Scarlett Letters

...to bring you the latest in pop culture meta.

Some of you may remember the momentary lapse of reason that was my discovery of the Dramatic Hamster video on YouTube. In that same LJ entry, I linked to an article we ran on Tech & Gadgets about the most popular viral videos on the Web.

It's a good thing I've seen all those videos, because it allows me to truly appreciate Weezer's new music video for their song "Pork and Beans." The song's about individuality. They've chosen to riff on all those great viral videos to make their point, and they were able to recruit almost all of the original characters (and I choose that word very deliberately) to appear in the video. It's a stellar work of pop culture meta and really ought to be seen. Once you watch it, go watch the behind-the-scenes video, and read an interview with the director.

Clever, clever stuff.

(With thanks to my co-worker RU for the tip.)

PS--Yes, I'm feeling better. :-)

As if my head weren't hurting enough tonight (skipped rehearsal for a mighty headache that's had me in bed for the last, oh, three hours or more), our friends at Making Light had to share the latest in fanfiction: punditslash.

I need to go put my head down again.