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...Pop Culture Headlines...
• China
gets jiggy with Western pop culture. (MSNBC)
• Yet morearticles about the prevalence of Japanese pop culture in
America (BusinessWeek story one,
two)
• G.I
Joe hits the big 4-0. (New York Times)
• Catalogs
or magazines? Publishers can barely tell the difference anymore. (New
York Times)
• Demolition
derbies face crapped-out '60s cars shortage. (New York Times)
• The
appeal of Japanese pop culture in America. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Max
Rosenberg, B-movie producer, passes away. (Los Angeles Times/The Charlotte
Observer)
• Garden
gnomes attack! (The Journal News/AZcentral.com)• Vespa
scoots its way back into American hearts with the GT. (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Retro
soda brands come out of retirement. (Detroit News)
• Touring
hotel rooms of pop-culture infamy. (MSNBC)
• The
growing economic power of Japan's otaku generation. (The Japan Times)
• Tranlsating
Japanese lit into American success. (San Francisco Chronicle)
• The
Wonderful World of Color TV was launched 50 years ago. (San Francisco
Chronicle 1,
2,
the
RCA TK-41 camera, U.S.
Census stats)
• Recreating
the long lost Playland amusement park. (San Francisco Chronicle)
• The
original pony car enters middle-age. (New York Times)
• Slot cars race to comeback victory. (New
York Times, Indianapolis
Star)
• Angry
red planet beckons—in our imaginations. (New York Times)
• Dr. Seuss hits the big '00. (New
York Times, San
Francisco Chronicle)
• Dick
and Jane find new popularity at bookstores—among adults. (USA Today)
• Eddie
Clontz, discoverer of Bat Boy, passes away. (The Economist)
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