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Re LDR:

No she is not. She's among the worst examples of fame whoring with ridiculously fake lips.

As far as her singing goes, I think Sound Opinions said it best when they said, "...the biggest hurdle of all is the singing, which ranges from flat, constipated cooing to monotonous, one-dimensional chanting."

The final straw? She describes herself as “the gangsta Nancy Sinatra"

Banna on February 19, 2012 at 9:27 AM

If you're going to look bored with your own music how do you expect us to be interested?

Machete on February 19, 2012 at 9:36 AM

@2 haha, good one!

Riya Bhattacharjee on February 19, 2012 at 9:38 AM

You'd think Republicans haven't been sitting on their asses doing nothing in the congress they run the way they talk. They have done nothing about gas privces or anything else for that matter! Maybe that's why Americans give them the worst rating in history. And let's face it, John Beohner is a good for nothing big mouth.

Vince on February 19, 2012 at 9:42 AM

Where are the video games? I was told there would be video games. All I'm seeing is some woman with gigantic lips being depressed at me.

on February 19, 2012 at 9:46 AM

That Times article on our new arena-in-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds has some great detail. But I think the paper's best today goes to Ron Judd:

You have to hand it to Mayor McSonic and this Chris Hansen guy — who, based on the keen insight into him we gathered during his half-day parachute trip into Seattle, we can assure you is very probably a demigod.
It takes some chutzpah to pitch, to People Who Know Better, the mere concept of a "self-supporting" half-billion-dollar sports pleasure palace — its primary tenants a set of currently nonexistent franchises of the two most financially crippled U.S. pro sports leagues.
But even we donned our old Lonnie Shelton jersey and began humming the tune to "We Won't Get Fooled Again" when the mayor and county exec said they're negotiating, this time around, tax-dollar-repayment guarantees.
And we take great comfort in knowing that each of those is every bit as ironclad and legally inviolate as the lease keeping the Oklahoma City Sonics tied to Seattle's KeyArena.[...]
Just One Question: If the arena deal is such a zero-risk slam dunk, why can't Hansen and his imaginary partners just borrow that $200 million public subsidy from any bank?
Answer: Because it isn't.
On the Other Hand: It sure is good to see the adults back in charge of sports-entertainment acquisition. If you can't trust a guy who lied about the waterfront tunnel to get elected and his new-best-friend shadowy hedge-fund manager, who can you trust?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ro…

gloomy gus on February 19, 2012 at 9:47 AM

Riya,
you missed Obama's stooges on the morning news shows testifying of Obama's True Blue Christian Theology and bitchslapping Santorum for questioning it.
you girls do realize Obama is a Pray EveryDay True Blue Christian, don't you.....

on February 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM

WAKE UP!

venomlash on February 19, 2012 at 10:04 AM

That's the girl who sang "Friday", right?

DMonaghan on February 19, 2012 at 10:10 AM

Barack Obama wants, or should I say wanted, high energy and gas prices – as it goes along with the very liberal dispositions he has (had).

Phoebe in Wallingford on February 19, 2012 at 10:20 AM

Today is the 70th anniversary of FDR's order to round up 120,000 Americans and ship them to concentration camps.

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5154

seatackled on February 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Y'all live in the wrong place. Gas is $3.05 a gallon here.

Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 19, 2012 at 10:26 AM

Nope. She's a sausage-mouthed personality vacuum with the stage presence of a corpse.

JenV on February 19, 2012 at 11:01 AM

I really like Video Games. Friends of mine were posting it online a few months before Del Rey's SNL appearance, which was the first time I'd ever actually seen her, so I was digging the song for a while before I was exposed to her aesthetic. Her SNL performance was weak, but lots of artists have turned out shitty sounding performance on that stage, including Paul McCartney. It seems like people assume she's manfuctured because she's pretty.

Amanda on February 19, 2012 at 11:10 AM

manufactured**. Oops. Just woke up.

Amanda on February 19, 2012 at 11:14 AM

Hmm. I guess manfuctured would be significantly different.

Maybe something involving conservative Arizona sheriffs?

seatackled on February 19, 2012 at 11:26 AM

@10 Please direct us to a source where Obama was quoted as wanting high energy and gas prices. The fact that he was once a more liberal person, believed in equal rights for gays, civil rights were important to protect, American citizens shouldn't be assassinated w/o charge or trial, that sort of thing, seems to have utterly blinded you to the fact that he governs as President from a center-right position. He is the conserveative President you consveratives should want, at least when compared to all the Repubs currently running for the job, if only his skin color and/or the "D" in front of his name on the ballot didn't make that impossible.

OuterCow on February 19, 2012 at 11:57 AM

Wow...I just watched some insane Linsanity!

Guy is real...caught and took down the champs...Mavs...almost with ease!

Watch out...Heat!

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 12:31 PM

The NYT article on the kidney-donor chain is amazing.

