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Category Archives: Pop Cult
Spamnesty International
Via Tom, a novel idea: Spamnesty International. We care about spam because spam is really important for your life! If spam would stop today, the world would end. We fight for a more evenly distribution of spam to everybody in … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Geek, Pop Cult
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Devo 2.0
I was contacted a while ago by someone from Disney Records asking me “to promote Devo 2.0 and to expose new and old fans to their music”. First up: yes, I get email from Disney Records. When you’re done giggling, … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Music, Pop Cult
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Neverland
Bizarre and slightly unnerving: Neverland, Amerika, a Flickr photoset with a twist. (last two via Exploding Aardvark)
Posted in Bizarre, Pop Cult, Visual Arts
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Nosferatu
Amazing: Google video has the entire 1922 version of Nosferatu up for viewing and downloading. Via cynical-c. Update: and here’s Ed Wood’s complete Glen or Glenda! Via robot wisdom.
Posted in Film, Pop Cult
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Harcourt E. Gingersnap
The Groucho Marx Name Generator. Brought to you by the man who gave us Drawn!
First Lines
The 100 best first lines from novels. Maybe they should have added this one: “This book exists on the premise that somebody, somewhere, is interested in who I am, how I got that way, and what the fuck I’m talking … Continue reading
Hum
Wikipedia explains the term Hum: The action of humming is produced simply by producing a wordless tone, such as in scat singing or vocables (wordless forms of singing), but with the mouth completely closed so that the sound emerges from … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Pop Cult
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Gimme Gimme
I am going to do the unthinkable on this weblog and admit that I am an Abba fan. Isn’t it about time you got out of the closet as well?
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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The Groupies
For those with an appetite for bizarre recordings, here’s mp3s of the entirety of “the astounding, disquieting” 60s record ‘The Groupies,’ a collection of actual interviews with Manhattan groupies discussing their depraved post-gig activities. It’s not quite what you would … Continue reading
Top 50 Music Videos Of 2005
Had no time to check them all. Did you, maybe?
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Visual Arts
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The Phlorescent Teach
Mark Volman teaches the faculty of Baptist-identified Belmont University. Volman has also put his hard-partying days behind him. A committed Christian, he and his wife and business partner, Emily Ector-Volman, are active members of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, where they sing … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Zappa Misc
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Virtual Acid Trip
The perfect link for a slow Monday morning: acidtrip.com. “Acidtrip contains more shit than you can shake a dick at!” Warning: don’t click if you have a history of epileptic seizures…
Air Guitar
Be very, very afraid: Aspiring rock gods can at last create their own guitar solos – without ever having to pick up a real instrument, thanks to a group of Finnish computer science students. The Virtual Air Guitar project, developed … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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RIP Link Wray
Link Wray has died earlier this month in Denmark at age 76. Wray (homepage, currently unavailable), hailed as the inventor of the power chord and the “fuzz” guitar sound, was a big influence to the likes of Pete Townsend, David … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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Plastic People Of The Universe
A band from the Czech Republic. Did you ever hear about them? The name is a bit familiar, isn’t it? They’re coming to Hungary now (press “English” there and click on the previous link again), and here’s their story. With … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Pop Cult, Zappa Misc
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