Blog: The Pop View

We live in confusing times. Art that seeks the high ground seems to struggle to survive. Trash seems to flourish, whether in television, movies or popular music. We're supposed to deplore this, right? But the thing about a pop artist like Ke$ha that is so genius – and I'm specifically thinking of her 2009 hit single "Tik Tok" –  is that it's absolute junk and she knows it and she doesn't care. In fact, I can easily make a list of all the reasons to hate "Tik Tok." [...]