The Poptimists Review Of The Year 2006: Dancing about Arguetexture

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Two somewhat difficult categories to administer today - the "argument of the year", difficult because only one thing really got widely nominated. And the "thing to dance (to)", difficult because nothing got nominated twice!

Here are the 'argument' nominees.

The Paris Hilton Wars: Is PH's album a triumph or a travesty? Should it be taken seriously? What are the hataz really playing at? Here's The Lex vs Plan B, and Dave Moore on Paris at Stylus.
Indie vs Emo in the Freaky Trigger Comments Box: This one will run and run. Delve in here and here.
Lordi: Worthy Eurovision Winners?: The argument that tore the Eurovision community apart - pantomime or "real rock"? And is that a good thing anyway? If anyone can point me to evidence for this argument I'd be grateful.

As for the dance to nominees...

"Monster" is a rock song about a hill and a monster.
"We Are Your Friends" is a much-loved golden oldie.
"Chicken Noodle Soup" is big on YouTube.
Magda is a tea-making DJ.
"We Share Our Mother's Health" is Scandiravian.

[Poll #893038]

You can still vote in earlier polls and nominate for the remaining categories.

Comments

Re: Shitheads March To Victory

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

Exactly – the argument about Paris elides socialist (nobody should be that rich) and Protestant-work-ethic capitalist (you should only be that rich if you do the work) arguments, although as most people don't have hard ideological mental structures, it's often a bit of both. Maybe we should compare Paris to George W: both aristocrats, yet one has successfully convinced the common folk that he's one of them, while the other is mocked-but-profitable symbol of untamed decadence.

Re: Shitheads March To Victory

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I think that's dangerous, though -- if I wanted to criticize W, I'd focus on his policies, not his social position. The difference is, W is not JUST a symbol, and he shouldn't have his politics projected onto him, as is usually the case with Paris. Paris's own politics are unclear, and irrelevant to the extent that she doesn't have a political agenda (or followers) and isn't running for office. But if being born rich is wrong, all gripes should probably be directed at the institution that produced her (and at guys like W, who has done more for her tax bracket than any president I know of. Fortunately, Paris isn't singing about her tax bracket -- and that's not even a joke, because K-Fed came out with an equally-maligned album that WAS mostly him rapping about his tax bracket, which was part of the reason I hated it so much, along with it generally sucking).

Re: Shitheads March To Victory

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

(well, not really "dangerous," more like "I wouldn't make that comparison.")