A coworker suggested that I send a complaint to NBC for its cruel censorship of this morning's guest, Tim Robbins. So I hopped on to the NBC site, successfully navigated to the Contact page, and -- what do you know!! -- the "Want to voice your opinions on NBC shows?" page is under construction. How conveniant! I bet everytime the (Dis)United States invades a small country, and the media continues to present inaccurate / jingoistic coverage, the NBC feedback form malfunctions. Super.
Breaking news! Breaking news! Saddam's love shack discovered! Call the President! Raise the terror alert! Call a press conference! Send more troops! Buy more duct tape!
As if the news coverage hasn't been atrocious enough over the past several months, CNN has stooped to astonishingly new levels today.
CNN, you can kiss my responsible-news-loving booty because, from now on, I refuse to read your horrible headlines and laughable news "reports." Learn how to deliver real news, not tabloid fodder.
Just as I was leaving for work today, I caught the first half of "The Today Show" interview between Matt Lauer and Tim Robbins, who came on the show to discuss his affiliation with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Predictably, the discussion turned to politics. Lauer and Robbins debated back and forth for a few minutes until it was obvious the censors were going to unleash their cruel powers. Just as Robbins started, "And what about the war in Afghanistan? Did we all forget about that?" the bad theme music interjected and the program segued into commercial. If you haven't heard about Robbins' rightful attack on the organization's Republican ties, this is an interesting article.
In other news, my part-time job is great because I have the opportunity to research many of the upcoming exhibitions at NYC galleries. One artist that really strikes me is pop artist Mel Ramos, whose exhibition depicts nude women (on the site, click on upcoming exhibitions) paired with consumer products, such as candy bars. His work opens at the Bernarducci Meisel Gallery on May 1st. Should be pretty interesting.
Duran Duran, Pop Trash
Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Alphaville, Forever Young
The Vaselines, The Way of the Vaselines
Juliana Hatfield, Only Everything
P.J. Harvey, Is This Desire?
The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks
Frente, Marvin the Album
Destiny's Child, The Writing's on the Wall
The Cars, The Cars
The B-52s, Cosmic Thing
Duran Duran, Arena
The Doors, The Soft Parade Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
L7, Hungry for Stink
The Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Ace of Base, The Sign
The Waitresses, The Best of the Waitresses
Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane
The Fad, The Fad The New Wave: Pop Music of the Early '80s
Goodbye Girl Friday, Mr. & Mrs.
Naked Highway, Hyperbollocks
Duran Duran, Pop Trash Classic Alternatives: '80s 12" Extended Rare Mixes
Phil Collins, Hits
Genesis, Turn It On Again: The Hits
Ladytron, Light & Magic
Ladytron, 604
The Go-Betweens, Before Hollywood
Beck, Midnight Vultures
Duran Duran, Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Abba, Arrival
The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight
The Psychedelic Furs, All of This & Nothing
Air, Moon Safari
The Knack, Round Trip
Blondie, Parallel Lines
The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
The Donnas, Spend the Night
Nancy Sinatra, California Girl
Tatu, 200 KMH in the Wrong Lane
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation
John-Manuel Andriote, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco
Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Jean Kilbourne, Deadly Persuasion
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
