QuQu does another (as usual excellent) video on Internet Harassment. I’ve personally been banned from sites/conversations, the first time of which was because I pointed out (early in Gaga’s fame, after someone had gushed about a recent single) that yeah, that one was OK, but I really had a problem with the song “just dance” because the behavior of the viewpoint character was horribly irresponsible.Think about it – drunk off her gourd, lost her phone, purse, wallet, etc., separated from her frie…
Covers can be awesome, most are crap. This one I’m torn on. Her voice and style are perfectly suited to the song in a completely different, yet still haunting way, but I really miss the instrumentals, especially the pianos, of the original. Most of the covers were crap, actually, but there are a couple other competent covers, though none I stumbled across had the impact that either the original vocals did, or hers.…
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Sisters of Mercy is a band I fell in love with as soon as I head the short version of this song at a club. Bought the album, and learned that the album cut was even more epic and awesome at 10 minutes. I sometimes joke that every Sisters of Mercy album or Song is but a piece of the same damn song. That said, there really is some variety there, some incredible atmospherics, and some truly haunting work in their music. My eventual favorite on Floodland was “Lucretia”, and my next favorite became…
I’m far from the world’s greatest lifter, but over the last few years have come across a few things that seem to make sense. While “Art of Manliness” is a hit or miss site for me, they certainly have provided a few useful insights in the past. Here’s a series of vids they did with lifter and coach Mark Rippetoe.…