Accio Awesomeness! First look at Potter finale

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Nerd alert! I'm sitting here at my desk and still have goosebumps. Why, you ask? Well, I just saw the first full-length trailer for the first part of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Yes, I'm a Pott-head (clever, right?) ...

Is technology ruining music?

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Calling all audiophiles! Here's an interesting question for you: Is technology ruining music? I ask this because I ran across an old but interesting Wall Street Journal article on the topic the other day. It seems some audiophiles feel that ...

When drinking games go viral...

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

Well, beer pong, you've had a good run. But now it's time to make way for a new king of drinking games. Yes, there's a new drinking game rising in popularity and it's called "icing." Now apparently, the rules of ...

Stray animal controversy hits close to home

By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture

It's no secret I'm a big animal lover. Every pet I've ever owned was rescued from the pound or, as is the case with one of my current dogs, from a snowy field in Ohio in the dead of winter. ...