From stay.free at verizon.net Sat Jan 14 17:59:06 2006 From: stay.free at verizon.net (Carrie McLaren) Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:59:06 -0500 Subject: Stay F---! Best of 2005 Message-ID: Hey all, sorry for being so delinquent lately in getting these updates out. Between planning a move to Prospect Lefferts and trying to make money, I've had a serious shortage of (stay) free time... but. in case you missed them, here are the most popular web items we posted last year. -- carrie BEST OF STAY FREE! DAILY - 2005 AN INQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTS OF PRESERVATIVES IN MCDONALD'S FOOD Or, What Does the Fungus Know That You Don't? (Our at-home test of the difference between McDonald's and local fast food.) http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/mcdonalds_exper.html PANEXA http://www.panexa.com A parody of pharmaceutical advertising, by Jason Torchinsky. See also Gelf Magazine's interview with Carrie about the ad: http://www.gelfmagazine.com/mt/archives/pillpopping.html TAKING THE PERMISSION SOCIETY SERIOUSLY Carrie asks the copyright authorities for permission to sing "Happy birthday" to her father http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/09/happy_birthday.html CAN'T A GAY BATMAN GET A BREAK? DC Comics goes after painter Mark Chamberlain http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/08/gay_batman.html HOW DID MAD HOT BALLROOM SURVIVE THE COPYRIGHT CARTEL? http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/mad_hot_ballroo.html An interview with documentary producer Amy Sewell THE FREAKY UNIVERSE OF MCDONALD'S ADVERTISING A video history by Tim Harrod http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/24/mcdonalds-commercials.html RADIO FREE CLEAR CHANNEL http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/05/radio_free_clea.html HIKING THROUGH MANHATTAN Stay Free! talks a walk on New York's deserted Highline http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/07/high_line_trek.html AMERICAN SCIENCE, RIP Inspired by the "American Science" series of U.S. postage stamps, we created parody stamps that look just like the real thing - only featuring God, Bush, and Rick Santorum, and William Jennings Bryant in place of the scientists. Download 'em, print 'em in color, and scare your friends. http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/08/science_stamps.html MEET ME BEFORE FIRST PERIOD Procter & Gamble's launches pre-menstrual tampons; a spoof by our man Torchinsky http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/08/meet_me_before_.html DOES WATCHING TV MAKE YOU STUPID? A review of Stephen Johnson's overhyped nonsense http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/05/steven_johnson_.html MALCOLM GLADWELL Carrie's rant about the latest book I haven't read, Malcolm Gladwell's BLINK http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/02/malcolm_gladwel.html ADVERTISE ON MY COLON! A thoughtful response to eBay "human" ad auctions http://stayfree.typepad.com/stayfree/2005/02/advertise_on_my.html SUCKING ON THE TIT OF MCDONALD'S An actual ad from McDonald's ad agency in Austria http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/04/sucking_on_the_.html THIS MONTH IN NEW YORK CITY CRITICAL MASS OR HOW MUCH DOES IT COST THE CITY TO RUN ONE OF THOSE POLICE COPTERS ALL NIGHT? Matt Ransford recounts a Critical Mass ride in April http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/04/this_month_in_n.html GEORGE JETSON GETS A PRESENT FROM DOVE Charles Star notices that a new ad campaign makes more than your hair look fuller http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/04/george_jetson_d.html