Rick Astley on Rickroll

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

BREAKING MEMENEWS: LAtimes snags exclusive interview about rickroll, from the Rick himself. “I think it’s just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it,” Astley said. “But that’s what brilliant about the Internet.” Saying he thought “Anonymous” Rickrolling Scientology was “hilarious” “Hilarious” is British for “epic,” right?

This week in Rickroll: Firefoxin, live rickrolling, mainstream press

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Update: Perez Hilton picks up that Rick Astley will be touring in the UK this year (!!) We smelled a rickroll revival 3 weeks ago… and a revival we’ve had. A roundup of the latest in rickrolling: Search trends for “rickroll” and “rick roll” circa March 3rd, 2008: vs. today, March 25th, 2008… Out of [...]

Rickroll: Back With a Vengeance

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

What was oldmeme is new again… rickroll is back (don’t click that). We’ve noticed your Rickroll Shuts Up Baby video (76k views); we’ve noticed your dance remix MP3s. The RickrollDB blacklist has seen a surge in traffic & submissions over the last month, and they are largely being spotted on sites other than YouTube, which [...]