Eric from Boulder on February 19, 2012 at 12:47 PM

Bailo:

This isn't your fucking blog. STFU. Nobody cares.

Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM

LDR:
It had a good beat and was easy to dance to. I gave it a 10.

Mr. J on February 19, 2012 at 12:52 PM

@14,15 Amanda
I'd enjoy being "manfuctured."

Mr. J on February 19, 2012 at 12:55 PM

#20

Fifty-Two-Eighty Drunk again.

Yep.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM

5280 said

I'm afraid I can't remember the seventies (at least the first half or so). Those were the drug years.

Perhaps that explains the credibility gap.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM

24:

If you want to understand Keystone XL, follow the money.

By not building this pipeline, the oil will still be shipped...by rail and at a premium.

On freight trains owned by Obama supporter...Warren Buffet.

So it all plays back into the hands of the Ins.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM

@24: it is conservative to make decisions after careful consideration of the environmental impact. not to rush into deals willy-nilly because industry wants it.

Max Solomon on February 19, 2012 at 1:06 PM

Lana Del Ray makes me miss Fiona Apple.

And it looks like the video makers studied at the Adam Curtis school of editing. I kept thinking this was one of his "Power of Nightmares" segments.

darthvegan on February 19, 2012 at 1:09 PM

@28

Will skateboards ever go away...I'm seeing more bikes than boards here in Kent, lately.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 1:11 PM

I like the song. I've danced a slow Cha-Cha jazz routine to it. Of course, I spend a good portion of my day dancing with class and practice so maybe others wouldn't think of it as something to dance to.

kim in portland on February 19, 2012 at 1:13 PM

I think Lana Del Rey is fine. The songs are interestingly produced. I don't like the extreme doubletracking on parts of the vocals, but when she just sings, she's got a nice thing going. Good phrasing. She's apparently a terrible stage performer, but that has nothing to do with the records.

Can't stand that upper lip, though.

That Times article is a must-read for arena supporters. You're getting taken. Again.

Rail is a more ecologically sound way to transport things than any other method.

Fnarf on February 19, 2012 at 1:26 PM

PS: complaining that your pop record is "manufactured" is like complaining that your car is manufactured.

Fnarf on February 19, 2012 at 1:40 PM

@ 17

He is a center-left President and has always been a center left person, it was clear in his book and in the primaries (where he talked about being for targeted killings).

Democrat1234 on February 19, 2012 at 1:49 PM

That's nice, John, but this isn't about me. The question is why you're such a fucking twerp. You're only making my case for me.

Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 19, 2012 at 1:55 PM

#34

Are you named after the IBM 5280?

Is this you back when you had a beard and were programming in RPG:

http://www.trshingleton.com/Images/oldco…

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 2:09 PM

@34, @35, if you guys would like some advice on effective internet forum takedowns, I am available for a fee. References in the archives.

Fnarf on February 19, 2012 at 2:37 PM

@24, 26: Keystone XL has little or nothing to do with American gasoline prices. Essentially all of the tar-sands-derived petroleum products are destined for Asia anyway. The economics and profits work out better if the muck is piped south across the U.S. (which therefore bears the risk and cost of environmental impacts/disasters, duh) to refineries in Texas, where people don't give much of a fuck about air/water pollution even if it doesn't benefit them, thence on board megatankers through the newly widened Panama Canal to Asian ports.

That said, I'm fine with judicious additional offshore drilling in U.S. waters (even though such production will also not significantly lower U.S. gasoline/diesel prices), provided a) profits are not offshored and are taxed at sensible real rates (i.e., without unneeded subsidies), and b) offshore exploration complies with best-in-the-world current practices (e.g., European North Sea standards) meaning working, frequently tested, self-powered blowout preventers, etc. along with real government oversight and stiff, swift penalties for violations, unlike blowjobby DoI/Minerals Management Service "controls" which STILL haven't been meaningfully improved following the BP/Gulf of Mexico spill.

rob! on February 19, 2012 at 2:47 PM

@35: Damn, and I thought it took ME a long time to figure it out. Google "5280", you putz, and see where it leads you.

venomlash on February 19, 2012 at 3:41 PM

@32:

Del Ray way "virally marketed" to the "blogosphere" as an "authentic" "indie" "singer-songwriter."

The "backlash" has been "angrier" because "people" hate to admit they've been "had."

d.p. on February 19, 2012 at 3:58 PM

@24: The way the administration was all set to ok the pipeline right up until the environmentalists lost their shit seemed pretty conservative. This was by no means an easy victory for them. But agreed, listening at all to environmentalists hasn't been conservative since Nixon.

@33: I was not aware Obama said he was in favor of assassinating US citizens w/o charge or trial during the primaries. Could you please direct me to a source for this?

OuterCow on February 19, 2012 at 4:24 PM

@39, there is no such thing as an authentic pop singer, nor should there be.

