MIA

i don't know why entertainers strive for the EGOT instead of the EGOTAT

anyone can get an EGOTAT after a quick trip to the local strip mall

SFJ: M.I.A. SHOULDN’T HAVE APOLOGIZED

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/02/im-sorry-mia-apologized.html?mbid=gnep&google_editors_picks=true

I love how passionate that SFJ piece is. Being on the blog liberates it from that New Yorkerish sense of distance. It reads like an angry fan: "Fuck you, MIA rules!"

The artist, of course, is M.I.A. About seven years ago, I praised her for several things, including turning the noxious generalization of “world music” into an idea that represents life as it is lived, and affords huge aesthetic possibilities. She made two albums that received all the praise they deserved, and then a third album called “/\/\/\Y/\,” which received a deeply weird and negative review in Pitchfork (unless you think M.I.A. is here only to provide “bangers” and hasn’t already vaulted way past her “potential as a pop artist” many times) and, most damagingly, the worst profile ever written about a musician, in the New York Times Magazine.

except for this one magnetic fields piece i read somewhere once, maybe...

unless you think M.I.A. is here only to provide “bangers”

And mashups.

galang

Good article but SFJ is completely off if he thinks M.I.A. did it simply as a performance and not a publicity stunt. If flipping the finger was allowed she would've thought of the next 'offensive' thing to do on live tv. She did it because she knew exactly the reactions it would get.

SFJ OTM RE MIA

great post

i feel like people have lost the ability to distinguish between "performance" and "publicity stunt." i mean any 'look at me!' gesture by a professional entertainer/celebrity is what it is, you can just choose to look at it in one light or another as part and parcel of what they do or something unnecessary or sinister or calculated.

simply as a performance and not a publicity stunt.

these things are not distinct/separate

lol xp to some dude

but but MAYBE the apology was the ultimate provocation, makes u think

it IS kind of a way to disappoint both sides of the argument

Did she actually apologize? I know the NFL and NBC did, but I can't find an apology from M.I.A. herself (not even a "I'm sorry you found the gesture offensive" dealie).

tour rider: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/mia-2011-backstage-rider-975123

genuinely disappointed there are no truffle fries on that, i thought this girl could troll better

She issued a statement about "getting caught up in the moment" iirc.

(xpost)

i really think this is NBC or the censors' "fault" to the extent that it matters at all -- i mean it's a live event, with hundreds of people on camera doing unscripted things for hours and hours with millions of viewers watching, and something went wrong on the air in a very high profile way less than 10 years ago. how can they not have some kind of tape delay or guys with lightening fast reflexes in the control room?

i thought there was tape delay but they missed it (the gesture)

the sneaky thing she did was curse and flip the bird simultaneously

Right after, there was a weird horizontal pattern on tv for about half a second. Since I missed the birdflip, I assumed it was some technical glitch.

well that's what i mean, they shouldn't have missed it! how hard can it be for the single most lucrative annual event on television to hire a guy or two who do nothing but make sure stuff like that doesn't get on the air?

i kind of believe that she did it spontaneously b/c who would ever have thought something so minor would cause a kerfuffle at all? and it's a pretty natural gesture to make at that point in the song. then again she didn't do it in rehearsals

WHY did my brain spend time thinking those thoughts :(

like if you were gonna do a PUBLICITY STUNT for ATTENTION why do something that most people would miss if they blinked?

exactly!! i finally rewatched to see the infamous bird and maybe it's just me but she sorta pulls the punch - it's up for like a half second. come on MIA! i'm offended by your lack of commitment!

'quality chocolates' - Fererro Rocher! amazing.

no salt and pepper for her mango i note.

she should've just given the 'v sign' so british viewers would've known she was being offensive but americans would've been like oh how nice a peace sign

should torn up a photo of the pope

or diplo

always, always tear up a photo of the pope

yeah sinéad knew how to cause controversy properly

our standards have fallen since then

its too bad tearing up a photo of the pope didnt become a celebrity meme that they all did whenever they were on tv

nothing compares to u_u

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCOIQOGXOg0

and a week later at some bob dylan concert (?) which just goes to show how conservative and moronic dylan fans are imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fVxcT00Sc

for the record, no she hasn't "apologized".

She issued a statement about "getting caught up in the moment" iirc.

that was an unnamed source "close to the singer", saying something to some tabloid.

she should hold a press conference to apologize then tear up a picture of the superbowl trophy

she should say rye rye put her up to it because she was pissed about the ravens losing in the playoffs

that was an unnamed source "close to the singer", saying something to some tabloid.

Yeah, my mistake.

some dude OTM, lol

FREE RYE RYE

that albums never coming out, is it

interesting how neither Madge nor MIA have said owt 'official' either way. clearly 2 ladies who know how to play the meeja game.

damn, bad girls is really a jam

yes, yes it is

you have inspired me to bump the Vivki Leekx mixtape again

Maya mostly kills, it's just the three sluggish songs on the middle ("It Takes A Muscle", "ItIz What It Iz", to a lesser degree "Story To Be Told") that make it seem interminable

OTM - it sounds like she was able to afford a higher grade of weed circa MAYA. The world doesn't really need MIA doing stoned-out cod-reggae jams though.

still love it takes a muscle fuiud

^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2UfxwwB-Q

man, that was definitely not not worth the wait

at least Lex will be happy