"Oh my god, it's the Prince song!"

[aruan]

Wow. I had no idea going to Europe would be this expensive. Will spare the gory details for the benefit of everyone. Also, why did no one remind me the 14th of July is Bastille Day?! I would've flown out a day later to be around for that.

Did oogobs of nothing today, but I'm all caught up on LJ, have a Eurail pass, am further along in my camera research, have narrowed down my travel guide book options to two, finally found a suitable backpack, have started making master lists of stuff to take care of before leaving, and have kept the freaking out during all of it to a bare minimum. *pats self on back*

Went to Barnes & Noble where the Starbucks barista, as many people in front of whom I open my wallet, noticed my *NSYNC card (my first-ever piece of swag, thanks to alestar) in the transparent middle pocket and declared it "rockin'." Back in the day, she allegedly learned the choreography to I Want You Back with a group of her friends - flipping and all. *impressed* She also demanded I "[not] be a hero" upon my declining whipped cream on my Iced Caramel Macchiato. In the end, I conceded that, yes, it did look better all fluffy and drizzled with caramel and promised to pick my battles more wisely. *g* Good times.

While dismayed by the news about A.D.I.D.A.S., I'm also completely unsurprised. *sigh* Swear, this whole solo venture has been some bizarre bout of karmic retribution for the boy, as if the universe operated on Highlander principles. Or something. I'm almost out of righteous indignation, and that's saying a lot.

Now I'm just sitting here waiting for the caffeine to wear off, grooving to Let's Go Crazy. Not being cocky here but man, it really is a kickass recording.

Comments

[crazybutsound]

Uh, help a girl out of the loop? What's that about A.D.I.D.A.S.? I mean, the last I heard, he'd released the video (which is freaking fun and hot), so... what happened?

And also, getting ready to send you an e-mail, here, so let me know when/if you get it.

[crazybutsound]

Never mind, I just found out and read that letter to whoever about why it's being pulled off the radios and why MTV won't show it. I love the US, really, and I'm not one to be all "Americans are all dumb" but dude. That's ridiculous. There are songs that are way more offending and yet, they get played constantly. And as for the video, I saw it and it's not even that sexy, it's actually a lot more tame than many videos that I know play constantly on MTV. Stupid people in charge.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Americans aren't all dumb. We're a nation of 265 million - the FCC got 200K from people who probably don't even watch television much less the Super Bowl but have enough money (and therefore voter influence) to make themselves heard. *sigh* It's such a stupid, unnecessary mess. We live in a culture, hell, a world that, let's all remember back to fourth grade now, wouldn't exist without sex. The video isn't racy. It's funny, it's tongue-in-cheek, it's fabulously irreverent but will never get played because the same people don't have a sense of humor condone raunch when it degrades women and glorifies pimping, drinking, and guns.

In a way, and not purposely, JC is becoming the poster child for this election-year hypocrisy, and you know what, I hope people listen and ask questions and take a good, hard look at popular culture and what's really "harming our children."