Loading ...After an initially positive response, ABC is one again cooking up music video clip shows to advertise its popular shows, including Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty, and others, with artists like Mika and Sean Kingston picking up where last season’s edgy contributions from the Fray and Snow Patrol left off:
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Looking Back At A Week That Wasn’t So Great For Our Self-Esteem
Fri Jul 20 2007 by Maura
- We found the people who make up Pitchfork’s hit count. – We looked at what Rock Of Love said about the state of the groupie, and shuffled our feet about recapping it. – We pitted MIMS against the Fray in an old-style rumble. – We flipped our dials to Radio Disney. More »
Objects Of Affection: Idolator’s Tribute-Video Treasury
Wed Jun 27 2007 by Brian Raftery
Ed. note: Once again, Idolator intern Kate Richardson scours the video sites, looking for the best fan-made music-video tributes. In this entry, she looks at two very different takes on the recent film adaptation ofPride & Prejudice:
Objects Of Affection: Idolator’s Tribute-Video Treasury
Tue Jun 19 2007 by Brian Raftery
Ed. note: It’s no secret that we’re big lovers of YouTube “tribute” clips–those fan-made videos in which users create musical homages to their favorite pop-culture properties. The only problem is that 3/4 of these mini-movies revolve around Star Wars, the Harry Potter films or Gilmore Girls, usually all at once. So from now on, Idolator intern Kate Richardson will be scouring the video sites, looking for the most unlikely objects of affection. In this entry, she takes a spin with two of the the many, many tributes to Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights:
Looking Back At A Week In Which We All Became Boingers
Fri Jun 8 2007 by Brian Raftery
- U stink, but we love U. – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club: bland? – Boy Meets World meets Robert Smith; hee-larity ensues. – Eminem wants to smack that guy on the phone. – The anono-critic blogs about Blender and gravitates toward Guitar World. More »
Objects Of Affection: Idolator’s Tribute-Video Treasury
Tue Jun 5 2007 by Brian Raftery
Ed. note: It’s no secret that we’re big lovers of YouTube “tribute” clips–those fan-made videos in which users create musical homages to their favorite pop-culture properties. The only problem is that 3/4 of these mini-movies revolve around Star Wars, the Harry Potter films or Gilmore Girls, usually all at once. So from now on, Idolator intern Kate Richardson will be scouring the video sites, looking for the most unlikely objects of affection. In this entry, she meets the fans of Boy Meets World:
Looking Back At A Week In Which We Finally Increased Our Special-Effects Budget
Fri Jun 1 2007 by Brian Raftery
- Amy Winehouse: Here, there and everywhere. – Not to Harp on it, but this cover sucks. – The “50 Cent is crazy richer than ever” rumor doesn’t quite hold water. – The Village Voice is in need of a new intern. – The new Happy Mondays song made for a bad Thursday. More »
Objects Of Affection: Idolator’s Tribute-Video Treasury
Tue May 29 2007 by Brian Raftery
Ed. note: It’s no secret that we’re big lovers of YouTube “tribute” clips–those fan-made videos in which users create musical homages to their favorite pop-culture properties. The only problem is that 3/4 of these mini-movies revolve around Star Wars, the Harry Potter films or Gilmore Girls, usually all at once. So from now on, Idolator intern Kate Richardson will be scouring the video sites, looking for the most unlikely objects of affection. In this entry, she dives into the surprisingly well-populated world of Keiko videos:
The majority of tribute videos center on either a) an untimely death, or b) the triumph over adversity. Keiko, best known as the titular Orca whale in Free Willy, combines them both: The poor creature suffered for years in ill-equipped marine parks, and was laboriously transported to filming locations God knows how many times until he was finally released into the wild in 2002–only to die a year and a half later. His story is tribute video-worthy, to say the least, but is it Andrew Lloyd Webber-dramatic or pop-ballad tragic? Let’s find out.
Outro: Looking Back At A Week That Was Our Now
Fri May 25 2007 by Maura
- American Idol: It’s all over except the 8,436 songs that will rule pop radio from now until next January. – Only together can we fight the canonization of Sgt. Pepper. – Linkin Park may have sold a ton of records, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be sad. More »
Objects Of Affection: Idolator’s Tribute-Video Treasury
Tue May 22 2007 by Brian Raftery
Ed. note: It’s no secret that we’re big lovers of YouTube “tribute” clips–those fan-made videos in which users create musical homages to their favorite pop-culture properties. The only problem is that 3/4 of these mini-movies revolve around Star Wars, the Harry Potter films or Gilmore Girls, usually all at once. So from now on, Idolator intern Kate Richardson will be scouring the video sites, looking for the most unlikely objects of affection. In this entry, she journeys into the wild, wild world of Steve Irwin videos:
