Then That's What They Called Music is a series of posts on the Onion AV Club where writer Nathan Rabin (
previously) listens to all of the NOW! That's What I Call Music CDs from 1999 onwards. The essays read like a history of a forgotten world, reminding you of terrible yet infectious pop tunes, and are full of great links, snappy writing and one man's struggle to deal with why the Black Eyed Peas, the
most corporate band in America, are so popular.
[more inside]
posted by Sifter
on Dec 24, 2010 -
29 comments
Lost At E Minor is an online publication of inspiring art, illustration, photography, music, fashion, film — basically contemporary pop culture.
posted by netbros
on May 20, 2009 -
23 comments
Riffing on the 1970s as the "Me Generation," Esquire Magazine once referred to the 1980s as the "Re Generation," making the case that all of our popular music, fashion, etc was being recycled from previous decades.
They had no idea. Since then, the flood of entertainment has deposited many more sedimentary layers of pop culture. Today, musicians and music videos mine these condensed strata of modern media as raw materials, producing works of
hyper-compressed cultural references. Case in point:
The Scissor Sisters' "Comfortably Numb",
Justice's "DVNO", and
The Darkness' "I Believe in a Thing Called Love." [more inside]
posted by adamrice
on Apr 15, 2008 -
99 comments
Y'all think whatever you want about Michael Jackson
now, knaamean? But on this day back in 1983,
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was being taped before a live audience. Since he was no longer contractually tied to Motown, MJ planned to attend but not perform at the function; he was finally able to negotiate a solo spot singing a non-Motown song.
Thriller had been released more than a year prior;
Billie Jean had been the Number One single on Billboard's Top 100 for two weeks. It was time for a Pop Culture "Do you remember where you were when...?" moment.
And then came the moonwalk.
posted by t2urner
on Mar 25, 2008 -
82 comments
