K-POP = next big thing?

So I've pretty much listened to "Tell Me" about 50 times today. I may not know a single word of Korean* but something about this song really makes me like it. I even like the video.

(*Edit: I remembered this is actually wrong, the word for mom and dad sound a lot like the words in Hebrew...Ima/Aba, Ema/Apa I think?)

Apparently Wonder Girls are now touring with the god-awful Jonas Brothers throughout America. Originally I thought this was because they're a Christian band, and many Korean people are Christian, so it kind of made sense (in my head), but my bff Alicia pointed out it's actually a genius marketing approach.

I'm liking this comics

"DEMON PLANET"

Nazi gnomes

A piece by German artist and head of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts Ottmar Hörl is causing controversy in Nuremberg. Hörl says his work is meant to "poke fun" at Nazism and claims that it was not him who set up the work in Nuremberg but a collector who had bought the piece.

The photo on the right is from an earlier exhibition by the artist in Belgium, titled Dance of/with the Devil. You can see twelve other photos of the exhibit here.

Here's the BBC story about it, which includes a photo of the golden version of the gnome which is causing the controversy. Some of the artist's less controversial works can be found on his site.

So what do yall think? Is the piece offensive or is it a legitimate way to talk about something? Or just plain bad taste?