The Life & Times of Miley Cyrus

Kurt Cobain had just died, and that really had an impact on me. He was one of those guys that became a friend to me that I never expected. We met at a venue one night, some big coliseum somewhere—his rig was pulling out and mine was pulling in—and I was standing in the shadows, 1 a.m. in the morning, and he's 'Hey man, congratulations—you pissed the whole world off.' We shook hands, and I said, 'Thanks, man... I love what you all do.'"

wow

i'd namedrop too if i could drop those names!

achy breaky heart-shaped box

smells like name-dropping.

haha oh man 'you pissed the whole world off'

yeah, wait, billy ray cyrus pissed the whole world off?

"Billy, wait a minute, that's my girl dogg
'I don't give a fuck, God sent me to piss the world off!'"

ticka ticka ticka slim cyrus

yeah, wait, billy ray cyrus pissed the whole world off?

Hell yes, every time I heard "achy breaky heart" in 1992 I wanted to commit arson and/or murder.

aw

That has to be the most inconsequential story about MJ ever.

'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...' 'Why did Michael Jackson have a dime?...'

lmao

Political Song for Billy Ray Cyrus.

Tell it to Jadakiss.

that was a really good read

the writer laid it on a little thick with making sure we knew he was holding it all from a cynical arm's length and getting in some easy jokes, but yeah, good read

It's unexpectedly stark, simple, and beautiful, its opening lines an unacknowledged, desolate, distant echo of the song that paid for this house in the first place:

Cold wind's blowing
Sat here knowing
My heart's about to break

...beautiful.

oh man i am gonna read the shit out of this, thanks ned.

the writer laid it on a little thick with making sure we knew he was holding it all from a cynical arm's length

Mmm, I thought the details about the medical endorsement and the faintly horrified publicist and all were good to acknowledge. Then again Heath's one of my favorite writers in music flat out, so I admit bias.

i didn't mean those details, just some of the other bits felt like cheap shots or unnecessary extra effort at playing up the levity

the piece definitely wants to remind you it's not in people but i think it's basically fine, rigorous, etc.. i also liked:

the late comedian Bill Hicks would draw easy audience roars of approval when he'd share his idea for a TV show called Let's Hunt and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus.

because bill hicks in drawing easy roars of approval shocker

piece kinda lapses into awkward dfw mimicry sometimes though.

http://i.imgur.com/us4Bh.png

my facebook wall has apparently stopped showing me dom. sometimes zuckerberg's eerie.

that goddamn Satan.

my impression of Cyrus is that he's a really simple man. not simple like he's discovered some kind of Eastern tranquility. simple like he doesn't have a lot going on in his head and he's kinda a dolt. not that that is necessarily a bad thing but he seems so pathetic and out of his element.

i'm glad you didn't get to interview him

Disney to Billy Ray: Drop Dead!

(She will next be seen in LOL, an April high school comedy for Mandate and Lionsgate, then So Undercover, in which she plays a private eye who infiltrates a sorority.)

love how this thread is like a sad little vestige of the brief period when dudes weren't sure whether to elevate Miley to Ashlee-level hero status and ultimately decided to go with Taylor

“We saw it coming for a long time,” the Disney source says. “She wanted to mature herself, but it kind of backfired. Her future without Disney is TBD.”

ouch. the subtext of the comment raises an interesting question about what's really pushing disney stars to the top of the pop world's collective consciousness (the talent of the artist or the push of the disney machine).

yeah, wait, billy ray cyrus pissed the whole world off?

― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:14 PM Bookmark

It was like, "Oh you think this Garth Brooks fella has completely ruined country music? Wait until you get a load out of this guy."

*Leans back in rocking chair, puffs on pipe.*

You tell 'em, Lester.

Eww, I don't ever want to get a load out of Billy Ray.

19 years ago, we all did.

i used to know a jazz professor once who also was a gigging musician and his policy was he'd play any song for a paycheck except herbie hancock's "chameleon" or billy ray cyrus's "achy breaky heart"

chameleon is a great song

which has been ruined by countless mediocre jam session performances, and middle school jazz concerts. or maybe it's more of a great original recording than a great song.

One of my biggest pet peeves as a musician was that, when someone did choose Chameleon as a song to jam out on, it was really really hard to get people to play the bridge or the extended jam section. People just like playing "Bowm bowm bowm bowm - BOWM! BOWN!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lAm2wp-zTY&feature=related

Watched that last night. She's a very strange person. I guess I'd never really heard her talk before, either, so I was thrown by her husky twang.

i watched like an episode and a half of hannah montana while researching for that voice piece and yeah, every time she says anything sarcastic her voice drops a couple registers and it is Very Surprising.

(she's sarcastic a lot, by the way. hannah montana's kind of a pill.)

SNL tonight, y'all.

hoo boy

the relative brevity of her transition from too-perfect to fallen angel is a little bizarre, michael lohan has trained me to expect a much more drawn out media battle

http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/08/01/miley-cyrus-gay-marriage-tattoo-twitter-war/?hpt=hp_t2

Miley Cyrus has gone on record in support of gay rights in the past, but this time she went with a decidedly more permanent statement. Last Friday, the singer tweeted a photo of her new tattoo, an equal sign on her right ringer finger, with the caption “All LOVE is equal.” In a year where the “It Gets Better” videos have served as a very formal, very scripted (and, yes, very powerful) beacon of the gay rights landscape, Cyrus’s subtle nod is a quirky (and dare I even say refreshing?) political affirmation. If nothing else, she is, in her own way, breathing new life into the debate with the kind of nonchalance that only an 18-year-old can. Unfortunately for Miss Miley, announcing her new art didn’t turn out to be all peace, love, and rainbows.

Shortly after Cyrus showed off her ink, one of her followers, named @MileyCyrusLuver, tried to engage the pop star in a theology debate by citing Bible verses against homosexuality. Cyrus kept her rebuttal short: “Where does it say in the bible to judge others? Oh right. It doesn’t. GOD is the only judge honey.” Alas, the same can’t be said of her strong-minded fans. Over the weekend, a full-scale Twitter battle erupted between her fans, who reportedly went so far as to Tweet death threats against @MileyCyrusLuver. Eventually, Cyrus had to intervene in support of her antagonist, “Dude everyone lay off @MileyCyrusLuver Love u! Everyone is entitled 2 opinions! ‘if u don’t stand 4 something you’ll fall for anything.’”

ringer finger