3,511 posts tagged popular culture
SubscribeAmerican Idol (Season 7) David Vs David: Who Is It Gonna Be?
http://blog.compete.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ american-idol-final-david-archeleta-cook-…-
Fashionable = ?
http://suitableformixedcompany.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ fashionable.htmlDoes it ever surprise you how many people seem to confuse faddish with fashionable, fashionable with sophisticated, sophisticated with savvy, and savvy with more than it is? Just asking.
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The Medium is the Mother
http://lancestrate.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ medium-is-mother.htmlThat title I put up there is rather intriguing, if I do say so myself, and we could explore the possibility of maternal media, beginning with Lewis Mumford's notion that container technologies specifically mimic feminine biological attributes, to the notion of the mother city, the idea of books as
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Already, Hutch? Already?!
http://formerlygay.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ already-hutch-already/(Insert deep, heavy sigh here.) You know, I don’t plan this blog. There are long stretches where I simply have nothing to say. I would get deeper into my personal issues, but right now there are so many OTHER issues in my life, that my struggles with Same Sex Attraction sometimes just doesn’t rate.
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Culture Lag
http://overthegardenfence.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ culture-lag.htmlWe were sitting, Nosher and I, on our old deckchairs in the shade behind Nosher's shed one afternoon, after a morning spent gardening on our little allotment patches in the patchy sunshine. Soothed by the effect of Nosher's excellent home-made parsnip wine, we dozed for a while enjoying our relaxation.
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The Meanspeed Conjecture from top to bottom - making It Simple So You Can Take Your Mind Back From Contemporary Noise Ubiquity
http://meanspeedmusic.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ the-meanspeed-conjecture-from-top-to-bo…The Meanspeed Conjecture from top to bottom - making It Simple So You Can Take Your Mind Back From Contemporary Noise Ubiquity May 16, 2008 – 11:17 pm Posted in International Language, Music, Music Charts, Music Psychology, Music Tempo, Objectivism, Psychology, Tempo, average tempo, behaviorism,
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Vacation Reading List
http://junkdrawer67.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ vacation-reading-list/Whenever I go on vacation I make it a point to not just grab any old thing to read. I try to pick out something that I’ve been meaning to read but have been unable to yet. Especially if I am going to be on a plane because that affords me a solid block of time to delve into a book.
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Cinn's Friday 5
http://sweetmemes.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ cinns-friday-5.html(Link in blogroll) You see how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet. [01] Where do you go most often for your news source? Beast? Google news? CNN? I don't pay a lot of attention to "news" since I prefer to call it Institutionalized Gossip.[02] What summer movie are you most anticipating?Dr.
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Welcome to SemiObama
http://semiobama.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ welcome-to-semiobama/Semiotics is concerned with everything that can be taken as a sign. A sign is everything which can be taken as significantly substituting for something else. –Umberto Eco One of the most striking phenomena in contemporary American culture is the ascendancy of Barack Obama as a symbol.
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Gay Maiwwaaajj
http://liamscheff.com/ daily/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ gay-maiwwaaajj/Gay Maiwwaaajj You’ve heard the news? Court Voids Gay Marriage Ban. California [Here]. And I’ve heard the radio talk-show hounds tell me that it’s “Anti-Democratic! Against the Will of the People to have a Law Forced into Our Lives!” (But we’ve heard that before….)
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LA artseen: AIDS Research
http://wshepherd.vox.com/ library/ post/ la-artseen-aids-research.htmlMay 13, 08: Gallery Row in Downtown La was all the buzz.. Filled with great photos by the late Herb Ritts, also William Wegman. Aids Research Alliance will benefit. CamPhone images taken around our block; The Bert Green Fine Art Gallery also played host to amazing art, and a cool vibe.