The Joey Factory

Have you been reading Entertainment Weekly’s articles lately? They have become more about gossip than about actual reviews on music, movies, etc. I have posted my own comments on individual articles but it has come to my attention that this magazine has turned into garbage. But I suppose Hollywood will do that to you. Now of course this is not just about Entertainment Weekly, this is about these little stories about Gaga isn’t original or Christina is copying Lady Gaga and so on.

M.I.A. vs. Gaga.

This is a bunch of bull because the two artists have nothing in common musically and yet M.I.A. is calling Lady Gaga a mimic of Madonna, Grace Jones, Bowie, and of herself. Now if you were as old as the Earth, for argument’s sake, you would clearly recognize that there have been dozens of mimics throughout history. Madonna is not the first to do anything, Grace Jones isn’t the first weird performance artist, and so on. The expression is, “it’s all been done.” All songs sound the same, all notes have been played, all stories have been told. What is different and fascinating as we evolve as artists and human beings is the retelling of that same old story and the reinvention of the same song and dance. If you seek originality you are going to have to leave because we are all pretty monotonous on planet Earth. In short M.I.A. there is nothing new about you and your little bubble you live in.

Grace Jones Vs. Lady Gaga

This story annoys me to no end. In essence Grace Jones claims that it “pisses” her off that Lady Gaga is copying her style or whatever. Let me tell you something Grace Jones being weird and artistic has been done over a thousand and one ways. You are no doubt an amazing performance artist, but you and Lady Gaga are two different breeds. Gaga may be inspired by your looks but I know that all of those outfits you’ve worn throughout the years were inspired by someone or something as well. You, Grace Jones, are not original but I appreciate your weirdness because quite frankly you are super creepy and it’s growing on me. See her video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMn2OJmx3w

Christina Aguilera Copies Gaga and Madonna

Who's copying who? I can't tell! SARCASM!

Apparently you all have forgotten that Christina Aguilera does not need computers to enhance her voice. She does not need little monsters. And she does not need to be accused of being irrelevant. Her voice will stand the test of time and her vocal ability is much more vast than Lady Gaga’s and Madonna’s combined. The thing that really ticks me off is that if any woman or man wants to be provocative you are instantly compared to Lady Gaga. What the hell? If you read this blog, you know I would die for Gaga, but seriously? The world did exist before Stefani Germanotta found her Gaga. And now that Christina is back she’s accused of being like Lady Gaga. I don’t know if you know this but Gaga and Madonna were not the first women to don a dominatrix’s outfit or the first to experiment with one’s sexuality, again it’s all been done before. Appreciate the voice that is Christina, apparently you forgot that once upon a time she ruled the land. I will not deny that Xtina is paying homage to Madonna’s Express Yourself music video, but again that hair do was worn before Madonna and that style is circa Great Depression, not circa Madonna. Oh and did you know that dominatrix’s have been around for years? Check out a picture from the 1920s, now who is copying who?

She must have saw Lady Gaga when Gaga was time traveling...

Christina Aguilera’s I’m Not Myself Tonight Music Video

The Stupid Articles That Drove ME to this post are below:

Lady Gaga vs. M.I.A.
Lady Gaga vs. Grace Jones
Christina Aguilera Is Trying To Be Gaga.

I want to let everyone know that this weekend I had a blast having a very unique birthday party. I wanted a masquerade birthday, but with the flair of Lady Gaga’s crazy style. So we had what I called: LORD JOEY’S GAGA MASQUERADE BIRTHDAY BASH and it was so fun.

The invitations.

Redesigning my apartment was probably the most fun! I covered the walls in random sayings or lyrics that Lady Gaga sings or says. I did a lot of that “Pop ate my heart” and “Pop ate my brain” stuff from her video shorts that she has used in concerts. Imagine an entire apartment living room covered with Gagaisms. “I want your psycho” covered a lot of one wall. I made these creepy hot pink hearts with ventricles and I even made a paper brain and stuck it to the ceiling. I covered my mirror with a sheet of black lace and painted words on the mirror like “DRAMA” and “VERTIGO” and “ROMANCE”. I will try and take pictures, before my boyfriend has me take it all down.

When people arrived to the masquerade I had a sign that said “Welcome to the Masquerade” and I had bright work lights in front of the door. When you opened the door everyone got blinded by the lights! For the fashion part we had this large 6 foot painting that I threw a white sheet over so we could take pictures in front of a background. We also had a camera setup that stayed in one spot and randomly took pictures throughout the evening.

Of course I had every Lady Gaga song, some of her unknowns and import singles as well. For every fourth Lady Gaga song played I did throw a couple of other pop songs in, so people wouldn’t be overwhelmed. I also made many weird mini films of my own that played silently on the t.v. along with her music videos and some of her “Pop ate my heart” and “Pop ate my brain” videos and some Andy Warhol videos as well. I really wanted the party to feel like an exhibit, if you will, of Lady Gaga. I made it themed and visually covered my apartment in her world of pop culture, fashion, music, and performance art.

On to costumes. People were so clever with their outfits and masks and makeup and even their facial attachments. I was very impressed and proud of my friends! I’ll be sure to post lots of those pictures as well!

I, myself, wore a collaboration of her looks for the evening. I liked the look of the hair from her Paparazzi video and the lipstick. But I loved her Maison Michel bunny ears so much that I made my own. For the rest of the look I really liked her “Pop ate my heart” video. I wore a black vinyl vest over a black hoodie and when you unzipped my hoodie it revealed that pop, indeed, ate my heart! I switched back and forth from the Mickey Mouse looking sunglasses and the Maison Michel inspired bunny ears throughout the evening.

