пятница, 29 апреля 2011 г.
LITTLE MONSTER'S STYLE (BOYS)
As per your countless requests and without further introduction, here come some fabulous studded pieces I found for you.
The pictures will get you to the stores.
And rock and roll.
There are some more already added to Fabulous Fashion Finds. Check them out if you haven’t already.
Let me know if I can help you find anything else.
FASHION BABY
Transmission Gagavision no. 44: Lady Gaga in Gareth Pugh
I couldn’t help but notice Gaga’s black & gold jacket she dons in Transmission Gagavision no. 44…
… from the collection I’ve got on my quite extensive (okay beyond looong) Fall 2011 must haves wishlist…
The black, gold and cobalt blue Fall 2011 collection by Crown Prince of the Fashion Goths, Gareth Pugh, I love, love, looove!
Rock Her Style: Heelless Platform Shoes
Everytime Gaga wears some of her heelless platforms, my e-mail box is full of your“affordable platforms with no heels please” requests, so I hope you’ll like this one.
With leopard, red or white zebra prints HERE and HERE
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Laced-up. Black or black patent. HERE and HERE.
Got countless “studded” requests from my male readers. Sooo…
Lady Gaga in Atsuko Kudo for NME Magazine
Transmission Gagavision no. 44: Lady Gaga in Gareth Pugh
I couldn’t help but notice Gaga’s black & gold jacket she dons in Transmission Gagavision no. 44…
… from the collection I’ve got on my quite extensive (okay beyond looong) Fall 2011 must haves wishlist…
The black, gold and cobalt blue Fall 2011 collection by Crown Prince of the Fashion Goths, Gareth Pugh, I love, love, looove!
Rock Her Style: Heelless Platform Shoes
Another week, another photoshoot.
Styled by Nicola Formichetti, with Mariano Vivanco behind the camara, Gaga posed for the legendary UK music magazine NME dressed in one-of-a-kind semi transparent black latex zipped catsuit custom made by Atsuko Kudo.Hair: Bob Recine. Make up: Billy B. Set design: Chris Stone.
This piece is the “sister” catsuit to the flesh coloured one with slightly different zip arrangement Gaga wore in Born This Way video.
четверг, 28 апреля 2011 г.
среда, 27 апреля 2011 г.
Sneak Peek: Lady Gaga on Ellen Show
Lady Gaga stopped by the Ellen DeGeneres show on Tuesday to perform her latest hit single “Judas” for the first time on TV. The singer also sat down for an interview, in which she talked about her upcoming album, HBO special and much more. The show airs on tomorrow (please check your local listings for time and channel) and while you wait, watch a preview at Gaga’s performance after the jump…
Lady Gaga to Donate $1 Million to Charity
Lady Gaga has partnered with Robin Hood Foundation, New York’s biggest poverty-fighting organization, to lauch a Facebook contest and donate $1 million to five charities that benefit homeless youth in New York City.
Fans can vote for which organization most deserves the money. The results will be announced during Lady Gaga’s performance at Robin Hood’s gala on May 9th and the winning charity will receive a $500,000 grant over a two-year period, with the following charities receiving smaller grants.
“I’m thrilled to be working with the Robin Hood Foundation to distribute funds to help the youth of New York City,” said Lady Gaga. “NYC is my hometown and I think investing in these kids’ future will go a long way.”
The five charities the public can vote for are SCO Family of Services, Lawyers for Children, The Door, Hetrick-Martin Institute and Safe Horizon. Click here to find out more information about the organizations and vote!
Lady Gaga Talks ‘Judas’ Music Video
Lady Gaga revealed some new details about her music video for “Judas,” which is scheduled to premiere on American Idol next week.
The singer told MSN Canada that the video, co-directed by Gaga and Laurieann Gibsion, is a metaphor about forgiveness and it “puts destiny above all things and postures that the mistakes in your life are in fact not mistakes at all, they are just part of your overarching potential and your destiny.”
