illusions and dreams » internet phenomenon http://www.archenar.com a weblog about mmorpgs, psychoanalysis and media studies Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:29:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 rick rolling http://www.archenar.com/2008/04/12/rick-rolling/ http://www.archenar.com/2008/04/12/rick-rolling/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:26:54 +0000 Sark http://www.archenar.com/?p=43 the Donots proclaim in “Whatever happened to the 80s” that “Thank God, Rick Astley gave us up” – however, that is far from the truth. Rick Astley is never gonna give us up, it seems. in fact, he is the center of a new internet viral video phenomenon: “An estimated 13 million internet users have been tricked into watching the video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up in the last couple of weeks”. the practice is named ”Rick Rolling” and it involves juicy sounding links to interesting videos that all direct you to said Rick Astley video.

]]> http://www.archenar.com/2008/04/12/rick-rolling/feed/ 0 97 seconds of “fame” http://www.archenar.com/2007/06/10/97-seconds-of-fame/ http://www.archenar.com/2007/06/10/97-seconds-of-fame/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:18:57 +0000 Sark http://www.archenar.com/2007/06/10/97-seconds-of-fame/ while i was reading my feeds yesterday, i stumbled upon a link on metafilter named “Navy Numa Numa“. i vagely remembered from my World of Warcraft time that one of my fellow guildmates used to talk about “Numa Numa” all the time. i habe never bothered to actually check it out or even given any thought about what it might be so far. until now.

in short, “Numa Numa” is about a slightly overweight guy named Gary Brolsma lip-synching the song “Dragostea din tei” by “O-Zone“. apparently, that home-made 97 seconds video has caused quite a buzz on the internet. there is a impressive amount of “inspired by numa numa” videos out there on YouTube.

yes, i know thats so last year, but i was kind of amazed by this example of the phenomenon that is called “bricolage” in cultural studies.

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