Discourse & Dischord

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The Good

Bruno Mars performs Locked Out of Heaven on SNL

Truth be told, we’ve never been big Bruno Mars fans. But after seeing him on SNL this past weekend, we may have to change our minds. With his awesome dancing band and his new bouncy single, Locked Out Of Heaven, Bruno delivered one of the show’s most memorable musical performances”sorry Lana Del Rey. See Bruno and his buds bop below.

Women unite for You Don’t Own Me PSA

In the current debate over women’s health issues, Lesley Gore’s 1963 hit You Don’t Own Me has become very apropos. Celebs ranging from Lena Dunham to Zoe Kravitz and Carrie Brownstein recently lent their lip-synching skills to a PSA featuring Gore’s protest anthem to raise awareness on the fundamental rights at stake in next month’s election. Watch them fight the power (the power of Romney) below.

The Bad

Donald Trump takes The Boss to task

Bruce Springsteen may have been born in the U.S.A., but to Donald Trump he’s nothing but a talking head. The Romney-loving business mogul was nonplussed at Springsteen’s stop in Ohio to support Obama. So he took to Twitter to warn the state that if they persisted with their love of The Boss, he would have to pay them a visit and change their minds. Clearly Trump was born to run ¦ his mouth. We’d like to see these two take it to the streets of Philadelphia.

Mum Direction charity single released

Two jokesters from the U.K. going by the name of Big Clown Little Clown penned a rap for the mothers of the members of One Direction. The charity single, called Mum Direction features random, and possibly made-up, factoids and a video with lots of awkward physicality. Learn everything you didn’t need to know about Trisha, Maura, Karen, Jay, and Anne below, then head over to iTunes to buy the single, for charity’s sake.

The Ugly

Introducing the Justin Bieber lawsuit of the century

A man in Michigan claiming to be Selena Gomez’s father is suing Justin Bieber for a slew of wrongdoings that are probably untrue, but more importantly, are hilarious. Among Bieber’s crimes: fornicating with Gomez on a Canadian bear rug and not paying back abortion money for the resulting pregnancy, getting a penis enlargement with a stolen credit card, and doing cocaine with P Diddy in a drug-free school zone. On an unrelated note, Usher is also named in the lawsuit. Apparently he sodomized Selena Gomez’s pops with a firework while blasting the Katy Perry song, Firework. And that bastard did it on the Fourth of July, too. Read the ridiculousness here.

Justin Timberlake wedding video turns ugly

Justin Timberlake got married over the weekend in Italy. One of his knucklehead friends decided the best way to honor Mr. Sexyback was to take a camera to the streets of L.A. and ask homeless and mentally disturbed people to send their blessings. Gawker has a clip of the footage here. Picturing a bunch of privileged people at a lavish Italian wedding laughing at the crazy talk of those less fortunate is a little stomach-turning. But it’s still less offensive than sodomizing someone to a Katy Perry song, Usher.

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