February 2012
25 posts
“Madonna has been in the game since 1983. She practically invented the game, as it currently exists for pop artists. There are literally academic programs based on her career and its messages. Madonna has no business singing things like “good girls don’t misbehave, but I’m a bad girl anyway,” not because women shouldn’t sing about sex and definitely not because older women shouldn’t (I can already picture the YouTube comments and snarking squawking heads, and they make me want to yank my brains out through my forehead), but because she’s been past this since she devised her persona. It’s like a groundbreaking female artist deciding to finger-paint Tijuana bibles of herself for no reason except that’s what the market wants, and y’know, it’s not so bad, it’s easy work.”
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The Singles Bar: Madonna, “Girl Gone Wild” - Popdust
Award For Accuracy. God, Madonna is so depressing these days.
So I've got a theory about what I think happened with the Fiona Apple tickets...
…I think nobody got tickets because tens of thousands of people wanted to see her, and she’s playing two 500-person rooms?
Just a thought.
(I’m sad about it myself, but not even sort of surprised.)
Calling Your Girlfriend | The Hairpin →
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HOW DID THIS NOT ALREADY CROSS MY DASHBOARD, YOU’RE ALL FUCKING FIRED.
Climax
Usher
Yeah, so i finally listened to this song and now i’m worried that i may never want to listen to anything else (other than “Big Beast’, obvs). Oh well. So be it.
Usher, “Climax,” produced by Diplo. I am sort of in agreement at the moment. In fact, it is my jam. (Is anyone else using that site? I am intrigued by it, but then, virtually all of the social-music sites are shiny enough to attract my attention before I am distracted by something else and never come back to them.)
Robyn vs Whitney Houston - Dancing in Houston (Zooash
Robyn/Whitney - Dancing in Houston
That straight vocal track from How I Will I Know everyone passed around this weekend got put into this awesome Robyn track cause the internet knows what Mikey like.
The R. Kelly / Broken Social Scene mash-up used to be my favorite. It was definitely hard to top, but this is fucking perfect.
Daaaaaaaaamn.
NME: Adele songwriter hints he's penned a duet for Lana Del Rey and Azealia Banks →
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Ryan Tedder is trolling you as hard as he can, Internet; are you going to feed him?
“It’s not that Chris Brown is categorically unforgivable. It’s more that he’s no longer an acceptable vehicle for corporations to use to sell products to young adults. On a human level, I’m more than willing to eventually forgive Chris Brown, once he seems genuinely remorseful and changed (which, at this point, he definitely does not). But there’s no obligation to continue supporting him as a pop star. Chris Brown would not exist without millions of dollars of production and marketing and styling and whatever else. He’s not some troubled genius that exists on his own, creating pop music in a corner. He’s just a handsome and fit guy who can dance and sing pretty well. There are plenty of other people who are more than capable of filling that role and who haven’t beat a woman into a state of unconsciousness. Why not give one of them a chance to be rich and famous instead?”
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(via bg5000)
HelloGiggles – I’m Not Okay with Chris Brown Performing at the Grammys and I’m Not Sure Why You Are →
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I assume most of you have read this by now, but I’m just reblogging it to indicate my 100% co-sign. He’s made some good records since The Incident, but I honestly have a hard time listening to them, and I really was and still am sickened by how many members of the music industry rushed to his defense after it happened. The whole thing is just sad and disgusting. (And holy fuck, Ken Erlich needs to get fired for that quote.)
Ellen DeGeneres-Portia De Rossi Dueling Sisters Comedy Gets Pilot Order At ABC - Deadline.com →
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Yessss more Portia de Rossi on TV. She was so good on Better Off Ted that it makes my heart hurt. Sounds like a great role for her, too.
Also, I really want to slap NBC for passing on this, but let’s be fair: they’ve got a lot of comedies already, it’s a bit like Parks & Rec, and it’s not an obvious hit given de Rossi’s track record. But it is so on-brand for them it hurts.
