The Music Industry is... oh F**k.

I was just about done with a nice long post about the objectification of both men and women in the music industry when my internet crashed and I lost it.

So instead, you get a list of my favourite and least favourite bands. Enjoy.

The Good

1. The Desden Dolls/Amanda Palmer. Brechtian Punk Cabaret is awesome, and Amanda's new album gives me MULTIPLE JOYGASMS! Also, Amanda is dating Neil Gaiman. Am not sure which one I'm more jealous of, but would be open to a ménage à trois.
2. Nightwish. Opera should not mix well with gothic rock, but it does. /Shrug.
3. Simple Plan. For nostalgic reasons only. Note that I am refering to the band up until its third album. I liked them punk-whiney, not emo-whiney.
4. HIM/His Infernal Majesty. Because of their wicked awesome image, sound and the blatant smexiness of Ville Valo.
5. The Smashing Pumpkins. Not 100% sure why, I just love 'em. Maximo Park and Lacuna Coil also vie for this spot.

The Bad

1. Avril Lavigne. Avril, Avril, Avril. Why? She was so good until she went blonde. She went from every adolescent wannabe punk's dream into Paris Hilton with some skull and crossbones thrown in. Her decline was, undoubtedly, the worst damn thing I have ever seen.
2. James Blunt. Pitiful.
3. Björk (A good enough excuse for me to justify enslaving the population of Iceland and converting their country into a giant geothermal power station to power Europe. Note to self, email this suggestion to GB for Copenhagen)
4. Lady Gaga. She pretends to be a female, yet is plainly a drag queen. Sweetheart, own up to it, and STFU.
5. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus. I swear on Dolly Parton's chest, if I ever see this girl up close I will strangle her. She is an ABOMINATION!

The Ugly (my guilty pleasures)

1. Mika. I know! He's awful! So why do I still like him? I don't understand!
2. Colin Hay. Purely from watching too much Scrubs, I have acquired an addiction to his music. /sigh.
3. The Proclaimers. It's a love/hate thing. I don't question it.
4. Alexandra Burke. Uh... yeah... I can totally justify this one. She has a great voice, it's just that her song choices are all wrong! Yeah! Ok, ok, I'll admit it. It's her legs. Forgive me.