I love Slate. I think it"s one of the best political magazines ever created.
Today, an article has been posted: which minority group will win the White House next? In the case of a gay candidate, they talk about the fact that younger generations are more tolerant of homosexuality and this is their advice:
We know what to do to improve a gay candidate's chances: murder an old person.
I finally saw Goldfrapp live, last Monday, after all these years listening to their albums one after the other.
First of all, I have been surprised by the diversity of the audience. Young people, less young people (in average, in their 30ies), straight people, gay people and most of all, a lot of gay couples, kind of depressing. I found a friend there by chance, Adrian.
When the gig started, I was impressed by the amount of people on stage (8 strings, 5 vocalists, 1 harpist, 1 keyboardist, 1 guitarist, 1 bass player, 1 drummer, 4 dancers and 1 Alison Goldfrapp) but Will Gregory, the other band member, was missing. She started with Paper Bag, whose first lyrics are:
No time to fuck
I was happy because they sang a lot of my favourites: Utopia, You Never Know, Train, Number 1, Monster Love... I would have liked them to also play Crystalline Green, Lovely Head, Pilots or Ride A White Horse...
The concert was nice as a whole but the singer tended to hide a little too much behind her hair (even though I loved when she shouted "Come on!" on Ooh La La). And I liked because I'm a fan, someone who didn't know them would not appreciate the concert properly, I think.
The ending on Strict Machine was delirious and I left with a good feeling.
I have to moderate what I was saying earlier, when I said I wanted her to win. Actually, I still support Benoît Hamon, it's just that it seems unlikely, his chances are unknown and we don't if other candidates may appear. A anti-Royal coalition would be a bad idea to me, because being against Royal is not a political orientation. If Ségolène Royal wins and manages to lead the party (like it took 2 years for Thatcher to become a credible opposition leader), that will be a good thing, but I frankly doubt Royal's skills (and then, Thatcher had a profile radically different from Royal's), I think she will fail in this position and will then be pushed out FOR GOOD, while still respecting her supporters. However, I remembered they kept supporting her despite her defeat at the presidential election and what she said about the minimum wage in France (she was pledging for a 1500 euros minimum wage during the presidential campaign and then blamed her defeat on it, saying the party forced her to include it in her programme, even though the French didn't believe in it according to her)... In the end, maybe her victory would not bring anything good...
Anyway, her candidacy is good news, because it clarifies things and gives the opportunity to beat her now. If Hamon finds himself the only one to face her, he can win.
Apart from that, I really liked some blog posts about it:
Madonna became famous before I even got born. All of my life, I've heard Madonna.
In 1998, when she released Ray of Light, she happened to be able to make quality stuff. In 2001, I could see her in Bercy and I have a very good memory of it. After that, she censored her video against the war on Iraq, then released a song with an ABBA sample and she fell lower and lower. Her latest album? I didn't even listen to it. Her first single was just complete rubbish, soulless and the previous album disappointing.
Besides, it is said her gigs are now shit. And her divorce I couldn't care less and she's making a mountain out of it...
14, from Gallery of the Absurd, made me laugh when she drew this portrait of Madonna, regarding what she said about the material world, that she embodies herself though.
On Sunday evening, we watched horror movies at home.
What Lies Beneath with Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford, focuses on a bourgeoise woman who thinks there's a ghost in her house. Boring. Then we watched The Hills Have Eyes, the story of a family lost in the middle of the desert and followed by some kind of mutants eating non-mutant humans. the scene of the attack during which the father is burnt alive, the mother shot, the daughter raped and the baby kidnapped is shocking. Like torture porn. Horrible.
In a nutshell, shit movies who may have predicted the bad news of the week, with Obama's empty speech, the anti-gay wave in the USA and the sort of victory of Ségolène Royal at the french Socialist Party. This is for me, the real Halloween.
The socialists have made their choice, let's deal with it.
Now, I wish Ségolène Royal's victory. I am being honest. Let's give her the job of leader of the party and let's see what happens. If she manages to be a good leader, which I strongly doubt of course, she will be re-elected. Else...
Last Tuesday, the anti-gay wave that fell on America upset the american LGBTs. I invite you to read the reaction of a californian, lesbian and black blogger on Daily Kos: SCREW you California Homophobes. There are reasons to be furious, especially when opponents to gay marriage come on TV saying they love gays. I'm fed up with this hypocrisy. I'm also fed up with politicians, like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, try hard to look gay-friendly but say they are against gay marriage.
Gays have just had their crash too. They had invested on the idea that society naturally tends to progress and they have just realised they were wrong. We are gonna have to fight to be accepted and understood.
I'm thinking of joining a LGBT organisation, maybe Stonewall, next week.
Update. California LGBTs put their flag at half mast after the passage of proposition 8, at the Harvey Milk Plaza.
On Sunday, I saw the cover of Britney Spears' new album.
Image credits: Kate Turning / Jive Records
First I thought it was some kind of joke for Halloween. I mean, her face looks asymetrical, not as asymetrical as mine though! Plus, it's supposed to be the album of her comeback. And it looks so... boring. As if she was to keep singing the same crap. Well, it is really the cover of her new album. And there yet other people who can't master Photoshop are promoted!
Last Saturday, I went to the Halloween party at Graham's. Originally, I wanted to dress as a stockbroker but I didn't have time to make my disguise. As a result, I just put some fake blood, coming out of my mouth. (Yeah, I was slightly inspired by Sarah Palin.) It looked good... Until it dried and looked like melt chocolate. Or even shit.
The night was nice. There was marshmallow punch, it was very sweet, you could drink it like it was water. Until I sat down at 2am, I fell asleep straight away.
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