Comments on: Storming heaven with Lady GaGa http://blog.voyou.org/2010/01/14/storming-heaven-with-lady-gaga/ Lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: J.R. http://blog.voyou.org/2010/01/14/storming-heaven-with-lady-gaga/comment-page-1/#comment-39522 J.R. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:28:09 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=934#comment-39522 I was just thinking about this (excellent) post partly because of the Grammy performance set in the heavy-industrial "Fame Factory" (!) and partly because of the Westboro Baptist Church's recent anti-Gaga video, a note-for-note (even reverent!) parody of "Poker Face," which you may have heard about, where the emphasis is shifted, at least in theory, from "the pain involved in the production of pleasure" to the pleasure involved in the contemplation of (Lady Gaga's) suffering. It is such a bizarre artifact. On the one hand it's obviously horrible and probably doesn't deserve any attention. On the other hand, it's just sort of stunning how completely Gaga wins in this battle--in the sense that even the WBC desire liberation through Gaga-Glamor-Fame, they just don't want to admit it?--or something like that. I was just thinking about this (excellent) post partly because of the Grammy performance set in the heavy-industrial “Fame Factory” (!) and partly because of the Westboro Baptist Church’s recent anti-Gaga video, a note-for-note (even reverent!) parody of “Poker Face,” which you may have heard about, where the emphasis is shifted, at least in theory, from “the pain involved in the production of pleasure” to the pleasure involved in the contemplation of (Lady Gaga’s) suffering. It is such a bizarre artifact. On the one hand it’s obviously horrible and probably doesn’t deserve any attention. On the other hand, it’s just sort of stunning how completely Gaga wins in this battle–in the sense that even the WBC desire liberation through Gaga-Glamor-Fame, they just don’t want to admit it?–or something like that.

]]> By: Ben http://blog.voyou.org/2010/01/14/storming-heaven-with-lady-gaga/comment-page-1/#comment-39253 Ben Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:06:29 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=934#comment-39253 Interesting post - here's two posts on Gaga http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/monstrous-futurity/ http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/the-splendid-rot-of-fame/ Interesting post – here’s two posts on Gaga

http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/monstrous-futurity/

http://naughtthought.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/the-splendid-rot-of-fame/

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