One of my new favorite podcasts is Hit Parade from Slate. You don't have to be well versed in popular music to find it fascinating. One recent episode discusses how the Billboard Top 100 changed a few years ago to include You Tube music video plays vs. just purchases of music. Most interesting was learning that if someone makes a parody or fan video and uses the original song audio; that fan video or parody counts toward the original song's number of plays. So when a song goes viral with a dance, like the Harlem Shake, and thousands of people film themselves dancing--the original song gets the credit.
You can listen to the latest episode HERE (or at iTunes, Stitcher, etc.)
Do you like pop culture? Ira, Kara and Louis give a weekly review of the biggest happenings in pop culture and call people on the absurdity of it all. They shade those who deserve it and point out whats good. And they laugh, a lot. It's infectious. I look forward to Keep It hitting my feed each week.
You can find the latest Keep It HERE (or at iTunes, Stitcher, etc.)
