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akujunkan...and little substance. From today's WaPo:
Leaving aside the less-than-awesome editing on the article (22.50 USD is the "American equivalent" of 22.50 USD), I find it...unconvincing, shall we say, that this woman is worried about being associated with something "many people" might find "deliberately provocative," if perhaps more Madonna flashback-inducing than nausea-inducing
Come on, Gaga, admit it: You're just pissed you didn't think of it first.
That will be all.
Lady Gaga is asking a London ice cream parlor to stop selling "Baby Gaga," an ice cream made with human breast milk. The shop sold out of the flavor (pasteurized and mixed with vanilla pods and lemon zest; a serving sells for the American equivalent of $22.50) when it was introduced last week, but government officials confiscated the double-scoop treat over health concerns. Now Gaga is weighing in: Lawyers for the pop superstar contacted the owner and gave him until Wednesday to change the name or face trademark infringement, reports Britain's Evening Standard. The lawyers call the ice cream "deliberately provocative and, to many people, nausea-inducing." Shop owner Matt O'Connor said he's prepared to fight: 'Since the dawn of time the word 'gaga' has been one of the first discernible phrases to come from a baby's mouth. This is why we chose the name."
Leaving aside the less-than-awesome editing on the article (22.50 USD is the "American equivalent" of 22.50 USD), I find it...unconvincing, shall we say, that this woman is worried about being associated with something "many people" might find "deliberately provocative," if perhaps more Madonna flashback-inducing than nausea-inducing
Come on, Gaga, admit it: You're just pissed you didn't think of it first.
That will be all.
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on 2011-03-11 03:24 am (UTC)Queen called. They will be contacting you to request that you cease and desist your trademark infringement re: their hit song "Radio Gaga" as soon as Freddy Mercury stops rolling in his grave.
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on 2011-03-11 06:03 am (UTC)There's a number of recent "music performers" who have very little in the way of talent, yet somehow they have collectively managed to get signed up, do collaborations with each other as well as better know performers. One of the least talented of this group is Kei$ha - people are so easily suckered in by a drum machine & a good auto-tuner.
I am sick to death of studio collaborations for songs being pumped out. Some of these collaborations make no sense other than the artists in question work for the same label. So any song I like & discover it has a [artist] featuring [artist] tag, I refuse to buy. Wouldn't even bother to pirate it either, because I cannot for a second believe the performer(s) are doing a joint project for the love of the craft.
Why yes, I have a few opinions about the current state of the music industry.... :)