Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of the most memorable looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
Over the past few weeks on Go Fug Yourself, we took a look back at the storied wardrobe of Britney Spears. We dug deep into the archives for endless pictures of Pacey Witter Joshua Jackson. We investigated The Year in Bieber. We worried that Erin Andrews is going to hurt herself if she keeps wearing pants this tight on the sidelines. We wondered why Vanessa Hudgens has such a complicated relationship with denim. We took issue with Tatler’s recent Kate Middleton cover — which reminded us of an amateur portrait of Jesus — and even more issue with what Cosmo did to poor Dakota Fanning. We admired Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig, albeit it separately, and over-analyzed why Lady Gaga rang in the year kissing Mayor Bloomberg. Is his girlfriend, Diana Taylor, going to have to kick her ass? If so, we hope someone takes pictures!
Foot tapping and head bobbing are as much facets of some songs as lyrics and instrumentals. But some music goes to particularly explicit lengths to serenade dance, not only compelling listeners to get up and move, but also paying homage to the act of dancing in subject matter. Below the jump, we review some of 2011′s most memorable dance songs about dancing — full-on, unmasked celebrations of bouncing, shuffling, booty shaking, and generally letting loose on the dance floor. Read More »
1. In the most recent episode of Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast, Adam Scott revealed the exciting news that a production company is interested in doing a “low budget” version of the Party Down movie. All they’re waiting for now is for Starz to sign off on the project. [via Pop Culture Brain]
2. “New York City is the city where you can come and express yourself. What was happening in Zuccotti Park was not that.” – Mayor Bloomberg defends his decision to clear the park in an early morning raid that led to the arrest of about 150 Occupy Wall Street protestors
3. After making us wait for an entire year, Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp have finally made a new Marcel the Shell With Shoes On video, you guys! Watch it here.
4. In a new interview with Esquire, former Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor says that Bono and the Edge — who weren’t around at the time — publicly described her as “exhausted” and “overwrought” to get her fired: “I think that those were important to paint a picture of a director who you needed to release in order to make this big change. I had to be characterized that way in order for something to happen.” [via ArtsBeat]
5. According to a report in British tabloid The Sun, Pete Doherty is convinced that his apartment is haunted by the ghost of his departed friend Amy Winehouse. [via NME]
Bonus Buzz: Britney Spears Made A Music Video For Marilyn Manson’s “Sweet Dreams”
Consistency is the watchword in the world of music criticism. We as listeners love it when a band is at its best, but we aren’t truly happy until the musicians prove their worth again and again and again. And then maybe just once more still, after the lead singer emerges from a nasty coke habit and the band hasn’t been in the same room for three years. Of course, we forgive our favorite bands for the blemishes in their legacies every single day, because the statistics majors inside all of us understand that consistency is no small feat. But what of the bands whose discographies are marked by the exact opposite — those alternating, dramatic peaks and valleys in album and even song quality? Why, we’re glad you asked! We’ve compiled eight musical wildcards that have kept us on our toes with each note they’ve produced they put out after the jump. Be sure to join us in some collective head-scratching by giving us your own suggested additions to the list in the comments.
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Remember Pop Up Video, the show that superimposed nuggets of information and commentary on music videos in the late ’90s and early ’00s? Well, in case you haven’t heard, the series will be back on VH1 October 3rd. The first video to receive some TLC from the resurrected show is none other than Britney Spears’ “Till the World Ends”; you can watch it after the jump. But if Britney’s not your style, thanks to a new app by VH1, you can simply create your own pop up video. Been waiting to share your structural analysis of Bieber? Have some tough love for Katy Perry? Not done ranting about Rebecca Black? Here’s your chance. Show us what you’ve got, and post your creations in the comments.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!
This week, on Go Fug Yourself, we were worked into a little bit of a rage by one of the Kardashians (you know which one). We worried that George Clooney might be a wee bit tanorexic. We fell for Diane Kruger, and confused someone from So You Think You Can Dance with Ross Gellar. We were horrified by what Taylor Dayne decided to wear to tell it to our hearts, and worried that SJP might secretly be a vampire. And, of course, we covered the VMAs from stem to stern, especially Lady Gaga’s new man-self, Beyonce’s bump, and the Return of Britney. What a way to close out the summer.
In an office like ours, pop culture references come up pretty frequently, and it’s always to surprising to see what a difference even a few years in age can make between someone knowing exactly what you’re talking about, and giving you a blank, slightly pitying stare. The chasm is even greater between kids who were born 18 years ago and those of us who are old enough to have been their babysitters. The latest installment of “The Mindset List,” an annual compilation of the cultural touchstones of incoming freshmen at Wisconsin’s Beloit College, really drives this point home. We’ve pulled out some of the most interesting bits from this year’s findings after the jump.
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Music is an ever-changing field. To keep up with the times, you must adapt to them, or be left behind. Musicians in particular suffer under the yoke of modernity, since something new is happening literally every moment — not to mention that they tend to be creative types with a million different ideas up their sleeves. Whether temporary or permanent, out of necessity or on a whim, these musicians have changed their sounds, styles, and minds in huge ways that have affected their music, their fans and in many cases, their world. Click through to check out our list, and let us know which of your favorite musical transformations we’ve missed in the comments!
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Today at Flavorpill, we decided that architecture tattoos are only lame in certain cases. We were excited by reports that Jane Lynch might be hosting this year’s Emmys. We watched President Obama play a round of ping-pong with British Prime Minister David Cameron. We wanted to get our hands on this wooden pinhole camera from Kurt Mottweiller Studios. We watched Chris Crocker turn on Britney Spears. We loved Terence Chang’s long exposure photos of the air traffic above San Francisco International Airport. We were impressed by a portrait of dearly departed designer Tobias Wong that’s made out of over 13,000 dice. We read an interview with Apple’s first CEO whose name is — we kid you not — Michael Scott. And finally, we couldn’t believe this before and after picture of a neighborhood in Joplin, Missouri, snapped by photographer Aaron Fuhrman. It’s almost impossible to believe you’re looking at the same place.
Today at Flavorpill, we found out what people really think of the first page of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, including “There are so dang many HYPHENS!” We looked at a photo of Company costars Christina Hendricks and Neil Patrick Harris hanging out in their underwear. We imagined what it would be like to live in a $4.65 million replica of the White House. We were impressed by this artist’s crazy banana carvings. We watched the old Britney Spears and the new Britney Spears have a tragic dance off. We made plans to stream all five Sidney Lumet films that are currently available on Netflix Instant. We read Salon’s exhaustive primer on HBO’s Game of Thrones. We were intrigued by the news that Zooey Deschanel will be contributing a few original songs for the upcoming reboot of Winnie The Pooh. We were surprised that God agreed to be interviewed by Vice — even if it was about the Westboro Baptist Church (also surprising: how much he resembles Dumbledore). And finally, we became incredibly nostalgic while reading this New York Times profile of Beverly Cleary, who turns 95 years old (!) tomorrow.
