New Mascot - Cute but Controversial

Fellow CBB bloggers -

I found out about the South Park character generator (www.sp-studio.de) from a most unlikely source, Hugh Sung. Hugh is in charge of collaborative piano at Curtis and has a killer blog merging music with technology. On top of this he is a fairly straight-laced guy with amazing social skills so that he does not come off that way. So I was a bit surprised when he wrote this up on his blog.


So I have created my own icon for CBB. I personally have not been smitten with admiration for the show, lately I heard about how Isaac Hayes (Shaft), the voice of "Chef" quit after the directors finally decided to mock his religion, the Church of Scientology. Christianity apparently is a common mock-worthy subject, but I haven't watched the show enough to find out if they are mocking Christ, or just offensive right-wingers. I see plenty of commercials for it and promos and they unfortunately haven't made a favorable impression on me. But ranting about the show, or any show, only tends to make you look bad so I'm not condemning it here... yet!

"The Simpsons" on the other hand is often a rather enjoyable show because it is often able to make this distinction in a way I find more palatable and frankly enjoyable. I saw a clip recently where the Creation vs. Evolution in schools debate was addressed in an extremely tongue-in-cheek manner. I thought it was quite funny.

I think that the South Park-type figure is appropriate for this blog for the time being because it accentuates what this blog is all about and will function as a cheap eyegrabber for roving bloggers and a more culture-friendly persona. Of course I put a cross necklace in there to sort of symbolize the "Christian". The cigarette symbolizes the evils of teenage rebellion. The sword symbolizes the Bible, and the lightsaber symbolizes Using the Force... aka post-modernistic techniques and language.

So what do you think of this little guy?