Practice What You Preach

If somebody asked me today why I was against the Bush Administration, I’d probably say “Because of the hypocrisy”. Bush is against gay rights but the VP’s daughter is a lesbian. He’s all for troops in Iraq, but has he ever fought a battle? And he’s totally anti-abortion, but if he got preggers, would he [...]

No, YOU’RE hipster!

Hipster: The Dead End of Civilization
We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it’s been stripped of its subversion and originality, and is leaving a generation pointlessly obsessing over fashion, faux individuality, cultural capital and the commodities [...]

Youth Radio Benefit @ Ashkenaz in Berkeley

Thursday, 06/19/08
TRACKADEMICKS; JACK SPRAT COLLECTIVE; PARAGON
Doors at 7:30 pm; Show at 8:00 pm
$10-up sliding scale
Hip-hop and funk music is the foundation of this fundraiser for Oakland’s Youth Radio, the organization that trains young people in radio, news, and public affairs work and provides an outlet for a young perspective [...]

From WTNW: Green Houses are the New College Dorms

Lauren Silverman wants us to believe that “Green” Houses are the New College Dorms at our sister blog, “What’s The New What?”

“Green living” isn’t only popular at hippie colleges such as Oberlin. At the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where I go to school, some dorms and many cooperatives are taking a [...]

From WTNW: Organic Clothing is the New Haute Couture

Lauren Silverman contends that Organic Clothing is the New Haute Couture at our sister blog, “What’s The New What?”
[Major] retailers such as Payless and Target have embraced “green” clothing. Payless doesn’t only offer silver stilettos, brightly colored plastic flip-flops, and fake leather boots. Now, it features 100% organic sneakers and hemp slides. Target, “where fashion [...]

Today on NPR’s Day To Day

This week’s edition of “What’s The New What?” sets out to show that Friends are the New Lovers. Check out the report on NPR’s Day To Day.

From WTNW: Public is the New Private

Lauren Silverman makes the case that Public is the New Private at our sister blog What’s The New What?.

It’s gotten out of hand. For my generation, sharing information is no big deal. I no longer hesitate when I type my phone number and detailed plans for the evening on social networking sites. In fact, sending [...]

From WTNW: Psychics are the New Psychologists

Alyssa Wagner believes that Psychics are the New Psychologists at pur sister blog, “What’s The New What.”

Rabbit is a woman I saw when I was about to go abroad and had some serious reservations about the trip. As soon as I walked in the door, without my saying anything, she understood my fears and [...]

Manga is the New Marvel

What with action packed fights with mechanic octopi, catchy theme songs, and Jessica Alba, who would believe that such a beautiful, beautiful thing as Marvel Comics could ever be replaced? As the Spiderman trilogy, X-Men, the Fantastic 4, Ghost Rider, and of course Iron Man have all impressed audiences at the theaters over the past [...]

Power Rangers Producer Plays Poltical Puppeteer?

Haim Saban, whose started out his Hollywood career by composing the theme songs to Inspector Gadget and He-Man, is the biggest single political contributor in the nation. His tactics are beginning to bear the sheen of the super villain Lord Zed- arch nemesis of the Saban produced Power Rangers.
One of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s top [...]