…One Less Scene

Declining ad revenue and dwindling circulation has put newspapers like the Seattle PI and even the New York Times in financial jeopardy, and commentators in the news are wailing about the demise of print journalism. With all of the blogs and alternative news sources out there, asking how we can revive these bloated, corporate propaganda-factories [...]

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I’m not sure what’s weirder: PETA’s lame attempt at connecting sex and vegetables, or the fact that a NBC spokesperson said that the ad ”depicts a level of sexuality exceeding our standards.” Regardless, I love asparagus.

‘Veggie Love’: PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad
 

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Ruff Gemz is only once a month, Sing Sing moved to New York, and Comeback is weird. What are Seattle dance-geeks supposed to do? Probably just go to R Place. Luckily, Edip Kemal (aka Turk) and friends are putting together a night at King Cobra for our dancing pleasure. 

Remember 10 years ago, when it seemed [...]

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“The money that’s made from manufacturing stuff is a pittance in comparison to the amount of money made from shuffling money around. Forty-four percent of all corporate profits in the U.S. come from the financial sector compared with only 10% from the manufacturing sector.” -Raymond Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, 2004 (p. 29)
I finally finished the book [...]

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There’s a Noam Chomsky video from an earlier post in which he talks about the guarded, narrow scope of content on public radio. I’ve seen “Manufacturing Consent”, but I’d never noticed how disappointingly lame “To The Point” and “Morning Edition” really were until the coverage of this current situation with Israel. Yesterday I heard a [...]

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Even though there have been record-breaking numbers of people listening to the Marketplace host’s weird lisp, NPR announced they’re still pulling the plug on several shows and laying off a bunch of people. Corporate donors must think that Morning Edition has gotten a little too radical, because NPR’s corporate funding has been drying up. [...]

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Advertising is supposed to create brand recognition, not cool grammar, so the fact that this ridiculous double negative caught my attention actually means that the inane Sara Lee ad slogan is working. I don’t know why it bothers me. It’s like the commercial jingle that’s so irritating that years later you can still remember the [...]

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