Lady Gaga

I love this woman. There is nothing more admirable than obstinately pursuing her fabulous(!) vision and completely losing herself on stage (all the world's a stage) through singing, dancing, and persistent performance art. She reaches in, steeping her arms in the audience's awe, delivering beats from a character that has been honing its skills for years. She's put in her hours.

I love this woman.

Update:
These are a few of her quotes on IMDB:

[YES]
On her style: My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair. She says, "I can see you, because you have no pants on." So I'll continue to wear no pants so that my grandma can see me.

[Yes.]
I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up. I didn't know somebody, who knew somebody, who knew somebody. If I have any advice to anybody, it's to just do it yourself, and don't waste time trying to get a favor.

[YES]
Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they measure up, and at some point you decide who you like best. When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.

[Tapping Semi-Precious Weapons at the end]
I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff. I can't pay my rent, but I'm f---ing gorgeous.

On an empty stage

Matt Cavenaugh and Jenny Powers. Two leading Broadway stars. I always fall for these Real Estate articles that use the lives of the inhabitants as vehicles to talk about a neighborhood's lifestyle. Makes me all teary-eyed. Yep.

Ooo, Weddings/Celebrations? I will have a look.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/realestate/26habi.html

You twit.

The Awl takes down Maureen Dowd, heralding her irrelevance.

Also regarding the journalists who need the tweeting and those who don't:
"David Carr, you are FILLING UP MY DASHBOARD, YOU HAVE TO CHILL"

http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/person-with-twice-weekly-column-feels-no-need-to-provide-instant-updates
(via fimoculous)

A is for Apple

Tragic and though I hope the, as of now, unresolved situation does not claim anymore lives, I must point out that the New York Times posted some awesome graphics for the Binghamton American Civic Association incident. Assuming that readers have no idea where the heck Binghamton is, one of their big pictures is a map of New York state, showing where my alma mater's humble, Podunk hometown is located, relative to Albany and New York City.



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/nyregion/04hostage.html