You may have noticed a few changes here and there at Pop + Politics. Some cosmetic, some added functionality. A lot have taken place on the backend without you even noticing.
We appreciate your patience if the flow of content is not always constant as a result of the changes being made, but rest-assured, everything is being done to make the experience at P+P more engaging, speedier, and more inter-connected with all of the networking possibilities the internet has to offer.
We have migrated to a new, faster, completely green hosting service called Dreamhost. Read more about the glorious carbon neutrality of our new host here.
We have also installed the latest Wordpress (v 2.5) which allows much more streamlined posting of music and video content.
You’ll also notice the “Share This” button at the bottom of every post. Click on it and you will see a pop-up that will allow you to share the post on every major social networking and news sites around (Facebook, Digg, Newsvine, Reddit, StumbleUpon, MySpace…just to name a few). It also allows easy emailing to friends directly from the site.
And lastly, we are long overdue in fixing our busted tag cloud. It may disappear for a while and reappear in a new form, or it may go away completely. We’re still tinkering and figuring out what will be best. Either way, we will also be pulling in a bunch of RSS news feeds and beefing up our blogroll to make P+P more of a one-stop shop for great web content beyond the earth-shattering material we post ourselves.
Woot. Stay tuned.
Money 101: Tara Graham breaks down the current economic crisis, complete with history and analysis for your addled eyes (and pocketbooks).
Brian Frank went to the McCain-Palin rally in Carson and lived to tell about it.
For gay couples, neither candidate in Thursday’s VP debate offered anything remotely resembling change. Tara Graham takes them to task.
Mark Evitt takes a hard look at the recent Village Voice firings and the state of print media in general.
Ryan Barrett takes you through her own person Spin Room on last week’s Vice-Presidential debate.
Tara Graham hits you with the week in gossip. Catch up on the brain candy.
Emily Henry takes a look at the new import HBO sketch-comedy series Little Britain USA
Missed your dose of gossip last week? Tara Graham rounds up all of the juicy tidbits. (Spoiler: Clay Aiken is gay)
Confused by the pro-corn syrup commercials you’ve been seeing lately? You’re not alone. Mark Evitt breaks it down for you.
Samantha Page previews the Hullaboo fundraising fest for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music
Chris Nelson weighs in on Obama’s candidacy, the punditry poison, and the speech from Invesco Field.
Max Zimbert interviews some political heavyweights on the Dem’s chances in Ohio and Iowa.
The P+P crew gives a Cribs-style walk-through of their sick DNC digs.
More on the epic Wyclef performance from Chris Nelson, including a sick photo gallery and descriptions of the electric vibe at the event.
Torey Van Oot gets ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean to share his thoughts on courting the Latino vote for Obama.
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