We might also have to redefine “breakthrough.” Grimes was absolutely huge with the Pitchfork crowd and absolutely deserved to be. “Visions” is a fantastic album. But there’s a big difference between being big with Pitchfork, indie bloggers, and would-be Brooklyn residents to being Beyonce-style big. 

The actual reason society is crumbling?

You go, Grimes!

Having read the blog, it seems murkier than simply saying it’s untrue. They have no idea where he honeymooned and can’t actually rule out Kyoto, but can say for a fact that he visited Kyoto twice at other times on vacation (yes these were vacations that were ultimately useful to his career, but as someone in Foreign…

As others have said, there were journalists who mentioned it before, so at least he didn’t just make it up.

No problem!

Yeah, the article SoftSack linked to concludes that it probably started with a journalist in 2002 referring to a later Kyoto trip by Stimson and his wife as a “second honeymoon” just as an artistic fillip, and subsequent journalists copying the reference but dropping the “second” part.

It’s correct that others have noted that the Stimson honeymoon angle is not supported by the historical record, but Stimson DID visit Kyoto on several occasions in the 1920s, and I think the scene at its heart, if not factually correct, captures a more important truth about the decision of which city to bomb. Kyoto…

This is a good article, thanks.

Honestly, yeah, it’s gotten to the point where if they have a big social media following, or if they post a lot to social media, it’s a red flag and probably a non-starter, because I do NOT want to be the subject of someone’s public ire if we break up.  Same goes with dating a singer or a standup.  I don’t want to be…

So screw over all the concertgoers who likely planned months ahead of time and paid exorbitant ticket prices given the popularity of this tour?

Yeah bro, no one going to SoFi Stadium is staying in hotels near it, let alone downtown ones that Union 11 represents. They’ll drive in and drive out.

Too bad it’s bullshit.

The vast majority of concert attendees live in the city they are attending and have nothing to do with hotels. It makes more sense to ask people hosting events at hotels to cancel.

Not being a big follower of Lizzo I hadn’t heard about that until all this mess came out. She’s generally done a great job of curating her public image.

I’ve had a feeling about her ever since she freaked out that she got a just okay Pitchfork review a few years ago (which is basically 5 stars for a mainstream pop star) and started whining that all critics should be unemployed because they’re losers. Anyone that hypersensitive about criticism is definitely a douchebag…

To have been part of the entertainment industry for 10 years now.
Most people working there are just party people. For them it’s a lifestyle, they like to push it more and more, more alcohol, more drugs, more dancing, more sex.
Until it goes too far and it bites them in the ass.

Clearly you haven’t met very many big girls then.

No doubt. I got a lesson in this first hand. I went on a date once, with a woman who was an artist/disability advocate with a sizable tiktok following. The date wasn’t a love connection, but I really liked her as a person, and expressed a hope we could keep in touch, as friends and possible collaborators.

I think the real shock is the tonal dissonance between her female-friendly sex and body positivity messaging and this.