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...knows his name. In fact, she seems to think it's a plus. "It hit me that this is the most famous truck driver since the O.J. Simpson case but no one in the media ever mentioned him," she says. Knowing how society values the truck driver du jour, Spillane called Good Morning America, Rosie O'Donnell and Regis Philbin. She also called Ryder about getting Enos on some TV spots. She hasn't heard back from them yet, so she's calling some other truck-rental companies. Spillane plays hardball...
...politically, none of this matters. Filter software has become the cause du jour because it lays to rest nagging questions of content and responsibility--it is just a cover for our actual confusion, a whited sepulcher concealing the ugly fact that society hasn't yet dealt with the Internet's implications. In the old days, a flawed culture could be healed by dragging a bunch of network executives up to Capitol Hill and giving them a stern talking-to; through the democratized medium of the Internet, content can be distributed worldwide after it has been reviewed by only one moderator...
...concert is hipster du jour Moby, performing at Avalon on Thursday. I would try to be excited, but since I'm instinctively anti-hype and since I think Moby is pretentious, I'm feeling blas about the whole thing. Plus, I'm getting tired of people proclaiming Play to be "the greatest electronic music album ever." But now you know...
...radio DJ, London Records A&R director and house DJ du jour Pete Tong brought his masterful artistry to Axis last week. And while the creator of the rabidly followed "Essential Selection" radio show may not be as popular Stateside as in his native Britain, the crowd seemed more than eager for him to begin his set. Already, the breakdancers and raver-types with glowsticks were in full revelry before he made his appearance...
...back into the 1970s it yielded the laid-back Buffet, who revealed the "play one or two of your hits" strategy requested by the benefit organizers. "Fortunately, I've only had two hits," he quipped. He also scored by incorporating impressions of George Bush stumbling over the word du jour "subliminal...