink cowboy hats. [...]

Uh, is it me or is R. Kelly completely insane? Yes, the man is facing charges of child pornography, but his five-part song, “Trapped in the Closet,” is proof of an unraveling mind. The song is just plain crazy, with R. Kelly acting and singing out all the parts (both male and female) in this [...]

Advertisers know that us Generation X-Y-Z folks are way too smart to fall for celebrity endorsements or catchy jingles. Let us play with a subservient chicken or a cheerful digital stripper, though, and we’re all yours!
For the un-infected, viral advertising refers to sneaky word-of-mouth marketing that unleashes a catchy website or video on [...]

Sitting in DC on a Friday afternoon in August, kinda missing my village idiot, wondering if the carnage will stop…
(image snatched from Michael Moore’s site, I believe, on election day 2004: a composite of fallen soldiers to that date– R.I.P.)

I don’t know what’s worse:
1. Fox News wrongly identifying a couple’s home as belonging to Islamic radicals or
2. That someone graffitied their house and misspelled “terrorist.”
“A couple whose home was wrongly identified on national television as belonging to an Islamic radical has faced harassment, and police are providing special protection.
After the report ran on Fox [...]

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting a little perterbed by Puff Daddys/P. Diddy’s, Diddy’s constant name changes?
Last week, the rapper/ producer/two stepper annonced that he will be dropping the “P” and will be soley known as– Diddy.
“I feel like the “P” is getting in the way of me and the [...]

This is Fler, one of many German rappers spreading neo-Nazi ideals.
Somehow, I don’t think this is what the pioneers of hip hop had in mind. An expressive artform that began as a means for blacks to speak out against oppression in America, is now being embraced by neo-Nazis in Germany.
Click here [...]

Right then, I’m only chucking this up here because I don’t wanna be the last person to write about it. Monday, actor Sean Penn starts reporting (again?) from inside Iran for the San Francisco Chronicle.
SFGATE: Sean Penn in Iran, Day One
Now, there’s two knee-jerk reactions that us “media types” are supposed to have to [...]

The AP headline says it all—“Virginia Laptop Sale Turns Into Stampede.” Man, do I love non-fatal mayhem. Especially the kind that blossoms when a school sale of 1,000 cut-rate used iBooks turns into a riot of epic proportions…
“This is total, total chaos,” said Latoya Jones, 19, who lost one of her flip-flops in the [...]

I’m probably dating myself, but does anyone else remember Tipper Gore’s morality juggernaut, the Parental Music Resource Center (P.M.R.C.)?
You know the “Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics” stickers? Those are a result of the PMRC.
Well, it appears Hillary “Seize any and all opportunities for political advancement” Clinton is the new Tipper.
Clinton grabbed a hold of the censorship [...]