“I want to allow the video to speak for itself but I will say that the theme of the video and the way that I wanted to aesthetically portray the story was as a motorcycle Fellini movie where the apostles are revolutionaries in a modern-day Jerusalem. And I play Mary Magdalene leading them into the town where we meet Jesus and I will leave the rest for you to see. But it’s meant more to celebrate faith than it is to challenge it.”
вторник, 26 апреля 2011 г.
GaGa Interviewed By MSN!
Where are you at with the new record? Is it done yet?
Actually, yes it’s in mastering right now. We just finished cleaning up all the mixes and I had a really nice spiritual experience last night. I pulled the car over and just sat in the car by myself and listened to the whole album and I called everybody and I said I think it’s done. So it’s in mastering right now and I’m so happy with it. I’m really proud and it feels good to finally give birth to it. It’s been many weeks of labour pains.
Actually, yes it’s in mastering right now. We just finished cleaning up all the mixes and I had a really nice spiritual experience last night. I pulled the car over and just sat in the car by myself and listened to the whole album and I called everybody and I said I think it’s done. So it’s in mastering right now and I’m so happy with it. I’m really proud and it feels good to finally give birth to it. It’s been many weeks of labour pains.
Where were you driving yesterday?
It was in New York. I was leaving Manhattan to drive to Montreal.
It was in New York. I was leaving Manhattan to drive to Montreal.
You have a new single out, “Judas.” Growing up you went to Catholic school, is that correct?
Yes.
Yes.
How did your Catholic background inform the songwriting for that track and the album?
Well, I wouldn’t necessarily say that my schooling informed the songwriting on that record in particular. “Judas” is a metaphor and an analogy about forgiveness and betrayal and things that haunt you in your life and how I believe that it’s the darkness in your life that ultimately shines and illuminates the greater light that you have upon you.
Well, I wouldn’t necessarily say that my schooling informed the songwriting on that record in particular. “Judas” is a metaphor and an analogy about forgiveness and betrayal and things that haunt you in your life and how I believe that it’s the darkness in your life that ultimately shines and illuminates the greater light that you have upon you.
Someone once said to me, “If you have no shadows then you’re not standing in the light.” So the song is about washing the feet of both good and evil and understanding and forgiving the demons from your past in order to move into the greatness of your future. I just like really aggressive metaphors — harder, thicker, darker — and my fans do as well. So it is a very challenging and aggressive metaphor, but it is a metaphor.
How will that metaphor play out in the music video?
Well the video, in essence, suggests that [pauses] forgiveness and betrayal are hand in hand and that… how do I say this? The video puts destiny above all things and postures that the mistakes in your life are in fact not mistakes at all, they are just part of your overarching potential and your destiny.
Well the video, in essence, suggests that [pauses] forgiveness and betrayal are hand in hand and that… how do I say this? The video puts destiny above all things and postures that the mistakes in your life are in fact not mistakes at all, they are just part of your overarching potential and your destiny.
What’s the concept?
Well, I want to allow the video to speak for itself but I will say that the theme of the video and the way that I wanted to aesthetically portray the story was as a motorcycle Fellini movie where the apostles are revolutionaries in a modern-day Jerusalem. And I play Mary Magdalene leading them into the town where we meet Jesus and I will leave the rest for you to see. But it’s meant more to celebrate faith than it is to challenge it.
Well, I want to allow the video to speak for itself but I will say that the theme of the video and the way that I wanted to aesthetically portray the story was as a motorcycle Fellini movie where the apostles are revolutionaries in a modern-day Jerusalem. And I play Mary Magdalene leading them into the town where we meet Jesus and I will leave the rest for you to see. But it’s meant more to celebrate faith than it is to challenge it.
You talked about “Judas” being about forgiveness. Can you forgive the person who leaked it a week early?
Yeah! You know, I don’t care. It’s OK. At the end of the day the song was finished and it was ready to go so it’s always difficult on the promotional end because we have to hurry up and get everything ready to go but we were prepared. I’d already shot the video and it went exactly as I’d wanted it to and it looks really beautiful and I’m just excited the fans got to hear the music. I don’t obsess about things like that.
