Fame, Love, Redemption, Violence…

by Brian Clark

Given the topic of today’s article, I just had to link to this Times Online (UK) article (via Seth Godin). Seth calls it the “headline of the year,” and I have to agree it’s an excellent example of a compelling attention grabber:

Eminem remarries sweetheart he vowed to murder

Even if you don’t give a flip about Eminem, how do you resist reading that story?

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1 Chris P. February 16, 2006 at 11:37 am

Pretty strong stuff…although “the kitty gets it” was good, too ;)

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