The Daily Loper – October 5, 2006

Today’s links of interest:

• It’s no joke: IU study finds The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to be as substantive as network news
  We love when studies prove unconventional wisdom that we’ve already held to be self-evident.
• Good News, Bad News for Papers
  Turns out that the kids are heading for newspaper websites to read news. Hmm, seems like we’ve heard that one somewhere.
• Getting back into the groove
  Vinyl absolutely refuses to go quietly into the good night. After all, it reasons, disappearing did absolutely nothing to enhance the 8-track’s reputation.
• Concert promoters sell fewer tickets but earn bigger profits
  Hmm, sales down, dollars up. Anyone else want to guess who’s getting burned in this situation?
• NBC to pull plug on lowly rookie "Kidnapped"
  Television. It’s a tough game.
• Tomorrow’s Robots Could Have Whiskers
  Great, so humanity is going to be enslaved by robot cats?
• Paris Hilton says Shanna Moakler hit her
  No matter what, it wasn’t nearly hard enough.
• Fox shows on MySpace during MLB playoffs
  Hey everybody, remember when the whole point of MySpace was *user*-generated content? Boy, that sure seemed quaint.
• Michael Jackson ‘ready to take over the world’
  One 10-year-old boy at at time.
• Robert Anton Wilson Needs Our Help
  Bob Wilson is a living legend. It’s just too bad he’s living in a time and place that doesn’t value counter culture heros. After a long period of bad health, Wilson is now having trouble paying the rent. It’s a sad story.
• Tom Waits Describes His New 3-Disc Set, "Orphans"
  I once knew someone who was physically afraid of Tom Waits’ voice. She used to freak out when she heard his version of "Heigh-Ho." My guess is that this album could quite possibly kill her.
• Capable Replacement
  Paul Westerberg is back, with songs on the soundtrack of "Open Season." And battling Axl Rose for the soul of Tommy Stinson.