1 Rolling Stones music from 1964-70, which shows up on No. 2 online song retailer eMusic.com, is a huge hit at about 25 cents per tune, then disappears for mysterious reasons. So it’s true: You can sometimes get what you want, but not always.
2 Uberblogger Jason Kottke fashions a new site, “When Obama Wins,” that cycles through utopian visions folks have started putting forth. Among the better ones: “Starbucks will stop referring to their smalls as talls,” and “ambitious Yuppies [will] rush to reproduce interracially.”
3 Levi’s scores a No. 1 YouTube video with a “stealth ad” titled “Guys backflip into jeans.” Did Levi’s keep the company name off so people would be duped into e-mailing an ad around, or did it do so because the YouTube generation knows Levi’s as the pants their parents (should probably stop) wear(ing)?
4 Determinedly juvenile blogger Perez Hilton now has his own clothing line, for teen mall retailer Hot Topic, a pairing that sounds about right. Predicted followers in the blog-to-fashion brand expansion: The Huffington Post for Ann Taylor, Gawker for Goodwill (ironically) and TMZ for T.J. Maxx.
5 Imodium, the anti-diarrheal medicine, posts a “Bathroom Finder” on its site, letting you locate nearby public toilets by typing in a ZIP code. Never let it be said that the Internet isn’t being used to its full potential.
