Twenty years ago, experts could look at TV ratings, box office results and book sales to determine which entertainment had people talking the most. Not anymore. Viral videos have joined the conversation as the newest measure of popularity. If it seems like you’ve watched more online videos in 2013 than any other year, you’re probably […]
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Looking Back, For Old Times’ Sake
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?” (Should we just forget the past) I think not. Before we bring a new year in, let’s take a look back at the one we’re leaving. As 2012 draws to a close, we’ve got a lot to reflect on– not just personally or locally, but globally. […]
2012: Top Tunes
2012 was, all in all, an interesting year for music. The year’s hits had the Harvard Baseball team, Abercrombie and Fitch male models and several others wanting to lend out their numbers so someone might call them. Americans mistook PSY’s Korean Gangnam Style lyrics for something else, singing basically every part of the song incorrectly […]
Advice for PSY, “The Past is Never Where You Thought You Left It”
Just three weeks after winning the MTV European Music Award for Video of the Year and two weeks after taking the “King of YouTube” crown from Justin Bieber, Korean rap sensation, PSY, faces a slew of controversy after anti-American lyrics from a performance eight years ago began circulating on the internet last week. In a performance of […]