Editorials

• Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (Album Review)

  So Youtube sensation Lana Del Ray has dropped her debut album, Born To Die. And after her hilariously bad performance on SNL a few weeks ago, it is just as lackluster as we thought it would be.

• Prometheus: Potentially the Biggest Movie of 2012?

  Is anyone else out there as excited as we are about this movie? Judging from internet forums and what’s been buzzing around the web the last few weeks: Yes. When it comes to the Alien franchise, people seem to be divided. The first two films: Alien directed by Ridley Scott, and it’s sequel, Aliens, directed brilliantly by a pre-ego-maniacal James Cameron, are both brilliant Sci Fi films. But starting with Alien 3 ( Directed by and up and coming, soon to be one of the best of his craft, but not quite there yet, David Fincher) the movies took a noticeable dip in quality. And while part 3 still was a decent film, it was the beginning of the end of the series. Resurrection followed. That movie had Ripley clones and inferred lesbian scenes with Wynona Ryder. Where we come from, that is called “jumping the shark”. We won’t even discuss the Aliens vs. Predator series, because come on, that shits on both series’ equally. But now, we have Prometheus. Prometheus is putting Ridley Scott, back in space. It is also putting him back in charge of the Aliens, in what is being billed as a prequel to that series. For anyone who spent time with the original Alien crew, we know how monumental this could turn out, and we are very, very excited.

• So… Demi Moore Smoked Some Fake Weed and Almost Died

  Last year, when Miley Cyrus got bagged for smoking the legal hallucinogen, Salvia, no one was that surprised. A young girl, in the midst of finding herself and coming into a shit-ton of money. Kinda makes sense she would experiment a little bit. Thing is, it is a lot less acceptable when it is a 50 year old woman. Honestly, at that point, it comes across as a little sad.

• Kesha and The Flaming Lips. What?

  So in one hand, you have Ke$ha. We decided she is probably around 38 and maybe the worst thing ever. She covers herself in glitter and sings about how she loves to have uncommitted sex and how she loves to throw up and name drop. She sort of encapsulates everything that is wrong with over-produced, over-hyped Pop music in the current musical age. Also, at the end of her performance on SNL last year, the one where she was covered in glow in the dark body paint and hidden by black light and auto-tune? Well, at the end of that performance, she dropped to her knees and looked at the camera and said: "Heyyyy, it’s Saturday night: Wanna make out?" And we still think that was the single stupidest thing we have ever seen a Pop star do on SNL since Ashley Simpson choked her lip-synch and Sinead O’ Connor ripped up the picture of the Pope. At least those two things were kind of funny. The Kesha SNL was just sad.

• Gaga Burnout: Someone Please Make Her Stop!

  Alright, we will admit it. We were suckers for it at first. When "Bad Romance" and "Poker Face" came out, all the world sat up and said: Well, who is this? And Gaga answered. It seemed like everywhere you went you heard JUST DANCE in some version or another. The woman was hot. On top of the world. We all wondered what she would do next, and she consistently answered by displaying a real creativity when it came to public appearances and outfits. She showed she knew how to keep the press interested, and she even had a few catchy songs to back it up. The thing is, now that the dust has settled a little bit and the hype has died down, we are beginning to see her for what she really is. A slightly annoying hipster who is in constant need of attention, and will get that attention by any means she can.