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Lindsay Lohan’s long waited third studio album will be available in November!  Can you believe she continues to put these crappers out, year after year?  Her new album will be called  “Spirit In The Dark”, featuring songs produced by Pharrell Williams, Akon, StarGate and Bloodshy & Avant.

The first release as “Bossy”, but that was just a teaser to our palletes ready for the real pile.

Her first single will be “Playground” featuring Pherrell and will be released in September.
Can you hardly wait?!
Her album will be released on November 4th.

[source: lindsayzoo]

Here’s Aimee Mann’s new video for “31 Today” from her album @#%&! Smilers.

The video is directed by Guest Bobcat Goldthwait and starring her comedian friend Morgan Murphy.

Amy Winehouse has been asked to play the gala opening of an art gallery on Thursday, run by Daria Zhukova, the girlfriend of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Hosting the party is socialite and former model Zhukova, who will be entertaining 300 guests.

In preparation for the event, workers are painting concrete walls in the old bus shelter that will soon be the new art gallery.

Let’s hope she shows up!

In other Amy news: The two people that provided Amy with cocaine and ecstasy that she did in the pics ran by the Sun a few months ago, have been busted. Amy somehow remains clear of charges, while the dealers are being charged with conspiracy.

Here are pics from NOTW that also details her affairs that she’s recently confessed to sleaze bag hubby Blake and the infamous racist rant video can be see there as well.

[source: Reuters]

How is Katy Perry getting radio play? One word, Madonna! Madge gave her approval, which doesn’t always warrant good fortune in the music business, but it looks like Katy has a hit on her hands with “I Kissed A Girl”.

Some people are comparing “I Kissed A Girl” from her One of the Boys album, to Kelly Clarkson’s “Since You’ve Been Gone”. She’s definitely easier to look at. Music is going through another twist and turn, the indie’s are out and pop is back, so she just may have a big hit on her hands this summer.

Here’s the remix on Jason Nevins myspace if you can stomach the 80’s radio plug.
Katy Perry “I Kissed A Girl” (Nevins Remix)

(Click here to download “I Kissed A Girl” in the Amazon.com MP3 Store.)

MUCH Music has the entire new Goldfrapp cd “Seventh Tree” streaming for you to enjoy all weekend long! sounds great, cant wait for this one to hit itunes.

Check it out here.

Ever since John Mayer hooked up and broke up with Jessica Simpson he has adopted some ridiculous sexy/funny guy routine. I appreciate self deprecating humor as much as George Clooney does, and get the “I’m a huge star” humility thing, but he’s not quite cool enough to pull it off… although he’s trying like hell.

When he’s not cracking us up with his wit and sarcasm, he’s collecting tattoos and new muscles on his wonderland. Tats + muscles= instant coolness.

He’s got some cruise called the “The John Mayer Cruise“, the “Mayercraft Carrier”, where he shocked and entertained his crew this weekend by donning the joke that’s already been done Borat thong.

Ha ha larious.

Oh yeah!!! The B-52’s are back!

They are releasing ‘Funplex’, March 25th, 2008. It will be their first studio album in 16 long years and the first with the Astralwerks label.

They worked with producer Steve Osborne, New Order, Happy Mondays, Doves, and KT Tunstall to create their new album. It’s said to be cutting edge and distinctive as “Rock Lobster” in 1979.

“We are thrilled to be bringing The B-52’s music to a new generation of intergalactic fans. Cindy, Fred, Kate, and Keith have made an album thatis incredibly fresh, dynamic and perhaps most importantly, quintessentially The B-52’s … instantly recognizable, instantly fun,” Astralwerks label manager Glenn Mendlinger comments.

THE B-52’S ‘FUNPLEX’ TRACK LIST

1. Pump

2. Hot Corner

3. Ultraviolet

4. Juliet Of The Spirits

5. Funplex

6. Eyes Wide Open

7. Love In The Year 3000

8. Deviant Ingredient

9. Too Much To Think About

10. Dancing Now

11. Keep This Party Going

Check out Canadian indie artist Colin Munroe’s video of his interpretation of Kanye West’s Lights Flashin’.

