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M.I.A. has been confirmed as a performer in the Super Bowl halftime show this upcoming Sunday. She is known for being outspoken, pulling crazy antics, and doing anything she can to get in the headlines. M.I.A.'s ego is bigger than evr, and she loves 'making a scene.' This will not end well.

M.I.A. will wear something stupid.
Usually when female performers wear something 'stupid' and/or 'sexy', they are often called 'fashion icons.' M.I.A. will probably wear something stupid. It will probably involve a controversial image, or maybe something that says, "I Hate America" in a different language or something. Maybe she will wear a print of George W. Bush being executed or something. She could also 'pull out her nip' and show off her brown areolas just 2 be a part of American culture forever. Although she loathes mnstrm American culture, it seems as if she feels particularly validated by her inclusion in Madonna's halftime show.

M.I.A. hates America, and she sees herself as a terrorist.
Although M.I.A. is married to some billionaire heir, she still identifies herself as an 'outsider'/foreigner who the government is trying to censor. In the Super Bowl performance, she will have more eyes on her than ever before. This will be her moment to say 'I HATE U AMERICA.' She will not rely on a backpack bomb, but instead what she believes is a 'truth bomb.' This bomb could be bigger than the #LDRSNL tankjob bomb. But I guess she'll sell even more albums if her bomb leaves a big enough crater on the cultural landscape.

M.I.A. hates censorship.
Without question, M.I.A. is always looking to 'push the boundaries', even though it is usually to propel herself further into the spotlight/focus of cultural discussion on the internet. While sometimes her art has had 'a message', she is primarily a shock artist. There is no way that M.I.A. will let this opportunity pass her by without 'doing something stupid' 'in the name of art.' For all we know, she might blow up a herd of gingers on the field.

M.I.A. isn't actually a good rapper or performer.
Most of M.I.A.'s live performances are defined by heavy music, and her sort of jibbering over the lyrics, prancing around, wearing something stupid. This might not go over well on TV. It would be wise of Madonna to minimize M.I.A.'s role in the performance, and not allow her to deliver any live lyrics. Madonna has to know that this could be the beginning of the end of her career, because M.I.A. will stop at nothing to raise her public profile. The Super Bowl might mean everything to a lamestream Middle American, but M.I.A. has to be salivating at the opportunity to be remembered forever as 'The Brown Girl Who Ruined The Big Football Game', potentially replacing Janet Jackson if she is willing to show nip.

Will u be watching the Super Bowl halftime performance?
Will M.I.A. 'ruin it all'?
Can M.I.A. go lamestream after this performance?
Can u argue that M.I.A. is the first 'indie'/'blog incubated' artist that has performed at the Super Bowl?
Does this performance represent a landmark moment for indie music?
Or does it just prove that M.I.A.'s status as a major label artist/billionaire heir has her hobnobbing with celebs like Madonna?
Will M.I.A. just be 'boring' at the Super Bowl, and she will launch a micro-managed album cycle that is not interesting and ultimately tanks?

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According to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Che Guevara was born in 1928. I feel bad for him, because there is no way that he could have effectively monetized his Communist Revolutionary brand correctly (facial image + kute lil miltary bro hat). I feel like there should be some sort of 'licensing privileges' for his family, because ppl freely use his image just to 'seem kewl' when they go out 2 party. I know that Ralph Lauren gets paid when any1 wears 'a lil polo bro', but I am not sure if Che gets money when u wear one of his shirts. I am not sure what Che Guevara stands for--I think he was a commy/'red.' Not sure if communism would save us right now even though we are in an economic crisis. It might be sweet because I recently went to a sweet art show in a public space held by 'communist vegans.'

Feel bad for Obama. Not sure if his 'image' belongs to any one. When the HOPE meme was first made, I thought it was 'just an internet meme', but I can imagine African Americans wearing that shirt in 10-1000 years as some sort of metaphorical figure who was 'kewler than MLK.' Sorta like 'the Michael Jackson of politics.'

I am not sure how to feel about memes, and images of people who apparently 'stand for more than just themselves.' Feel like they need to be able to protect themselves.'

