Archive for the 'Pop goes the culture' Category

Bad movies, high prices … what’s wrong with this picture?

June 20th, 2007 ~ Movies I liked or didn't, Pop goes the culture

I just rented a pay-per-view movie that I really, really disliked. I disliked it so much that I didn’t pause it when I went downstairs to get a snack. And once I was down there, I unloaded the dishwasher and took the astonished dog out for a long backyard potty break. But it was no […]

Churches and computer games

June 9th, 2007 ~ Pop goes the culture

(via Drudge) The Church of England is condemning Sony for a computer game in which Manchester Cathedral is the location for a big shoot-’em-up.
The Church of England accused Sony Corp. (SNE) on Saturday of using an English cathedral as the backdrop to a violent computer game and said it should be withdrawn from shop shelves.
The […]

Four guys, one cello

March 18th, 2007 ~ Just a slice of heaven, Pop goes the culture

So what do you do in a musical family when you’ve got four musicians, four bows and only one cello?
Apparently, you do Ravel’s Bolero for eight hands.

(By the way, as BJohnD noted, the “Burqa Blue” video a couple posts back is no longer available to be embedded. Don’t know what the deal is there, but […]


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