Discourse & Dischord

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The Good

The week of Hova

Jay-Z was a busy bee this week. Between rocking the Barclays Center with wife Beyoncé, dropping his new Live In Brooklyn EP, riding the subway with a sexy older woman, and hitting the studio with Pharrell and Frank Ocean, Hova must be exhausted. Let’s hope he takes a break this weekend, stays at home, and catches up on Season 2 of Downton Abbey. You can watch him and B.K. perform “Forever Young” below.

Pink gets interpretive for new video

Full disclosure: We’re kind of a fan of Pink. We like her steely exterior, her soft heart, and her hair. The music’s OK too. Our crush was reinforced this week when Pink released the video for Try. Turns out Lady Alecia is actually an incredible interpretive dancer. Watch her acrobatic performance below, that is, if you can tear your eyes away from her dance partner’s abs.

The Bad

Matt Berninger sings Pixies karaoke

If you think The National singer Matt Berninger is one cool cat behind the mic, this video may give you pause. Watch Berninger perform a somewhat slurry, somewhat atonal, and certainly drunk version of the Pixie’s Here Comes Your Man. See, you’re not the only one who’s bad at karaoke!

Nicki Minaj gets hypothetical death threat from Stevie Nicks

When Nicki Minaj blew her top at Mariah Carey last week on American Idol, it was Stevie Nicks, not Mimi, who responded with an aw-hell-no. If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there, the singer told The Daily. Then, possibly realizing that backlash was nigh, Nicks recanted her statement. All we have to say is, thunder only happens when it’s raining. Think about it.

The Ugly

Andrew W.K. electrifies David Blaine with keyboard solo

Being the fun, party guy he is, David Blaine invited Andrew W.K. to send a million volts of electricity through his body via a gnarly keyboard solo. The stunt was part of Blaine’s Electrified performance at Pier 54 in NYC, wherein the magician withstood massive amounts of electrical shocks for three days and three nights. W.K. said the event was the party-est thing I’ve ever done. Now that’s a shocker.

Lady Gaga pulls a Bieber

In this case, pulling a Bieber means throwing up on stage”not outracing paparazzi, getting hit with a paternity suit, or making out with Selena Gomez. Gaga tossed her cookies during her performance of Edge of Glory in Barcelona. It’s got to be hard to puke and be sexy at the same time. If you want to see how it’s done, watch the clip below.

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