Hope that the now deceased singer 'Michael Jackson' was compensated appropriately when Crystal Castles used an image of her for their tshirt.

I am worried that when Che Guevara dies, no one who represents his estate will be able to capitalize off his image if places like Hot Topic start to sell pix of him on tshirts.

Just want every1 to get paid for the art that they make. Want people with extraordinary personal brands to be compensated appropriately when people piggyback on their personal brands to seem 'way more authentic.'

I think in the future, I will start talking more about 'soulmates.' Do yall believe that there is 1 person on this Earth who u were meant 2 spend the rest of ur life with?

Feel worried about Sean Penn... Not sure if he will find a soulmate, or if he is even looking for 1. I feel sort of jealous that he has been able to cum with so many kute/famous women over the years, but I can't help but think that maybe he should have settled down with 1 of them.

I recently read that he is dating Natalie 'Garden State' Portman. I wonder if she tells him about freakfolk buzzbands, or if she gave him a pre-loaded iPod shuffle with The Shins on it. I wonder if she thinks that she is 'a better actress' by dating him.

There was that broad named Robin Wright Penn. I think she was in the popular fufu-core movie The Princess Bride. I think people really 'like' that movie or something. Not sure what it means about them. I think she might have been his soulmate, but he'd rather cum on women a lot.

He also dated some super model named Petra Nemcova. It seems intense to have to actually date a super model. Wonder if they are 'smart' and 'good conversationalists.' Wonder if u can just do a google image search instead of dating 1.

Feel jealous that he dated JEWEL in her prime. I remember when ppl were like 'is Jewel gonna be bigger than Sheryl Crow?' and then Sheryl Crow won, I think. [via all I wanna do is have some fun]

Wonder if Bono is 'bi'.

Wonder if he thought about 'being ghey' with James Franco during the filming of the ghey-propaganda film 'Milk on Me.'

Should have had a meaningful 3some with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.

Maybe he should have just invested in Dakota Fanning growing up into a 'hot lil piece of tween ass.' I wish every actor was forced to be in a movie where they play 'a retarded' person.

If u ask me, he should have just stayed with Madonna. They seem like a very natural fit. Were probably soulmates.

I feel like he might have been the husband who was 'sort of ashamed' of his wife, and 'laughed at her job/art/craft.' Then he would 'make her feel bad' and 'less natural' whenever they had 2 go out.

Wonder how Madonna's life would have gone if she stayed with Seanny Penny. I wonder if her sound would have 'kept changing.' He might have made her retire, bc she was 'acting like an idiot' or something. Wonder if he would have let her adopt kidz from

This is a paragraph where I write like I actually 'know' Sean Penn, pretending I am friends with this famous bro:
Yall...Sean is such a gifted actor. He has had a hard life, but a special one. I wish him nothing but the best in finding the true love that he deserves. They say that gifted actors are troubled men, but that doesn't mean troubled people aren't worth loving. Sean's a great actor, and I wish him nothing but the best, on and off the silver screen!

tru <3

'I have always been inspired by fashion.' -generic pop icons

I have always been kind of fascinated by music that is like 'glam' and 'electro' and 'not that good' but has like a 'devoted following, primarily in Europe.' I think it is easier for Europeans to get into songs where some1 says 'fashion' over and over again because it is one of the only English words that they know. I feel weird when I listen to this kind of music, because I don't think that there are very many 'pop sensibilities.' It usually either sounds 'grimey' or like it was 'produced by some1 in Fruity Loops' who don't really know much about music.

I want to write a song and include the following words
high fashion - dance - electro -edgy - makeup - international - Vogue - Fashion - Paris - Milan - New York - I am ______ - International - icon - magazine - cover - it girl

I feel like this 'glam-core' fashion music seems like it is written by a tween who is interpreting the world after he/she reads a magazine + they are exploring their sexuality.

I wish that I could 'get' fashion, art, and music like pop icons do.

I have read that Lady Gaga is 'very inspired' by Andy Warhol. I want to seem like a pop star who 'gets' that popculture 'means nothing' but still 'wants more fame' or something like that. I want to be a pop sensation who sort of thinks that my product is more artistic than it actually is. I want to be a 'sex object' but have it be 'artistic' cuz I 'realize that dudes wanna fuck me in crazie costumes.'

