Omg is Like Britney Spears Like Okay
The disadvantage of not posting anything for a while is that whatever post you write inevitably takes on the mantle of being a post worth breaking your silence for. Luckily, this problem was solved for...
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“Crazy as a motherfucker”
A while back, I was listening to Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” in which Kathleen Hanna performs the hysterical subject demanded by contemporary gender roles, and it occoured to me that this would be a good...
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Everybody’s all Chris Isherwood about me
Damn, the new Girls Aloud record is out, and I still have a post to write about Britney’s album. With “What You Crying For” and “I’m Falling,” Tangled Up gives Blackout some unexpected competition for...
View ArticleBritney Spears fulfills my fantasies
Once upon a time, I suggested adopting Britney’s image as a kind of collective anonymous identity for protests, rather like a more stylish version of the white overalls. In her last video, Britney...
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It’s time for a serious third-party ticket
Campaign slogans include:Not as mad as McCain.They plaster on the makeup like trollops, you cunt.Probably not stealth muslims.Comparitively unlikely to start a war in the Middle East.Related posts:Is...
View ArticleDifference and repetition
The new Britney song’s not that great, but the video is really quite extraordinary. It appears to be some kind of schizo-masochistic delusion: Watch: Britney Spears - Womanizer I’m impressed that...
View Article“Dirty talk and call it steganography”
Watch: Britney Spears - Circus I like to imagine that Britney’s new video came about when Britney, in a room high up in Spears Towers, complained to her team: “Christina had an elephant in her video!...
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Woman with a vocoder
These labourers, who must sell themselves piecemeal, are a commodity, like every other article of commerce, and are consequently exposed to all the vicissitudes of competition, to all the fluctuations...
View ArticleWe need to talk about Jason Nevins
In which I round up unrelated thoughts about this year’s musicLady Gaga – The Edge of Glory (video)When “The Edge of Glory” came out, I described it as like Jason Nevins remixing Kelly Clarkson; should...
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“Justin Bieber initials on all my winter clothes”
I’m not sure anyone would have predicted that pop’s it couple of the turn of the century would still be defining pop music ten years later, but it’s basically true: the template for the rave/R&B...
View ArticleYou want full communism? You better sublate work, bitch
Watch videoBritney’s new song has been widely condemned as pure ideology; this piece in the Guardian is typical, arguing that the song reflects a contemporary, “religious” commitment to the value of...
View ArticleThe Official Chart for July 17
New Britney! I was a bit wrongfooted because I assumed she’d come back with a banger, so I wasn’t sure what to make of this more downtempo track. I quite like it; actually, I like the verses and the...
View ArticleThe Official Chart for August 14
Last two weekends I was in France, which is why I’ve skipped a couple of my regular music posts. While I was there, I read the French edition of Elle, which seemed keen to undermine the stereotype...
View ArticleThe official chart for August 21
New Britney! When I first heard “Do You Wanna Come Over?“, I thought “Britney doing Girls Aloud,” although actually the guitars are more “Sweet Dreams my LA Ex”; either way, this has something of the...
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