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Tuesday, 31 July 2007 |
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Let's get a couple things out of the way. The members of U2 are quite
talented. Talented marketers, businessmen, team members. The also
posess a fair amount of musical talent. They know how to hire the best,
produce shimmering collections of songs, and market them as the last true band, the last band that matters.
The fact is that their sound is largely the creation of Brian Eno and
Daniel Lanois. Their greatest songs are mostly Eno songs, Daniel Lanois
songs. No matter. Poetic pop constructs ... perfectly mixed mastered
and printed ... puffery pings the Zeitgeist ... but that's not enough for Bono.
Poor
Bono wants a Nobel, or a Pulitzer. He won't say it out loud. But this
hustler recognizes that world-class hustler's game, and if I didn't
find him such an ass, I would tip my hat.
He and Oprah have come up with Project(RED),
whereby consumers consume and a portion of the profits (not the gross)
are donated to African AIDS charities. Approximately $100 Million has
been spent by huge corporations for advertising, plastering Bono's face
all over the world, at their expense. As the British say,"Brilliant!"
So
far they've raised perhaps $25 million for charity from sales generated
by that $100 Million marketing campaign. Makes perfect sense, doesn't
it?
Okay, after the jump. The story that demonstrates to me that U2 are the most self-important ... uh ... dickwads on earth, and, as such, sit at the
same table with Sting and his god-awful horse-faced wife.
But
before you go, please note this picture of Bono with Dr. Gupta,
the man the Bush administration has sent out to trash Michael Moore and
his movie Sicko. Bono cavorts with Bush. What else do you need to know?
{okay, now click on read more}
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Tuesday, 12 September 2006 |
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From the photo-documentary, "Year in the Life of a Winery."
Amazing photography by Stephanie Grant.
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Sunday, 19 November 2006 |
A retro kanga look this season.
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Friday, 08 December 2006 |
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 "Britney, Lindsay and Paris: The Three Disgraces" by 14.
14, as she is known, is the creative force of one of my favorite sites, Gallery of the Absurd. Simply amazing, hilarious ... a treasure on the internets.
14 writes:
"La
Primavera is one of Sandro Botticelli's best known paintings. The
angelic figures shown in this ethereal work of art all represent
mythological characters. While viewing this painting at the Uffizi, my
eyes were drawn to the fluid movement and delicate beauty of the Three
Graces. According to Greek mythology, the Three Graces represent
beauty, charm and joy. Contemporary mythological characters such as
Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are the antithesis of
grace. This makes them the Three Disgraces. They represent sleaze,
trash, and desperate cry for attention. What makes these women think we
want to see high resolution photos of their bald, flabby, and in
Britney's case, Kevin Federline-infected genitalia?"
now what you've all been waiting for:
The Ten Things You Don't Know About Britney Spears' Vagina:
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Thursday, 18 January 2007 |
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I have a bunch of pieces in the works. Final installment of the Coming of the Great Darkness series. Modular synth stuff. More on Flapping limited release with the "lost" songs of the original Flight of the Atom Bee cd, including a new music video ... all kinds of stuff. The Ultimate Disposable Pop Music For Sale On eBay. A piece on Jorma Kaukonen's solo acoustic guitar piece on the Jefferson Airplane's album Surrealistic Pillow embodied, in two-and-a-half minutes, with no lyrics, all the optimism and hope of the West Coast for the future of America, before drugs, war, riots, and, as always, the assassins, took their toll on our dreams.
But nothing ready to post tonight. So, to keep the home fires burning ... here is a video I uncovered ... it seems like people, regular people, everyday people, not tongue-in-cheek people, not ironic people, in India pay to sit in a tiny theater and watch the Boney M Lip-Sync Revue.
This is not a drag revue, nor is it a joke.
This is serious family entertainment. You can tell because the choir members lipsyncing the humming parts with their lips closed are really concentrating hard.
This is the kind of video in which one can immerse oneself, gleefully absorbing the subtle touches that emerge on repeated viewings. The girl doing the Swim. The guy lip-syncing "She was crazy like a fool. {But what about Daddy Cool?}" All of it.
It's happy time! 
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