Posts Tagged ‘Madonna’

M.I.A. Checks Lady GaGa For Her Lack of Musical Weirdness

In Art, Hip Hop, Music, News, Opinion, fame, fashion on 7 April 2010 tagged Alejandro, Bad Romance, Grace Jones, Ibiza, Just Dance, Lady GaGa, M.I.A., Madonna, Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, NME, Paparazzi, Vulture with View Comments

In an interview with NME magazine, M.I.A. states that though Lady Gaga wants very much to have her work be seen as performance art, it is her music that works against. Ms. Arulpragasam brilliantly points out that Gaga’s music shows little nuance, intellect, or daringness. Though Just Dance, Paparazzi, Bad Romance and Alejandro are all [...]

Ariana Delawari’s ‘Lion of Panjshir’ Mixes Many Worlds, Eras, and Moods

In Afghanistan, Art, History, Music, News, Politics, fame, fashion on 7 March 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massood, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Ariana Delawari, Cheshme Siah Daree, Crazy For You, John Lennon, Lion of Panjshir, Madonna, Max Guirand, Osama Bin Laden, Paloma Udovic, taliban, The Mamas and The Papas, Women's Wear Daily with View Comments

Named for the title bestowed (by his supporters) on the man the Western media posed as the anti-Bin Laden, Ariana Delawari’s (who previously had covered Madonna’s Crazy For You) Lion of Panjshir is an emotional coalescing of Afghan folk songs, Joni Mitchell era torch songs, and just a hint of Pop sensibilities recorded in Los [...]

Maybe Christian Audigier Does Have Some Taste After All?

In fame, fashion on 31 December 2009 tagged Christian Audigier, Ed Hardy, fashion, Madonna, Ralph Lauren, The Cut with View Comments

To say that Christian Audigier‘s description of his style icon was completely unexpected would be beyond an understatement: Who’s your style icon? Without doubt, Ralph Lauren – he has the most amazing style, which will never go out of fashion. Of course, everything that goes up must come down: Any guilty pleasures you want to [...]

Caught in a Bad Romance : One Year of Lady GaGa

In Art, History, Janet, MJ, Music, News, Opinion, fame, fashion on 19 December 2009 tagged Abbey Road, American Idol, Amy Winehouse, Andy Warhol, Avant Garde, Bad Romance, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, Eric Cartman, Francis Lawrence, Interview, Janet Jackson, John Norris, Jonas Akerlund, Just Dance, Lady GaGa, Madonna, MTV, Paparazzi, Queen, South Park, The Beatles, The Fame, The Fame Monster, The Velvet Underground, Video, Vogue, Youtube with View Comments

Lady GaGa’s debut single Just Dance was named BNW’s 2008 Song of the Year for it’s ability to perfectly capture the attitude of a year that saw the world spiraling out of control only to culminate in one of the greatest outbursts of hope ever seen. What better way to react to the death, destruction, [...]

2010 Grammy Nominatons, Less Old And Less Interesting Than ’09

In Hip Hop, Music, News, Opinion, R&B, TV, fame, radio on 3 December 2009 tagged 2010 Grammy Awards, Adele, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Blueprint 3, Britney Spears, Celebration, Common, David Guetta, Day 'N Nite, Drake, eminem, Fearless, Flo Rida, Grammy Nominations, grammys, Halo, I'm on a Boat, Idolator, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, K'Naan, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Rowland, Keri Hilson, Kid Cudi, Kids, Kings of Leon, Madonna, Maxwell, MGMT, Mos Def, NARAS, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Pearl Jam, Pretty Wings, Q-Tip, rihanna, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Run This Town, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Sugarland, T-Pain, T.I., Taylor Swift, The Fixer, The Lonely Island, Universal Mind Control, Use Somebody, Victoria Hesketh, When Love Takes Over, Womanizer, You Belong With Me with View Comments

Last year’s Grammy nominations seemed to be a step in a direction more reflective of the Pop zeitgeist (don’t believe us, check out what Pitchfork had to say) but was ultimately plagued by the presence of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. This year, for the first time in seemingly forever, the Grammy nominations are not [...]