Revolution Evolution

RelaxiTaxi

Part of Bloomberg's vote-motivation, campaign-trailblazing, revolutionary changes - the new crop of taxicabs in the city have these giant touchscreens in the backseat, with a host of features. You can watch movie trailers, check movie showtimes, check the weather (in contrast to looking out the window), listen to the top 10 songs in different genres, and check on events happening in NYC.

Also makes good advertising space, and one can see that Nike is already on the bandwagon. Ah, the need for information will always be supplemented by the drive to capitalize lucratively off of that very need.

In other news, anyone hitting up LiveEarth on 7/7/07. Its literally right in our backyard! What a lineup, folks. Take a deep breath - here goes:

AFI
Akon
Alicia Keys
Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band
Fall Out Boy
John Mayer
Kanye West
Kelly Clarkson
KT Turnstall
Ludacris
Melissa Etheridge
Rihanna
Roger Waters
Smashing Pumpkins
The Police