Nate Silver reflects on his crrrraaazy interview with John Ziegler and comes to the conclusion that the medium is the message: [A]lmost uniquely to radio, most of the audience is not even paying attention to you, because most people listen to radio when they're in the process of doing something else...

I freely admit I'm obsessed with HoneyShed. The Publicis-backed Internet shopping channel from Droga5 and Smuggler is such a different idea, often bizarre and always interesting, and one I've tried to put in perspective recently. One part of the site's relaunch last week I didn't get to cover in det...

Financially messed-up hip-hop mogul Damon Dash couldn't sit still during a John Galliano speech and told tablemates he was "bugging out." Mickey Rourke "had the nerve" to go to the fancy screening for Milk, the new movie about slain gay politician Harvey Milk, even though he recently called a report...

Banks give away free stuff like lollipops, pens and tote bags all the time. But TD Bank (newly merged from TD Banknorth and Commerce Bank), primed to please in a tanking economy, takes premiums to a whole new level by handing out free coffee, pizzas and umbrellas and running a sweepstakes with the s...

Woolworth's 800 high street stores are for sale for just £1. Business editor Deborah Hargreaves explains how UK retailers are being hit by the recession. In his last days as president, George Bush is scrapping laws protecting America's environment, reports Washington correspondent Suzanne Goldenber...

WEDNESDAY: SI.com's Jon Heyman says Burnett is only considering five-year offers; the Yankees haven't committed to that yet. TUESDAY: Kat O'Brien of Newsday has the latest on free agent starter A.J. Burnett.  She says the Red Sox have "significantly increased their involvement" on Bur...

Three gigs in five days, in two different cities. We start in Manchester, with Marillion at their usual Manchester venue, Academy 1. Last year the place was still a building site with a temporary entrance, and festival-style portaloos. Now it’s finished, with a proper bar and cloakroom, so you...

The Red Sox traded center fielder Coco Crisp to the Royals for reliever Ramon Ramirez today; tip of the cap to Brian McRae for the scoop.  Let's round up the reactions and consequences. MLB.com's Dick Kaegel says Royals GM Dayton Moore will now attempt to rebuild his bullpen, perhaps by trading...

QED* (* Yes, that is perhaps the most obscure pun I've ever made on this blog.) I'll set the scene: The early 90s was a time of almost unprecedented success for the mainstream American comics industry. Hot titles were typically selling half a million copies per month, and special "event" comics were...

Tony Campolo says he opposed Proposition 8 and asked what was won by passing it. Campolo says, “We won tens of thousands of gays and lesbians parading up and down the streets of San Francisco and New York and L.A. screaming against the church, seeing the church as enemy.” God says in Jam...