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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21

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Eight Items or Less: Union's 20th Anniversary Tee, The Rescue Shelter Boys & More Celebrity-Branded Products

By Gary Pini

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1. Tomorrow, April 11, Union is releasing the first of several items celebrating their 20th anniversary. Their iconic "Frontman" tee shirt will be available in two new variations online and at the NYC (176 Spring St.) and LA (110 South La Brea ) stores. Happy Birthday! (hat tip to Leo)

2. Graph of the day: Metallica Albums vs Hair Length.

3. Remember our item on PETA's campaign to re-name "fish" to "sea kittens? According to the Pet Shop Boys' website, the band received a letter from the animal rights organization requesting that they change their name to the "Rescue Shelter Boys." They declined.

4. The Hard Rock amusement park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which was built at a cost of over $400 million, and only lasted 9 months before it was purchased in bankruptcy, will now be known as the Freestyle Music Park. We wonder if the new owners know what "freestyle music" is?

5. Despite a rise in consumer fatigue over celebrity-branded products, we announce the arrival of Kanye West energy drink and Rihanna cologne.

6. Hungarian MC Marcus May released an album called Babel that features 33 guest vocalist in 33 languages.

7. The New York Times discovers a cool Bushwick store/cafe/venue called Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway) opened by the former proprietor of Scrapbar on Macdougal Street. BTW: Scrapbar was on the site of The Gaslight Café, a Dylan hangout in the '60s.

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