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Where does American Idol fit into all this? I think American Idol is as big as it gets when it comes to music. It's kind of like the last vestige of the old music industry. Clive Davis has a role in it - he puts out a lot of the records those artists make after their Idol experience. What you were talking about earlier regarding the next big mainstream phenomenon - right now, American Idol is the phenomenon. But it remains to be seen whether any of these artists will truly have a 10-year career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greg Kot: How the Internet Changed Music | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...Report of shooting near Kirkland House on Mt Auburn St. Police ask people to remain indoors and avoi [sic].” In the era of Twitter, it seems little to ask that those in charge of emergency SMS should know the number of characters that fit in one message. For the record...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: ‘Read About It In the Newspapers’ | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

Surgical masks by themselves may not do much to prevent transmission within the community in part because they are loose fitting, offering a weak barrier between infected and uninfected people - hence, the government's better advice to wash hands and cover up sneezes and coughs - and masks must be changed frequently to avoid contamination. Respirator masks, which have a tighter fit, filter 95% of airborne particles to give wearers better protection, so long as they wear them consistently - which most people generally fail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Pandemic Fear: A Shortage of Surgical Masks | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...When I was a kid, all astronauts were male, all astronauts were test pilots, all astronauts were white, and all astronauts were the same size. I didn't fit into most of these categories." -From Contemporary Black Biography, via Answers.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charles Bolden: The Next Boss at NASA? | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...Danbury, Joe Kyek, a college student who at 1 a.m. on a Sunday seemed to fit the chain's target demographic, says he has started going to Denny's more often and sees it in a new light. "Every time someone mentioned Denny's, I'd picture that couple over there," he says, nodding toward a middle-aged husband and wife sitting in a booth. "Now it's kind of New Age, up with the trends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocking Out at Denny's? | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

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