I've been a subscriber to David Strom's Web Informant since before it was a blog; since before there was such a thing as blogs. I still get it delivered via email, and today his essay was about pop culture, and how soon we'll need a dictionary to keep up with it. To prove his point he linked to the new Weezer video, Pork & Beans.
Wal-Mart is America's largest music retailer, and as such wields a great deal of power. They refuse to carry CDs with images or lyrics their company disapproves of. They refused to carry Sheryl Crow's CD because the lyrics of one of her songs went like this: "Watch out sister/Watch out brother/Watch our children as they kill each other/with a gun they bought at the Wal-Mart discount stores." Is that right? If not, what can be done about it?
And finally, in memory of George Carlin, should his seven words you can never say on television be permitted on television?
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