Sarah Lane shows off FriendFeed and a hipper URL shortener while Moujan reveals some real-life superheroes, plus tons of movie stuff, music and more!
Sarah's Pick of the Week:
Create a shorter link with bit.ly. It's a much prettier URL shortener than the clunky TinyURL!
The Gist
Music!
The ultimate music game Rock Band 2's set-list is revealed! Check out the entire list here. And in related news, Guns N’ Roses is releasing a song available exclusively on Rock Band 2 from their upcoming album "Chinese Democracy" that isn't even out yet! Learn more here.
Movies!
Comic-Con just announced an incredible line-up of awesome upcoming comic book, science fiction and horror movies we can look forward to in the coming months. Check out the full list here.
Don't be left behind! Get up to speed on the life-span of Batman's archenemy The Joker.
Headlines!
Church cancels gun giveaway for teens!
Ravers lose sight at Russia laser show!
Man breaks record by sitting in 39,250 seats!
New DVD Pick:
Fresh out on DVD is Kataude mashin gâru, or Machine Girl. A Japanese schoolgirl takes revenge on a ninja Yakuza family responsible for cutting off her arm. Flying guillotines, a drill bra, tempura, and lots of splattering blood makes it great fun for the whole family.
Internet with Sarah:
Sarah's latest internet preoccupation is "FriendFeed", a social networking feed aggregator where you can can keep up-to-date on the websites, photos, videos and music that your friends are sharing! FriendFeed!
I Can Read! with Moujan:
Learn more about real life Superheroes:
- NYC women-defending Terrifica (now retired)
- Superbarrio, defender of justice
- The citizen hero from Clearwater Florida, Superhero
- Citizen Hero.com!
- Real Life Superhero Film (documentary)
Music with Heather: "Fleet Foxes"
Heather's band pick this week is the indie folk band from Seattle called "Fleet Foxes". Get your hands on their self-titled debut album Fleet Foxes and journey through peaceful dreamscapes.
New Music:
U.N.K.L.E. - End Titles: Stories for Film
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
Plus, check out Sarah's awesome eMusic playlist!
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Posted by darksydeavenger on 07/23/2008 at 11:59:18 pm in popSiren
Thought the episode was good. Still feels like it's trying to work out the kinks a bit in certain areas. I agree with the other poster who said that they should make the bites a little longer and just make PopSiren a multiple day thing, focusing on different aspects each day.
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Posted by gobo on 07/22/2008 at 07:35:12 am in popSiren
So really you just want the Sarah and Moujan show
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Posted by gmn314 on 07/21/2008 at 03:52:36 pm in popSiren
"Ok, after last week's episode with the green screen that blended with the chyron graphic that made Heather look like she had no legs (Am I the only one that saw that? Yes? Ok.). Ugh--I forgot to finish that sentence after the rambling about leglessnessy people.
I meant to say that I like this episode _more_ that last week but _less_ than the old format.
###My Thoughts:
1. The transitions are nicer and smoother (Still not 'there' yet, though.) and the non-fixed cameras make it look more like "real" TV. (Whatever that is.)
2. Sarah and Moujan still rock it.
3. Still missing Neha + Jessica... but less than before.
4. See the above/rambled bit about the Heather segment... but I <3 the content in said segment. And that is king.
5. Loving the new focus on Music.
6. Um... the main show isn't _that_ much longer than the bites... why not lengthen the bites a smidgen and dedicate each day of the week to a different section of the show? Don't see a reason for a distinction between the two pieces of Pop Siren any longer.
I apologize for miss-using ellipses... and probably most other punctuation.
But, these are my thoughts.
Hope PopSiren will keep it classy,
Andrew"
Argh! Enough with the "miss you Neha" -- I really think she added 0 to the show...I really don't get why people still bring her up. She wasn't great on "any level".
As far as Jessica, I kinda miss her, but she never had anything profound to say either...
Show's better off without 'em. ...now if we could only keep Heather, and her Shit-music reviews off of the show...we'd be going in the right direction!!
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Posted by rohtop on 07/20/2008 at 03:01:28 am in popSiren
(i'm in love)
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Posted by JeffreyJJohnson on 07/19/2008 at 07:27:03 am in popSiren
I did not think there was anything wrong with the old show but nothing wrong with change and the new format is good as well. The only criticism is the same as I saw posted earlier about Sarah walking over to the stool, just did not feel right.
Did love the globe and Moujan listing the countries that in no way where associated to the arrows, actually chuckled out load (lol is just over used and I wanted to make sure you understood that it actually made me laugh). I can think of a number of reasons to do this and I choose to believe that you think your audience is smart enough to get the joke so appreciate being taken as not stupid.
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Posted by sarahlane on 07/18/2008 at 05:55:18 pm in popSiren
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Thanks! I like standing. I really appreciate you guys being loyal and supportive of our popSiren team while we work on format and content. It's a delicate dance, it really is. Tell your friends about us, get the word out, and most of all... keep giving us feedback! And we'll keep listening.
Love,
sarah
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Posted by renehasp on 07/18/2008 at 05:36:06 pm in popSiren
I love the new format! And Sarah standing up is soooo much cooler... Great job!!! Flows much better...
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Posted by Nathan79 on 07/18/2008 at 01:16:18 pm in popSiren
I'm actually a citizen villain...
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Posted by kunduZ on 07/18/2008 at 08:27:56 am in popSiren
i dont follow this show that closely and i didnt think of anything about the announcement that it was going to be changed somehow ..i have no idea what has changed but i like the change ..i didnt skip forward even once and that is a rare thing for me ..well maybe i did when the commercials where on but we arent talking about them now, are we? ..smile..
..this show is now going to my rss feed instead of watching it online once in a while ..
good work
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Posted by zewm on 07/18/2008 at 05:33:26 am in popSiren
Am I the only one who picks up on Sarah Lane's sign off being a reference to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy? My favorite movie!
About the show, I definatly agree that it was a lot better than episode 17. Give them enough time and I think popSiren will become comfortable once again! I really enjoyed this episode but of course I still miss Dr. Kiki's segment. :-(
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