MUSIC BUZZ – An internet meme completes its full logical loop. Rick Astley has finally commented on the phenomenon of Rick Rolling, the internet prank of misdirecting people to a YouTube video of Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up. His take: “It’s a bit spooky, innit?”

The Best Links:

1. Astley Baffled, Charmed by Rick Rolling
2. Student Actually Rick Rolled the New York Times
3. Rick Rolling - Featured on BuzzFeed
4. Rick Rolling Makes the Transition to the Analog World
5. Rick Astley Avoids the Backlash Dynamic Deftly
6. How “Never Gonna Give You Up” Became News, 20 Years After Its Release
7. “My guess for the YouTube video with the most views but the least time spent viewing it before it’s turned off”

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TECH BUZZ – In what she insists is not a plea for attention, Jane blogs the final 90 days before she takes her own life. What happened to the good ol’ days when an Internet sensation involved dyslexic kittens and lesbian scat porn?

The Best Links:

1. A Living, Breathing Hoax!
2. “Status: My Hunch is That It’s a Hoax.”
3. “I’m Going to Kill Myself in 90 Days”
4. It’s Probably Some Viral Marketing Campaign
5. Jane Goes Shopping for a Dress
6. Notable Comments from Weird Suicide Blog
7. Is She Just a Long Line of Internet Attention Whores a la LonelyGirl15
8. It Was a Hoax
9. 90 Day Jane Not Killing Herself, Not As Hot As You Hoped
10. She Doesn’t Even Have Google Ads on Her Blog
11. “I Think I’ve Found a Prayer Project for Lent.”

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CULTURE BUZZ – We figured it was time for a round-up of funny/weird fake Craigslist ads. Are fake Craigslist ads still funny? We suppose they provide fun side entertainment while cruising around for a couch, or a girlfriend.

The Best Links:

1. The Guy Who Posted the “I will blow you for Genesis tickets” Blogs the Results
2. Nice Collection of Obviously-Fake “Missed Connections” Postings
3. Blog of the Week: Best of Craigslist
4. $1/month Rent in the West Village! The Catch? You Must Make Me Cookies Every Night
5. Beware Rental Scams Operating on Craigslist.com
6. Woman Gets Robbed after Craigslist Hoax
7. An Interview with the Sex-for-Genesis-Tickets Guy
8. ‘WaPo’ Reporter Likes Making Up Real Estate Craigslist Ads and then Mocking You
9. Guy Posts Fake Sex Ad on Craigslist, then Posts the Replies
10. Funny Ad for an Asian Hearing-Impaired Transsexual
11. Confessions of a 9/11 Hitman
12. A Series of Emails Showing How a Craigslist car scam unfolds
13. Actual “i will blow you for genesis tickets” ad
14. My Fake Post for a Williamsburg Roommate
15. Cajun Boy in the City has even MORE fun with craigslist “missed connections”
16. Spot a Fake Listing on Craiglist
17. Beware Fake Casting Ads on Craigslist

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CULTURE BUZZ – Apparently, one of the Internet fads is to misleadingly link to something, purposely directing poor users to Rick Astley’s music video for “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Personally, we think there are better ways to get pwned.

The Best Links:

1. N.A.R.R.P. (Not A Rick Roll Promise)
2. A new reason to think before you click
3. Live Rick Roll!
4. “Just one of those inane Web Things, I guess”
5. Why am I so gullible? :(
6. Video Clip: A Spoof on that Whole Rick Rolling Thing
7. I got Rick Rolled for the first time yesterday - LOL!
8. How did something so stupid get so popular?
9. YouTube - The Official “Rick Roll” Link
10. New Internet “Psych!”
11. LMAO but with a warm feeling inside
12. Make Every YouTube Link A Rick Roll
13. LA Times World Exclusive: Rick Astley Speaks Out About Rickrolling!
14. Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday Covers Never Gonna Give You Up
15. Bill O’Reilly Gets Rick Rolled, Flips Out

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CULTURE BUZZ – The irresistible attraction of tricking and being tricked. Hundreds of websites participate and normally sensible people are hatching plots to deceive their loved ones. Nobody really likes April Fools’ Day but somehow it’s impossible to resist. For example, can you resist clicking the suspect links below!?

The Best Links:

1. Photo of Jessica Biel losing her bikini top while swimming at the Chateau Marmont
2. Brad finally marries Angelina — check out the huge rock!!
3. OMG! Here is the video of the little guy that won the 2006 cutest kitten competition
4. Disgusting picture of man on the beach with back hair and open sores

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