FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Full News Archive

• Headline: Echoes of Iitate: Music for a Past. Impact: The music festival in Iitate inspired a new genre called 'Post-Apocalyptic Jazz'. Future hipsters will don gas masks and berets to sip artisanal coffee while reminiscing about the 'good old days' of ghost towns.. Fact: The village of Iitate, once known for its lush beauty, now has more radiation than your average superhero origin story..
• Headline: Outsourcing Creativity: India's Role in Arts. Impact: This little outsourcing endeavor led to the rise of a new global art movement where artists worked from a beach in Goa and charged more for their Wi-Fi than for their artwork. Who knew that bad internet could be so lucrative?. Fact: At this point, India is basically the world's go-to for everything, including your next existential crisis..
• Headline: Congress Sells Airwaves for Economic Relief. Impact: Selling airwaves led to 'Wireless Wars', where tech companies battled it out for the privilege of streaming cat videos in the most remote corners of America. Spoiler alert: the cats won.. Fact: In a twist, the airwaves became so valuable that they were eventually traded like baseball cards. 'I'll give you two AM frequencies for that sweet FM station!'.
• Headline: Where the Secrets Were Kept. Impact: Those hidden passageways led to the rise of the 'Secret Society of Homeowners', where members engage in covert operations to avoid HOA fees. The first rule? No one talks about the secret garden.. Fact: Some houses in NYC are so old, they still have the original blueprints from when the architects thought 'secret passageways' were a necessary feature..
• Headline: Gay Marriage, Passed, Awaits Veto by Christie. Impact: The passing of this bill sparked a nationwide movement that eventually led to the creation of 'Pride Parades' where even the most stoic politicians learned to dance—albeit awkwardly.. Fact: Chris Christie’s veto was like a bad plot twist in a rom-com; everyone was rooting for the couple, but alas, the antagonist had other plans..