I am glad that Lana Del Rey is… maybe not less divisive than she once was but that the… let’s call them the internet hipsterati have found other things to kick around since 2011.  Side note, I already feel bad about that word, hipsterati, I think hipster is a generally worthless phrase because I have never actually met anyone who is the walking stereotype people portray when using that term and let me tell you, I have seen so many bands you guys have never heard of.  I have 7 inches from bands that maybe never even existed!  Wait, i am digressing, my point is I am glad that’s over.  I really only see stuff from people who actually like her now.  I find, in general, that just makes for more pleasant experiences because like, if I am seeing positive things about people I don’t like I can scroll past but I don’t ever have to see someone making really fucked up statements about people I do like.  And the interesting thing about her is that the controversy was always about how authentic she and her image were.  Why I say that is interesting is the image, kind of the whole package of pseudo-throwback from the smokey voice to the fashion to the lips and the hair go a long, long way to making me attracted to her.  People can debate all they want about how much of it is contrived or not but that doesn’t change the fact that she is very attractive and there is a sexiness to her image, nature or unnatural.  (As another aside if you care about my thoughts on such thing I think authenticity is largely a lie.  All images are cultivated.  Some might be more of an affectation that others but especially in the age of the internet we are active curators of our own image.  Facebook, tubmlr, twitter, everything is not a peek into our soul, it is a peek into the part of our soul we want people to see.  It is a carefully designed bit of PR to present ourselves to the world as we wish to be seen.  Even if you share everything.  Even if nothing you like is popular.  I would remind you the “individual” is the most popular and successful marketing type in existence).  My point is that once I went to the Grand Canyon and it was god damned beautiful.  I expected a hole in the ground and instead I had my breath taken away.  I can’t imagine anything artificial being done to it and it being better.  I also have also stood atop a hill in my city and stared out into the night.  The lights twinkle and dance and the hum of the city is a music that fills my ears and it is beautiful as well but there is nothing natural about it.  No one rails against way old buildings bunch together to create a gorgeous back drop for being affected.  So I wonder why we are so worried about it on a personal level.  I guess what I am saying is it doesn’t matter which way the needle points on her, today I want to fuck Lana Del Rey.