on Watch & Listen: Beauty & Brawn at 06:24 10/01/2008

I've been seeing this band in BROOKLYN for a couple years. They are great live and they are incredibly accessible to their fans. It's everything that's lacking in much of pop music these days: people who look like they enjoy doing what they do and make no excuses for that joy (no matter how kitchy it is). It's a throw back to everything from the New York Dolls to David Bowie, but tell me what great bands most shitty emo bands are trying to emulate (POORLY, I might add)? Still this video is over-editted. Justin the lead singer is frenetic enough and an incredible showman, he doesn't need fast editting to convey that energy.

on Controversial Miley Photog Sued at 09:01 09/05/2008

I actually like Annie Liebovitz and I hope none of the debt came as part of the medical bills and other expenses surrounding the long illness and death of her lover Susan Sontag. If so, perhaps it should remind the world why it's important for the state to recognize gay and lesbian relationships so that when one passes away, they government doesn't recognize you as "just friends".

on Talking Politics at 08:47 09/05/2008

Our little Perezy is growing up. How cute. No, really, Ive always been impressed with your ability to balance out the silly with what's really important. It's called be a complex and stable person. Life isn't all fun and games with little concern with what's going on in the real world. AND, more to the point, barring a Britney relapse, the biggest drama in this country right now is this political campaign so CHAT IT UP, BOY. If people don't like it, they can think of it as a custody battle over who's going to be the custodians of our futures.

on Things Would Have Been Very Different If... at 08:39 09/05/2008

I guess Obama's not experienced enough to lead because, unlike Rudy and McCain, he hasn't multiple wives who he felt the need to cheat on, mistresses he had to shuttle around in swanky hotels on the public dime. Obama's only on his first wife who he loves and adores. He mustn't really understand women, huh. Not like Rudy whose dress size an 18.

on Wino Doesn't Heart saMAN's Brother at 08:26 09/05/2008

Is he taking the Dap Kings with him and will they stick to working with the 1 million times more entertaining Sharon Jones? Just one listen to Amy's mediocre first album tells you how much Mark Ronson brought to her career. And Sharon Jones, whose band she borrowed to make that sound, spent 30 years as a not-quite-famous soul singer until she had to work at Rikers. The Dap Kings looked her up (based on her old 45s) and rekindled her career. Now she is playing with huge name talent and performing amazing shows at The Apollo. Oh the career you throw way Amy, you could b doing all of these things.