Imagine a bunch of people saying, “Hey, I’ve got an idea — let’s all dress up as Egyptian mummies attach bells to our belts and gyrate our hips to the sound of Christmas music?” That’s exactly what happens when the 4000 year old Funk Band, Here Come the Mummies, performs a Christmas arrangement entitled “Carol of the Belts”.
The Popculturist’s Top Ten 10 Christmas Tunes
Confronted with the usual Christmas radio mix of lackluster covers, the Popculturist goes looking for — and finds — some recent holiday songs worth a listen.
Felt for the Holidays
Holidays are a stressful time for crafters who hope to make home-made gifts for everyone on their lists. Andrea Paterson shows you a great way to work out your frustrations while simultaneously making fabulous holiday decorations.
Go Cross-Border Shopping and Lose Your Mind!
A son lets his mother talk him into going shopping across the border in the USA. “Never again!” he vows. Here’s why.
How to Live in a Consumer Culture Without Being Consumed
I wonder if, one of these days when I wake up, someone is going to try to sell me sunshine. Now that everyone buys water in bottles, pays hundreds of dollars every month for digital entertainment products, and feels they can’t get out and exercise without Lululemon ‘yoga inspired athletic apparel,’ there aren’t many frontiers left.