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...become an end in and of itself—reality television creates cultural icons who are famous for nothing other than their own celebrity. Consequently, people seek prominence to gain more prominence, pulling stunts they think could land them a reality-television-show role. This obsession with fame for fame??s sake reflects a strange trend in American culture. While we recognize that the desire for prominence is nothing new, the new media machine that creates stars out of individuals with nothing noteworthy about them creates new temptations to take whatever means necessary to make this desire...
...it’s that of Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard. On “One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur,” Gibbard and Jay Farrar—of Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo fame??collaborate to craft a soundtrack to an upcoming documentary about Jack Kerouac’s 1967 novel “Big Sur.” Lyrics for the soundtrack are entirely drawn from the novel’s text, but while the project’s concept...
...Whether John McCain fits this description and is worthy of such distinguished company is a question best left to historians far more knowledgeable than I, but, if the Arizona senator had any chance of one day joining this senatorial “hall of fame??—since expanded to include Arthur Vandenberg and Robert Wagner—prior to this year’s presidential campaign, his defeat in last Tuesday’s election saved it. By losing to Barack Obama, and losing gracefully, McCain virtually erased any ill will he created through his poorly...
...subway. A fellow passenger snapped a picture of the scene, and soon she unwittingly became a national joke. Like the Star Wars Kid, whose friends found and posted his video on the Internet without his permission, the Korean woman had no control over her newfound “fame?? and was eventually shunned into dropping out of school. This is a far cry from posting slightly scandalous photographs of a Saturday night shindig on Facebook.com, but the threat to one’s future is just as real. The second half of the book—which functions...
...Committee chose four eager seniors from their House to become “upper” Upper Halls. These get to have their own personal stein mug hanging on a numbered peg in the Pub, and their names added to a kind of “Upper Hall of Fame?? placard. HoCos singled out the most enthusiastic seniors with methods ranging from an application process to nominations, voting, and appointments. Kirkland HoCo Parliamentarian Matt Drazba ’08 says the Kirkland apps featured questions such as “If you had to name your iPod, what...