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Ignore Potter, and Be Doomed to Irrelevance?

Writer ponders the cultural cost of defying blockbusters

Nov 3, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lord Voldemort is the Darth Vader of the 21st century—if you don’t know what that means, you could be at a massive cultural disadvantage in a decade or two. Esquire's Chuck Klosterman claims he hasn’t read a page of the Harry Potter series—hearing Harry didn’t... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • culture • Star Wars • Voldemort

Tech Wraps Growing Web Around World

Some worry about cultural loss as cell phones, e-mail spread

Oct 8, 07 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global cellphone and computer usage is up dramatically as inequalities in technology drop. Cellphone ownership has grown 20% in the US, where 80% of the population uses computers, third in the world behind Sweden and South Korea. Computer usage is up in 26 of 35 countries in a new Pew... More »

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Russia • environment • technology • cell phones • Nigeria • Tanzania • culture • developing world • computer

Letting It All Hang Out? Bill Would Put It All Back In

Atlanta proposal calls saggy pants "major concern;" ACLU claims "racial profiling"

Aug 23, 07 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young men will want to hike up their sagging pants, and women cover up bra straps and exposed thongs if Atlanta’s City Council adopts a proposal to amend the city’s indecency laws, the Journal-Constitution reports. The measure, which would fine violators for exposing boxer shorts, thongs and bras,... More »

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Atlanta • dress code • ACLU • Louisiana • indecency • First Amendment • culture • pants • Delcambre • hip-hop

Spanish TV Channel Nixes Live Bullfights

Public broadcaster deems gore and gorings unfit for kids and afternoons

Aug 21, 07 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spanish state television will not show any live bullfights this year, bowing to restrictions on gore on daytime TV but disrupting a time-honored tradition. Televised bullfights had been a viewer magnet for public-TV station TVE, and fans are seeing red, the Guardian reports. "It is obvious that watching bullfights... More »

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television • Spain • children • culture • bullfighting • TVE

Quirk Is the
New Kitsch
(Sigh)

Atlantic writer traces the devolution of idiosyncrasy into idiocy

Aug 16, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Quirk is the “ruling sensibility” of today’s culture—random narrative, “mannered ingenuousness”—and it’s become exhausting, writes the Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn. “This American Life” has been the standard-bearer, but the quirk it purveys hasn't held up well in expanding from radio to TV. More »

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This American Life • culture • Wes Anderson • Arrested Development • Talking Heads • sentimentality • Generation X

Antiwar Band Tours Mideast With State Dept. Backing

Ozomatli incorporates Arab musician's beats into its Latin music

Aug 1, 07 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to bolster its image in Muslim countries, the US is sending a group of Los Angeles musicians to the Arab world as cultural ambassadors. The band Ozomatli, whose members frequently bash Bush administration policies and the Iraq war, is touring the Mideast on the government's dime, drawing... More »

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entertainment • music • Middle East • culture • Ozomatli • image • Iraq war

Photos That Changed the World?

Jun 19, 07 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Slate and Magnum Photos team up to present 31 photos that over the past 70 years have "informed the world" and "capture(d) the political and cultural zeitgeist of our time."  The iconic photos in this slide show range from a soldier falling in the Spanish Civil... More »

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photography • culture • photograph • picture • history • world • Iraq war

Barker Tapes
His Final
'Price Is Right'

Legendary host says goodbye after 35 years of 'come on down'

Jun 7, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Barker taped his final episode of "The Price is Right" yesterday after 35 years hosting the long-running game show. He treated it as just another day, signing off with his usual admonition to spay and neuter pets, but after the cameras stopped rolling, the 83-year-old legend thanked the... More »

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entertainment • television • Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • America • culture

Don't Call
Them Chefs  

Culinary careers
outside the kitchen
are charming more
and more foodies

Apr 4, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Culinary school degrees are suddenly leading to careers outside the kitchen, reports the LA Times. In our food-obsessed culture, beer sommeliers, cheese affineurs (aging experts) culinary philanthropists and even food consultants for historical films are increasingly finding outlets for their unique talents. Specialists say their jobs beat working in restaurants,... More »

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food • organic food • culinary school • cooking • chef • organic • cook • culture

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