And the power's out in the heart of man, take it from your heart put in your hand. And there's something wrong in the heart of man, you take it from your heart and put it in your hand! - Arcade Fire buy it because even with all the hype it's worth it!

Falling Creek Camp Changes Hands. This Has Nothing To Do With Pedophilia. The summer camp that churns out class-act after class-act has recently been sold to a former camper. Yours truly spent 14 years of his life there. I am one of the aforementioned class-acts. http://www.fallingcreek.com/whats_new.htm

Bush Has Something For The Have-Nots! Yeah, It's Just A Message. I guess I missed the address. Then again, seeing how it's a day late and a dollar short, I guess the rest of the nation missed it, too. http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/Bush.address.ap/index.html

What's Cool At School? Surely, CNN Knows. There are too many so-called "authorities" out there telling us what to wear and how to wear it. My pick for the new school year is easy-peezy-Japaneezy: cigarettes. Non-filtered. You see, smoking makes anyone instantly keul. So you can forego the $200 jeans and all the fuss over preppy blazers for a simple $4 pack of Marlboro Reds. Puff away, my little ones, for you are now officially too cool for school. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/back.to.school/

Spears Delivers Female Redbird! Kevin "needs a smoke something fierce!" Congratulations, guys, you have brightened my otherwise miserable day. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/15/britney.baby/index.html

Google Launches a Blog Search. Keller's Kards launches a . . . nothing. Nothing at all. http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170703345

NBC Reaches High, Real High, Like Up In Heaven, To Improve Ratings. Three Wishes, Amy Grant's new miracle-granting primetime show, is pulling out all the stops in its marketing efforts. They've even affixed stickers to dollar bills in Dollar General and Goody's stores across the heartland. But I just have one wish: that I'll never be forced to watch this show. Ever. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/business/media/16nbc.html?th&emc=th

Why Do Textbooks Cost So Damn Much? Why is this Yale professor giving his students his royalties? Why am I even writing about this? A couple of those questions are answered in this op-ed piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/opinion/16ayres.html?th&emc=th

Bridget Jones' Annulment. Zellweger's squinty eyes must have opened just enough for her to see who she actually married. Kenny Chesney back in the studio to record "She Thinks My Tractor's Hers". http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/15/entertainment/main851257.shtml

Yard Apes! Was That Wrong? A Greenville Tech administrator loses her job thanks to her hilarious description of Katrina refugees. The sensitive administrator issued a formal apology stating she had no beef with "baboons" and, in fact, loved the way they "hoot and hollar and carry on, etc." http://www.wspa.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSPA%2FMGArticle%2FSPA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785060036&path=!reports!topstories

Cold Coffee: Arcade Fire Blow Up Letterman. Why they chose to play "Rebellion (Lies)" is beyond me, but nevertheless, they tore shit up. They are responsible for two of the best shows I've ever seen, without a doubt. Watch their "Power Out" video right cheer: that video i just talked about! But are you really a fan? http://arcadefire.net/

Sufjan Stevens Breaks My Heart In Two. Kinda. I have two tickets to the show in Chapel Hill and just found out that I'll be working that Sunday, so I'll have to miss the second concert in the Triangle area in the past two weeks (the first being Sigur Ros). This one hurts. If anyone wants to trade Athens for Chapel Hill, I'm game. And gamey. And if anyone just wants to pay for tickets to the show at Cat's Cradle, let me know. It should be an amazing evening.

Chad Rucker Gets An Early (Or Late Depending On Whom You Ask) Easter Basket From Mike Weston. Dan Cvammen, green with envy, "won't forget this come 360 time!"