Mike, weren't you just talking about godliness being next to dickishness? I think dude fits the bill.
September 14, 2009
Something Happened on the TV Recently
Look, I don't know what the hell an 'MTV' or a 'VMA' is, and I'm not sure about Taylor's swiftness, but can KanyefuckingWest seriously go 5 minutes without hawking such a wide array of asshattery?
Mike, weren't you just talking about godliness being next to dickishness? I think dude fits the bill.
Mike, weren't you just talking about godliness being next to dickishness? I think dude fits the bill.
September 04, 2009
Pissing on Michael Jackson's Gold Coffin
Really? A gold coffin? A fucking gold-plated coffin with a bejeweled crown on top? Jesus Jackson Christ!
Has enough time passed so we can start trashing Michael Jackson again?
Like many people, I enjoy Mike’s work. From the Jackson 5 to Off the Wall through Bad, the man created a lot of great songs, but seriously, this bullshit genuflecting when somebody dies irritates the shit out of me.
(Why do we crush and vilify people while they’re alive and can be affected by it, then praise and extol those very same people when they die and don’t care what we say about them? That is some genuine American hypocritical bullshit, right there.)
Michael Jackson was an extremely talented and rather troubled megalomaniac. This is a dude that, around 1983, began dressing in jewel-encrusted military uniforms, like if Tiffany’s designed costumes for “The Nutcracker.” This is a dude that sent nine 50-foot statues of himself to ports around the world to promote his greatest hits collection, HIStory. This is a dude that coined himself “the king of pop,” then refused to do public appearances or interviews unless he was addressed as such.
Since when is self-deification an admirable character trait?
But mostly, Mike spent money — copiously and constantly. For all his bullshit posturing about wanting to make the world a better place, he stood as a towering example of conspicuous material consumption.
And that characteristic has followed him, literally, to his grave, where the aforementioned gold death case (including girly princess crown on top) will be placed in a mausoleum that displays a life-size stained-glass window recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.
That is so preposterous, so solipsistic, so laughably absurd… so very Michael Jackson.
Has enough time passed so we can start trashing Michael Jackson again?
Like many people, I enjoy Mike’s work. From the Jackson 5 to Off the Wall through Bad, the man created a lot of great songs, but seriously, this bullshit genuflecting when somebody dies irritates the shit out of me.
(Why do we crush and vilify people while they’re alive and can be affected by it, then praise and extol those very same people when they die and don’t care what we say about them? That is some genuine American hypocritical bullshit, right there.)
Michael Jackson was an extremely talented and rather troubled megalomaniac. This is a dude that, around 1983, began dressing in jewel-encrusted military uniforms, like if Tiffany’s designed costumes for “The Nutcracker.” This is a dude that sent nine 50-foot statues of himself to ports around the world to promote his greatest hits collection, HIStory. This is a dude that coined himself “the king of pop,” then refused to do public appearances or interviews unless he was addressed as such.
Since when is self-deification an admirable character trait?
But mostly, Mike spent money — copiously and constantly. For all his bullshit posturing about wanting to make the world a better place, he stood as a towering example of conspicuous material consumption.
And that characteristic has followed him, literally, to his grave, where the aforementioned gold death case (including girly princess crown on top) will be placed in a mausoleum that displays a life-size stained-glass window recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.
That is so preposterous, so solipsistic, so laughably absurd… so very Michael Jackson.
September 01, 2009
Jay-Z Explains Why Indie Rock Matters
"[Grizzly Bear is] an incredible band. The thing I want to say to everyone -- I hope this happens because it will push rap, it will push hip-hop to go even further -- what the indie rock movement is doing right now is very inspiring. It felt like us in the beginning. These concerts, they're not on the radio, no one hears about them, and there's 12,000 people in attendance. And the music that they're making and the connection they're making to people is really inspiring. So I hope that they have a run where they push hip-hop back a little bit, so it will force hip-hop to fight to make better music. Because it can happen. Because that's what rap did to rock.
"When rock was the dominant force in music, rap came and said, 'Y'all got to sit down for a second, this is our time.' And we've had a stranglehold on music since then. So I hope indie rock pushes rap back a bit because it will force people to make great music for the sake of making great music."
-- Jay-Z, explaining to MTV why he and his wife attended
the free Grizzly Bear show yesterday in Brooklyn
the free Grizzly Bear show yesterday in Brooklyn
I love Hova.
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