Yeah! You know, I don’t care. It’s OK. At the end of the day the song was finished and it was ready to go so it’s always difficult on the promotional end because we have to hurry up and get everything ready to go but we were prepared. I’d already shot the video and it went exactly as I’d wanted it to and it looks really beautiful and I’m just excited the fans got to hear the music. I don’t obsess about things like that.
I have a question from one of our Facebook fans named Chelsea. She would like to know if the magnitude of your success has dawned on you yet?
It hasn’t entirely dawned on me but the magnitude of the fans and their love is something that is very clear to me and that’s what I focus on more than anything. I just love and cherish them so much. I, in many ways, still think of myself as the underdog. I don’t feel that I’ve even begun to show the fans or the world what I’m capable of as a musician so I’m excited for the future. I don’t believe I’ve even put a dent in the pot, to be honest.
It hasn’t entirely dawned on me but the magnitude of the fans and their love is something that is very clear to me and that’s what I focus on more than anything. I just love and cherish them so much. I, in many ways, still think of myself as the underdog. I don’t feel that I’ve even begun to show the fans or the world what I’m capable of as a musician so I’m excited for the future. I don’t believe I’ve even put a dent in the pot, to be honest.
What ways did you challenge yourself with the songwriting and music on the new album?
I really pushed myself musically. My favorite thing about the album is the songwriting is really, really beautiful and the melodies and choruses — any one of the songs could be stripped off the track and played at a piano and it’s just a really awesome piece of music. We spent so much time orchestrating the record, it’s very epic and dramatic and theatrical. Start to finish one may even imagine that it’s a soundtrack to a musical. It’s really special to me and I put my heart and soul into it and I feel I’ve grown so much as a songwriter.
I really pushed myself musically. My favorite thing about the album is the songwriting is really, really beautiful and the melodies and choruses — any one of the songs could be stripped off the track and played at a piano and it’s just a really awesome piece of music. We spent so much time orchestrating the record, it’s very epic and dramatic and theatrical. Start to finish one may even imagine that it’s a soundtrack to a musical. It’s really special to me and I put my heart and soul into it and I feel I’ve grown so much as a songwriter.
What’s the wildest idea that you’ve had but couldn’t pull off?
Most of them we pulled off eventually. Sometimes we just don’t have the time to get it all finished. I have so many ideas that sometimes I fear that I’ll never get them all out before I die. Haus of Gaga is really amazing and I love my friends so much for committing to our vision together and we almost always get everything out there and polished and ready. What’s most important to me is that the ideas are executed well.
Most of them we pulled off eventually. Sometimes we just don’t have the time to get it all finished. I have so many ideas that sometimes I fear that I’ll never get them all out before I die. Haus of Gaga is really amazing and I love my friends so much for committing to our vision together and we almost always get everything out there and polished and ready. What’s most important to me is that the ideas are executed well.
This album continues the same sort of fascination with pop culture as religion. It’s just a much deeper and in-depth association with pop culture as religion. On “The Fame” and “The Fame Monster” I was analyzing fame in the context of the way that only I could understand it as somebody who didn’t have it yet. So it was more the art of fame and now that I have my fans and I have quote-unquote The Fame, the album is more about pop culture as religion, young voices and generation as religion, secular thinking as religion, moving forward and modernity as religion. So going back to your earlier question about Judas as a religious reference, it’s less of a reference to institutionalized religion and more of a cultural reference in relation to pop culture as religion.
How will you represent those ideas in the forthcoming tour in support of the album?
Well, I’m fascinated with iconography and I’m fascinated with the way that iconography is taught in terms of education to the world, whether it be through institutionalized religion or through symbolism or through movies or through music. If I could put it in one sentence I would say, if they were not who you were taught that they would be, would you still believe? In a lot of ways it’s about faith and hope but not in the religious sense. It’s about faith and hope in culture especially in a time all over the world where many are in need of hope, in need of understanding, in need of love, in need of lack of prejudice, in need of no judgment, in need of acceptance. How can we look to culture for faith?
