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Same old skin?

As some of you may know, Playboy is trying to appeal to a younger audience. So, over the last few months, they’ve switched editors, moved to New York, and rejiggered the editorial content. The first issue of this new breed is coming out soon–the Chicago Tribune took a look at an advance copy and gave [...]

When will they ever learn…?

As you might have heard, FOX News is threatening a website with legal action over a parody T-shirt. The T-shirt, which reads “FAUX News” in a similar (though not the same) typeface, and a similar (though not identical) design, is clearly political speech, using a clearly transformed original to make a satirical point–that FOX News [...]

We’re in the NEW YORK TIMES!

Jon and I have a humor piece on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times! Very exciting indeed. It’s about Harry Potter, of course–take a look, and spread the word!

Fornicatorium?

A pagan band in the UK has asked for “a quiet place for fornication” as they play a summer solstice celebration tomorrow. The band is called Inkubus Sukkubus, which suggests that they’re kinda the Skynyrd of the druid set. The C of E guys are predictably appalled, which I’m sure only encourages them. You know, [...]

A tycoon of fomorrow…

This morning a Trotterista wrote me to pitch an idea for a kid’s book he wanted to write. He’s around 12, and I hear from him every so often. It was a good idea and I told him so. Here’s his response: “My friend has an idea: say we give u the plot and ideas [...]

Greetings from Beatleland

Kate got me The Beatles Anthology on DVD for my birthday, so we’ve been watching it nightly. Fascinating. Meanwhile, hardcore fans will be interested in this transcript of one of the last interviews John Lennon ever did. Exhaustive, to say the least.  

Get rid of my old books? Never!

I did it once and have always regretted it–nevertheless, several websites are encouraging folks to sell booksthey’ll never read again. As Pottermania starts to crest in Britain, some independent booksellers there believe that HP5 won’t be a boon for them. The cause is, of course, massive discounting by the chains; the article suggests that one, [...]

UK teachers pose nude for a calendar; pupils may never eat again…Details here…(By the way, the ones at Hogwash do that just for kicks. No charity necessary. Shit, no camera either.)

Harry Potter: Overmerchandized?

The New York Times has an article on the latest horrific wave of Harry Potter merchandizing. How kids are suspicious of it. How JK Rowling doesn’t like it and tries to reign it in. How it might be overshadowing the books themselves–in other words, the EXACT SATIRICAL POINT of Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody. [...]

Excellent Strong Bad…

…is here. Check it!