It's no secret to anyone who knows me that Chuck Klosterman is my favorite literary journalist of the 21st Century. He has written three books; Fargo Rock City, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs and his latest Killing Yourself to Live. I have read all three and I always look to them for inspiration when writing any journalistic essay. I read Klosterman's monthly column in Spin every chance I get. He gives great rants into the hipster underworld, and his ramblings hold significance in my daily life. I was saddened to hear that he has left Spin magazine because his editor has been fired. Klosterman's absence from Spin could cost the magazine thousands of readers who have always looked to him for insight on the latest trends in music. His last piece can be seen in the April issue of Spin, in which he uses Guns 'n' Roses new album as a hilarious April fools joke. Chances are, I won't pick up Spin magazine again.

Jack White's new Coca-Cola song has leaked online, along with the rest of the commercial. You can watch the commercial here. I was surprised to hear a few months ago that Jack White would even consider writing a new song for the Coke corporation. I wonder how much he actually got paid for this 30 second piece of music. I have heard the song and it is quite fantastic. I can't wait to see it on my television screen rather than a pixelated version of it that's surfacing around on the internet. Coke may have the best commercial song since "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."

I think Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have a secret competition with Frank Zappa for weirdest, most outrageous and let's not forget pretentious names for their children. This week it was announced that they have just had a baby boy. They already have a daughter named Apple, which was widely made fun of in most magazines and online publications, but now they've gone too far. They have named their newborn baby Moses because, well, why not right? The child is speculated to have been named after the Coldplay song, "Moses," which Martin wrote for Paltrow while they were dating.
Maybe this child will lead his generation to the promised land, or in the spirit of passover, he'll make us some matzah. Why don't the Martin's just get it over with and move to San Fransisco, and Chris can just grow his hair and put it in a pony tail.

When I was a child I was forced to listen to whatever my parents had on the radio. The station was always tuned into the oldies. I still love listening to the oldies station, because I feel that the songs were so easy to listen to. One of my favorite songs, that I still hear today on the '60's station is Gene Pitney's "Town Without Pity." I always loved the sway of the song, as if the record were warped while it was playing. I was saddened today to see that Gene Pitney had died in a UK hotel at the age of 65. He was found in his hotel bedroom after last night's performance, where he received a standing ovation. It's weird that all of these influences I had as a child seem to get older and older and are dying off at much more rapid rate. There are only two Beatles left, yet there are 4 Rolling Stones. I believe there are no Ramones left. Ok, it's probably more weird for my mother. It's just a shame we all have to get old.