----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:26 AM Subject: [313] metro times?
> Morning all! > > Good friend recently posted over some Detroit stuff for me and included was > a copy of the Metro times (May 29 - June 24, 2002). Now maybe I live a > sheltered live but is it always this sexually explicit???, i.e. the Dan > Savage column, the subject matter here was XXX rated, the Isadora column > was X rated AND the fact the front cover was of a picture of a minor (well > looks like a minor) with a her hand down her pants giving herself some sort > of pleasure (didn't look like she wasn't enjoying herself) only goes to > reinforce my point. Metro Times is similar to many of the alternative newspapers in major metropolitan areas in the US (Chicago reader, Baltimore/Washington Citypapers, Seattle Stranger, Village Voice in NYC, etc). In most of these, you don't get the same kind of censorship you'd find in mass print. These papers are generally free, paid for by advertising. Columns like Savage Love, News of the Weird, etc are nationally syndicated in almost all of them. The rest of the pages are packed with local cooler-than-thou art reviews and some pretty risque ads. One of my recent favorites was an ad for vaginal hair removal with a picture of someone mowing a lawn. The caption read, "tired of mowing your bush"? At any rate, this type of media is not limited to Detroit. These papers are generally your best resources for getting to know a US city if you're new or visiting, or if you're looking for an inexpensive penis enlargement scheme. :) Tristan ------------------- http://www.mp313.com <- Music http://www.metrotechno.net <- DC techno + more http://www.metatrackstudios.com <- DC DJ/Production studios http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Hub [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
