FROM THE EMAIL

Jay Babcock of the excellent Arthur magazine writes (and, if his thesis is correct, what an improvement that would be.)

If the War on Terror is Vietnam (kinda), and Bush is Nixon (kinda), and Dean is McGovern (kinda), and "Lord of the Rings" is "Lord of the Rings" (it is), and if the youth proportion of the pop is growing (it will be a higher percentage in2010 than it was in the '60s!)... then, gosh, you might reasonably expect tons of good pop music overground *and* underground (Outkast! White Stripes! The Darkness! etc), interest in spiritual/mystical matters (check the magick/occult section of your chain bookstore lately?), rampant drug use (check those pot and ecstasy stats lately?) and... now... see below -- the return of hetero group sex adventurism...

Jay

He also provides a link to a story in the NY Times about a new vogue for multiple partner sex parties.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/fashion/11SWIN.html