Bored of Fish, Thank you, BBC

Thank you, BBC

For the last week Tiger Woods and his bevy of mistresses have been giving the true kings of cyberspace- porn and cute animals- a run for their money. Here is a link to a video devoted to the latter: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8409188.stm?ls

Thank you, BBC, for returning to what matters. It is sad, though, that even albino hedgehogs are being pressured to lose weight, during the holiday season no less.

A few years ago “guerrilla artist” Banksy replaced hundreds of Paris Hilton’s albums with his own remixes featuring tracks such as Why Am I Famous? What Have I Done? What Am I For? That same year his US art show was attended by the likes of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Christina Aguilera. The street artist raked in over $6 mil and won the front page of the NY and LA Times.

Apart from my own self-indulgence, this blog aims to comment on the madness of popular culture and what the four strands of the American Dream- the dignity of the common individual, democracy as the guarantee of freedom and quality, the gospel of hard work, and the belief in material progress- manifest themselves today.

Oh, and this blog gets its name from Banksy’s stunt at the London Zoo because the statement can come off as pretty profound in lieu of Neil Postman’s Entertaining Ourselves to Death, but because penguins are so cute!!!

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