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Gmail - Pop! Goes the Culture - 3/13http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=02ec4e8a3f&view=pt&searc...1 of 123/13/09 2:45 PM
Kim Powers <kpowers11@gmail.com>
Pop! Goes the Culture - 3/13
Kim Powers <kpowers11@gmail.com>Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:43 PM
To: Kim Powers <kpowers11@gmail.com>Purple People Eaters:(The annoying little brother of The Blob)Hello one and hello all, and welcome back to another edition of Pop! Goes the Culture. Whaaaa anissue of Pop! actually coming out on Friday?! Okay, so maybe it's not coming out at its regularlyscheduled time, but hey, work with me here, alright?Before we get started, I'd like to make a confession. I was listening to the radio this week when AlienAnt Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal came on. As I was listening, I thought "Hmm...you know what?This song really isn't that bad." And then my second thought was "wait a minute, you LOVED thissong when it was released."That made me think, and realize, that like the "seven stages of grief", there is a similar model in placefor Top 40-popular songs, which I've divided into the following:Stage 1 - Love. Song is released and you, like so many other people, fall in love with the song. Youdon't care how much it is being played on the radio/at the mall/at the skating rink - it's like, your favoritesong.Stage 2 - Breaking Point. Anywhere from 2 days-6 months after the song is released. You are SO over the song. Why does my mom know all the lyrics to it?Stage 3 - 5th Grade Dismissal. Also know as "too cool for school". This is usually when a song isfeatured in a blog or a crappy reality show. You eye roll whenever the song comes on thinking howway superior your musical tastes are.Stage 4 - Irony. Usually seen at themed parties and on Girl Talk albums. Coupled with lines such as"OMG this song! Ahaha remember when we used to like this and spend our Friday nights at the mall?"Stage 5 - Absence. Wha? Who? If it doesn't have T-Pain in it, I ain't listening.
 
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Stage 6 - Acceptance. The song will somehow enter your life again - via radio, Ipod shuffle, or theroller rink. Part nostalgia, part great production value. Regardless, you, without irony, are ready toadmit that you liked the song, and are content with it now in your life.Old school example: Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJQ3Z0Plwbo)New school example: Chairlift "Bruises" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HRCacAQ-4)(thank you Michael for the suggestions)While you ponder which stage you are at with "Tubthumping", let's get started, shall we?
Music:Mixtape Link:http://www.mediafire.com/?gewattznywd
(I think their band should have been named Hungry Hungry Hungary)1) Hungry Kids of Hungaryhttp://www.myspace.com/hungrykidsofhungaryWhen I first listened to this band, I thought to myself "wow, they sound like what would happen if The
 
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Shins went to Australia." And while it's not a side-project of The Shins, Hungry Kids of Hungary arefrom Australia.Even though it's sunny and warm year-round in Southern California, it's almost stale for the majority of the time, until one day in June summer finally hits you and you cannot be happier. That emotion is thisband in a nutshell. I'd highly recommend them to anyone suffering in colder states at this moment.2) That Ghosthttp://www.myspace.com/thatghostThat Ghost is a one-man project from Ryan Schmale, and while he doesn't exude an outright poppysummery feel like the band above, this music does invoke sunshine in a way.Heavy on static (in a good way), I hate using the term lo-fi, but this music begs to keep it in smallcrowds. That Ghost seems like the type of project that would host shows in bedrooms instead of bars.Track Listing:1. Bishop Allen - Dimmer 2. Cryptacize - Blue Tears3. The Feelies - Loveless Love4. Glass Prism - Down the Road5. The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket6. Hungry Kids of Hungary - Scattered Diamonds7. Hungry Kids of Hungary - Set It Right8. Lady Bird - Run In the Morning Sun9. Le Loup - Breathing Rapture10. Lost In The Trees - Tall Trees11. Maps & Atlases - The Ongoing Horrible12. Mike Doughty - I Hear the Bells13. That Ghost - I Crossed Out The Options14. That Ghost - Open Windows15. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
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