lady antebellum, how stupid are people really?

i just heard on vh1 that people do not know what this name means. AARGGGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!! there a thing i have heard of called a 'dictionary' look it the fuck up. i am not into this group. it sounds like country music to me. most country music (with only a few songs notable exception) sucks so bad i cannot even deal.

speaking of things i cannot deal with...

being raised with a bunch of baby boomers, i hate the beatles. i mean, i can't listen to them hardly at all. but i don't think they suck... it's just me. they are talented. i get why other people might like them. but, maybe in 30 more years, i can try them out.

so, that's what i meant by john lennon. i don't listen to his stuff really. but, he was really talented. he wasn't putting out crap by any means (i am counting yoko's contributions separately).

any time there is someone talented at the forefront of music, it does elevate everything. and i can appreciate that even if that person isn't someone i am personally into. that's why it really upsets me about john dying like he did. if he'd been around some of the crap we all lived through musically probably wouldn't have happened because they'd been too embarrassed to put crap like that out.

the record companies apparently want cookie cutter music. they want everyone to be expendable and replaceable. they do not want to be held hostage to some "artiste" who can't think of anything to put on his/her album right now when they would really like a bestseller. that's why sometimes people who could have long careers really do not (in fact this often seems to be due to some sort of tragic death, go figure).

and they wonder why we could give a shit that they are going out of business. in fact, we're a bit gleeful about it... we know good and well that the people who have talent will be able to get their music out. they always have and they always will. back in the day, people passed mix tapes around and then you'd go on the EPIC SEARCH to find someone who carried the real thing for your favorites. well, it's way easier now.

as for cookie cutter, a good example of what i mean is this rich chick from a rich suburb kesha (she spells it with a '$', but fuck that noise). she's working the dirty ho angle. wtfever. i know exactly where she is from and i have to LOL. but her song tik tok, dance hit, anyone with any ability could make that a hit. now, many people wouldn't lower themselves to that simplistic rhyme scheme and whatnot. but if they would... it'd be a hit. now, she's got TWO MORE SONGS. if anyone spends money on this .... gah, i have to wonder. they still have radio, right? listen 4 free, peeps.

so, jessica simpson is kind of a more simplistic pop star type, but she's not working the dirty ho angle (no offense to dirty hos, but if you work it you ought to be one). i think she's trying to be herself. and i do respect this. still not going to listen to her, but i do respect this. plus, being mean to her seems a lot like kicking a puppy. i think she realizes she's not the "be all and end all of music".

hmmm... i think anyone who ever actually WAS the "be all and end all of music" has too much respect for other composers to run off at the mouth like that. but, what do i know, i have never met these people as they have been dead for some centuries.

as for my musical taste... yeah, i am from that really fucking annoying gen x group to is picky as fuck about all music and super hyper critical. and i'm totes used to someone saying "i don't liiiiiike that! can't we listen to air supply???" (a direct quote from one of my h.s. hangout partners)

but i have studied music, so i respect if someone has skill on their instrument or can write good lyrics or is trying new things. anyone who is doing all of that and doing it well, is pretty impressive, no matter what genre they're working. and it's sad that the music industry doesn't seem to appreciate it.

not the whole industry, naturally, there are people who are into talent. but they are always outnumbered by people who are into money. apparently pairing the two together seems to be more trouble than it's worth.

stay away from the skank, john, she will kill you

I thought I was done with writing about john mayer...

needing new publicity for her new project, skank took to her twitter to bitch about john mayer. and tell us about her vagina exercises.

she wants to teach him his place via her usual (at first) methods... sex and beatings. ok, john... do not lose sight of the fact that she will eventually kill you and molest your dead body. she'll lay in your blood, wear your clothes, and endlessly bitch about what an asshole you were. she's charming like that.

if you want a beatdown, get kayne to do it (he'll stop hitting you way sooner). if you want sex, drunk dial jessica simpson (she'll take pity eventually). but, none of that with skank.

btw, I predicted (offline) that the skank would do something like this. she's so PREDICTABLE.

kissing runaways

kristen stewart and dakota fanning are in the upcoming movie about joan jett and the runaways (rather than the comic book which is what I thought it'd be, haha). well, movie scmovie... the interviewers are more interested in the k-i-s-s-i-n-g scene.

i'm surprised dakota is even old enough for such goings on (in a movie), but apparently she is... not that kristen is exactly a mature woman.
supposedly, there's a whole movie besides the kissing (kristen mentioned a "script"), so check that out.

both girls have said the kiss wasn't romantic. i'm thinking it'll be hilarious if it turns out to be a little demure kiss. hehe

btw, kristen's flight to sundance meant she missed the haiti telethon (i have no idea where she was flying FROM). so, she sold the chance to hang out with her on the plane.

four women (who are probably "twihards") paid $1000 apiece. she may have given more $$ than just that, but that's one thing she did.

meanwhile, jessica simpson (who really has nothing to do with the events listed above) has decided she wants to send 50,000 pairs of shoes to people in haiti. she's working with a company in nashville to get the shoes to people.

at first glance, this seems a bit odd until you think that with all the rubble and so on people's shoes will wear out quickly.