meme culture
The "Zangief Kid" Bully Caught on YouTube Explains Himself to the Internet
Casey Heynes, also known as the "Zangief Kid":http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zangief-kid, became an Internet hero last week when a YouTube video came out showing him pile drive a bully into submission.
The Ark Music Factory is Churning Out Pop Slop for the Internet's Cringeworthy Enjoyment
There's something rotten in the city of L.A. Well, that's a statement anyone could make at any time, but after watching the official video for Rebecca Black's cringe inducing uber-produced YouTube smash, "Friday," there's definitely something molding...
How Mark Zuckerberg is "Totally Wrong"
Internet stud Christopher Poole, aka _moot_, "is calling out Mark Zuckerberg":http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/13/4chan-moot-christopher-poole-sxsw/ for what he believes to be a constrictive view on online identity. Poole founded the controversial image...
Hey, We're at South by Southwest
It's SXSW time and Motherboarders "Alex Pasternack":http://motherboard.tv/profiles/alex_pasternack, "Sean Yeaton":http://motherboard.tv/2011/3/11/this-is-sxsw-2011-the-motherboard-omnibus, and "Don Caldwell":http://motherboard.tv/profiles/don_caldwell...
Did You Buy Your Mark Zuckerberg Doll Yet?
Forget about being TIME's "Person of the Year":http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2036683_2037183_2037185,00.html; you're not truly legit until you have your "own action figure":http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/creators...
WikiLeaks Gets Its Own Song
Dare I say it's kind of catchy? It's by Chicken Soup, a new project from Frank Farian, the man behind Boney M and Milli Vanilli.
These Guys Are Putting All Web Culture, from Furries to Lulz, In a Book
The three guys from "MemeFactory":http://www.whatweknowsofar.com/memefactory/, a live performance about web culture, want to write a book about the Internet, and they've made a "Kickstarter page":http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rugnetta/memefactory...
10 Years Later, All Your Base Still Belongs To Us
On this day 10 years ago, Newgrounds user Bad_CRC uploaded a music video called "All Your Base" to the popular flash animation site, and the Internet would never be the same. With a techno song based off samples from the "engrish" translation of...
What It Takes To Actually Sink A Cruise Ship
If all your icebergs have melted, there are still plenty of other options.
Q+A: “Winnebago Man” Director Ben Steinbauer Longs for the Grainy, Degraded Video Tape
A documentary about one of the earliest accidental video stars could have easily felt forced or exploitative. But _Winnebago Man_, which opens nationwide today in select theaters, is far from that. The film chronicles director Ben Steinbauer's quest to...
Maybe "Winnebago Man" Wasn't So Angry After All
If you don't know "Winnebago Man," you're about to. His real name is Jack Rebney, and he is headed for the silver screen, in "a documentary":http://winnebagoman.com/index.php set to open this week. But his path started on video cassette, over twenty...