Councilman Jim Kenney doesn't know who Taylor Swift is
Sunday night marked the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
Councilman Jim Kenney doesn't know who Taylor Swift is
Mike Bertha
Sunday night marked the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. The biggest names in music turned out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and millions of Americans watched from home so that CBS could pan to Taylor Swift every 11 seconds all evening.
Swift kicked things off with a dramatic (always and understatement with Swift) rendition of her Grammy-nominated "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." Then, she stood and danced/sang along with every other performance throughout the show. The CBS cameras couldn't get enough of her. They were showing her so often that Councilman Jim F. Kenney tweeted his followers to ask about the, "continuos coverage of the skinny chick dancing and singing to every song? I know that I should know who she is but humor me." because HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TAYLOR SWIFT WAS.
He later admitted that he doesn't know a lot about Swift.
We get it (kind of) because Kenney's got stuff like AVI and the homestead exemption to deal with. But, honestly, it's 2013 and this sort of thing just isn't going to fly. Luckily for him, we're here to guide him on a path to pop cultural enlightenment. Here, Councilman Jim Kenney, is everything you need to know about Taylor Swift.
- She's from Pennsylvania (specifically, Wyomissing).
- She's 23.
- She's a country crossover.
- She was the opening act at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
- She released her album, Red last year. It sold 1.2 million copies in its first week.
- She goes to Stone Harbor just like us!
- She says, "stoked."
- She likes to sing about ex-boyfriends (wait for it... BASS).
- She dated a Jonas—specifically, he was of the "Joe" persuasion. He and his brothers were in the creatively-named boy band The Jonas Brothers (you can thank Disney for that). Taylor told Ellen that Joe broke up with her over the phone, which is, like, so immature and she totally deserved better than that, you know? Ellen is a talk show host.
- She dated Taylor Lautner, which is weird because they have the same first name. He's the werewolf from those Twilight movies. Twilight is a series of books and movies about vampires (vampires are creatures from folklore that live by sucking the blood of other living beings). You're not 13, so you don't need to watch these.
- She dated Jake Gyllenhaal (the guy from Donnie Darko). Donnie Darko is a trippy movie about a troubled teenager who commits a bunch of crimes at the behest of a giant, creepy bunny. Watch it alone. Watch it more than once. Spend the rest of your life trying to ascertain whether or not you really get it (you don't).
- She dated John Mayer (John Mayer is a singer who's dating Katy Perry). Katy Perry sings "Firework." Fireworks are what Americans use to
accidentally blow up their handscelebrate our country's indepence every Fourth of July. - She dated the hell out of a Kennedy (as in, a person related to John F. Kennedy). John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. The United States is the country you live in.
- She dated Harry Styles (that kid from One Direction). One Direction is a boy band.
There you go—all caught up on everything Taylor Swift. Also, she's playing the Linc twice this summer, if that's your thing.
Slow news day? Many people don't know who Taylor Swift is. I can tell you what she isn't, a country singer.— The_Unknown-Poster- I'm sure the councilman is too busy fighting corruption in City Hall to concern himself with something as trivial as who Taylor Swift is. Yeah right.— fightins4ever
- Don't you know that Councilpersons are working 24/7 for their constituents? They can't waste time with pop culture when there are ethics to violate.— Wiseman6
- Big deal. I used to think that Jessica Simpson was Bart's little sister, when actually Lisa's got way more talent..— Dragon76
- Either the councilman can't spell "continuous", or the professional tweeter he pays can't spell "continuous".— KDH
- He probably knows who the important people are. This whiny three chord giraffe doesn't qualify.
Listen to some Coltrane. Or Stravinsky. Or James Brown. You know, music.— carl and sons - Jim is far too focused being an empty headed dope who is aggressively ruining the city of Philadelphia to worry about Taylor Swift.— kelprod2-freemarket
- Jim Kenney is not to Swift— JunkYard Dog
- Kenney has more in common with the no talent worthless 1%ers of the Kardashian clan. Loved the insanely funny comments about Kenney being too busy with his 'job' as a councilman.— InquiringMindz
- And that is not a bad thing.....the ho media loves the entertainment industry.....the level of education of the citizens of this country indicates that knowing her is important, but few have a clue who their senators or representives are......or the value, or how to balance a budget.....so him not knowing and kowtowing to the media ho's love affair with things less important than the poor, the wars, the unbalanced budget....raises him above the crowd in so many ways.....think about it sheep....what is really important to you....Taylor Swift or the countries debt....YOUR answer tell more about you than any IQ you think you have....— nuggett
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— nuggett - He's got my vote!— Ino_Karate
- Jim Kenney is one remedial indivudual, when council has meetings hes the guy with the dunce cap on!! your a creep Kenney— wallycleaver
- If you're not 13, you don't watch Twilight, OR listen to Taylor Swift.— uncle meat
- Bet MixMaster Mike knows who she is— MilesLong1
- Why would he know her? She is straight, smart, successfull, hard working and has family values. The exact opposite of the groups to whom he panders.— SammyMaudlin
Blondell Reynolds Brown has no idea what ethics are either.— The Monk- Does he know who Darren Ruf is ?— NewMick314
- unless Mike Bertha is a 12 year old girl, he knows way too much info about T Sweezy.
— steven q urkel - WHO CARES
— artbgood - She really does not sing very well, her voice can't stand alone. She needs a lot of background singers to help her out.— freebird
- pitch correction, lots of overdubbing and doubling, echo, reverb, compression, and the girl almost sounds like a singer....— carl and sons
- Jim Kenney wants to mayor of this city, but he blew that chance with his Chik-fil-a stance and his insanely stupid idea of granting immunity to the 20 million illegal aliens (criminals) in this country, Kenney is the poster boy for STUPIDITY
— wallycleaver - you hired him to lead not to read— Iknowyourider
