Popping culture: Frank Ocean graces SNL stage, Cat Power releases new single

Mondays are often less than pleasant. So why not make it a musical, rather than manic, Monday?

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Queer singer/songwriter Frank Ocean peformed on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Ocean performed “Thinking About You” as well as “Pyramids,” accompanied by John Mayer.

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Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, released a video from her new album Sun. Entitled “Cherokee,” the video is directed by Marshall herself and looks like a post-apocalyptic world styled by fashionistas who spent too much time at Burning Man.