My Very First Blog
6/23/09
I have decided that I will blog. Really I should be tweeting, but in my quest to always remain at least one step behind the times, I shall blog.
My blogs won’t always have a theme like Cazzy’s do. They will just express whatever is coming out of my brain at that particular moment.
I haven’t been spending a lot of time here at Velvet Rope HQ lately, largely because I have tired of this BBS format for what we have going here. I am convinced that what we need to do is get Google wave to help us transform this community into an open source format so we can be reborn as a social networking community for the music industry.
Now, onto my debut blog…Today I am thinking a lot about Perez Hilton. I am embarrassed that even one of my brain cells has devoted any time to him, and even more ashamed to be spending time on him in my debut blog, but as much as it pains me to admit it, I am thinking about Mario and how he invented this persona for himself. I’m wondering — how did he fool everyone into thinking that his opinion of music, life or anything else matters. Really he is just a gossip conduit who somehow has elevated himself into some higher status. His true colors showed through at the Much Music Awards. A gay man, calling Will.i.am a faggot because Will did not want his music covered by Mario on his web site. Then tweeting after getting slugged by someone loyal to the Black Eyed Peas. The very idea that Interscope may pay this man money to hype Lady Gaga and that Warners considers him label worthy turns my stomach. I don’t have a lot more to say about him today.
Another thing that’s been on my mind is that anyone should be fined $1.92 million dollars for using Kazaa to file share on 24 songs. Whatever happened to that saying I learned to help me remember the statutory rates, ‘music is a penny business’? Is this really a good business model for the record companies to use going forward — to sue the hell out of the fans? It really is hard to believe that this play list is worth all that dough:
UMG
Vanessa Williams - Save The Best for Last
Sheryl Crow - Run Baby Run
Reba McEntire - One Honest Heart
Janet Jackson - Let’s Wait Awhile
Guns ‘n Roses - Welcome to the jungle
Guns ‘n Roses - November rain
Def Leppard - Pour some sugar on me
Bryan Adams - Somebody
Aerosmith - Cryin
Warner Bros Records
Linkin Park - One step closer
Green Day - Basket case
Goo Dolls - Iris
Interscope Records
No Doubt - Hella Good
No Doubt - Different people
No Doubt - Bathwater
Arista Records
Sarah McLaughlan - Building a mystery
Sarah McLaughlan - Possession
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Gloria Estefan - Rhythm is Gonna Get You
Gloria Estefan - Here We Arere
Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of The Dark
Journey - Faithfully
Journey - Don’t Stop Believin
Destiny’s child - Bills, Bills, Bills
Capitol Records
Richard Marx - Now and Forever
I would not pay 99 cents for even one of those songs and no one in my circles would want to share those, but that’s what makes the world go around…
Tags: JGFlash, kazaa, Perez Hilton, Will.i.am
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June 24th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Perez had a domestic dispute most likely… he needed to blame it on the nearest celebrity he could find and that was Will.i.am
June 25th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Bravo, Julie–on your blog and first subject. Like any good naturaliist you chose as your subject a fascinating though useless species, Perez Hiltonicus. Fortuately, this parasite is becoming more extinct every time it opens its grade-school level mouth.Because it is totally unnecessarry to the entertainment industrys food chain, no one will miss it when it’s just stuffed in a natural history museum.
Keep up the great writing.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:16 am
“I’m wondering — how did he fool everyone into thinking that his opinion of music, life or anything else matters.”
Thank you, Julie. Seriously… thank you. In so few words, you’ve managed to say all that needed to be said. On some level, I suppose society’s twisted sense of who ‘matters’ has always been there… but since the dawn of reality shows and American Idol, it’s gotten positively screwy. To quote Will Farrell in Zoolander, sometimes I really do feel like I’m taking crazy pills…
That anyone… ANYONE would give a flying f*** what someone like Perez Hilton has to say is beyond me. He hasn’t earned the spotlight in any way shape or form - he isn’t some far-reaching intellect, hasn’t created some lasting contribution to art (or even entertainment for that matter)… he’s just an insecure little man who, as you so eloquently put it, invented a persona that, for some godforsaken reason… people actually take notice of. And, there ya have it. We’ve come full circle, Julie… back to… I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. 
Here’s hoping someday… SOMEDAY… the majority of our famous folk have earned that spotlight.
Gavin
June 25th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Mazal Tov on your first blog. Create an iPhone app for the rope - that is my wish for today.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Great first blog, Perez is a douche
June 28th, 2009 at 2:07 am
The Perez Hilton/Miss California fiasco demonstrates the prejudice and hate some Homophiles hold for those who don’t advocate or approve of their lifestyle. Thankfully there’s still bravehearts like Carrie Prejean who have the backbone to speak their mind when questioned about the issue.
It matters not that she lost an insignificant crown or was fired by some pompous fat-cat. She exposed the double standards ingrained in today’s society, and the hypocrites who preach equality and tolerance while hiding behind their own bigoted and intolerant existence.
When the median age of death is less than 50 years for those involved in homosexuality (National Institute of Health), it’s logical that a majority of society would have a natural aversion to such an unwholesome practice.
It’s ironic then that those who hold this belief are denounced as “homophobic” — indicating they are suffering from some sort of sickness or irrational fear. It’s erroneous and smacks of character assassination.
John McKeller, President of Homosexuals Opposed to Pride Extremism (HOPE) has publicly stated he staunchly opposes gay activism and the “marriage” of two men to be lawfully considered the same as the union of man and woman. Certainly no one could rightfully label this man a “homophobe”. It’s clearly evident that the intended meaning of the term is fallacious and without merit.
Hilton should be thankful his parents didn’t share his views on sexuality or he wouldn’t be around today.