Mondays are for Mother Monster Manifestos

Lady Gaga's highly anticipated video for "Born This Way" has just been released. Watch it here:

This time the all ruling pop queen gives us a dark space saga which sadly does not compare to Jonas Åkerlund's amazing Telephone video but merely adds to the Gaga art collection filled with Important Messages For Planet Earth. The song is catchy and bound to be a classic gay anthem for a long time to come, to wish that the video had mirrored the merry lyrics would probably have been to ask to much of the oh so sincere Lady.

With a video full of symbols, body paint, complicated words and provocative dancing I can't help but wonder if the woman who aims to have "the best body in the industry" doesn't take herself a bit too seriously with her Mother Monster Manifesto? At least she hasn't peppered her video with sickening adverts for her own perfume, like someone else I know.

GAGA ROCKS

The mother monster, all reigning pop queen and rock star, bisexual gay icon, meat wearing woman and inspiration to all LADY GAGA released her highly anticipated new single "Born This Way" mere minutes ago.

The tune sure to top chart lists for a foreseeable future is bound to be a modern classic that will have us all belting our hearts out at clubs around the world. Having been classed a gay anthem already before its release it is a song certain to inspire us all to coming out of our closets more than Katy Perry's girl kissing or P!nk's letters to the Dear Mr President ever did.

With a beat that smells of Madonna and Ray of Light, the seventh most powerful woman in the world has hit it on the head with a message her little monsters will love just as much as Ugandan priests will hate.

I'm on the right track baby, I was born to be brave.

Rock n Roll is dead, Nordic Flames is not.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are back.

A year on Mastodon have released the album of 2009, Obama has managed to get his healthcare bill passed by the American congress and the Black Spiders are out on tour with Airbourne again. This time around they even have their own headline gig booked in at The University of Sheffield on April 24th. Do not miss that.

In other news we are counting down towards the album release of Cancer Bats' "Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones" (April 13th), gigs with Russian Circles and Rolo Tomassi and tonight's The Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. Midnight til 2, tune in.

Oh and Phil Demmel from epic rock God band Machine Head emailed me yesterday, said that this was an awesome read. Check it out.

Finally, a week on, this still rocks my world:



Mhm, Honey B.