ARTFLOP?

James Poulos in the Daily Beast recently wrote ‘From Lady Gaga to Jay-Z, “Serious”Art is Ruining Pop Music’

James laments poor “…Lady Gaga, whose ambitious and costly new record ARTPOP is, we are told, the year’s most important flop.” He then goes into a diatribe against artiness in pop music, ending with “That’s why Gaga and Jay-Z are foundering….”.






I love how James, instead of delivering evidence to support his contention that ARTPOP is a flop,, merely says “we are told”. It reminds me of the leftwing politicians and journalists who smugly claim that human CO2 emissions are causing global warming by referring to a ‘scientific consensus’, in spite of the fact that global average temperatures have not increased at all over the last 15 years.






Gaga’s flop, ARTPOP, is currently #1 on the Billboard chart. What does it take for an album to be a nonflop, go to #0?






And how do we describe the following albums by other artists, none of which reached #1 on Billboard. Are they Ultraflops?

Artist(s)	Album	Year Released	Highest Billboard Charting
Rolling Stones	Their Satanic Majesties Request	1967	2
Rolling Stones	Let it Bleed	1969	3
Led Zeppelin	IV	1971	2
Madonna	Bedtime Stories	1994	2
Eagles	Desperado	1973	41
Bee Gees	Children of the World	1976	8
Whitney Houston	I’m Your Baby Tonight	1990	3

Wake the Witch!

Amy Cowell: 1956 -2012

Ulster Scots Wha Hae

Scott MacKenzie: 1939 - 2012



Scott was the quintessential one-hit wonder.

Sigourney Weaver: Socialist Moonbat of the Week

I get a big tingle up my leg every time some Hollywood celebrity speaks out against 'big business' and in favor of serving 'the people'. Sigourney Weaver speaks out in favor of us poor proletarians:

"...the Democrats are always going to be about what the people need. And the Republicans are much more serving big business..."

So Sigourney, can the daughter of the former president of NBC be considered a member of the working class? How much money did you make from acting in the Aliens movies, the Ghostbusters movies, Working Girl, and Avatar?

You are a two-legged big business. And since the Democrats are doing what you want done, it is clear that is whom they are serving. You know nothing whatsoever about living on a modest income because you have never experienced that in your lifetime.

Dirty Pony, I can't wait to hose you down!

Guess Who?

Bar Heckler is Suing Bristol Palin

Those of you who wonder why I have no respect for the left, this is a perfect example why. Stephen Hanks called Bristol Palin's mother a "whore" and said she will burn in hell. So what is he doing now? Suing her for asking if he is homosexual.

Mind you, he doesn't go after someone in a position of power like Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, or Barack 0bama. He attacks the 20 year old daughter of a former governor of a sparsely populated state.

Most of the stuff produced in the disco era was sheer crap. Donna Summer was a delightfull exception to that rule. While sitting here at my desk listening to Hot Stuff, I can't stop my feet from moving.

Seller of Munch's "The Scream" Says Image of Moment When We Realize Damage from Greenhouse Emissions

One of four surviving drawings of Edward Munch's "The Scream" recently sold at auction for nearly $120 million. That's well and good, because it is a quite interesting work of art. But get a load of how the seller, Mr. Petter Olsen, interprets the work:

Speaking to its enduring topical nature and present-day relevance, Olsen said "The image of 'The Scream' could make more of us fathom the magnitude of the consequences of our continuing emissions of greenhouse gases."

"For me, (it) shows the horrifying moment when man realizes his impact on nature and the irreversible changes that he has initiated, making the planet increasingly uninhabitable."

Or perhaps it is the 'horrifying moment' when we realize we have fallen for an obvious hoax and paid billions more for our energy than we needed to. 

Donna Summer: 1948 - 2012

As if I Need Another Reason to Dislike Islam

Preparations for Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert continued on Monday as the event's promoter, undaunted by protesting Islamist organizations and a lack of a concert permit, released another 2,000 tickets for the sold-out show.

“We have already sold 52,000 tickets, not counting these 2,000 additional tickets,” said Michael Rusli, president director of Big Daddy, the concert's promoter.

“Public enthusiasm is very high,” he said.
The US pop star's Jakarta concert has attracted the attention of Indonesia's radical Islamist organizations, who have threatened to forcibly prevent Lady Gaga from stepping off her plane and have warned police that the singer will corrupt the nation's youth. The Jakarta Police responded on Sunday by recommending that the concert — part of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way Ball" tour — be canceled.

Um.... I thought global warming was causing the arctic ice caps to diminish?

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK215 PM AKDT THU MAY 3 2012

...RECORD SEA ICE AT PRIBILOF ISLANDS...

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREME WINTER FOR SEA ICE IN THE BERING SEA AND NOW
WE HAVE BROKEN THE RECORDS FOR MOST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH ICE AT BOTH
SAINT PAUL ISLAND AND SAINT GEORGE ISLAND.

AS OF TODAY SEA ICE HAS BEEN AT SAINT PAUL ISLAND FOR 103 DAYS THIS
WINTER BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 100 DAYS SET IN 2010.

THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH SEA ICE AT SAINT GEORGE ISLAND TOTALED 79
WHEN THE ICE RETREATED NORTH ON THE 25TH OF APRIL. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 60 DAYS WAS SET IN 2010.

Are all you cats and kittens still with it?

Jonathan Frid: 1924 - 2012

"For as long as they lived, the Dark Shadows of Collinwood were but a distant memory of the past"

Davy Jones: 1945 - 2012