Empire Records vs. The Empire Strikes Back

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

One thing about pop culture, there will always be movies made that help define a generation. My grandma had "Breakfast at Tiffany's," the Boomer's had "The Big Chill," Generation X had "High Fidelity" and Generation Y had "Napoleon Dynamite." But what ...

Empire Records vs. The Empire Strikes Back

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

One thing about pop culture,   Being that I am right inbetween Generation X and Generation Y (if not in year of birth, then at least by influences and ?), my pick for my generational movies would be: Reality Bites ...

High heels for babies? Seriously?

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Well, now that all the hoopla surrounding the wed/unwed parent debate has subsided a bit, I thought I'd write a blog on much lighter topic dealing with little rugrats. And by lighter, I mean slightly creepy. It seems two American ...

Wed? Unwed? Let's call the whole thing off

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Well, I held it off as long as I could but now I just have to speak up. And considering this blog is dedicated to trends, I felt it was an appropriate format to talk about the trend of unmarried ...

Who set the thermostat so high?

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Although I may be risking exposing my Yankee roots, I can't help but notice how uncomfortably hot it has gotten of late. Like Ninth Circle of Hell hot. Like surface of the sun hot. Like going outside is now the equivalent ...

Agenda?

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

  As the Arts and Entertainment reporter, I write many articles on upcoming events. Regardless of what organization puts it on, if it comes across my desk, I will write about it. It's part of my job to keep people ...

Finally, a place for us zombie believers

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

In my day, I have been known to join some pretty crazy social networking groups. I mean, on Facebook alone, I'm already a member of the groups "Jon Stewart for President," The Lee Evans Appreciation Society"," "AA is for Quitters" ...

Googlegangers, hobosexuals and mouse potatoes, oh my!

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

In another example of the above 40 sect trying to stay hip with the teens and 20-somethings, a PR company has compiled a list of the new lingo us crazy kids are using today. Called the 2008 Cultural Dictionary, it ...