Source: 411mania.com (Original Article)
Greetings everyone, this is the PANR and I am your host. Despite a very pissed off disc in my back and being knocked down on non-straight edge society approved drugs, and also despite a dearth of interesting news from the industry, politics, and the usual weird odds and ins, I am here today.
So, with such a wasteland of music news worthy of a first print run, I decided to go back and do something I’ve been missing lately, and that is some old fashioned commentary on the music industry. With an interesting quote from Lady Gaga this week I’ve decided to use today’s column to do just that. Have a good one everyone and I hope spring is breaking out in your corner of the universe today as well.
Lady Gaga – Industry Outsider?
Lady Gaga is continuing to show she is one of the hardest working women in music with multiple appearances in the last week that range from award shows to interviews. This week an odd interview in England flew under the radar, one that revealed more about Gaga and the music business as a whole. Although I don’t think that was the intention.
Appearing on the British show “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross”, Lady Gaga was wearing another wacky outfit. This time the singer was wearing a large phone on her head, it being one of those old time rotary dial phones with the cords. The show itself airs this week for the curious.
Hey – I really do try and stay ahead of the headlines here. I reported that Jackson’s doctor would be targeted by police several weeks before it broke as well as iTunes’s 10 billion songs (cheap plug).
Anywho, she discussed the business and the Brit Awards. “I didn’t speak to anyone at the Brits.” She added that she feels disconnected from the industry. “I’m an outcast from the music industry,” she explained. “I don’t have any friends flights from Canberra to Sunshine Coast in the music business.”
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