I imagine that's the thinking of most people who get into pop music: that it will be a temporary thing, until they amass the fortune necessary to retreat from public life.

I imagine that's the thinking of most people who get into pop music: that it will be a temporary thing, until they amass the fortune necessary to retreat from public life.

@avclub-94d8526a5fae933806f65b8a0f49301a:disqus FYI, I've never bought her music, never will.  And yes, I feel the same way about male pop stars, like that poor soul Justin Bieber, who very clearly has had his own growth and sexual maturity complicated by his status as a pre-teen sex- symbol.

@avclub-94d8526a5fae933806f65b8a0f49301a:disqus FYI, I've never bought her music, never will.  And yes, I feel the same way about male pop stars, like that poor soul Justin Bieber, who very clearly has had his own growth and sexual maturity complicated by his status as a pre-teen sex- symbol.

I just realized that, haha.

I just realized that, haha.

It's true that no one is literally putting a gun to her head.  They're merely beating her with fists.  Good distinction, pal.

It's true that no one is literally putting a gun to her head.  They're merely beating her with fists.  Good distinction, pal.

So, any bets on how much longer before Wes Anderson goes from "whimsical" to "putting children in scenes and situations that are more than a little uncomfortable?"

So, any bets on how much longer before Wes Anderson goes from "whimsical" to "putting children in scenes and situations that are more than a little uncomfortable?"

The whole saga of this shitbag and Rihanna really makes me queasy.  Not just because Chris Brown is a reprehensible shitbag who really shouldn't be walking the streets.  More because of the way that Rihanna's relationship with him resembles her relationship with pop music, and pop music overall.

The whole saga of this shitbag and Rihanna really makes me queasy.  Not just because Chris Brown is a reprehensible shitbag who really shouldn't be walking the streets.  More because of the way that Rihanna's relationship with him resembles her relationship with pop music, and pop music overall.

I think you mean tits.  She wears the cupcakes on her tits.

I think you mean tits.  She wears the cupcakes on her tits.

I would love to have been in the room when they decided to make a movie about a giant badass drifter, starring Tom Cruise dressed as a Williamsburg bartender.

I would love to have been in the room when they decided to make a movie about a giant badass drifter, starring Tom Cruise dressed as a Williamsburg bartender.

"Part Of Me’s hybrid format ultimately proves an uneasy marriage, and does a disservice to Perry as both a performer and a human being by never reconciling what happens in the space between those two lives."

"Part Of Me’s hybrid format ultimately proves an uneasy marriage, and does a disservice to Perry as both a performer and a human being by never reconciling what happens in the space between those two lives."

Lucy Liu?

Lucy Liu?