No Doubt Pull “Offensive” Video

No Doubt - Looking Hot by jimihubabua

Whilst casually browsing for a Gwen Stefani picture to pin onto my Gwen Stefani picture of the week board in my bathroom, I came across the horrific discovery that You Tube has pulled the band's new video for their Looking Hot single.

Let me just take a second to get this straight; people have complained about the band’s cowboy and indian themed video because…? Because it was too chic? Too cool? No, because of… DUM DUM DUM (dramatic theme music)...

...RACISM

Seriously?

Now don’t get me wrong, I am against all racism, but in what fucked up, "politically correct" world does this count as racism? Firstly, Ska originated as a form of music bringing together sounds from different cultures and secondly, how on Earth could anybody take this video as any sort of accurate portrayal of history?

Lighten up, world. Aren’t there enough horrors we all have to face, without taking away Gwen in this dress?

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The band eventually had no choice but to pull their video from all official platforms, saying: “As a multi-racial band our foundation is built upon both diversity and consideration for other cultures. Our intention with our new video was never to offend, hurt or trivialize Native American people, their culture or their history.”

The statement continued: “Although we consulted with Native American friends and Native American studies experts at the University of California, we realize now that we have offended people. This is of great concern to us and we are removing the video immediately.”

“The music that inspired us when we started the band, and the community of friends, family, and fans that surrounds us was built upon respect, unity and inclusiveness. We sincerely apologize to the Native American community and anyone else offended by this video,” continued the band.

The statement concluded, “Being hurtful to anyone is simply not who we are.”

On the upside I found my Gwen Stefani picture of the week.

Anyway, this being Harsh&Repellent I’ve posted the video for you all to see and judge for yourselves. 

Read Harsh&Repellent's review of their new album Push And Shove 

Shit That Happened This Week

News from this week's divertissement happenings

So this week for me was all about worshipping my dark side. I went to see The Rock Horror Picture Show on Halloween, posted an epic short horror fiction story for you and draped myself in black on the Day of the Dead yesterday and told people I could see all their dead relatives burning in Hell.

So it was a fun week.

I know it hasn’t been so fun for a lot of you, especially those in New York, with Sandy from Greece on the rampage or something…?

Anyway, looking to the world of divertissement, here are three things that happened this week.

Star Wars Died Or Something

Darth Micky said it was the role he was born to play

Star Wars creator George Lucas sold LucasFilm to Disney this week for an estimated $4bn and has said that we can expect another Star Wars episode around 2015 with the chance of one being released every few years from then on… forever.

Now, I never really "got" Star Wars, even though I’m a science fiction fan, but this seems to have split fans of the epic story down the middle.

Someone I know said this: “They can’t do worse than George Lucas did with the recent ones. He fucked them up, really.”

So what will Disney do with it, is what everyone is wondering? Episode 7? Cartoon, big-eyed Disney Star Wars characters? Abolish black people, gay jar-jar binks and beards? Who the fuck knows… or cares.

This is what Disney said: “In 2015, we’re planning to release Star Wars Episode 7 – the first feature film under the “Disney-Lucasfilm” brand. That will be followed by Episodes 8 and 9 – and our long-term plan is to release a new Star Wars feature film every two to three years.”

Simon Cowell Is Allergic To Britney Spears

Known as Britneyitus, Cowell said the rare condition has made his face bloat

On Monday Simon Cowell seemed to have had some sort of allergic reaction to Britney Spears while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

He looked like a sack of potatoes, which has led people to speculate that he may have been over doing it with Botox and filler injections.

When fillers make you look weird instead of younger it’s time to stop. And when Britney Spears causes you to swell like a bloated corpse it’s time to move away, ya'll.

Say what? 

It may be acceptable to look that way in LA, Mr Cowell, but not in the rest of the world. Maybe that’s why he stopped appearing on X Factor UK?

Miley Cyrus Makes Out With A Unicorn

Miley denied rumours she was cheating on Chris with this unicorn

Borgore’s new video, "Decisions", features Miley Cyrus in all her new-haired glory, rocking with porn star Jessie Andrews and shoving her tongue down a unicorn’s muzzle.

I don’t know who Borgore really is. All I know is that he likes cake and dub-step. Anyway, the unicorn mask was apaz Chris Hemsworth so it’s not like she was cheating, really. Maybe she’ll give birth to Australian pony babies?

The beats in the video are dance worthy, even if the lyrics are underwhelming and his voice is boring and he looks too normal to even be an extra in his own video, but whatever. Here it is. Miley’s brush with bestiality. 

Die Antwoord Just Blew My Mind Out

Black face: Die Antwoord can't be racist, they're South African

Okay, so Die Antwoord. Thoughts? Wait, I don’t care. Let me tell you what I think.

I think this video just raised the game of what musicians should be doing these days. It’s unapologetic, it’s brash, it uses satire to play to stereotypes, it has a fucking Lady Gaga drag queen for fuck sake, and you know how I feel about men dressed as women.

The South-African duo even go as far to blatantly say they should open for lady Gaga. WHICH THEY SO FUCKING SHOULD.

Before I saw this video I was slumping around trying to find a way to get to the kitchen with minimal effort – I decided on rolling – but now it has rejuvenated my day and more importantly has made me want a panther to stop people stealing my fruit.

Hey Fatty Boom Boom got some serious beat, mega hooks and makes me want to black up my face/whole body and rub it in the face of everyone who says it isn’t chic, which it is.

Watch. Enjoy. Be inspired. Get Hard. Orgasm. Blow you load to this…

I have to go. I have a guy on the phone that knows where I can purchase a panther.

Lana Del Rey Is My Soulmate

Soulmates: Lana Del Rey and I both excrete diamonds from our pouting lips

While converting the space under my kitchen sink into a makeshift panic room last night, I realised something completely profound: 

The world is divided into two types of people. Those that "get" Lana Del Rey and those that don't.

I came to this conclusion about life so suddenly that I fell to the floor and crylaughed for three minutes before I stood, had a cleansing shower on super hot scold mode (fire is a great cleanser. Plus "fire cannot kill a dragon" -- Daenerys Targaryen) and found this video waiting for me.

Lana's new single from her upcoming (November 11ish) album Paradise Edition of Born To Die has a whole extra CD to it ( a la Fame Monster) so it's not like you're buying the album again for just one track (a la Good Girl Gone Bad Deluxe Edition).

Anyway this video cemented what I already knew; Del Rey and I are soul mates, in that I too wear feather headdresses while I ride around with leather-clad bears on hogs as I suck the barrel end of their guns for kicks. And that we're both so beautifully broken and jaded and "fucking crazy".