Tag: American culture
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If American Idiot Was A Bro Country Song
At the time I kind of liked American Idiot by Green Day but the band put me off…but in the years since I”ve realised how talented Billie-Joe Armstrong is and how it’s a very clever song. On the 6th of January this year, Alex Melton did a ‘Bro Country’ version of American Idiot as a…
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You’ve gained The Grumpy Cat Badge: gamification and social networks
As I tweeted earlier: And I learned a new word. Go me! Where’s my badge? Have I unlocked a new level? Gamification Gamification (strangely pronounced GAMEification) is the idea of treating business, training, work or play as a game with a set of rewards. I’d come across the concept but not the word, and it…
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OMG the bear is wearing a thong!
At first I started to get annoyed at the redneck type utterances in this video, and then I looked closer and realised how utterly strange this game is. Called Muscle March you have to match your muscle body poses as the people in front crash through walls, in rather camp ways. And yes you can…
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Holy Ghost cover Ministry and need to tell you
Although basically an advert for some nuclear green glop (I wonder is the future of the music industry such company sponsored online record labels like from Dr Marten and Mtn Dew?), I love this Ministry cover by Holy Ghost featuring the cute Juan Maclean and Nancy Whang doing some BMX shenanigans…great video, like some cheap…
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Sleigh Bells talk about LP2 and Coachella
Ooh! So fannishly excited! I love that Miller talked about Coachella being a high point, their gig there was one of the best if not the best of the whole festival. Strangely Coachella has been getting a lot of love from the Evening Standard ‘world trendiest festival’? and Metro here for the artworks created in…
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Of Birthday Kilts and Bootie London
Bootie London went with a bang (almost literally with Eric Kleptone above with birthday sparkler!) and it was a few days after my birthday too, so I treated myself to a long-wanted kilt and turned up as sort of ZZ-Top/Scottish/biker/leather mashup wearing a leather vest, a black traditional kilt (in true Scottish style, of course!…