The Morning Benders

The Morning Benders, cute indie group, I like it. They have an album of really good cover album called “Bedroom Covers”, I’ve been listening to it on repeat most of this summer.

I want this life

So, its summer and I have nothing to do so I have a schedule which revolves around YouTube. I find myself watching Shaytards EVERYDAY and when I mean everyday, I mean I'm watching his daily vlogs and catching up on the previous 500 videos he has up, each one being around ten minutes or longer. All I have to say is that I think I love ShayCarl, he makes me laugh nonstop, his wife Katilette is GORGEOUS and extremely sweet and the little kids are ADORABLE I JUST WANT TO EAT THEM. I actually want a life like this, and I can't bring myself to marry Shay since his life is just too cute and I wouldn't want to ruin it, so if anybody out there thinks they're like ShayCarl, give me a call.

Ke$ha's Influence on Teenage Girls

This was originally planned to be a written post, but I couldn't think of a better was to explain the influence than through a video. We got a little carried away...

Britney Spears-Lucky Music Video

The original and mine.

Is Lady Gaga a Genius?

"Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it."-Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga, you either love her, hate her, or don't understand her. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or "Lady Gaga" is a popular American recording artist. Her first album: The Fame reached number one in six different countries and top-ten in numerous countries world-wide. This album won her two out of her six Grammy nominations in 2008. Later came her next album: The Fame Monster, the songs on this album dealt with issues and problems that come with fame, while the first album dealt with the happy and fun side. This album includes her newest singles including: Bad Romance (225,754,949 youtube views), Telephone (55,263,327 youtube views) and Alejandro(the video came out last week and already has 14,849,480 youtube views)

Many people argue that Lady Gaga is filled with Kaka and her work is utter garbage and she is simply crazy. I strongly disagree, I think Lady Gaga is like no other, I absolutely think she is a genius. Though her songs don't exactly have the deepest meanings or aren't quite life changing, they are extremely catchy and she seems to be doing extremely well, so clearly it's got the right stuff. Her influences: David Bowie, Queen, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, and Gwen Stefani. There have been comparisons between Madonna and Lady Gaga, but it was Madonna who revolutionized music 25 years ago, today's Madonna is our Lady Gaga.

“And, now, I’m just trying to change the world one sequin at a time.”- Lady Gaga

Recently there has been some controversy between Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera, fans have been going back and forth saying that Christina has stolen Gaga's image or that Christina has been around before Gaga. But when it comes down to it, it's nobody's fault, it's just Lady Gaga's success, she is revolutionizing music as we know it.

Lady Gaga's fashion is the most peculiar and amazing fashion I've ever seen, I think this is another reason she is an absolute genius. Everything she wears is either something NOBODY would have imagined that would be used as clothing, something nobody has seen done before, or has taken something incredible from the past and enhanced it (picture to right). Her outfits are outrageous and everything about them is "crazy" according to society, but this is exactly why it's so great.

"You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way."- Lady Gaga

Over the Top Pop Culture Artifact

This product is fairly similar to the example shown in class, but just because its a Hannah Montana Grilled Cheese/ Panini Grill its so much worse. Hannah Montana's target audience is girls aged 4-15, an I really don't understand why little girls would need a $49.95 panini maker, odds are they don't even know what a panini is! Surprisingly enough the actual device isn't covered in glitter and Hannah's name isn't plastered across the front, but interestingly enough it does get your sandwich to say "Pop Star" or have an electric guitar. I understand that they made this product for grilled cheese, because children love it, but I really just can't wrap my head around what made Disney decide this would double as a panini grill. Just why?!?

FIST PUMP!

Jersey Shore is a reality TV series on MTV that follows eight roommates, similar to The Real World. The cast live, work and party on the Jersey Shore, the show began to run in December, and in January it was confirmed that there will be a Jersey Shore Season 2 (click for trailer) where the cast will be cold in their hometowns during the winter and snow, therefore escaping for a vacation in Miami.

"That's why I don't eat lobster or anything like that cause they're alive when you kill it."

When I first watched this show I was aware that it was probably just as stupid as everything else aired as "Reality" on MTV. However, I actually became obsessed with this show. I found it incredibly stupid, yet amazingly intriguing, it has the similarity to Pop music, though it's not in any way clever or talent driven, but pretty good. I found all the character's names absolutely hilarious, such as: Snooki, JWOWW, The Situation.

Each character is involved with some kind of drama in every episode, during the first season the roommates end up in prison a few times, have stalkers, get into fist fights with others and amongst themselves, hook-up, play practical jokes, party and of course, fist pump (click for an instructional video).

"We’re beatin’-up-the-beat, that’s what we say when we’re doing our fist pump. First, we start off by banging the ground, we’re banging it as the beat builds ‘cause that beat’s hittin’ us so we’re fightin’ back, it’s like we beat up that beat."

However, the show faced a lot of criticism from the Italian-American population because of the stereotyping and using the term guido. There was also some controversy over the "glamorizing" of tanning, the inappropriate subject matter and the violence. But I found this show extremely exciting, watching some drama and some actions satisfied me.