Gleanings: Chain stores, Tom Waits and Britney, oh my!
- Chain stores may make every town in America look the same. But was it all that different 50 years ago? (via AL Daily)
- I am declaring a very very long moratorium on articles about bookstoe closings (via Arts Journal).
- Business Week asks "What's next for MySpace?" An image overhaul, hopefully (via NMM).
- The folks at TechCrunch read 373 RSS feeds a day. That makes me dizzy just thinking about it (via NMM).
- In this interview with Pitchfork, Tom Waits talks about his love for Missy Elliott. And here I thought we had nothing in common (via Sixfoot6).
- Camille Paglia has a theory:
“A great promise was contained in the moment when Madonna kissed Britney at the MTV Awards. She in a sense was saying,”I’m passing the torch to you.” It was a fabulous moment. Britney looked toned, in control of her career and it was up to her to take the next step. Literally from that kiss, from that moment onward, Britney has spiraled out of control. It’s like Madonna gave her the kiss of death! Britney is throwing it away!” (via Salon)
- The 33 1/3 series from Continuum Books has both a blog and its own section at Powells. That makes me happy.
Isn't it about time Paglia started her own podcast? It would be awesomer than awesome!