Archive for July 25th, 2005

This Explains A Lot About Modern Pop Music

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Wonder why you never hear any good music on the radio? Here’s your answer: The internal memos from Sony Music, revealed today in the New York state attorney general’s investigation of payola at the company, will be mind blowing to those who are not so jaded to think records are played on the radio because [...]

Fonda: Time To Piss Off More Military Personnel

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Jane Fonda, apparently not satisfied with alienating several previous generations of military personnel and veterans, is going back on the road to protest against the War on Terror and the War in Iraq: SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Actress and activist Jane Fonda says she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for [...]

Unions Eating Their Own

Monday, July 25th, 2005

This weekend brought good news for the economy: CHICAGO (AP) – The AFL-CIO succumbed to division Sunday, with its largest union deciding to bolt the 50-year-old federation and three others poised to do so in a dispute over how to reverse organized labor’s long slide. The four unions, representing nearly one-third of the AFL-CIO’s 13 [...]