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“It just feels like the thing running our country is a bank, money. I know it sounds like an intense viewpoint, but I’m only slowly but surely getting the wool taken off my eyes. When I was a kid, I asked questions about my faith. Now I’m asking questions about the world.
I think we are largely in desperate need of revolutionary change in the way our mindset is. Our priority is fame, and people’s wellness is way low. I saw this knowing full well that I’m a part of the problem. I’m playing the game, though I am trying to reroute. Anyway, not to get all politically divulging and introspective, but the fact that America doesn’t have free health care drives me fucking absolutely crazy, and is so wrong.”
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So I guess Katy Perry’s next record is going to be “political”?
I mean, I agree with her! Oh boy is today gonna be a doozy.
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I wrote 1,800 words on Katy Perry's show. →
I could have probably written another 1,800, but, you know, I have to go to the office.
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the gaga cover* has inspired some ontd denizens to bust out their photoshops. the results are very mixed and sometimes the ‘jokes’ are really stupid, but i liked this one on multiple conceptual levels.
* which her stans are now claiming is actually a fake and part of some sort of elaborate three-day ‘betrayal,’ because, you know, ‘judas,’ and also it’s JUST IN TIME FOR HOLY WEEK? oh christ, i don’t know
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Katy Perry, meanwhile, will fucking shoot you down if you don’t recognize her ability to appreciate a fucking melody.
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Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever?, The Final Chapter: Katy Perry Is A Bad Feminist But We Are All Vulnerable Somehow →
I got to close out the Sound of the City year-end roundtable. And I compared Katy Perry to Fred Durst. But you should read the whole thing, because Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, and Rich Juzwiak are all amazing.
