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...prefer rock’s more experimental side, “Random Spirit Lover” is the place to find him. Krug, for the uninitiated, is not only keyboardist and vocalist for Sunset Rubdown, but a creative force behind Wolf Parade as well as a member of both Frog Eyes and Canadian indie supergroup Swan Lake. Krug’s credentials have undoubtedly attracted attention to Sunset Rubdown’s third LP in as many years; they’ve also set up extremely high expectations. While “Random Spirit Lover” is a valiant...
...that are years or decades away. A term like global warming is too benign, especially for those like me who live in a cold climate and might welcome an increase of a few degrees. Perhaps we should use the term global boiling, like the proverbial experiment in which a frog stays in a gradually warming pot of water and eventually dies. Maybe we all need to visualize the destruction to make us feel a sense of immediate danger. H. Steven Moffic, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee...
...years or decades away. And a term like global warming is too benign, especially for those like me who live in a cold climate and might welcome an increase of a few degrees. Perhaps we should use the term global boiling, like the proverbial experiment in which a frog stays in a gradually warming pot of water and eventually dies...
...those who would call this MTV cartoon the boob tube at its most puerile, I have but one rejoinder: You said boob. This show's fart-knocking, frog-smashing anarchy alone might have put it on the list, but B&B was so much more. It was a surreal comedy ("I am the great Cornholio!"). It was one of TV's great inside critiques, peeling back the MTV fantasy of unattainable cool and personifying the sugar-buzzed idiot children who paid the channel's bills. Like creator Mike Judge's later Office Space, King of the Hill and Idiocracy...
That was O.K. when most consumers just wanted to make a call. But today Americans are trying everything from video messaging and mobile blogging to photo sharing and customized ringtones. One ringtone alone, "Crazy Frog," has earned more than $70 million. Data demand increased about 68% last year, and it now constitutes 16% of the carriers' revenue. To guard that growing income stream, the carriers restrict the features available on your phone. They control the billing for add-ons, and most companies selling ringtones and games are so new that they need the carriers' help to gain a foothold...