Pop Buzz UK

Look, up there, yes, above you, see what that is? It’s a spunky new banner for Pop Buzz UK, and it’s a work of genius!

The 451 Press network has finally relented and let us design and post our own banners for our blogs. I’m sure you’ll agree it makes a welcome addition to the blog, and makes your friendly pop culture blogger stand out from the crowd a wee bit. Ok, so I’m not exactly Perez Hilton or TMZ quite yet, but I’m getting there slowly.
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Debating: Big Brother’s Emily’s racist outburst

Reading: ‘The Cold Moon’ by Jeffery Deaver

Playing: Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Viewing: Simon Cowell’s ‘Britains Got Talent’

Watching: ‘Oceans Thirteen’ Starring George Clooney

Listening: The White Stripes ‘Icky Thump’

Buying: ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins

Searching: Paris Hilton, in jail, out of jail, in jail again

Anticipating: Father’s Day, next Sunday 17th June

Learning: Unemployment is back up to 1979 levels

Big Brother, BB8, BB Emily, Racism, The Cold Moon, Jeffery Deaver, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Tomb Raider, Lara Croft, Simon Cowell, Britains Got Talent, Oceans Thirteen, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, The White Stripes, Icky Thump, YouTube, The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins, Paris Hilton, Fathers Day, Unemployment, 1979

Debating: The disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann

Reading: ‘The Lollipop Shoes’ by Joanne Harris

Playing: ‘Spider-man 3′ on multi-formats

Viewing: The last day of the English soccer season

Watching: Still ‘Spider-man 3′ starring Kirsten Dunst

Listening: Linkin Park with new single ‘What I’ve Done’

Buying: Harry Potter pre-orders, now over 1,000,000

Searching: Eurovision entrants… for a laugh

Anticipating: Tony Blair finally retiring… about time

Learning: Squirrels can peel bananas

Madeleine McCann, UK, British, Spider-man 3, The Lollipop Shoes, Joanne Harris, Xbox 360, English, Soccer, Premiership, Kirsten Dunst, Linkin Park, Linkin Park What I’ve Done, Harry Potter, YouTube, Eurovision, Tony Blair

The Cribs are back with a new single, the first from forthcoming album ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’. This first single called ‘Men’s Needs’ carries on from where ‘Mirror Kissers’, and ‘Martell’ left off, with a very similar sound from the Leeds based band.

The video from YouTube features some nudity, except actually it doesn’t as it’s all been blacked out. It does contain a bit of comedy blood and guts though so watch it now…

The first thing I noticed from the video was the fact the guys haven’t smartened up at all, with their grungy, almost dirty look carrying on in to this third album. They’ve never been ones to worry about looks, with meaning and content much more important. The video still looks cheap, even with the amateur special effects, but I enjoyed watching it, and it gave me a few laughs. It’s a bizarre but strangely fitting video for this song, I just which it hadn’t been censored, as the girl is a great gothy almost emo looking girl who isn’t bad looking.
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The Who were British pioneers of the the new rock scene during the Swinging Sixties, and inspired generations of musicians with their sound, energy on stage, and general awesomeness. What I never expected to hapen though, was for them to inspire a bunch of wrinkly old age pensioners to team up and form a band, but that’s exactly what has happened.

The Zimmers - My Generation

No, that isn’t Roger Daltrey singing, or Pete Townshend playing the guitar, instead it’s some oldies singing ‘My Generation’. The Zimmers have covered the classic Who track as part of a documentary which will be shown on BBC2 in May.
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This is my weekly round-up of the best pop culture blog posts from all over the blogosphere. I realised a long time ago that I can’t cover every story that breaks, so instead I bring you the ones that have interested me in this nice little feature I like to call ‘A Slice Of Pop Pie‘…

Berkeley Place wrote an article called The 25 best indie rock albums ever… according to the blogosphere, which does exactly what it says on the tin. I agree with most of the choices, and love the fact the UK’s own ‘Bloc Party’ made it on to the list.

WorldNetDaily featured a story about an Ohio woman who was shocked after reading an anti-God message published on the side of a Starbucks coffee cup. I don’t really see why she was so disgusted that her blood boiled. It’s a great campaign, and it’s just voicing one person’s opinion, so what’s the problem? I read pro-Christian messages all the time, and never get upset, we’re all entitled to believe what we want surely?
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I thought it was time to take a leaf out of the YouTube Digger’s book… he’s a great guy, funny, devilishly handsome, and also very modest! So I’m going to start trawling the archives for some clips which will fit on Pop Buzz UK, and show some funny, clever, and downright genius moments from British pop culture.

