MIA

it's near the top

see, this is where that stupid stunt is kind of hilarious; because of how she worded that tweet, it sounded like it was her number so of course it's mostly going to be ppl going "zomg we gotta hang out, don't ice me bro"

carne asada fries, eh? what's happening there?

(sorry for being such a low class french fry guy, i don't live in brentwood ;_;)

basically nachos w/ fries instead of chips

so hungry right now

truffle oil is bullshit imo

carne asada, guacamole, some salsa, cheese, don't remember if there were beans on it or not

chili cheese fries are gross, tho

I was young and high and eventually full enough to forget the world

i support poutine when it comes to fries

this is just standard "you are too rich to actually care about the poor" sorta bullshit

― emotionally abusive jowls (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:57 AM Bookmark

otm

which still doesn't take away from the fact that giving out the journo's # was a total asshole move

chili cheese fries are gross, tho

― Image: electrostimulation applied on a penis (HI DERE), Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:06 AM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark

yeah done wrong they can be pretty bad

http://www.observer.com/2010/media/lynn-hirschbergs-response-mia-tweet-fairly-unethical-and-infuriating

"The messages have mostly been from people trying to hook up with M.I.A.," she said. "If she wants to get together with John at Bard next week, I have his number."

I am not a "foodie" but I think I read something about how most truffle oil is "fake" truffle oil so yeah if you're paying $5 for truffle fries it's probably the b.s. truffle oil

eat yr fries

oh this is probably what I read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/dining/16truf.html?_r=1&ref=dining

i like some mia records but "caring about the poor", really?

sorry it's not about pop provocateur MIA but it's actually pretty interesting

which still doesn't take away from the fact that giving out the journo's # was a total asshole move

eh probably. at the same time, it is funny.

but when you're reading that NYT article about synthetic truffle oil, please remember NEWS IS AN OPINION

from max's link:

And wait! Breaking! M.I.A. has tweeted again. This time, she tweeted, "NEWS IS AN OPINION! UNEDITED VERSION OF THE INTERVIEW WILL BE ON neetrecordings THIS MEMORIAL WEEKEND!!!"

"I have no idea what she's talking about," said Ms. Hirschberg.

are fries an opinion

AndyK: Invisible Man

total bullshit to give out somebody's phone number in response to getting press you didn't like imo

if you don't want people to write what they think about it, stay out of the music biz imo, I may be mr. whiny baby about politics & stuff but you don't hear me complaining about bad reviews, that's kids' stuff imo

― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:50 PM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was going to say, the artists who get lots of overwhelmingly positive press always seem to be the ones that get really sensitive and immature about any bad press, so really kudos to you for being a counterexample dude

I suppose we can just keep reposting and quoting that link every 20 posts or so if people really want to

i like some mia records but "caring about the poor", really?

whether or not she genuinely "cares about the poor" is beside the point - what I was referring to is that people (such as Hirschberg in this piece) see her spouting crypto-leftist platitudes and see that as being incompatible with her wealth+fame. which, imho, is a poorly thought out, bullshit criticism.

xp

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/230668076_090666ac92.jpg

this isn't about rich person not caring about the poor--this is about m.i.a. being a moron

never knew I would grow up to sit around and look at pictures of french fries on google image search

Do you like the music of M.I.A.? Do you listen to her lyrics, or do you just like the beat? The Times Magazine examines the politics of the Sri Lankan musician, who has been called a terrorist sympathizer by some. In general, do you pay attention to political messages in music? What musical artists past or present do you think have been particularly deft at getting across political messages?

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/what-can-you-learn-about-politics-from-pop-songs/

hoo boy

http://relevantreverend.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/theologianpatrick.jpg

this isn't about rich person not caring about the poor--this is about m.i.a. being a moron

the yardstick being used to measure her moron-ness is her professed politics and grandstanding tho. it's like when people would give Mick Jones shit for Sandinista! by pointing out that he didn't actually CARE about the conflict in Nicaragua, he was too busy snorting coke in NY nightclubs or whatever. which totally misses the point that Sandinista! is a pretty interesting and weird record with lots of great stuff on it, and that it's nods to the politics of the time paint an enduring and informative picture of the musical and political landscape of the 80s.

xp

shakey i was basically with you on this until she went all twitterdouche. now i just wanna say the truffle fries line was gold but don't sleep on the olive bread yo.

Maya’s tirade, typical in the way it moved from the political to the personal and back again, was interrupted by a waiter, who offered her a variety of rolls. She chose the olive bread.

like I don't give a shit if MIA's got a deeply nuanced opinion about the Tamil conflict, or has misrepresented who her dad actuall is/what he does - it's informed her work in an interesting way. Certainly it raised the profile of the conflict way above what it had before in the western media. and it adds another dimension to her work. obfuscation and exploitation of personal details often work this way with artists.

xp

I'm not defending twitterdoucheness btw - it's a dick move. albeit a funny one, and totally in character.

okay what i took away from that interview was less 'mia doesn't care abt poor ppl, eats fancy foods' and more 'mia loves saying the word 'terrorist''

It's probably too late to change the title of this thread to something like MIA (Michaela Grobelny, German techno producer), huh?

not like hirschberg is some hothouse flower who can't take it. courtney love did try to brain her with an oscar and she's still standing.

btw it was prolly la brea bakery rosemary olive tbh

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4324477950_860a8cd19a.jpg

shakey totally otm

It's probably too late to change the title of this thread to something like MIA (Michaela Grobelny, German techno producer), huh?

ooh that's tempting

'mia loves saying the word 'terrorist''

lol is this really news to anyone

Piracy Funds Truffle Fries btw

"It's upsetting when babies say ga-ga now. It used to be innocent. Now, they're calling her name."

No yardstick is needed to determine if this statement is moronic.

it's not as if the other m.i.a. doesn't have enough threads elsewhere people could have used, FORKSCLOVETOFU

Maya’s tirade, typical in the way it moved from the political to the personal and back again, was interrupted by a waiter, who offered her a variety of rolls. She declined in an expression of solidarity with opressed Tamils.

oppressed, even

o-pressed (ie, pressed until orgasm)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgKvtb_gq5E

"It's upsetting when babies say ga-ga now. It used to be innocent. Now, they're calling her name."

oh I dunno, I lol'd. what I take from that is that MIA is really paranoid/competitive with LGG and made a lame joke about it