7 Days in 7 Sentences – 3/8 to 3/14

Monday, March 8th

Lindsay Lohan sued ETrade.
Lohan claims that the ETrade Super Bowl commercial depicting market-savvy babies in some sort of relationship triangle has damaged her reputation. Apparently it’s still possible. And how – to the tune of $100 million dollars – the amount for which she’s suing the web trading gurus. In the commercial, a [...]

Academic Pursuits: minute-by-minute at the Hollywood Love-In

The primaries have passed, the special interest dollars have been distributed, the debates have become academic: it’s election night – for Hollywood. Once every year, the brightest stars of cinema, and Sean Penn, assemble to crown the performances of the year. And, depending on how verbose the hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin feel, they [...]

GooseRadio New Music Review

Alkaline Trio – This Addiction
On this “back-to-basics” release, the Chicago punks continue to plumb the depths of unhealthy relationships, fully relying on the drug addiction metaphor the title implies. An ominous atmosphere surrounds This Addiction and is most fully felt on the stellar “Fine” where the analogy of raining for days makes it’s second [...]

Miley the Green (Video)

You occasionally hear the question raised, ‘Why are the young folks today just not working out?’ While many theories have been espoused – ranging from video games to textbooks – my opinion has never wavered. *Incidentally, this bring to mind one of the great GW Bush Quotes – “Rarely is the question asked, ‘Is our [...]

Awful KFAN to Be Challenged in Twin Cities

Even if you consider the accordion-wielding, tattooed tapdancer business of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies a somewhat… unique endeavor – there was something unspeakably redemptive that completely saved this week. The folks at AM 1500 KSTP in Minneapolis / Saint Paul announced that they were switching their radio station from news to a sports talk format.
Hardly [...]

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