“so how can we hope to float?”, 2008
Six color screenprint, edition of 180
For his first televised performance since the Season Eight finale of the American Idol, Adam Lambert pulled out all the stops and his risqué rendition of “For Your Entertainment” stunned the audience at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre and the millions watching the American Music Awards live on ABC.
Lambert delivered a “sexy” performance as he closed the live show with simulated oral sex from a male backup dancer, a brief make-out session with his male keyboardist and a giant mirrored prop so the audience could see the looks on their own shocked faces. Apparently producers weren’t informed about the guy-on-guy kiss in advance, and after the show, Lambert told Rolling Stone the musician he kissed is a straight man.
Lambert also said if ABC decides to cut any parts of his performance for the West Coast rebroadcast, it would amount to “discrimination.”
“Female performers have been doing this for years — pushing the envelope about sexuality — and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out. We’re in 2009; it’s time to take risks, be a little more brave, time to open people’s eyes and if it offends them, then maybe I’m not for them. My goal was not to piss people off, it was to promote freedom of expression and artistic freedom,” said Lambert.
(via Carnal Nation)
When she’s not blogging about her past sexploits, she using her Ph.D. in informatics, epidemiology, and forensic science to research the effects of pesticides on children. How’s that for an unexpected spin on the whore-with-the-heart-of-gold theme? I’m kinda jealous of her, I have to admit. Magnanti is like a year of feminist studies rolled into one.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
– Steven Weinberg (via cocknbull)
Consider the Second Commandment. ‘Thou shalt not erect any graven images.’ Is this really the second-most important thing upon which to admonish all future generations of human beings? I mean, is this as good as it gets, ethically and spiritually? The truth is, almost any precept we would put in place of the Second Commandment would improve the wisdom of the Bible. How about, ‘Don’t mistreat children.’ How about, ‘Don’t pretend to know things you do not know.’
– Sam Harris (via cocknbull)
Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree, you can fuck off.
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Richard Dawkins (via cocknbull)
I’m not convinced this is a direct quote.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22)
"When she’s not blogging about her past sexploits, she using her Ph.D. in informatics, epidemiology, and forensic science to research the effects of pesticides on children. How’s that for an unexpected spin on the whore-with-the-heart-of-gold theme? I’m kinda jealous of her, I have to admit. Magnanti is like a year of feminist studies rolled into one."
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15)
"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
"Consider the Second Commandment. ‘Thou shalt not erect any graven images.’ Is this really the second-most important thing upon which to admonish all future generations of human beings? I mean, is this as good as it gets, ethically and spiritually? The truth is, almost any precept we would put in place of the Second Commandment would improve the wisdom of the Bible. How about, ‘Don’t mistreat children.’ How about, ‘Don’t pretend to know things you do not know.’"
"Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree, you can fuck off."
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8)
