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What ever happened to a nice cup of joe?
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Just what the world needed. Drunk yet wide awake teenagers. Have you heard this one yet? The company that makes Rockstar has pulled their alcoholic version of the popular energy drink, Rockstar 21, off the shelves after both kids and ...
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More Reality TV in store? Nooooo...
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Say it ain't so, TV writers, say it ain't so. With the recent TV writers strike, insiders and experts are expecting another new influx of reality TV shows. With minimal budgets and no need for writers, it looks like if ...
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Why, next thing they'll be giving them the vote!
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Although this blog is all about what's new in pop culture, every once in awhile it is pertinent to go back to the past just to see how far we've come. And today, one Advocate reader showed me a past ...
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Radiohead's little experiment...
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Whudda thunk it, folks? If you give people the option of either paying for something or getting it for free, most people will chose to (...wait for it...wait for it...) take it for free. I know! I'm just as shocked ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
As a 20-something in the news industry, I've seen my fair share of older, supposedly wiser veterans in the business take a stab at my generation. They write their op-eds and columns about how what we, collectively as a group, ...
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National Novel Writing Month kicks off!
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Much to my chagrin, it seems no one wants to join me in the quest to write a novel in a month, except for sports writer Billy Mau and my boyfriend Ryan "Muffin" Huddle. But as they say, the book ...
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True Hollywood Story: Chupacabra edition
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
First things first, I'd just like to point out that the old adage "the camera adds ten pounds" is complete and total bunk. Looking at myself on video, the camera had to have added at least 20 pounds to my ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
And here we thought it was just for spying on our boyfriend's ex. According to an article on www.trendhunter.com, headhunters are trolling social networking sites like Myspace.com for the next great talent (which is making me think I should stop ...
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I'm going to be a sexy chupacabra for Halloween
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Sex has hijacked Halloween, folks. Allow me to present to the court exhibit A: Now don't get me wrong. I've been my fair share of sexy 1920s flapper and even...(gulp)...a Playboy Bunny from the 1950s (hey it was in college ...
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Coming out of the (broom) closet
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
He's finally come out of the closet, people. After all these years of "is he or isn't he?" the mystery is now solved. He most certainly is. And no, I'm not talking about Tom Cruise (although I'm still waiting for ...