bettiwettiwoo's Journal: Just Can't Get Enough

Actually, everything is Obama now. It's a Sign O' the Times:

In Rickrolling and Racial Transcendence, Reihan Salam writes (in what felt like a long, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong exposé of Astley's video and its mystical and metaphysical - oh, sic yeah - meaning):

'[A]lthough he [Astley] is pale and British, he sounds ... black and American. [...] As an exemplar of "blue-eyed soul," Astley could be condemned for appropriating a primarily black form of musical expression. But not only was he not condemned -- he was embraced by music-lovers of all colors, not least the acrobatic bartender featured in the music video itself. [..] Could it be that Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" is the soundtrack for the Age of Obama?

White boys sounding like black boys? How unusual. Yes, it must be a sign that Sen. Obama will presently be titling himself Pres.

Dear Mr Salam, have you ever heard of Elvis? He's still the King.

Since you don't hang out where the cool people do.

[Red Warrior]

Err, I mean the REST of the cool people...

You might get a kick out of this:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/04/ding-ding-ding.html [blogspot.com]

and, linked from the same site,
http://www.cafepress.com/amputeehee [cafepress.com]