Fnarf on February 19, 2012 at 4:32 PM

@41: Because weighing short term gains against longterm risks and sometimes finding the gain doesn't justify the risk isn't something conservatives are capable of?

OuterCow on February 19, 2012 at 5:15 PM

Outercow: because a calm and rational assessment of the facts is also something conservatives aren't capable of.
Ken Mehlman: you lose. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Dr_Awesome on February 19, 2012 at 5:25 PM

"SCARE" "QUOTES"!!!!!

heywhatsit!? on February 19, 2012 at 5:33 PM

@41, the environmental concerns are hardly theoretical. Construction has real immediate and ongoing effects on habitat, wildlife migration corridors, and erosion, among other things. Additionally, pipeline leaks and blowouts are not a matter of if, but when. You want to snort at those things? Fine. You do it from a position of ignorance.

Re: employment, additional possible long-term refinery and shipping jobs in Texas probably number in the hundreds or low thousands at best. It makes no sense to ballyhoo such a drop in the bucket without taking the potential downside into account, or to ignore the much greater net benefits of infrastructure-repair and alternative-energy jobs.

rob! on February 19, 2012 at 5:43 PM

This country is awash in crude (the hedge funds are building storage capacity at Cushing the way Amazon is setting up data centers), and we're refining so much gasoline that we're exporting it. Gas prices are more a reflection of world crude prices than any scarcity. Those crude prices are historically high, and spike higher every time there's a threat to attack Iran and/or Iran threatens to close the Straits.

Toe Tag on February 19, 2012 at 6:15 PM

@14 For future reference the majority of slog commenters do not consider Paul McCartney cool and/or good.

ItsAllOverNow on February 19, 2012 at 7:26 PM

@45 Over 1,000 people who were willing to get arrested over protesting Keystone XL is hardly "a few hysterical tree-huggers," Ken. Also, since 98% of climate scientists believe global warming to be real, human-caused, and requires drastic efforts to combat it soon if we want to avoid the worst effects, they're reason for opposing Keystone isn't hysterical, it's fraking logical, homes.

OuterCow on February 19, 2012 at 7:28 PM

@48, we're really talking about political capital. Lots of people are riled up across the country and shouting at their representatives in government, thinking that construction of Keystone XL would drop gas prices back to $2.50 a gallon or less. It would not do anything of the sort, and the politicians know it, but they're perfectly happy to play on their constituents' fears and give them false hope, all while taking no action on the many things that could actually move us toward energy independence. If the recovery stalls over energy costs, Keystone could very well get rammed through for no good reason.

After investing a couple of thousand dollars in the place I live, my monthly winter heating bill (all electric) dropped from about $250 to $75; even more this year because it's an exceptionally mild winter. Summer cooling's cheaper too. That's a payback of less than three years, and it's all gravy after that. If I used propane or kerosene, the other common options in my rural area, the percentage drop would have been the same.

rob! on February 19, 2012 at 7:34 PM

#38

And IBM is in Boulder CO.

But then, you really only could think one link ahead.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 8:20 PM

#42

yes...yes...in the modern definition of what it is...true...very brilliant.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 8:21 PM

#51

You mean, willing to get arrested so Warren Buffet can charge us more money.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 19, 2012 at 8:22 PM

@55, no, in any definition of it. The Decembrists are a manufactured product (not actually from 1890s). Iggy Pop was a manufactured product (hint: name's not "Iggy"). Bob Dylan was a manufactured product (when he first arrived in NYC he had a fake country accent and told everyone he was from New Mexico). Frank Sinatra was a manufactured product (publicists arranged the first hysterical broads in the street). Being a manufactured product is in fact a key element of pop art.

Fnarf on February 19, 2012 at 9:32 PM

@54 No pipelines carrying uber-dirty, tarsands oil that takes tremendous amounts of energy to extract in the first place, quite unlike traditional oilfields, at least. Take a few minutes and read up on the tar sands, Ken, it won't hurt.

OuterCow on February 19, 2012 at 9:41 PM

@53:

There may be an IBM regional office in Boulder, but the world HQ is now, and always has been in New York State.

But hey, thanks for playing! We'll be sending you a home version of the game...

COMTE on February 19, 2012 at 11:33 PM

@53: Shit, son, you can't even think one link ahead. COMTE just dunked on you.

venomlash on February 20, 2012 at 1:06 AM

She's a perfect argument for why every elective plastic surgery procedure should be used to pay for 1,000 people's reconstructive plastic surgery procedures.

The worst part is she was perfectly cute and normal looking before the butchers calling themselves doctors hacked away at her face.

Dave M on February 20, 2012 at 7:28 AM

@57

Here we come,
Walkin' down the street.

We get the funniest looks from,
Everyone we meet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzA_qmJkm…

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on February 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM

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