Close, but not quite: To the really funny rexblog reader who e-mailed asking if that’s me in the new iPod+iTunes TV spot since I seem to be pushing iTunes so much the past few days. “No, but I think it may be another Tennessean, Glenn Reynolds, in his pajamas.”

rexblog bumper music from the iTunes store:
Saturday Night (Ozomatli)

Was George Bush really an A+F model? I’m having second thoughts about my decision to vote for Bush since I learned that photographs have been found proving that he missed a National Guard drill because he was booked for a Bruce Weber photo shoot for the Fall, 1969 Abercrombie+Fitch catalog. Developing.

Update: I’ve learned that a group of bloggers are working on a theory that these photos are actually photoshop frauds as they seem almost sure that Bruce Weber didn’t shoot the Fall, 1969 A+F Catalog.

Update II: Several bloggers think these photos actually appeared in an early Calvin ad, not an A+F catalog. Bruce Weber is the connection, however, so I can understand the confusion.

Update III: Someone has just tracked down a Fall, 1969 A+F Catalog and proven the photos didn’t appear there, rather the catalog is filled with elephant rifles.

Update IV: Oops, another blogger points out that Bush may still have some explaining to do even if these are not from a Bruce Weber photo shoot but from an actual rugby game.

(via an item that officially marks BoingBoing’s shark jumping.)

rexblog bumper music from the iTunes store:

Kick a Little (Little Texas)

Adios: Vaya con dios, Thalia. (via Meidaweek.com.)

rexblog bumper music from the iTunes store:
Tumba la Casa (Thalia)

Hope it works for them: If I were in New York today, I’d be heading over to the launch party for the new magazine, Work. First, they were smart enough to make sure I knew nothing about it until it was actually published. (For some reason, they thought the term vaporzine was an insult or something.) Second, at least one of the seven readers of this weblog helped on the launch and has threatened to drop my readership back down to six if I say anything too snide. (Like I don’t inflate my circulation numbers anyway.) Here’s info about the party (and fundraiser) if you happen to be in Williamsburg during the next 3-4 hours: It’s at Galapagos at 70 North 6th St. (between Kent & Wythe).

About Work:

Work magazine is a quarterly analysis of the U.S.A.’s work culture and its influence over the world. Because Americans spend the quantitative, and often qualitative, majority of their lives working (earning money or learning a skill), the fodder for the magazine is tremendous, even endless. Labor its central theme, the magazine will explore a broad range of issues that all influence why and how we work –from politics to design to health to fashion to travel, the list of the magazine’s topics goes on. Work magazine hopes to improve the way that people consume, practice their trades, and live their lives through innovative approaches to work.

Through the magazine’s interpretation of work, readers will hopefully gain a new understanding of the world we live in. The ultimate goal of the magazine is to revolutionize the culture of work: Better workspaces, better salaries, better corporations–maybe even impact the local or federal government! Despite these progressive ambitions, the magazine will not take a specific political position. Instead, by approaching an educated audience of men and women, the magazine will appeal to those seeking out a better experience in their jobs and their lives, regardless of political association.

I know I shouldn’t say this, but it sounds a wee bit familiar, but I’m sure it’s very, very different. Of course, if I were launching the magazine , I’d be saying, “No matter what any losers out there think, Work magazine will kick the crap out of anyone else in our category. Do you disagree? Then, watch out for a flying cross body-block when you least expect it.”

Update: A rexblog reader in attendance reports: “The highlight of the night was when the crowd for the burlesque show (which started after the party) started buying magazines.” A sure sign of success.

rexblog bumper music from the iTunes store:
Nine to Five (Dolly Parton)

How to make money from weblogs: Ellen Simon, AP business writer of the article “Bloggers find clicks don’t mean cash” obviously hasn’t heard about my plan to make a million dollars from encouraging the seven readers of this weblog to download 20 million songs from the rexblog affiliate iTunes store for which I get a nickle each. I just started last week and I’m up to a 25¢. Good job, people. You only have 19,999,995 tunes to go. I’m shopping for a new car, already. Thank you for your support.

(via MediaPost.com’s MediaDaily news)

rexblog bumper music from the iTunes store:
One Way or Another (Blondie)

Back to school: Thanks to an e-mail from Eddie Rider, the fact that I’m away from a computer this morning doesn’t mean I can’t point you to some magazine news:

California Teen is one of those for-students-by-students magazines I typically don’t blog (like door-to-door subscription scams, I could blog several each week if I did — even several each day), but this seems like, you know, an awesome cool thing.

Speaking of students, Eddie also sent a link to Genz.com and a story about its creators. Genz.com, on first click, appears to be a retro-Whittlesque business model (how’s that for an obscure magazine-place-based-media reference that I don’t have time to explain?) Good concept if they can keep their overhead and hubris in check.

rexblog bumper music from the iTunes store:

Twisted Teen (Béla Fleck & Tony Trishka)