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What's in a Meme?
If you have heard about the recent phenomenon called Harlem Shake, read Rage comics and know about 'Bad Luck Brian,' 'Good Guy Greg' and 'Success Kid' then you are probably a meme junkie. For some of you the last few lines probably wouldn't have ...
(Mar 5, 2013, The New Indian Express)
City shakes in latest dance video meme
For the unversed, it's a dance video meme that starts out with one person dancing alone while “Harlem Shake,” by New York-based DJ Baauer, plays in the background. After about 15 seconds, when the bass drops, the lone dancer is joined by a crowd of ...
(Mar 5, 2013, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Meme: Train Cancels on Boy Scouts, Is Omar Sy Set To Play Northstar, and How ...
Meme: Train Cancels on Boy Scouts, Is Omar Sy Set To Play Northstar, and How ...
(Mar 5, 2013, AfterElton.com)
Two Ways to Capture the Power of the Meme
Meme appears to be the word for a couple of soft drinks companies who are busy embracing the marketing potential of social media. A meme, for the uninitiated, is the word to describe internet craze that infuses the general populace. Right now, there's ...
(Mar 5, 2013, just-drinks.com (subscription))
The Harlem Shake: Anatomy of a Viral Meme
If you still have not heard of the Harlem Shake you must be living in a cave. Much has been written about the rapid and global spread of this catchy internet meme, yet little is understood about how it spread. In the following post, we look at the meme ...
(Mar 5, 2013, Huffington Post (blog) (satire))
Timberwolves Mock Miami Heat Harlem Shake with Refreshing Meme Parody
If you have had just about enough of the ubiquitous Harlem Shake videos, you will enjoy this particular take from the Minnesota Timberwolves. By now, all of you have seen the Harlem Shake in one form or another. Hell, many of you have actually been ...
(Mar 5, 2013, Bleacher Report)
'Gallon Smashing' meme goes viral but angers public (VIDEO)
Forget about doing the Harlem Shake – the next big thing just hit YouTube. It's called 'Gallon Smashing' and the meme in all fairness is pretty juvenile. The act involves 2 gallons of milk and a “clumsy shopper”. They walk in a colorful manner down the ...
(Mar 6, 2013, The Voice of Russia)
Meme: Brooke Shields Is Starting Over, Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel ...
Meme: Brooke Shields Is Starting Over, Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel ...
(Mar 6, 2013, AfterElton.com)
It's Mom Meme Wednesday!
Hello, ladies! First off, my friend Emily tried the Easy Burrito Bake and it got a thumb's up, so if you haven't given it a whirl, go for it. Betty Crocker usually has can't-miss recipes, and I only steal from the best. So today is Mom Meme Wednesday ...
(Mar 6, 2013, Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog))
Harlem Shake-up: from insufferable meme to Middle East movement
For most people, the words "Harlem Shake" evoke images of arrhythmic hip thrusts, ridiculous costumes, and cringeworthy choreography. But for Mahmoud Tabei, the irrepressible internet meme carries a far more meaningful connotation. Tabei, 17, is one of ...
(Mar 6, 2013, The Verge)
Now Humans Are Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans
... preverbal fury that is goats yelling like humans, I don't know where you've been the last few weeks. But for all the sequels and spinoffs and mashups with Taylor Swift and Whitney Houston and Miley Cyrus, it's only this that could bring the meme to ...
(Mar 6, 2013, Slate Magazine (blog))
The Meme-ing of Life is an Epic Win
As the title implies, Meme-ing is nominally a show about the internet, and certainly there is a fair bit of internet-centric humour. (One sketch, about a boy who falls into a YouTube-induced coma that can only be cured by reading, is particularly on ...
(Mar 6, 2013, Torontoist)
Meme The World Kickstarter Project Wants You To Join In On A Global Art ...
Meme The World Kickstarter Project Wants You To Join In On A Global Art ...
(Mar 6, 2013, Huffington Post)
Death of a meme: Mitch McConnell's campaign ruins the Harlem Shake
The campaign team for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has released a web video in which staffers do the Harlem Shake, in a bid to capitalize on a meme that, if not already in its death throes, has surely received what amounts to a stake ...
(Mar 6, 2013, The Week Magazine)
Meme Fascination
Viral videos and pictures that express a funny, sarcastic or even insulting idea are called memes. They come in many forms, from the Harlem Shake to grumpy cat. You can generate them using apps, and there is even a website that documents each memes ...
(Mar 7, 2013, KLFY)
Armory Week Meme Watch: All Hands on Deck at the SPRING/BREAK Art Show
As we do whenever we're faced with an eye-exhausting, mind-numbing number of art fairs, ARTINFO is on the lookout for recurring images, motifs, techniques, and media at the Armory Week fairs in New York City. While waiting for our speculative whale art ...
(Mar 7, 2013, In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog))
Meme: Mexico Rules Homophobic Speech Isn't Free Expression, Win a Trip To ...
Meme: Mexico Rules Homophobic Speech Isn't Free Expression, Win a Trip To ...
(Mar 7, 2013, AfterElton.com)
Mitch McConnell Campaign Officially Ends Meme With 'Harlem Shake' Video
It had a good, long run, but the “Harlem Shake” meme is officially over. Some would argue it has been over for awhile, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection team put a big, flowery wreath on the meme's grave today when they released ...
(Mar 7, 2013, Mediaite)
Harlem Shake, The Life-Ruining Meme
But as the immensely popular meme continued to grow, a bizarre phenomenon began to emerge. Where “Harlem Shake” videos were once solely about fun and games, a trend towards serious repercussions (like people getting fired for creating “Harlem ...
(Mar 7, 2013, New York's 92.3 NOW)
The 'crying wolf' meme takes root
Last week, the consensus among many Beltway pundits was unavoidable: the failure to replace the sequester is a bipartisan fiasco, with President Obama ultimately bearing responsibility for Republicans' refusal to compromise. This week, the Beltway ...
(Mar 7, 2013, MSNBC (blog))