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Video Gallery: 9 Pop-Culture Reenactments Starring Marshmallow Peeps
Easter: Yet another religious holiday that has been taken over by the candy companies. More specifically, it’s been appropriated by Just Born, makers of the marshmallow monstrosity known as the Peep. Peeps, generally, are disgusting. They do, however, look really cute, which means that they lend themselves to all sorts of endeavors not necessarily related to eating. We’ve already brought you the artistic genius of the Washington Post’s Peep Show V; now, we bring you the oh-so-creative (and somewhat disturbing) things people do to their Peeps when video cameras become involved. Specifically, people seem to enjoy recreating scenes from pop-culture. Here are the best of the best pop-culture reenactments starring those crazy marshmallow creatures: More »
Video: 8-Bit Pink Floyd Will Rock Your Pixelated Socks
Because awesome covers never go out of style, try this one on for size: Pink Floyd’s classic album Dark Side of the Moon in the key of Nintendo. Called Moon8 by its brilliant arranger, Brad Smith, you can purchase the whole album on iTunes or CD Baby; or, you can just do what I’m doing and listen to the 8-bit version of “Money” on repeat via YouTube. More »
Rock And Roll Heaven: The Pope’s Playlist
What do the Holy Father and Philippine prisoners have in common? A mutual love of “Thriller”! The Vatican’s official newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has released Pope Benedict XVI’s list of top songs he’d like to have with him on the desert island. And it doesn’t contain songs you’d necessarily expect. The list includes:
The Beatles’ “Revolver”
Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of The Moon” (which, fun fact, is still considered “Satan’s music” on an amazing variety of Web sites)
Oasis’s… More »