Ypulse Essentials
Posted by anastasia on 03-30-2005
Death Cab joins 'O.C.' cuties (the band will finally appear on the show that made them famous) (MTV News)
'Idol' empire (USA Today covers the "Idol" phenom as the business behemoth its become…they've got charts too!)
Cell phone control (the recent report on how cell phones have become the "must have" teen accessory noted that "two companies have introduced phones that are limited to 30 minutes of talk time, and can be programmed to control which numbers are dialed"…which two?) (Wireless NewsFactor)
The Day of Silence (on April 13, gay and lesbian high school and college students and their allies will be silent to show support making anti-LGBT bias unacceptable in schools…) (via Wiretap)
High school bans blogging (a Vermont high school is the first to ban students from accessing Myspace, Xanga, LiveJournal, etc. from school computers…look for more of these bans) (The Rutland Herald)
Lollapalooza Music Fest Is Chicago Bound (once popular summer concert tries to reinvent itself in a scaled down way…how about just lowering the ticket prices?) (Reuters)
Teens behaving better but…(new study shows obesity and poverty have kept theoverall well-being of young people is barely better than it was nearly 30 years ago) (USA Today)
Hollywood builds buzz with blogs (BrandNoise on TIME's piece with links to the Superman and King Kong blogs)