New York Times: Sunday Edition
Things I learned in today's paper:
- In April, MySpace passed Google in pageviews.
- The self-help video for The Sun's "Romantic Sun" was inspired by beautifulagony.com. The footage for the video was taken straight from the site.
- Bruce Springsteen's song, "Racing the Street," includes the following lyrics: "I got a '69 Chevy with a 396/Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor." Apparently, that lyric is factually inaccurate. A big block, which is what a 396 is, cannot have fuelie heads.
- Google will not speak to any reporter from CNET for one year. This is because of an article published by CNET which included all the information that could be found in 30 minutes on Google about Google's CEO.
- The Book Review contained exactly one ad for a service. It was this: Sensitive Editor ... 20 years experience ... Fiction, non-fiction ... Reasonable rates ... MELODY LAWRENCE LITERARY SVCS ... 212-673-3936.
- The largest cross-country running event in the world takes place this year on Sept. 23-25 in Lidingo, Sweden. Thirty-thousand people will participate.
- Alex Cox, director of the brilliant Sid and Nancy movie, was fired from directorial duties for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Hunter S. Thompson said it was because Cox wanted to turn one of his finest works into a cinematic joke. Terry Gilliam was later brought in to direct.