For one of my presents I received an awesome Marilyn Monroe wig from my friend Kelly, so at one point her and I left the room and switched me out of my wig into the Marilyn. I came back into the room carrying a boom box that played Bad Romance. I swung my disco stick(eBay) and made everyone join in the “fashion train” as I lip synced her song! Then we had my delicious hot pink cake and played some fun games! All in all Lady Gaga really inspired me to have an awesome birthday party!

Tomorrow is my actual birthday and I will be 26! Hope I can manage to be as amazing and famous as Lady Gaga!

If you’d like to see pictures you can see them on my FACEBOOK Page as well: Lady Gaga Masquerade

So as you probably already know by now that I’m completely,beyond obsessed with the existence and the very movement of Lady Gaga. I’m in love with her! She is an amazing performance artist and can perform and sing live and do it well! Finally someone who doesn’t lip sync who gets me just as excited about music. My heart races every time she walks on stage(my computer stage) and sits down to perform. You never know what she’ll come up with next. God bless her and her crew at Haus of Gaga!

Well I’m having a masquerade party this holiday season for my birthday and well she has inspired me so much that you’ll just have to look and see what she has made me create!

Obviously it isn’t as amazing as her mask, but it definitely pleases me that I could even get it somewhat right. Of course if I had the big bucks I’d make it all out of leather and get the gold grommets and the beautiful gold chains, instead of gold thread… But who cares I’m happy with it’s amazing-ness!

Long live the Queen of Pop and Pop Culture!

For the last two months I’ve been having issues walking in and out of stores because I thought my new phone was setting the alarms off.

Yesterday, Danny and I went to the mall. Our first stop was Barnes & Noble Bookstore. When we walked through the door I set the alarm off. Immediately,without looking around, I feel embarrassed. I imagine massive amounts of people looking at me and pointing, “He stole something!” I then ask you how can I steal something if I haven’t even walked through your door yet? I just shrugged and say quietly to anyone who may or may not care, which no one does care, “…It’s my new phone. It sets off alarms.”

So we look around and we go towards the media area. Here I will have to walk through another alarm and set it off, yet it again. I walk through and suddenly, “Beep!!!”

The lady putting cds away says, “Hi there.” And I pretend that it was nothing.

Danny and I look around some more and I see some movies I’ve been dying to buy from now until the rest of my life. Basquiat with David Bowie as Andy Warhol. Huge fan of the YouTube clips of this movie! Want this movie. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, of all the Disney movies, I’ve never owned this one.

Out we walk from the media area and guess what happens on my way out? BEEP! BEEP!

A thousand people, I feel, are now looking and pointing at me thinking I stole something! “You over there! I don’t believe that your phone has set off the alarm! Pull your pants down and lets see what you are hiding!” I swear to God! It sucks, in this particular situation, to be the center of attention!

So quite, manically, I say to the lady, “I think my phone keeps setting off these alarms can I try and figure out for sure what it is?”

She doesn’t seem to mind. So I walk my coat through and no beeps. Then I have Danny walk my phone through. No beeps.

“It’s okay,” she says. “You don’t need to take your clothes off.”

By this point I do indeed have a rather small audience watching me. At this point I really could care less. I proceed to think, “maybe it’s my belt, that’s metal.” I wave it through and there are no beeps!

I walk through and I of course beep. Please somebody please deactivate me, so that I can shop like a normal person again! Sure I’m making a huge ass of myself, but you know, when you set off every alarm in every store you shop at for two months, you start to wonder!

The nice lady says, “Sometimes it’s your wallet. They put those tags in your wallet and sometimes they forget to deactivate them.” She looks a little less worried now that I’ve retrieved my coat covered in Twilight memorabilia buttons, my belt now back around my waist and my scarf back around my neck.

I take my wallet and give it to Danny and he walks through and the alarm goes off. We tell her thank you and proceed towards the exit into the food court. Boy, do I ever need some comfort food, for two reasons: I’m hungry and I just made a huge ass of myself. As we walk out of Barnes & Noble I set off the other alarm. BEEP! The army awaits to arrest me in the food court for stealing the invisible book from Barnes & Noble Bookstore!

Well! Today I emptied out my wallet and all of it’s contents and I did not find anything attached to my wallet. I did find a little magnetic strip that attaches to sunglasses at your local Target. That cute square thing that is almost impossible to take off your sunglasses, because it’s so damn sticky? Yes that thing! That little thing that measures 1.5 sq inches… THAT LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT? Yes! That’s what has been setting off the alarms! It got stuck to the back of my debit card and has been wreaking havoc for the last two months! Well no more!

Such a small thing. To cause such big drama in my life!

These sunglasses have caused so many problems! But I still love them!

I thought after my last post, we’d lighten things up a bit. I will, however start with, yes I met my biological mother, and it wasn’t a traumatic experience. It’s cool to have met her, and we’ll see where we go from here. And now on to videos…

And now I must finish reading this book, I’ve got less than 100 pages!

p.s. Have you seen my new coat? I bought it at Target. No sightings of Target Boy. Did I make him disappear? I hope so, lol! It’s not completely identical, but if you want identical you’ll be paying shit loads of money on eBay!

Edward Cullen Coat at Target Fall 2009!

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