March 30,2012
At the end of each week, #Top40Tweets lists a cross-section of artists on the current pop charts and puts their tweets on display (along with their current chart number) for your enjoyment/scrutiny. This week, we look at 5 artists on the Billboard Music Charts.
March 29,2012
Here’s another stupidly amazing thing from the depths of the weird, weird Internet. Youtube user BaracksDubs has taken the time to chop out words, syllables and other random clips from Barack Obama’s presidential speeches, and cut them together seamlessly over pop instrumentals by LMFAO, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga.
March 27,2012
So, Lady Gaga posted a photo of herself without makeup on Twitter yesterday, and everyone wrote about it like it was earth shattering news. Let me put on my hypocritical hat real quick, and chastise “da blogs” for writing about this, while sneakily finding a way to cash-in on the traffic that fluff pieces like this guarantee.
March 16,2012
Since it’s impossible to address the total madness of the music industry in only five days, Pop Uncultured saves some of
March 13,2012
When the Centers for Disease Control aren’t scaring the population with its campaigns about swine flu, bird flu and—presumably sometime
March 13,2012
The kids still love Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. I’m ok with that, but some questionable nominees include LMFAO, Big Time Rush, Toby Keith, and the Black Eyed Peas. Sometimes I feel like when you ask a kid what they like, they’re just remembering and repeating whatever flashy crap was shoved in their faces that year.
March 6,2012
In order to survive on a major label in a world where people no longer buy CDs, pop stars need to make themselves very accessible to this major demographic on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media. It’s a direct line where you can feed the impressionable youth iTunes links, merch stores, and concert dates. Some of the most commercially successful artists take this direct contact a step further, and foster a sort of perceived “membership” of sorts. You’re no longer a fan — you’re part of a team.
March 2,2012
At the end of each week, #Top40Tweets lists a cross-section of artists on the current pop charts and puts their tweets on display (along with their current chart number) for your enjoyment/scrutiny. This week, we look at 5 artists on the Billboard Music Charts.
February 22,2012
Celebrity Close-Up is a Tumblr that has been posting high resolution photos of celebrities’ faces. The high resolution photos aren’t exactly forgiving, so the faces featured on this blog kind of make them look like glossy, makeup-caked monsters. A great number of these famous face belong to pop stars young & old, so I thought I’d post a few of my favourites. Check out Celebrity Close-Up for hundreds and hundreds of horrifying close-ups of celebrity faces.
February 22,2012
Professional wrestler The Iron Sheik has really taken to Twitter. Since joining in August of 2009, the 80’s WWF villain
