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NO, I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU
Posted by Charles Star

Newsweek reports that, taking a page from the Wonderbra, manufacturers 
are designing men's underwear to give more lift (but presumably not to 
separate).

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/no_im_happy_to_.html


JUNK FOODS AGAINST OBESITY

When Armageddon comes, fast food clowns will dress up as fitness 
instructors and cola companies will write nutrition guidelines for 
schools... Oh wait, they already are, at least judging from this new 
batch of corporate "health" websites.

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/coke_junk.html


NEW FROM STAY FREE! MAGAZINE

An Interview with Flavor Makers. What's it like on the frontlines of 
food chemistry? A couple of former factory workers talk about 
non-blueberry blueberries, the dangers of peppermint oil, and why you 
really, really don't want to spill the diacetyl. by Amy Balkin and 
James Harbison

http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/23/flavor-chemists.html



IF ALBUM COVERS WERE ADVERTISEMENTS

After the unfortunate news spread that Nike has ripped off a Minor 
Threat album cover for a new ad campaign, some enterprising readers of 
I Love Music tried to imagine what other well-known album covers would 
look like if advertisers got a hold of them. There are loads of funny 
examples here so check 'em out.

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/if_album_covers.html


CRITICAL MASS, JUNE
Posted by Matt Ransford

Mr. Ransford recounts the group's encounter with the police in June. 
Lots of discussion ensues.

http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/critical_mass_j.html



HOW DID THE DOCUMENTARY "MAD HOT BALLROOM" SURVIVE THE COPYRIGHT CARTEL?

Answer: by limiting music that played in classrooms, haggling over 
clearance fees, and cutting out a scene. The price tag for a cell-phone 
ringtone? $10,000.

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/mad_hot_ballroo.html

See also the followup:
FAIR USE: USE IT OR LOSE IT
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/fair_use_use_it.html


ALAS, TOO LATE FOR THE GENIUS WHO CREATED "PUCK"
Posted by ja3

Big news hot off the wires, dateline Hollywood! The Writers Guild of 
America is organizing the writers and editors of reality TV. Yep, 
"writers of." Sorry to blow your mind.

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/alas_too_late_f.html


UNDERGROUND ADVERTISING
Posted by Charles Star

When writer Jeff Johnson was taking the tube to Heathrow airport, he 
became the audience for British Airways' latest whispering campaign: 
"...two men stopped in my car and started talking about how one of them 
wasn't going to make his flight. The man insisted that he was going to 
make his flight because he'd checked-in online way before hand at 
BA.com. The conversation/argument went on for about a minute and a half 
before the BA.com stuff got out of hand and it turned out that the guys 
were actors paid to make us think about BA.com."

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/underground_adv.html



THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Posted by Steve Lambert

In the midst of some research I stumbled across the website of The 
Center for Land Use Interpretation.  Most interesting is their Land Use 
Database.  Pick a state and it will show you "unusual and exemplary 
sites" catagorized by everything from cultural, to nuclear, to 
transporation, and more.  Selections from California include an 
abandonded solar power plant, the now abandonded Ambassador Hotel, the 
world's largest parking lot, assorted military bases, power plants, 
mines, environmental disasters, and Jonnies Coffee Shop... I swear I 
can't stop looking at this.
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/this_land_is_yo.html


DELETING PUBLIC SPACE

DeleteviennaCheck out this awesome public art project in Vienna, where 
Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf somehow managed to convince city 
officials and local businesses to cover all commercial signs and other 
advertisements for a two-week period.

http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/delete_vienna.html


RADAR LOVE

It's taken me a while to get to the new issue of Radar magazine, but I 
must say I'm impressed. The celebrity coverage isn't my bag, but 
there's a lot of really smart, biting reportage here: great articles 
about all the gay children of rabidly anti-gay politicos, the secret 
lives of Disney World workers, a psychopath who buddies up to 
celebrities, and brainless TV news anchors.

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/radar_love.html


PRIVATE GROOMING
Posted by Charles Star

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy mainstreamed the metrosexual, but even 
the Fab Five couldn't have predicted that promoting daily showers and 
Kiehl's would lead to ads for balls-shaving gear. Remington and Philips 
have both created ads for their shave-everywhere products. The print 
ads are amusing, but Philips' flash animation came straight from my 
nightmares.

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/shaving_nads.html



OVERDOSING THE ELDERLY

Following the news that orphaned babies are being treated with 
psychiatric drugs, a couple of medical journals report that people in 
nursing homes are increasingly dosed with antipsychotics. According to 
these studies (see CBC News and Archives of Internal Medicine), roughly 
25% of all nursing home residents are given antipsychotics, often for 
no medical reason or benefit... and despite the fact that the drugs are 
linked to an "increased risk of death" among the elderly.

Continued:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/overdosing_the_.html


Carrie McLaren
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