By Peter Brauer
The Muppet Studio posted this amazing version of Bohemian Rhapsody 6 days ago. It is up to 7.8 million views as of today. I can’t remember any video that climbed at such a rate. The newly created Muppet Studio channel is the number one most viewed and subscribed channel of the week. Which basically means the… Read More
By Jeremy Kotin
1. EVENT Thanksgiving
Holidays about food are always a great concept. Skirting around the more thorny issues of the day, such as Native American relations, it really has become a day and weekend of giving thanks for the things we all too often don’t stop and think about. Primary among that would be family, for all the… Read More
This December we’re rounding up all of our Popten bloggers, and inviting anyone who has an opinion, and churning out Popten’s Top Ten of the Decade. From obvious lists like Top Ten Albums, to the much less obvious, we’re quantifying everything that was worth experiencing in the last ten years.
As we put the finishing touches on… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
You remember this summer when you took a road trip and all of your friends decided they wanted different fast food. One person wanted Taco Bell, someone else was crying for Burger King, and all you really wanted were Chicken McNuggets. Well, the good people at Eat the Road have made it simpler than you can imagine… Read More
The number of men in the United States who will die in 2008 as a result any number of things…
“This is the true joy in life – being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to… Read More
A fansub (short for fan-subtitled) is a version of a foreign film or TV program which has been translated by fans and subtitled into a language other than that of the original. As Tanya stated, fansubbing can be illegal according to copyright laws in various countries. Even so, it doesn’t stop people from doing it for… Read More
Written by Tanya Peacock
Anime, or Japanese animation originated way back in 1917, but it’s only really caught on in the west within the last 20-30 years. The term itself is an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of “animation.” Anime, like its book form counterpart manga (Japanese Comics), has a large audience in Japan with an ever increasing… Read More
Not sure I condone his name (though the fifth grader in me had a good chuckle) but this guy does for films what The Avalanches do for music. Which means it’s balls-out brilliant. Most of you have probably seen his Alice video. But he’s been busy since then. And he wasn’t just hangin’ with Ruffio. Some Willy… Read More
By Jeremy Kotin
1. ALBUM Songs from the Bromley House Lucius
Sometimes live performances are so much more exciting and capture the talent of true artists better than any recording can… in the case of Lucius, the recording is completely on par with the thrill and delight of their live performances. Starting strong with the melodic “Dear Tom,” Holly… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
When I was in my formative high school days, going to the Warped Tour was a highlight of the summer. Just old enough to drive, we’d pile about 9 bros and skateboards into mom-duke’s Ford Exploder and drive at high speed to Fitchburg or some other pseudo-municipality in middle Massachusetts, blasting Rage Against The Machine and… Read More