Well, I’m fascinated with iconography and I’m fascinated with the way that iconography is taught in terms of education to the world, whether it be through institutionalized religion or through symbolism or through movies or through music. If I could put it in one sentence I would say, if they were not who you were taught that they would be, would you still believe? In a lot of ways it’s about faith and hope but not in the religious sense. It’s about faith and hope in culture especially in a time all over the world where many are in need of hope, in need of understanding, in need of love, in need of lack of prejudice, in need of no judgment, in need of acceptance. How can we look to culture for faith?
What icons have you put faith in throughout your life?
I put my faith in my fans everyday.
I put my faith in my fans everyday.
понедельник, 25 апреля 2011 г.
‘Judas’ Music Video to Premiere on American Idol
The wait is almost over for Lady Gaga’s highly-anticipated music video for “Judas.” The clip, directed by Gaga herself in collaboration with friend and choreographer Laurieann Gibson, is set to premiere on American Idol on the first week of May. The forthcoming video was filmed earlier this month in Los Angeles and features Lady Gaga playing Mary Magdalene and actor Norman Reedus in the role of Judas. Stay tuned for more premiere details!
воскресенье, 24 апреля 2011 г.
суббота, 23 апреля 2011 г.
GaGa reveals more “Born This Way” track Details!
Lady GaGa has revealed some new details to NME magazine about several tracks on her upcoming album “Born This Way”. She also confirmed a new track title from the album called ‘Road To Love’.
Government Hooker
Gregorian pop chants, pervy robot voices (courtesy of GaGa’s bodyguard, Pete), window-rattling beats, and the extraordinary line “Put your hands on me, JF Kennedy”. GaGa: The humour is that a machine in tells me what to do and I happily do it as long as I get fucked. It relates to how our government fuck us over, but it makes fun of the plastic popstar – I’ll do anything as long as you fuck me and pay me
Road To Love
With a soaring melody, nods to Springsteen and an industrial techno production represent the blueprint for ‘Born This Way’. A unicorn is mentioned. The sax in this and in ‘Hair’ and in ‘Edge Of Glory’ – is not just there for no reason. I grew up listening to much Springsteen and Billy Joel, so in a way, it represents my innocence.
Bloody Mary
A dark, pulsing and atmospheric, almost funeral electroballad, one of several tracks including ‘Judas’ with religious references. I believe that Mary Magdalene was both fully divine and fully human. She has to be strong when Jesus fulfills the prophecy to die for everyone’s sins, but she still has the moment of humanity where she’s upset to let him go. She had to be a superstar, but she must have cried too.
Marry The Night
Peak-era Whitney Houston-esque pop euphoria up top, with churning techno grinding underneath. “This is about me going back to New York. I wrote this about the courage it took for me to say ‘I hate Hollywood, I just wanna live in Brooklyn and make music’”
Americano
Told as a love story between Gaga and a girl from L.A., this is an acid house-fuelled Mexican-themed footstomper. “This was my first proper collaboration with Fernando Garibay and White Shadow. Labels had been telling Fernando to tone down his mexican influences, but here, we really brought them out. It was when Prop 8 was overturned in California. The immigration law was passed in Arizona, houses were being raided for immigrants, some of whom had been here for 20 years. America was once the land of the free, and now we’re telling everyone to get the fuck out”
Lady GaGa also spoke about the use of the Saxophone in her songs ‘Hair’ and ‘Edge of Glory’
The sax in this and in ‘Hair’ and in ‘Edge Of Glory’ – is not just there for no reason. I grew up listening to much Springsteen and Billy Joel, so in a way, it represents my innocence
‘Born This Way’ Track Listing (So Far):
‘Americano’
‘Bad Kids’
‘Born This Way’
‘Edge of Glory’
‘Government Hooker’
‘Hair’
‘Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)’
‘Judas’
‘Marry the Night’
‘Scheiße’
‘You and I’
‘Bloody Mary’
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