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

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

What's really interesting about the Paris Riots is the way she always ends up in a political framework! I mean, if she decided to "do something" about poverty or genocide that would be nice, but why is it incumbent on her to do anything?* Purely because she's rich? Then why don't we go after any number of popstars - or indeed Paris's parents, who are after all the source of the money. (nb: Paris has said that since she turned 18, she hasn't accepted any money from her parents.) It's funny, the crux of Paris arguments always seems to be what she represents, what she "says" about "society" - and there is a place for this, but it just seems to dominate the argument in a way it wouldn't if we were talking about Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake etc etc.

*what we do know is what various elected representatives, whose responsibility these things are, have/haven't done, and it is THEM we should be grabbing by the lapels and shouting at.