Rumored for SxSW 2008
Adele Duffy Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam Les Claypool Beastie Boys Matisyahu Robert Plant & Allison Krauss Velvet Underground Pataphysics Ringo Starr Little Steven Ozomatli Ghostland Observatory Rage Against The Machine The Toadies Wilco Morrissey The Wailers Sonic Youth Eric Clapton	Thievery Corporation Deep Blue Something Minus The Bear Umphrey’s McGee John Waite The Foo Fighters The National The Roots STS9 Iggy Pop

Confirmed:

AA Bondy
Alina Simone
A Place to Bury Strangers
Arp
Awkward Stage
Barara Mason
Bella
Birds and Batteries
Birthday Suits
Bjorn Torske
the Black Crowes
Black and White Years
The Black Hollies
Black Joe Lewis
The Black Keys
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Black Mountain

Blitzen Trapper
Bon Iver

Born Ruffians
The Bowerbirds
Breeders
Bun B of UGK
Carlis Star
Carolyn Mark
Car Stereo (Wars)
Cary Brothers
Cheveu
the Choir Practice
The Cribs
Dan Wilson
Daniel Lanois
Daryl Hall
Dead Confederate
Devotchka
Die! Die! Die!
The DoDos
Dreamend
Dokkebi Q
Doug Walker
El Jesus de Magico
Experimental Aircraft
Fanfarlo
The Feral Children
Film School
Firewater
Fishboy
Fleet Foxes
Frightened Rabbit
Gallows
Goes Cube
The Gusto
Hanne Hukkelberg
The Hard Lessons
Health
Hey Willpower
Jessie Baylin
Kim Hiorthøy
Holy Fuck
Ingrid Michaelson
Jandek
Jens Lekman
Jimi Bianco
Joe Lean + The Jing Jang Jong
Joshua Radin
Justin Townes Earle
Kaki King
Kate Havnevik
Kid Dakota
The Kills
KXP
Laura Barrett
Laura Gibson
Lava Children
the Lemurs
Lightspeed Champion
Lindstsrom
Mala Rodriguez
Man Man
MGMT
Minmae
Miz Metro
Moon Rats
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
Nada Surf
Necropolis
Nicole Atkins
Nortec
Ouija Radio
the Pack A.D.
Panda
Pato Banton
Peelander-Z
The Pendletons
Pinstripe
Plants & Animals
Popup
Ralph “Soul” Jackson
The Raveonettes
R.E.M.
Robyn
Russian Circles
RX Bandits
Scissors for Lefty
Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & the Pons
Secret Shine
Sia
Social Studies
$olal
Sons & Daughters
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Southeast Engine
The Stills
Tech N9ne
The Kills
These New Puritans
Times New Viking
Tussle
Uffie
Unholy 2
The Valley Arena
Vampire Weekend
Vancougar
The Von Bondies
Von Iva
The Voom Blooms
The Watershed
The Weird Weeds
White Shoes & the Couples Company
White Williams
William Fitzsimmons
Wussy
Wye Oak
Ze Dos Frangos

The Writers Guild is now going to become a problem for the Grammy Awards!

The WGA has announced plans to picket the ceremony.

The ceremony is to air on CBS network which is part of the big media that is refusing to negotiate with the writers. However, the WGA already said it would refuse to grant the Grammy’s a waiver that would allow them to use WGA members to write the show.

It’s unclear how much of an impact a WGA picket line would have, but the kudocast will have to make do without the usual 10-20 actors who usually serve as presenters. Last year, for example, Quentin Tarantino, Luke Wilson, Nicolas Cage, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock and David Spade appeared on the show.

This year also has a substantial number of nominated musicians who have appeared in films and on TV. Chief among them are Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, Tim McGraw, Beyonce, Jack White, Jon Bon Jovi, T.I. and Fantasia. Among the nominees who have historically not crossed picket lines are Bruce Springsteen, the Beastie Boys, Joni Mitchell, John Mellencamp and Steve Earle.

Please don’t pick on the Grammy’s!!

Rihanna tells Giant Magazine that she grew up with a crack addicted father, which kept her on the straight and narrow. She’s calls her mom a very hard worker that tried to shield her from negative elements, but her very father was always home toiling with drugs, creating a very undesirable environment.

“I just knew that my mom and dad would always argue when there was a foil paper with an ashtray,” she says. “He would just go into the bathroom all the time. I didn’t know what it was. … [But] he knew that to get closer to [his kids], he had to cut that out. And he did.”
You stay on that straight and narrow and don’t get anymore of those creepy tattoos.