No Rock And Roll Fun

HOT TOPIC COMPLETES ITS DECLINE: We've noticed on each subsequent trip to the US that Hot Topic has had less and less actual alternative clothing; more and more cutesy cartoon character cash-in (when we were over for Thanksgiving last year, the ratio of PVC:Spongebob SquarePants was 0:all). Now, they've actually got the cartoons doing the designing, as they've signed up Kelly 'Oblomov' Osbourne to "do a range" for them.