The media watchdog group Parents Television Council has issued a report which states that sex and violence are on the rise during what is traditionally called the “Family Hour” on network television.
The group studied 180 hours of original programming on six broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, MyNetworkTV and the CW) during three two-week ratings [...]
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Family Hour? Not so much.
Posted in Art, Broadcasting, FCC, Family Values, Free Speech, Media, Nanny State, Pop Culture, Television on September 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Future governor of South Carolina?
Posted in Pop Culture, Times Being as They Are ... on August 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
See, what’s most sad about this is she doesn’t sound a whole lot different then a lot of politicians. Africa! Iraq! The future! …. at least she hits all the buzz words:
“Read a book, read a book, read a MotherF-ing book!”
Posted in BET, Education, Media, PR, Pop Culture, Television on August 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The BET is catching a lot of heat with its new, edgy, hip-hop heavy video campaign to promote literacy and black pride. I think it’s great and smart, to be honest.
And it’s a pretty bold move for a network that has had its fair share of criticism for perpetuating negative stereotypes. [...]
Kid Nation – Um, why?
Posted in Kid Nation, Kids These Days, Pop Culture, Television, What the Fuck? on August 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The State of New Mexico is investigating the CBS show “Kid Nation” to see if it broke any laws in respect to work permits, contracts, and refusing to allow inspectors onto the property while filming.
What caught my eye was the description of the premise of the show.
Sisneros said officials became aware of the show — [...]
dirty sexy money
Posted in Advertising, Bloggers, Pop Culture on August 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“OMG! Talk about casual chic! He’s dirty. He’s sexy. He is so money. Only Jeremy Darling could make a formal occasion look like an after-party… and for him, it probably is.“
Via Outta Mind Outta Site, the next step in online advertising: inserting ads directly into “the blogstream.” Sure, businesses and politicians have been trying to [...]
Built With is built with fun!
Posted in Internet, Media, New Media, Pop Culture, Technology on August 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve decided that I’m taking a hiatus from libertarian posts. How often can I post that I’m against banning things and for individual rights? Don’t answer that. I’ll probably post something that irks me the wrong way soon.
So, anyway I like new techie things. Here’s a fun link to play with via my old friend [...]
we must have been very, very good kids this year
Posted in Music, Pop Culture on August 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Oh my, what have we done to deserve this? A new Rilo Kiley album AND a new Wes Anderson movie being released this Aug./Sept.!?! If only Elliott Smith would come back to life, my little hipster heart would be complete.
Dumbest Thing I’ve Read All Day: Young Republicans watch the Simpsons not because it’s, you know, funny, but for the family values….
Posted in Pop Culture, Republicans on July 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I suppose it’s kind of a cop-out to pick the “dumbest thing I’ve read all day” from the first news article I’ve read this morning, but I just really can’t imagine reading anything more silly today than the quotes in this:
In a 2002 National Review Online op-ed titled “Homer, Conservative Hero,” Deroy Murdock wrote, [...]
Priorities
Posted in Journalism, Media, Pop Culture, Snarking on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sloooow news day.
Oh, sure, there was that debate last night.
The Attorney General is testifying before the Senate amidst numerous constitutional controversies.
Six medical workers in Libya were finally freed after 8 years.
And there’s that war somewhere over there. And over there. And maybe, possibly, eventually over there.
But isn’t there something else we can talk about? Something, [...]
LOLFutures
Posted in Mash-Ups, Pop Culture on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Via Paleo-Future, my new favorite blog.
link farming …
Posted in Advertising, Pop Culture, Reproductive Rights on July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
… because I’ve already written about 27 billion posts today but I like these posts too much not to say something …
OldManCoyote compares radical anti-abortion activists to Islamic terrorists
And before all you radical anti-choicers get your Jack Bauer underoos in a bunch and accuse me of comparing you to terrorists, let me clarify: [...]
Isaiah: fire your PR person NOW
Posted in PR, Pop Culture on July 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Shorter Isaiah Washington: No, no, I didn’t just say faggot!!! I also said “bitch” and “pussy!”
In what universe did this seem like a good defense plan? Someone get Frank Luntz for this man, stat, before he comes out with well, ‘when I said faggot, what I really meant by that was Heil Hitler!’
The Lost Boys
Posted in 80s, Pop Culture on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t wait for this show. I was totally in love with Cory Haim, something about his nerdy ways in Lucas and his driving skills in License to Drive was far superior to Cory Feldman. It’s been sometime, they both look a little beat but most likely I’ll still watch the show. Nothing beat [...]
mother-daughter sex comedy written by celibate childless orphan
Posted in Pop Culture on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two nights ago, I found myself with a group of people watching the Diane Keaton/Mandy Moore flick “Because I Said So” (also featuring Piper Perabo and a Zach Morris look-a-like). Not my typical film fare, by any stretch, but it was one of only two movies that my friend possessed at the moment, and we’d [...]
Da Band, Dandy Kane, what up next Diddy?
Posted in Pop Culture on June 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Occasionally I have to break out of techie raee to post on a new obsession. Monday June 18th marked the new seaso of Diddy’s Making the Band Four. I am beyond excited. Here’s to hoping they make them run laps again.
the Perfect Feel Good Hits of Summer 2007 Mix Tape® post
Posted in Music, Pop Culture on June 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Feminist issues, libertarian issues, Web geekery, musings on the mediated world …When we started this blog a few months ago, we had some ideas of things we were going to post about. Nothing concrete, but general issues. Guidelines, perhaps. “Soft politics,” you might call it — things that are culturally and politically relevant, but not [...]
the wedding wars
Posted in Media, Pop Culture on June 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There’s been a lot of media attention lately on Rebecca Mead’s One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding, and while it started out sort of engaging – I really found it interesting what she had to say on how getting married once marked a transition from living with the parents to living [...]
Canadian man found to be Vulcan posing as human
Posted in Pop Culture, What the Fuck? on June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(photo from BBC)
Mr Spock had a human mother, and Vulcan father, from who he inherited his inability to make sense of human emotion, as well as his green blood.
This is an interesting BBC article, in which a canadian man was found to bleed dark green blood. They say it’s from sulfur from a drug [...]
The Zimmers: octogenarians start a s-s-sensation
Posted in Generation Gaps, Pop Culture on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
British “rock” band The Zimmers — with a combined age of more than 3,000 and a lead singer in his 90s — releases a cover of The Who’s “My Generation” and an accompanying music video. Results: adorable. And also a kind of powerful statement about relevance in old age.
“This is about old people sticking [...]
Jordin Sparks: too “full-figured” to be an American Idol?
Posted in Pop Culture on May 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
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