I slipped right though the cracks in the floor

With all that is going on in the world today (Israel at war, Stem Cell vetos, Paris Hilton releasing a 2nd single from her rap/pop/regae album) there are several things that come to my attention:

-Most of the music I've been listen to recently has come out of Europe (Muse, Mew, Kent, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, U2, Coldplay). I'm ok with this

-War (sometimes) is the answer

-Should the term French Kissing be changed to Freedom Kissing??? I don't think so.

-Zinadine Zidane went out with a bang. It wasnt the classiest move, but he played his entire career with integrity and class sportsmenship. Maybe it was just time to let that bird fly. And him being sent of the pitch did not lose France the final. Every person on the field should have been able to make a penalty kick 10 out of 10 times.

-American "pop" music is at an all time low right now. People are complaining about illegal downloading, loss of sales, loss of profit, cutbacks. I think this all all boils down to the fact that My Chemical Romance, The Pussycat Dolls, Maroon 5 and James Blount are the "IT" bands right now. The reason labels are losing profit is because no one wants to buy that crap. I keep thinking of the phrase "flash in the pan" and I think bands and artists do so much better to maintain for a long time at a medium level of success rather than be huge for a summer.