I’ve written before about how fascinated I am by Lady Gaga’s efforts to uglify sex and to glorify loneliness: I think the bowl cuts, dun underwear and contortions of “Alejandro” didn’t get the credit they deserved. The video wasn’t necessarily an anti-Catholic shock display of sexuality but an embrace of isolation. But I’ve also been thinking a lot about the... 

Now this is how you make a very sexy video utilizing super-funky clothes: Robyn ‘Indestructible’ Official VideoRobyn | Myspace Music Videos I wrote a little bit back about the challenges of writing sex scenes if only because all sexual experiences are different, and so writing one effectively doesn’t mean you’ve figured out how to write another. The same’s true for... 

So, I got to go to the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on Saturday, by which I mean, I sat in the press pool, and got to be in proximity to Pink, which was pretty much a high point. And I’m curious to see how her video for this song: which she says will be a supportive statement in favor of marriage equality, will turn out. I think we’re at an interesting stage in the resurgence... 

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this remix of Lady Gaga’s “Monster”: On one hand, I like that kind of boppy, punctuational drumming. On the other hand, I feel like this is song that maybe should be let alone. I think I feel protective of it because of my interpretation of the lyrics, as an articulate, personal song about sexual assault, and the lines women have to walk... 

ALL YOUR EMOTIONS ARE BELONG TO US: One thing I’m genuinely curious about: why hasn’t some smart American female star picked her up for a collaboration? Not that working with Snoop Dogg, or Royksopp, or I Blame Coco isn’t awesome, but you’d think someone with a taste for indie cred and emotional sincerity would enlist her? I feel like she and Lady Gaga could do incredibly heartfelt... 

This time with the absurdly intelligent, funny (trust me, there is me having a giggle fit somewhere in this video) articulate Seth Colter Walls of Newsweek: We talk getting into opera, Lady Gaga, Robyn, Covert Affairs, and the joys of the internet for book collectors and scholars alike. I was very excited to do this (I’ve been hoping to rope Seth into this, and BHTV into it all for months).... 

Sorry for being slow to get these posts up. It’s been a very, very busy week at work. But, this week I wrote about the shift in Aaron Sorkin’s worldview, what their videos would be like if Ne-Yo and Lady Gaga worked together, the impact of Ludacris as a guest artist, Tavis Smiley’s New Orleans documentary, whether Pixar should become a consultancy, and the artistic decisions behind... 

I used to joke that Lady Gaga was cycling through concepts so quickly that she’d get to a point where the most radical thing she could do would be go back to singing piano ballads. Apparently, that point has arrived more quickly than I expected: Don’t you think Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton are kicking themselves for not thinking of the studded bras and throwaway references to drinking... 

I’m not sure what’s more unflattering. Lady Gaga’s machine gun bra in the video for “Alejandro,” which I actually think, is a relatively fascinating entry in the aesthetic she’s building that rejects the possibility of emotional intimacy and the desirability of sex: Or the cupcake bras in Katy Perry’s upcoming “California Gurls” video, which achieve... 

I have to say, I would be really curious to know who Kelis’ stylist is during this period in her career. I like the sound of “Acapella” a lot, but the clothes are distracting. Even though I don’t always love what Lady Gaga wears, I can usually trace the references and the intended message, but I’m having some trouble discerning what I’m supposed to take away from...