I knew this was gonna suck even before the nominations were announced. I knew it because I knew that they wouldn’t bother to have albums of quality – ya know, Merriweather Post Pavilion or Us or Wilco (the Album) or Cuban Linx II. No, they decide that the following are the supposed best of last year: TAYLOR SWIFT, FEARLESS Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D. Beyoncé, I Am…Sasha Fierce Lady GaGa, The Fame Dave Matthews Band,…
If you query “Poker Face cover” on YouTube, you’ll most undoubtedly find all kinds of peculiar renditions of the song delivered by mostly talent-ill teenagers, from bad, to worse to damn right excremental. The one I’m writing about today, however, is well beyond the above demographics – namely Igor Presnyakov’s acoustic take on Lady Gaga’s anthem, Poker Face. Why the very talented Russian guitarist chose the track is well beyond my comprehension, but what’s important…
Ya know all those rumors back in the day that pop music (mainly rock) had satanic messages in it, and that these supposed messages would destroy this country’s youth? Well as ridiculous as those claims were, a recent one made about Lady GaGa makes those seem as plausible as gravity. Apparently a blog calling itself The Vigilant Citizen argues that GaGa is nothing more than an an “Illuminati puppet.” *Sigh* Yes, this newest rumor, claim,…
Steve Lampiris
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