the luminous outset became the interminable middle

This would have been a post about hypocrisy and what images are deemed too offensive (and also MTV's pathetic irrelevancy when it comes to breaking artists) but that whole thing about them banning 'Telephone' was an actual rumor, thus there won't be a post about that. I don't know what it actually says that I thought they were actually capable of this.

But I did want to link an interesting post about 'Telephone' that approaches it differently than most other discourse.

Referential Mania: Lady Gaga's Telephone - Analysis and Observations, Part 2
I'm not sure if I actually agree with all their conclusions but they did make me enjoy thinking about it and following along. The comments section is pretty good too.

I've got this terribly annoying migraine right now and I've been dealing with an internet black out since Saturday, so I'm being spotty with the communicating right now.