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...around 200. But it was a mob with Indiana manners; they formed a line on the sidewalk and waited patiently for him to greet each in turn. One trembling teen-ager handed Obama a cell phone and asked him to say hello to her friend Hillary, a big Obama fan. "Hi Hillary!" Obama said with a mischevous grin, telling the crowd: "And she supports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Gets Intimate in Indiana | 5/4/2008 | See Source »

...They’re not really that funny,” he said, adding that he’s partial to the title “White Stuff People Like.” Scholars of popular culture also made an appearance. Organizers said that as a combination of fan convention and academic conference, ROFLCon occupied a difficult space between celebrating Internet culture and critically examining it. “It’s been a bit of a struggle this entire time to define what we are,” said Carrie E. Andersen ’08, who helped...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Conference Celebrates Internet Pop Culture | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...band doing what they do best? Architecture in Helsinki has taken care of this, too, with a darned scene of the band rocking out—cross-stitch style. This budding band obviously refuses to succumb to overused music video motifs, but instead prefers to grow a fan base attracted to the more imaginative and unorthodox. —Noël D. Barlow

Author: By Noël D. Barlow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Architecture in Helsinki | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...earlier careers, the group’s visual presentation has shifted toward the timeless appeal of guns, drugs, and money. The video opens with a geisha twirling onstage under fake snowfall, playing a slow acoustic intro while singing new words to Harrison’s melody. She spins her fan, and the video cuts to a spinning tape recorder. Raekwon gets the first verse as stacks of cash change hands in an anonymous smoke-filled backroom. Everyone knows the Wu-Tang Clan loves martial arts, but it’s unclear why they’ve chosen a traditional Japanese...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: The Wu-Tang Clan | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...store, I think, for me, that was almost like a rite of passage when I was younger, you know, and first able to come down to the city on my own and go exploring.” Alternating between giddy dancing fits and hugs or autographs with fans, Brian Viglione was the vision of a populist indie icon. Viglione is one half of the Boston burlesque-rock duo, The Dresden Dolls—and with cabaret stockings and hints of stage makeup, he looks the part. He and Dolls lead singer Amanda M. Palmer were the main attraction during...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Record Day in the Square | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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