{"id":3323,"date":"2005-05-15T23:29:38","date_gmt":"2005-05-16T06:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/15\/pop-lock\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T22:54:27","slug":"pop-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/15\/pop-lock\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-Lock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8269,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/ipod\\\/ads\\\/poplock&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070825155643\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com:80\\\/ipod\\\/ads\\\/poplock\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 06:29:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 11:24:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 11:24:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8270,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FplayListId%253D49269670%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8271,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.rapdict.org\\\/Pop_lock&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8272,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/breakdancecrew.com\\\/moves\\\/robot\\\/robot.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8273,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DN.E.R.D.%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipod\/ads\/poplock\/\" title=\"Apple - Pop-Lock Ad\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2005\/05\/graphics\/popnlock.gif\" height=\"129\" width=\"192\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Pop-n-lock\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Apple&#8217;s just posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipod\/ads\/poplock\/\" title=\"Apple - Pop-Lock Ad\">their latest iPod commercial<\/a>, this one titled &#8216;Pop-Lock&#8217;, after the style of dance in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Watching it, I&#8217;m struck by two things.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FplayListId%253D49269670%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"iTMS: Daft Punk\">Daft Punk<\/a> still bores me. The only time I could ever get &#8220;into&#8221; most Daft Punk songs was when I was under the influence of acid, and as I stopped bothering with recreational pharmaceuticals a few years back&#8230;well, that ended any real interest in Daft Punk.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Is there any real difference between what&#8217;s now called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapdict.org\/Pop_lock\" title=\"Rap Dictionary: Pop Lock\">Pop-Lock<\/a>&#8221; (or &#8220;Pop-n-Lock&#8221;, as I&#8217;ve generally heard it) and what used to be called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/breakdancecrew.com\/moves\/robot\/robot.php\" title=\"Breakdance Crew: Robot\">The Robot<\/a>&#8221; back in the 80&#8217;s heyday of breakdancing? I can&#8217;t really see much difference at all, if any.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Rock Star (Jason Nevins Edit)%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Rock Star (Jason Nevins Edit)' on the iTMS\">Rock Star (Jason Nevins Edit)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DN.E.R.D.%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for N.E.R.D. on the iTMS\">N.E.R.D.<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FalbumTerm=Rock Star%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Rock Star on the iTMS\">Rock Star<\/a><\/em> (2003, 7:42).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there any real difference between what&#8217;s now called &#8216;Pop-Lock&#8217; (or &#8216;Pop-n-Lock&#8217;, as I&#8217;ve generally heard it) and what used to be called &#8216;The Robot&#8217; back in the 80&#8217;s heyday of breakdancing? I can&#8217;t really see much difference at all, if any.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2039,2035],"tags":[2754,80],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-music","tag-daft-punk","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}