Posts with tag "vuvuzela"

Readers Speak: Help! World Cup-Obsessed Loved Ones Are Ruining Our TV Time

Posted Jul 3rd 2010 at 10:00 AM by The Pop Chorus

The World Cup just might be the TV event of the summer. Legions of subversive American soccer fans and new recruits to "the beautiful game" have been held in rapture with the South African event for the past three weeks. Sadly, futbol-obsessed loved ones and roommates have been cutting into our readers' TV time. Here, three speak from our Pop Chorus -- they're missing 'House'! They'd die for ...

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The Vuvuzela and Pop Culture: Love at First Buzz

Posted Jun 18th 2010 at 10:45 AM by Zach Dionne

Look, PopEater's got a fever, and the only prescription ... is more vuvuzela! You know, that plastic horn omnipresent in South Africa for the World Cup, bzzz-bzzzing from your TV speakers every second of every game? Here's an all-new, soccer-doctor prescribed update on the latest in vuvuzela-meets-pop culture ('Vuvuzela Hero'! 'Now! That's What I Call Vuvuzela'!), including PopEater's vuvuzela ...

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Vuvuzela Buzz Dominates World Cup, Irritates Viewers

Posted Jun 15th 2010 at 01:11 PM by Zach Dionne

If you've caught any World Cup action since soccer's big dance kicked off Friday, you've heard the noise ... that interminable low drone emanating from the stadiums and speakers. BZZZ. BZZZZ!! It's the vuvuzela, South Africa's (and the Internet's) favorite stadium instrument, and some soccer fans' least favorite thing ever. The sound of the plastic horns has been likened to tireless bees ...