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Susan Boyle and Invisible WomenAmong the many underdog groups [Susan] Boyle scored with was that universally dismissed demographic—Invisible Women: the unbeautiful 47 year-olds who don't rate a second look and never get a chance to make their point in the meeting.
Mr. Darcy Woos Elizabeth Bennet While Zombies Attack -- "The Classic Regency Romance, Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!" Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" delivers both. At the novel's end, Elizabeth and Darcy stroll past a group of zombies that are biting into cauliflowers that they have mistaken for brains.
The Pharm-Party MemeIt refuses to die-----Zomby Culture Risk or NotAlthough I've written four pieces since 2006 debunking the existence of "pharm parties," the press continues to assert that they're everywhere.
Study: U2 fans have good SAT scoresVirgil Griffiths' comparison of students' SAT results and the artists they list on social networking Web sites showed fans of Beethoven were rated the most intelligent, while devotees of U2, Radiohead and Bob Dylan also scored highly.
1984...er...2009! Eddie Van Halen Reinvents the GuitarAfter years of wearing down metal frets and having pieces of his guitar rip off or malfunction during shows, Van Halen says he's built a guitar that even he can't destroy.
New Bad Art Museum opens in SeattleOfficial Bad Art Museum of Art opens in Seattle. View video created by KING-5 TV News / Evening Magazine
As Taboos Ease, Saudi Girl Group Dares to RockThey cannot perform in public. They cannot pose for album cover photographs. Even their jam sessions are secret, for fear of offending the religious authorities in this ultraconservative kingdom. More Articles
Why the Bard's genius gave Dylan the burning desire to write songs - Scotsman.comIt is the second time Dylan has revealed that he draws inspiration from Scottish folk songs.
Flashback: Girlhood in the 70'sWhile searching for pictures of retro haircuts, I stumbled across this blog post filled with photos of popular toys, games, and fashions for little girls in the 1970s.
Is Wii Fit Worth The Money?Article that talks about the new Nintendo creation. Pretty interesting.
The Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa CruzRecently the Grateful Dead donated it's archive of "popular culture" material to UC Stanta Cruz' special collections. This collection of material includes all those mail order envelopes we decorated and sent in over the thirty years of touring.
Understanding Popular Culture: The Uses and Abuses of Fashion AdvertisingToday's young people are bombarded by messages. They should be taught to evaluate what they hear, to understand how ideas are clarified or distorted, and to explore how the accuracy and reliability of an oral [visual] message can be tested (Boyer, 1983, p.92).
After the Writers' Strike: Will the TV Profits return?An excellent, well-written summary of the how the television industry is affected by the writers' strike. The scary part: people kept watching when the writers were no longer contributing.
What Does Sex Have to Do with Marriage or Making Babies?Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon writes:
Study: No Such Thing as 'Cultural Elite' Whether you prefer the opera to catching a flick on a Friday night has little to do with your social class, a new study finds.
Poll finds nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults go onlineWell how times are a changing. The Internet is a civilization changing technology that was completely off most "experts" prognostication radar 25 years ago. When we were first starting our experiments with small computers and the Internet we knew what was in store.
Harry Potter a left-wing hero? Potter and his friends at Hogwarts Academy represent a form of opposition to the values of the profit-seeking market economy. "As such, Harry Potter is a war machine against the Thatcherite-Blairist world and the 'American Way of Life'."
The White Album - The Beatles in Autumn (I)A re-examination of The Beatles classic, "The White Album" that focuses on the album's autumnal qualities.
The Lesson To Be Learned From The MIchael Vick Case"Vick is singing the right tune. Unfortunately my hope of a cultural awakening is tempered by the knowledge that too many young black boys will have the Vick story defined to them through the prism of white racism.
Internet, reality TV 'starving arts of audiences'A prominent British arts critic and cultural commentator has warned that the internet and reality television are threatening the future of the performing arts in Australia.
Eating babies, poisoned bullets? Not so muchA Stars and Stripes piece on the bizarre myths that some less-educated Iraqis believe about the American occupiers.
She's Small, Sometimes Shy — and Totally Divine (Sajani Shakya, 9-year-old Nepalese "goddess")Profile of Sajani Shakya, a nine-year-old Nepalese girl venerated as a godess (Kumari). Subject of an upcoming documentary by UK director Ishbel Whitaker.
LiveJournal say fans are pædophilesThe People's Republic of LiveJournal: Internet Jihadists have declared war on LiveJournal, ostensibly for the sake of the chiiiiiiiiildren.
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