I’ll take myself to an east coast city and walk about

Billboard September 9

• "Hey Lloyd" is my current favorite song, pretty much.
• And it's a perfect fall song.
• It may just be my Autumnal Theme Song, 2006.
• (It's also my current myspace profile song, if you haven't heard it yet.)
• Janet Jackson's got a new album.
• I can't help it; I love Janet.
• You can't have been born a girl in 1979 and not LUV "Nasty".
• The only nasty thing I like is a nasty groove.
• Ludacris is on the real cover, with some crazy sideburns.
• And those giant diamond studs that, I guess, the men of hip-hop all got together and decided Weren't Feminine At All.
• heh
• Decembrists are on Capitol now...interesting.
• Did anyone watch History Detectives this week?
• They were talking about records and metal masters and such. It was really cool.
• hee--I made my parents watch it, too.
• Oh, so who wants to hear me be devestatingly mean about a GLBTQ teen?
• So, I'm reading this anthology that proclaims to not be coming out stories, even though every story is about...how that kid came out, pretty much. In one of the pieces written by someone who likes boys that way (I forget if it was a gay boy or a trans kid), there's a mention of squeeing over a favorite New Kid on the Block.
• The unacceptable part?
• It was Danny Wood.
• Let's all give a collective, EW!, shall we?
• Perhaps this is a good distillation of the PoBaL Philosophy: It's OK to be gay, it's not OK to want to kiss ugly people.
• Thoughts?
• Stop the presses!
• Linkin Park are on iTunes now.
• I'm so excited.
• I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it.
• Speaking of NKOTB, their manager just died.
• Billboard asks the hard-hitting questions: "Just how important is an original vocalist to a tour?"
• Streeeeeeeeeeeetlights! People-le-le.
• Did you know that you can get ladies' underwear with a pocket for an iPod?
• It's called...wait for it...the iPanty.
• Have I mentioned how much I hate the word "panty"?
• It's yucky.
• Janet looks good in this picture.
• Plus, she's working this double-breasted long jacket with a gold belt over it ensemble that's quite nice.
• And giant gold hoops.
• I wish I could wear earrings.
• So, the girl in 28 Days Later? The one whose dad became a zombie?
• She's a "goth/pop artist" now, called Betty Curse.
• ugh, Chrissie "I care about animals more than women" Hynde needs a new haircut.
• The shaggy long bangs just aren't working in her favor anymore.
• So, there's going to be a big Dylan tribute in November. Some of the people involved are Patti Smith, Cat Power, and...Philip Glass.
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• I wanted to find a picture of the South Park kids in their gray jumpsuits, but no dice.