So a week of full-page NYT ads and slick but oblique flash animations later, we discover that "Retro vs. Metro" is. . . a book? Like the heavy things with words and (what we prefer) pictures? It all seemed so sketchy and mysterious, but it looks like it's a David Brooksian two Americas blah blah blah. Someone will have to read it to find out for sure. Reading! Ha. Talk about retro.

Retro vs. Metro America [retrovsmetro.org]