Lady Gaga and Thom Mayne

I have to pass on an excellent piece, where Japhy Grant compares the most popular pop star in years to the "rock star" of contemporary architecture.  If you haven't seen Gaga's newest video, you can watch it here, and then follow along as Grant dissects it's relevance to Los Angeles culture.

Both Gaga and Mayne get Los Angeles and Southern California on a fundamental level. Rather than try to resolve the disparate, complex and conflicting forces in modern society, why not highlight them? Celebrate them?

Thanks for Geoff April for the tip.