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I’ve had a running conversation with several of my friends regarding the delivery John McCain gave during the 2008 Presidential Debate last Friday from Mississippi. A recurring observation that many have pointed out is the republican’s conviction-laden, substance-lacking performance. Many of the points given had strong tones with no meaning behind it.
With that being said, who better suited to rinse and repeat the same bullshit nonesense than the conservative base. Only a republican could truly transfer the same packaged message TWICE! The latest attack ad, released the day of the Vice Presidential Debate, attempts to rattle the cage of the Delarware senator. But anything less than a Scorsese calibar ad will do little, if any, damage control, brought upon Sarah Palin’s train wreck interview with Katie Couric. Watch as the McCain campaign try to stick it to Joe Biden. And by “stick”, I mean play clips of him talking. And by “it”, I mean nothing. Empty cookie car nothing. Bachelor refridgerator nothing. Palin’s common sense nothing.
Get it?
[via Huffington Post]
Katy Perry impresses me and infuriates me at the same time. I’m trying so hard not to hate her, because her music has such an interesting dynamic to it that is unavoidable. She doesn’t have the greatest voice, but it’s strong and memorable. Her lyrics aren’t deep, but her hooks are catchy as hell. I’m buying into Perry’s image of a sheltered-Catholic girl raging against the society that spawned her. But take a look at this interview she gave with Artisan News Service:
How can she purposefully stand apart from “that girl”, but embodies “her” the minute she opens her mouth? Perry ridicules the girls at the bar for their drunk sing-alongs, while covers “Your Love” by the Outfield? Really?!
I can see how the Brits can’t stand Lily Allen. It’s not enough to be a semi-talented artist with good songs for these chicks, is it? (For the record, Lily Allen does kick ass)
Besides, Perry’s cover is a little lacking. Doesn’t stand up to Allen’s “Nan, You’re A Window Shopper” take on 50 Cent.
Ever since they put this on their cover:
I’ve been less and less inclined to reading Rolling Stone, the once biblical reference book for everything good in music, turned popular culture watchdog. I forgave them for their attempt at pseudo-credible journalist reality show “I’m From Rolling Stone”, but this was crossing the line.
Still, with Coldplay’s Chris Martin gracing the cover this month, complimenting a wonderful Q&A interview written by Brian Hiatt, there was some redemption. Furthermore, what really surprised me was the secondary cover story, which involved 24-year-old Facebook impresario Mark Zuckerberg, detailing the lonely road and many burned bridges traveled on his path in creating the now 6th most visited site on the internet.
I suppose with any relatively new product that hits it big (although calling the company’s $15 billion value big is a gross understatement), many want their share of the pie. Still, I wasn’t aware of the actual amount of smashed toes and cold shoulders were turned in turning a once dorm-room business into a worldwide phenomenon (my MOM is on Facebook, which, sadly, automatically drops a few cool points in its favor).
Three former associates of Zuckerberg’s allege he lifted the idea off their initial preliminary planning for multi-college social network, now called ConnectU (which has gone the way of the Friendster, for the most part). Meanwhile, another claims he created “thefacebook.com” before Zuckerberg did, despite it not picking up speed and inevitably went under.
Here’s what they had to say about the Facebook “creator”:
“We got royally screwed,” Divya Narendra, one of the students, has testified. And in April, another classmate, Aaron Greenspan, filed a petition to cancel Facebook’s trademark, claiming he invented an online facebook months before Zuckerberg. Greenspan, who has compiled reams of e-mails chronicling his months of communication with Zuckerberg, bristles at equating the Facebook prodigy with Microsoft’s founder. “Gates was shrewd, calculating and insanely competitive, bordering on autistic,” Greenspan writes in his self-published autobiography. “Mark was inarticulate and naive.”
Still, aren’t most geniuses not without their character flaws? Without his otherwise awkward mannerisms, would Facebook have even existed?
I think it’s just a full-blown case of playa hatin’. Fellas, the game waits up for nobody! And Zuckerberg demonstrates that with every step he takes in getting his product everywhere.
Anycrap, decide for yourself here, and check out his 60-Minute interview after the jump.
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