The Institute of Official Cheer
James Lileks explores some corners of pop-cultures past. "Welcome to the Institute - where old pop culture is subjected to our patented Re-Ironization Process, and converted into chipper, spiffy, feather-light postmodern commentary on commercial culture. Or, to put it another way: there’s enough here to kill two, maybe three lunch hours." Culture Wars of long ago.... What would Michael Powell say?