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I love Walker’s column and blog but his new book didn’t do much for me. Here’s the review and here’s an excerpt:
For the past few years, Rob Walker has been one of the most original observers of how brands emerge from the noise of culture. His weekly “Consumed” column in New York Times Magazine is […]

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J. R. Simplot, Farmer Who Developed First Frozen French Fries, Dies at 99 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
J. R. Simplot, a billionaire who grew up in a sod-roofed log cabin and dropped out of school at 14, then fashioned an entrepreneurial career that included developing the first commercial frozen French fry, died on Sunday at […]

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I made a trip to Paris this winter to meet the French financier/corporate raider/industrialist Vincent Bollore. He was pretty much unknown in the U.S. until about a three or so years ago when he took over Havas, the French company that owns a bunch of ad agencies including Euro RSCG. It’s not that Euro’s a […]

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Robert Rauschenberg, Pioneer Of Pop Art Movement, Dies at 82 - WSJ.com
Robert Rauschenberg, whose use of odd and everyday articles earned him a reputation as a pioneer in pop art but whose talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance, has died, his gallery representative said Tuesday. He was 82.
(tags: art death)

Five Questions For…Bill […]

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The Brooklyn Paper: Apple of their eye: Microsoft ‘banks’ on Brooklyn for first store
“We’ve talked to Apple about opening their first Brooklyn store, and we’ve also talked to Microsoft about opening the first retail store,” said Faith Hope Consolo, chairwoman of Prudential Douglas Elliman’s retail leasing and sales division.
(tags: microsoft brooklyn retail)

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Costas Now: Bissinger Vs. Leitch
(tags: blog sports)

Is This the World’s Cheapest Dress? - New York Times
Steve & Barry’s is to fashion what Tower once was to music. It’smanna, a store that sells stylish celebrity-branded clothes at prices that are absurdly inexpensive, lower than those at Old Navy, H & M
, undercutting even Wal-Mart by as […]

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BlackBerry Kickstart, the clamshell flip phone? We’re unveiling it to you for the first time! | The Boy Genius Report
(tags: blackberry mobilephones)

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