We start with a clip combining one of the great American sci-fi shows with probably the daddy of classic alternative comedy, as I present to you Star Trek meets Monty Python! Dun dun dunhhhhhh…
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This is my weekly round-up of the best pop culture blog posts from all over the blogosphere. I realised a long time ago that I can’t cover every story that breaks, so instead I bring you the ones that have interested me in this nice little feature I like to call ‘A Slice Of Pop Pie‘…

According to the traveller’s weblog Gadling, British Airways edited Richard Branson out of in-flight copies of Bond film Casino Royale. The rival Virgin Airways boss’ cameo appearance was strangely absent from the version shown on BA flights. 3 words for you… petty, childish, spiteful.
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Media Coverage - American lives more important than others?

I’m writing this on the 23rd of April, a week to the day of the Virginia Tech shootings, long enough since the incident for me to have a comprehensive and fair view on it, but with it still fresh in my mind. Like others around the world, I watched the news reports filter in of a shooting happening in America, and by mid afternoon, we all knew it had ended in a massacre. I was upset, with my heart and head going out to the victims and their families. And although that sympathy still holds true, some things have occurred since which have left me wondering about the whole saga, the way it’s been reported, and how even in this day and age, it seems we are not all born equal.
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Debating: The Virginia Tech Shootings, & gun laws in general

Reading: J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Children Of Hurin’

Playing: The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (PC)

Viewing: The cricket world cup / The London marathon

Watching: The formulaic ‘Wild Hogs’ starring John Travolta

Listening: Leaked copies of Arctic Monkeys album out tomorrow

Buying: Tickets for the Live Earth concerts

Searching: New online TV sevice Joost

Anticipating: Maximo Park gig on Thursday (I have tickets!)

Learning: The average Briton has sex 4,239 times… I wish!

VTech, Virginia Tech Shootings, Tolkien, The Children Of Hurin, The Lord Of The Rings, Shadows Of Angmar, Cricket World Cup, London Marathon, Wild Hogs, John Travolta, Arctic Monkeys, Favourite Worst Nightmare, Live Earth, Live Earth Tickets, Joost, Joost Invites, Maximo Park, Briton, Sex, UK

This is my new weekly round-up of the best pop culture blog posts from all over the blogosphere. I realised a long time ago that I can’t cover every story that breaks, so instead I bring you the ones that have interested me in this nice little feature I like to call ‘A Slice Of Pop Pie‘…

We start with an intriguing little experiment which shows the reality of fast food over the perfect menu pictures. You’ll notice that the actual product is never quite as appetiting as the photo!
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This isn’t brand new but it’s so good, and I’ve only just found it on YouTube so thought I’d post. The clip shows Pearl Heanen, an old lady from Australia who started diving once she hit OAP status and does it in a really funny way.
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Incredible as it may seem, you read it right, Pop Buzz UK has been nominated in two categories in the upcoming Blogger’s Choice Awards! This little slice of pop culture heaven, which I just happen to write has been put up for both the ‘Best Pop Culture Blog’ and the ‘Best Entertainment Blog’. The awards are sponsored by PayPerPost and will run until June 2nd when the winners will be announced at PostieCon in Orlando, Florida.
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This is Muse with their brand spanking new single ‘Invincible’ out in the UK on Monday 9th April. It’s the fourth single to be released from the haunting yet brilliant album ‘Black Holes And Revelations‘ which itself came out last July. The song is a fantastic floaty journey through what seems to be a person’s doubts and their need to overcome obstacles and come out the other side. It has a kind of romantic feel to it, yet the almost march like drum beat moves the pace of the song on nicely. About half way through the song, the strong bassline which is one of Muse’s strengths, comes in and from there the song builds up to a crescendo. (more…)

Although not religious myself, I have nothing against anyone who is, whatever the denomination, and read and contribute to findreligion.net quite regularly. But when it gets to the sorts of levels I saw displayed on TV this week, then I think it’s time something was done. Read on dear viewer, read on…

Louis Theroux is a legend, a geeky awkward looking British guy who either by luck or by carefully skilled and judged journalistic techniques, gets under the skin of various people to find out what makes them tick. This week, a programme was shown where he surely had his toughest assignment yet. He had to meet, live with, get on and try to understand people who have been billed as “The Most Hated Family In America“, and that’s by themselves! (more…)