Your column was instructive here -- misrepresentations of it often stemmed from the fact that the misrepresenters were so hung up on the artists and songs being mentioned (Backstreet Boys! Paris Hilton!) that they weren't paying attention to the ideas, but the ideas weren't dependent on the performers or songs; those things were an important jumping off point (and important evidence) within a much broader framework which benefited from your examples but didn't need them.