POP UNCULTURED: A roundup of weird music news for the week ending November 24

by Anne T. Donahue

November 25, 2011

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Since it’s impossible to address the total madness of the music industry in only five days, Pop Uncultured saves some of the week’s strangest stories for Friday afternoon. Enjoy?

Lady Gaga released a Christmas EP and added a verse to “White Christmas” [FULL STORY]

Hot on the heels of her Thanksgiving special, Lady Gaga has unveiled a holiday EP, which includes a version of “White Christmas” that boasts an additional verse. Detailing her dreams of a “white snowman with charcoal eyes and a carrot nose,” Mama Monster uses the song to comfort said snowman, ensuring the creature that Santa will indeed arrive on his sleigh. However, by the time Santa arrived, it was reported that the snowman was actually an egg, and Gaga had been inside it for months.

Everybody hates Nickelback [FULL STORY]

And I think they just found out.

Nickelback responds to NFL Petition from Nickelback

Willie Nelson now fights dog discrimination against dogs

Willie Nelson has launched a crusade against canine profiling against pitbulls, and has been urging Ohio residents to lend their support to Ohio House Bill 14, which, according to Rolling Stone, “would remove from the books a law that declares certain dog breeds vicious.” As per Nelson, “Dogs, like people, are individuals and should be judged on his or her merits” which obviously explains why this was sanctioned to begin with:

Rebecca Black‘s “Friday” was reworked for Black Friday [FULL STORY]

And in this week’s edition of “well, obviously”, Kohl’s re-worked Rebecca Black’s “Friday” to fit the American holiday, unknowingly also providing her stage name when she inevitably rebels against pop.

The Black Eyed Peas have a video game now

The Black Eyed Peas Experience will be launching on November 8, which will give gamers the chance to dance to 30 different BEP tracks just in case you wanted to make sure that you were absolutely part of the problem. [Rolling Stone]

Now you can get a Young Money debit card [FULL STORY]

Young Money is psyched to have just launched their own Discover card, which you can tell after seeing the following commercial that unfortunately does not feature the The Simpsons character who would “never have be seen with a Discover card.”

What do you think, Alex Whitney?

Susan Boyle wants to adopt Justin Bieber

Describing J-Biebs as a “nice laddy,” Susan Boyle revealed that she “wants to adopt him,” after seeing the “wee guy going about.” In actuality, I believe the conversation went something like this:

“Occupy All Streets”-inspired art depicts Hova alongside Scrooge McDuck and Mr. Burns [FULL STORY]

“Rap stars who turn ‘Scrooge’ have to suffer some damage to their street credibility,” explained artist Daniel Edwards, responsible for the infamous Bieber-Selena sculpture. And while Jay-Z failed to acknowledge the tribute, Mr. Burns was heard saying “Excellent.”

The “Superbass Princesses” met Rihanna and it was amazing

And while I could sit here and try to make this a joke, I’d rather tell you that it’s okay to cry tears of joy as your cold, jaded heart melts.

Dave Coulier wants to be on a show with Flava Flav [FULL STORY]

After releasing his web series alongside Jodie “Stephanie Tanner” Sweetin, the artist-formerly-known-as-Joey Gladstone revealed that he and Flava Flav have “always wanted” to do a show together called Dave and Flav, about “a midwestern guy living with the guy from Public Enemy” after the two met on the set of The Surreal Life 3. “Cut it out!” said Mr. Woodchuck, who remains bitter about his exclusion.

Tags: Music, News, full house, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, lady gaga, Nickelback, Rihanna, Susan Boyle, The Simpsons, Willie Nelson

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