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Am I the only one not seeing what's so bad about Barrie's clothes?

If I am right, this thread is intended to discuss Lana possible dislike of Gaga, but apparently, it is taking a turn to members elaborating their dislike of her. And this seems extremely inappropriate to me.

Look what I found...

This server is so underrated, really. Poor thing. Deserves a Grammy.

This server is so underrated, really. Poor thing. Deserves a Grammy.

This server is so underrated, really. Poor thing. Deserves a Grammy.

This server is so underrated, really. Poor thing. Deserves a Grammy.

First of all, you may look around the forum and notice the Shows section in which every show has its own thread. You may also say something like 'thanks in advance' instead of just putting your request out there without even checking if your impulsively-created thread is in the right section. In other words: welcome to the forum. 

"Like a groupe in-cock-need-o" - even though I'm sure this is an intended double-entendre. Come on, it's obvious. 

Sorry, but that made me laugh.

The protagonist in Franz Kafka's The Castle is called K. Just realised that the other day and felt the urge to say this. 

As for the quick judgment in the media, I suppose it's a mixture of going along with the overall journalistic opinion on her and being overwhelmed with deciphering who she is. It may be easier for some to write something off as "fake" when the subject you're dealing with is too complex to be broken down in a few words.
 
Also, and I think this needs to be pointed out explicitly, a lot of what Lana does follows an almost story-like type of narration. The way she speaks about her past, the way she sometimes (but definitely not always; more on that later) explains her work and especially the way she speaks in her work sounds very scripted, well-thought-out and partially exaggerated (as in artistically modified). It almost seems as if she is really trying to create an unreality with words and images. All this is doubtlessly essential part of her artistry.
 
She almost succeeds at creating this illusional reality (= unreality), but a conflict of some sort arises when she suddenly spares us "the epic narrative" and austerely speaks about things as they are/were. For instance, when she talks about "this guy" she once was with, she suddenly seems a lot more real. Few people are willing to live and express their lives like Lana does; society calls them dreamers. I am not trying to say Lana is necessarily a dreamer, but she certainly has highly imaginative qualities. 
 
I don't think the word "fake" applies to artists and work of arts in general unless we're indeed talking about replica of something. In the end, the CDs, the music videos or even the words she utters are real, so there's nothing fake about that. Considering all of us are experiencing her art in a very intense way, it may be hard at times to put things in perspective, but I am of the personal conviction that what she does should be regarded like a painting in a gallery, presupposing it is a painting and not a photograph. Not that I'm for the institutionalisation of art, though. Why are we presupposing that the art she creates is real? Reality isn't created, reality exists and oh my, I am getting into this a bit too much right now. 
 
I am sure that what she does is authentic, but bear in mind that she's proclaimed to be "making [her] life a work of art." She is not creating a standalone piece [of art], she is making her whole life one; her being both creator and creation at the same time. 
 
It's not quite as simple as that, though. I reckon that I have mostly been arguing for her making art which shall not be mistaken for reality (what the hell is reality even?), but there is another conflict that arises here. I don't know who of you have met her or seen her live, but we all know how squeaky, excited and disappointingly [irony] humble she is on and off stage. 
 
I guess she's real and unreal at the same time. Personally, I think she struggles holding the balance between being a creator and creation of blood and flesh, like all artists do sometimes. I don't know if any of this even remotely answers your questions or meets the purpose of this thread. Well, at least I spent some time thinking on this fairly eventless Wednesday. 

I finally finished reading all of this... and I am not so sure anymore that I am who I am. In fact, I am doubting everything about life right now.

keen 2 hear some bootlegs. pray 4 aus dates so @ @ and i can go 2gether )))

Thought a comprehensive list of all tour dates for 2014 could be practical, we had something like this last year (at least for the European Tour). Thanks to @@Rafael for finding the NorthSide and Bravalla date! I'll update this as we go along.
 
April 11: Las Vegas, NV (United States) - The Cosmopolitan April 13: Indio, CA (United States) - Coachella Festival April 15: Phoenix, AZ (United States) - Comerica Theatre April 18: San Francisco, CA (United States) - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium April 20: Indio, CA (United States) - Coachella Festival April 23: Grand Prairie, TX (United States) - Verizon Theatre April 25: New Orleans, LA (United States) - The Sugarmill April 27: Miami, FL (United States) - The Fillmore April 28: Orlando, FL (United States) - Hard Rock Café May 1: Atlanta, GA (United States) - The Tabernacle May 2: Nashville, TN (United States) - Ryman Auditorium May 5: Montreal (Canada) - Bell Center May 6: Boston, MA (United States) - House of Blues May 8: Wallingford, CT (United States) - Oakdale Theatre May 10: Columbia, MD (United States) - Sweetlife Festival May 11: Philadelphia, PA (United States) - Mann Center May 13: Toronto, ON (Canada) - Sony Centre May 15: Detroit, MI (United States) - Masonic Temple Theatre May 16: Chicago, IL (United States) - Aragon Ballroom May 19: Morrison, CO (United States) - Red Rock Amphitheatre May 25: Vancouver, BC (Canada) - PNE Amphitheater May 27: Seattle, WA (United States) - WaMu Theater June 13: Aarhus (Denmark) - NorthSide Festival June 14: Bergenhus (Norway) - Bergenfest June 20: Berlin (Germany) - Spandau Citadel June 26: Norrköping (Sweden) - Bravalla Festival June 28: Pilton (England) - Glastonbury Festival July 3, 4, 5, or 6 (TBA): Barcelona (Spain) - Vida Festival July 15: Cork (Ireland) - Live at the Marquee July 17: Carcassonne (France) - Festival de Carcassonne August 20: Tel Aviv (Israel) - Nokia Arena August 24: Paris (France) - Rock En Seine Festival

american fans be seeing her for free every other week and shit, and im just sitting here waiting for her to announce that she might open for miley in europe 
 
anyway, enjoy. dont forget to take creepy pics

So eventually my order placed in September for Night Time, My Time got cancelled. Fucking great. I really feel like some 1970s farm boy living in the middle of nowhere in America where there the next record store is like 1000 miles away. Why is it so hard to get this album? I don't want some bullshit release with random and pointless bonus tracks/discs.

I really wish the edition that came out here was the one disc, I wanted to get the b-sides seperately. Whatever, I guess I still can.

So eventually my order placed in September for Night Time, My Time got cancelled. Fucking great. I really feel like some 1970s farm boy living in the middle of nowhere in America where there the next record store is like 1000 miles away. Why is it so hard to get this album? I don't want some bullshit release with random and pointless bonus tracks/discs.

So eventually my order placed in September for Night Time, My Time got cancelled. Fucking great. I really feel like some 1970s farm boy living in the middle of nowhere in America where there the next record store is like 1000 miles away. Why is it so hard to get this album? I don't want some bullshit release with random and pointless bonus tracks/discs.

on this whole matter
 
i think im gonna split sirens into three separate discs, one for good ol' sirens, one for from the end and one for quiet now. what a mess tbh.

"Like a groupe in-cock-need-o" - even though I'm sure this is an intended double-entendre. Come on, it's obvious. 

right click this tbh~
 
it was free on google play anyway

I hate surprise releases but I love them. And I love this song.