Lady Gaga wins Lennon peace prize
Singer is 'not only an artist, she is also an activist' says Yoko Ono

Lady Gaga, political punk rockers Pussy Riot and the late author Christopher Hitchens are among the recipients of a peace prize to be presented next week, in memory of John Lennon.

The LennonOno Grant for Peace will be represented by Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, in Reykjavik, Iceland on Oct. 9 — the birthday of both the late Beatle and his son, Sean. The prize recognizes activism in the arts.

Ono had high praise for Gaga’s efforts on behalf of gay, lesbian and transgender people.

“She is not only an artist, she is also an activist, using her art to bring better communication to the world,” said Ono in a statement, adding that Gaga’s album Born This Way has “changed the mental map of the world.”

Gaga will accept the award in person, joined by Hitchens’ widow Carol Blue Hitchens. The often-controversial author of God is Not Great is being posthumously recognized for his work as a journalist.

Pyotr Verzilov, the husband of imprisoned Pussy Riot band member Nadia Tolokonnikova, was presented with the cash prize in New York City last month, shortly after a Russian court sentenced the trio to two years in prison for their “punk prayer” in a Moscow church. The prize will help pay for efforts to win their release.

Ono is among the performers who have voiced support for the band.

The other honorees are author and activist John Perkins, known for his bestselling expose Confessions of an Economic Hit Man; and the late Rachel Corrie, the U.S. peace activist who was killed in the Gaza Strip in 2003.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/10/05/lennonono-peace-prize.html

Bless his soul in heaven.

sosie posted:

shut up loser

but if you go carrying pictures of chairman mao
don't you know that you can count me out
*empty platitudes*
alright!

stegosaurus posted:

getfiscal you would love the last few jimi tenor albums

i will download them very soon, cool

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

sosie posted:

shut up loser

but if you go carrying pictures of chairman mao
don't you know that you can count me out
*empty platitudes*
alright!

im a loser - john le non

Edited by sosie (Oct. 7, 2012 23:25:22)

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

sosie posted:
shut up loser


but if you go carrying pictures of chairman mao
don't you know that you can count me out
*empty platitudes*
alright!

those are not the lyrics you douche.

sosie posted:

read more women

yeah. also read more in general. i haven't read anything "challenging" in a long time. mostly because i had this idea i'd work through marx and hegel and junk before going through contemporary theory stuff. i should probably just read whatever.

Transient_Grace posted:

he says "destruction - you can count me out" as in he rules out destruction and violence but his comment regarding mao and communism is not that he doesn't believe on those ideals but rather that putting those symbols on your banner will discourage people from participating in your movement.

"but if you go carrying pictures of chairman mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow".

reminder that the song also takes a rather ambivalent approach where every couple of repetitions the 'count me out' is substituted with 'count me in' - john said himself that he was conflicted about the lyrics and that his message was never meant to be anti-revolutionary.

"you know it's gonna be alright"


is a call to apathy and the indulgence of hedonism

"You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead"

It's a call to reject systemic analysis and revert to the mindless individualism that reigns today

tpaine posted:

thug loves lady gaga

Its true.