Pop culture with a hangover

Prince’s appearance on Tavis Smiley tonight (pictures!)

April 29, 2009
I just wanted to share with you the meeting of two great minds that was Prince’s interview on Tavis Smiley tonight. Prince didn’t say much in particular, except for mentioning how he likes sports like basketball, which just made me think of Dave Chappelle’s brilliant sketch. And he mentioned how important it was that people [...]

Whoa! The Unicorns in a Crayola commercial?

March 27, 2009
I was just watching TV when a commercial for Crayola came on, and I wasn’t paying attention but found myself bobbing my head along to the song. Then as the ad ended I realized what I’d been listening to….Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….

Movies with songs for titles

March 11, 2009
Did you ever think about how many movies are named after songs? These are just a few that I can think of, and I mostly stayed out of the movie musical arena, because that isn’t really fair. If you can think of any other examples, leave them in the comments! Also, don’t forget to check [...]

Short List: 7 Songs About Movies

There’s no shortage of movies named after songs, but strangely, there don’t seem to be a whole lot of songs about specific movies. If you can think of one I haven’t listed here, be sure to leave it in the comments!1. King Kong (Daniel Johnston, 1983) - Film referenced: King Kong2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Deep [...]

Finally, a decent Obama anthem!

February 21, 2009
I was beginning to get annoyed about the fact that there was no good Obama song emerging from the citizens of this country, famous or not. I was worried that the best we had to offer as a nation was Obama Girl and that crappy will.i.am song.I mean, Trey Parker and Matt Stone managed to [...]

Are ‘Très Bien’ Scientologists?

October 19, 2007
Is anyone else watching the premiere of The Next Great American Band? Does anyone else think that the Kinks-like young band Très Bien, who hail from Scientology’s Salt Lake City, Clearwater, FL, are in fact Scientologists?  One of them already referred to the fact that if you visualize something, it’ll come true.  This is classic [...]