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Archives for November 2003

Posts from November 2003

Abercrombie Zombies

Today at the Abercrombie & Fitch store at The Grove they were using the easiest trick in the book to lure in teenage girls and gay men: young male flesh. A&F’s holiday marketing campaign revolves around The Legend of the Great Moose (…
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Virtual Intimacy

Those of you in long-distance relationships might appreciate what researchers at MIT Media Lab Europe (via Wired) have devised. It’s a very subtle, non-invasive way for people to communicate over long distances without ever speaking to one anot…
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Thank God for Harvey Milk

Today I give thanks for the life work of Harvey Milk on the anniversary of his death. He was shot and killed 25 years ago this day by San Francisco city supervisor Dan White, who also shot and killed Mayor George Moscone. Harvey Milk was known as the…
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Geography

The links page is back open — click “places to go” in the right hand column. And I’m still plugging my subscription sign-up if you scroll down to the right — it’s a cool feature. (file under shameless self-promotion)…
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Under My Skin

As you must know by now, I’m a huge Madonna fan. And after bitching about McRemixes last week, I have to say a gift has been thrown in my lap, and it’s the Passengerz remix for “Love Profusion.” The beat is driving. Run, don…
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Assassinated Presidents

These have been around for a while, but now seems as good a time as any to trot them out again. Eerie similarities between the lives of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, both assassinated. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. Kennedy was elect…
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Subscribe Now

I’ve added a small module to the site that allows you to subscribe to towleroad. This way you’ll get an email when the site is updated and not miss any of my earth-shattering posts. Scroll down the site and you’ll see it in the righ…
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Cover Art

I remember the days when the cover art of an album was so influential as to advance the culture of the time in a significant way. I remember, as a kid, staring at album covers for hours while the music played. Then came CDs, and cover art had a decid…
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