I like Lady Gaga

That's not an ironic statement. I walk around with her songs in my head, I've watched her videos on youtube, and I think she's pretty sexy. Papparazzi is def my favorite. It has such a tone of vulnerability, I think it's beautiful. I guess I'm one of those people who tends to be the voice of opposition. I'd probably defend her in a room full of people who didn't like her. I guess the reason I get excited about it, and speaking passionatley about something is never cool, is because I know so many really great performers soooo similar to her that I think are quite a bit better. And I truely believe that her popularity has nothing to do with her superior talent but simply marketing, which has been the case with popular music since it first came about. That is really the way it works. Record companies choose who will be the next big thing. That really takes some of the magic away for me when I think some aging buisiness man decided what art I would be experiencing. I suppose my frustration comes from my desire for people to have the same kind of amazing moments as I do when I here these unbelievable women such as Zola Jesus or Fever Ray (check them out). To each his own, of course. Everyone has different taste. I'm dissapointed in myself that I dont articulate that part of me very well. I also believe that progress and such comes about when people really express themselves, no matter how much of a dick it makes them look like.