Let's not forget that Miley's insta-historic VMAs performance last year drew outraged comment from many quarters, but perhaps most notably from the creator of the foam finger himself, who claimed she had demeaned his oversized invention.
He travelled with the young hooligans, observed their encounters at close quarters and, in Rules of Disorder (1978), wrote the first detailed report of their rituals and battles.
While the pace of decline in GDP slowed from the 2.4% seen in the first three months of 2009, the economy has suffered a cumulative contraction of 5.7% in the last five quarters.
Urbanisation is only set to increase, cities house half the world's population today but are set to host three quarters in 2050.
Next year's calendar will give workers 11 days off, including week-long vacations during the lunar new year – also known as the spring festival – and the anniversary of the October 1949 founding of the People's Republic of China.
A World Cup regular and so far, the continental version has gone pretty well with two appearances both ended by Japan – at the quarters in 2007 and in the final four years later.
"Fifty years ago, beer made up three-quarters of all alcohol consumed, but now makes up under half at 41%," she said.
Dai said she plans to take leave on Lunar New Year's Eve anyway – she wants to get back to her home province, Anhui, in time for dinner.
Sadly, he had to drop the novel's lunar crops on budgetary grounds.
There are more restaurants in Garachico, and excursions include the nearby cliffside village of Masca, and volcanic Mount Teide with its weird, lunar landscapes.
These are just three of the mysterious images in Shanxi, a hauntingly beautiful photobook by the Chinese photographer Zhang Xiao, which captures the age-old rituals of the annual lunar new year festival in the country's Shanxi province.
