http://www.go386.com/voxpop/ Music and pop culture news and reviews by Rick DeYampert en Copyright 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Why is it that purchasing a ticket to a rock concert makes some people feel they've also purchased a license to get drunk and act like a Neanderthal with a lobotomy? http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/03/rude-yahoos-leave-fan-blue-over-moody-blues-concert.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/03/rude-yahoos-leave-fan-blue-over-moody-blues-concert.html Feature_Main Vox Pop drunken fans Moody Blues Paul McCartney Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 When it comes to motorcyclists portrayed in pop culture, the basic formula is: Bikers = hooligans/squared X rebel foolhardiness divided by disaster = Death. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/03/bikers-face-tough-times-in-pop-culture.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/03/bikers-face-tough-times-in-pop-culture.html Feature_Main Vox Pop Altamont Bike Week Easy Rider Mouse Rolling Stones Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Sorry, Tiger, but I don't want to be part of your uber-calculated plan to restore your reputation -- and your riches. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/fame-game-has-tiger-by-the-tail.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/fame-game-has-tiger-by-the-tail.html Feature_Main Vox Pop Peter Frampton tabloid Tiger Woods Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Beatles, Bono, take a bow -- The pope's paper publishes its top 10 rock and pop albums of all time. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/pope-rocks-out-lil-wayne-isnt-the-world.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/pope-rocks-out-lil-wayne-isnt-the-world.html Feature_Main Vox Pop Beatles L' Osservatore Romano Music Pope rock Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Are you among the clueless and in a panic over what to get your sweetie for Valentine's Day? Then do not -- repeat, do not! -- follow this PR firm's V-Day advice. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/-in-case-any-of.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/-in-case-any-of.html Vox Pop "Paranormal Activity Gilligan J.D. Salinger Valentine's Day Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Cute, country music pixie Taylor Swift walked away with Album of the Year at Sunday night's Grammy Awards. I kept hoping that the evil Kanye, that egomaniacal hip-hop rock star, would bum-rush the stage. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/hey-kanye-taylor-pulled-a-swift-one-at-grammys.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/02/hey-kanye-taylor-pulled-a-swift-one-at-grammys.html Vox Pop Kanye West music Taylor Swift Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Is heavy metal -- out of the spotlight for so long -- raising its purposefully putrid head in order to once again disturb mainstream America? http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/devilish-metal-still-tries-to-shock-and-awe.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/devilish-metal-still-tries-to-shock-and-awe.html Vox Pop Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:04:14 -0500 Luddites and baby boomers, rejoice! http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/those-mutant-beatles-still-rule.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/those-mutant-beatles-still-rule.html Vox Pop Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:28:56 -0500 As rock record covers go, this one certainly was edgy, unexpected. No, my shock in that autumn of 1984 wasn't spurred by the photo of the dour-faced lads of U2 -- even though they looked like young, thuggish dock workers who had just gotten shafted out of their pay. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/irish-rock-band-showed-its-king-ly-pride.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/irish-rock-band-showed-its-king-ly-pride.html Vox Pop Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:40:00 -0500 A funny thing happened on my way to listing my top 10 albums of all time a few years ago: I decided to list the albums that I actually listened to. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/beyonce-is-best-critics-list-stirs-debate.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/beyonce-is-best-critics-list-stirs-debate.html Vox Pop Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:06:16 -0500 Ancient prophets believed the future could be foretold by haruspicy -- the art of interpreting the entrails of sacrificed animals. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/new-years-predictions-sainthood-for-bruce-a-right-hook-for-kanye.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2010/01/new-years-predictions-sainthood-for-bruce-a-right-hook-for-kanye.html Vox Pop Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:28:38 -0500 When I was a tyke growing up in Los Alamos, N.M., I hadn't noticed Jean Shepherd, the guy behind "A Christmas Story," hanging out with my family around Christmastime. I hadn't noticed Shepherd taking notes as my Old Man became ... er, perturbed with the "assembly required" toys. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/a-christmas-story-has-a-leg-up-on-holiday-movies.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/a-christmas-story-has-a-leg-up-on-holiday-movies.html Vox Pop Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:32:56 -0500 When Iraqi musician Rahim AlHaj fled to the United States in 2000, a charity organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, found him a gig. http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/from-baghdad-to-grammy-iraqi-musician-rebounds.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/from-baghdad-to-grammy-iraqi-musician-rebounds.html Feature_Music Vox Pop Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:22:49 -0500 Philosopher Robert Anton Wilson observed/discovered a truth of humanity that he labeled the "Jumping Jesus Phenomenon." http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/we-humans-squiggle-with-more-and-more-knowledge.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/we-humans-squiggle-with-more-and-more-knowledge.html Vox Pop Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:41:57 -0500 Of all the many witty aphorisms conjured by Irish writer Oscar Wilde more than 100 years ago, none seems more appropriate to our age of instant media and celebrity culthood than this gem: "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/tiger-opens-gate-to-media-mania.html http://www.go386.com/voxpop/2009/12/tiger-opens-gate-to-media-mania.html Vox Pop Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:52:44 -0500