March 28

This day in sketchtory, Lagy Gaga, or Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, turns 25 years old. I don't follow popular music, but it would appear that she has been labelled as this generations Madonna or Michael Jackson, and her image, to me, is one of the complete anti-pop star. She's advertised as a much more artistic, creative, and much more positive as a role model than the average pop star, like Britney Spears or any of the American Idol winners, or any generic boy band. To me, that they have perfectly manufactured and sold that image is the most interesting thing about her. While her songs are indeed catchier than most pop songs, the content and 95% of the performance are identical to every generic artist she is apparently the antithesis of.

The fact that people believe that a tall, impossibly skinny blonde dancing in her underwear and singing songs she didn't write about her relationships is somehow breaking new ground in music amazes me. The theatricality of wearing a meat dress, bubbles or giant spikes on your head strikes me as that kind of art for arts sake kind of thing, with no deeper meaning or purpose beyond making people believe you're weird and creative.

Either that, or they're just trying to distract people from noticing that she looks like Marilyn Manson in a blonde wig.