I want to make music that was meant 2 be played in 'gay bars.'

FASHION
ELECTRO
VOGUE
INTERNATIONAL
ICON
COVER GIRL
PARIS
MINNEAPOLIS
MILAN
RUNWAY
HEIDI KLUM
PILATES
MIAMI
CAT WALK
FASHION.
GUYS JERKING OFF 2 MY PIX IN MAGAZINES
GOSSIP
MICHIGAN
GROWING UP
GETTING OLDER
ADOPTING KIDS FROM AFRICA

This post is intended to 'not meet your expectations.' The HIPSTER RUNOFF brand is meant to be authentic, insightful, and enlightening. Ultimately, it is an amorphous brand which can be 'anything that you want it to be.' However, I cannot be "every thing to every one" [via that EVERCLEAR song].

As HIPSTER RUNOFF continues to meet traffic goals, and expand, you will feel 'less unique' reading this blog. However, I am trying to work my way into your 'daily routine' on the internet so that you 'feel obligated' to consume the memes which HRO generates. Am I trying 2 'take over ur mind' or am I just 'trying 2 generate ad impressions'? I am not sure who I am or what I am trying 2 do. What should I do?

"What do u want from me?" - a person 'having a breakdown' in a mainstream film
Why do you come to the HIPSTER RUNOFF dot-com?
What does HRO mean 2 u?
Is HRO going 2 be too mainstream in 2k9?
Will u stop reading it?
Should I turn my website into a Microsoft Word document?

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Dress me up
Make me pretty
Think the world of me
Cum on me
and in me
and on my face
and 'dehumanize me'
Find a new hole
Just as long
as u don't leave me
If it makes u happie
it can't be that bad
I feel s0 alone
in this world
even though 'the world' is 'watching me'
and gives me feedback [via comments]
if only they realized
that I am 'just a blog'
and I will never be
human after all.
-probably from a Madonna song when she was 'trying 2 be sexie' before she got all old

What do you think of the MADONNA song "Four Minutes" featuring Justin Timblerlake and Timbaland?

As you watch/listen to this song, do you feel like you are just experiencing some forced spectacle?

I usually enjoy pop songs by pop superstars on a level that's even more sincere than a post-ironic enjoyment, but I feel like this song is kind of like an experiment to see what happens when you force together the cliched sounds of all three of the artists involved. Sort of like a kid making a pizza with toppings of ice cream, candy, Nerf products, and Happy Meals. In theory, it mixes all of the things that they like, but mixed together, it would probably give you diarrhea.

Some of these elements include:

• Madonna tick tock
• Timbaland chord progression that is hard to take seriously because it is so obvious, but because of this formula, it eventually becomes one of the most recognizable songs of the year
• a healthy dose of Justin Timberlake passionate 'hey's, 'uh's, and 'woo's
• Crappy Timbaland vocals that no one could tell him sucked because he pretty much made the song, so it would hurt his feelings if you told him that he doesn't have a good voice, and that his lyrical stylings were forced.
• A chorus that sounds like something they talked themselves into after not really knowing what to write for 2 hours.

An interesting thing about songs or albums made by mega-pop-stars is that there isn't any one to say that they aren't that good at any stage of the process. Every one is usually 'so excited' about the new single that they talk themselves into the song being good. I feel like Madonna is one of the best at making stuff that 'sounds different than anything she has ever made before', so if you say that you don't like it, it's like you 'don't want to embrace a new, relevant, artistic sound.'

I think I'm just bitter because the pop-songs-that-you-can't-avoid-hearing in commercials, sporting intermissions, or by hollow human beings driving by you on their way home from work, are usually well-crafted songs. You know, like that one by Outkast about shaking polaroids, or that Lenny Kravitz one about wanting to fly away. Or even that Third Eye Blind one about having a semi-charmed life.

I just want overexposed mainstream anthems to have at least 1.5 reasons that you can talk yourself into liking them.

Most underwhelming 'cover art' of all time? Was it made by the creator of the cover of the NOW! That's what I call Music series?