Look what Perez found on YouTube!

These girls are AMAZING.

Better than the original.

AND they have bloopers! hahahah

Carrie Underwood.

So, as many of you know, or don't know... I'm not a fan of Country music. It just doesn't speak to me, I can't stand the twangyness of it, and the messages usually evoke a well executed faux vomit noise.

I am also not really a Carrie Underwood fan. BUT... last night on Idol Gives Back - an annual fund raiser put on by American Idol for various global charities - Carries performance was unbelievable.

Carrie sang the song "Praying for Time" and she tore the house down. The words are powerful, the vocals were PERFECT, and the girl didn't even MOVE. She sat on that stool in her beautiful dress and sang the hell out of that song.

It was no surprise when the audience roared with applause and jumped to their feet in the HUGE Kodak Theatre. She owned that three and a half minutes. You could feel it even through the TV.

A brilliantly delivered performance. Bravo.

The live performance of the song "Praying for Time" is available on iTunes for 99cents, the net profits of the song go to charity. Get it!

ALBUM REVIEW: The Kills - Midnight Boom

*****

The Kills new venture, "Midnight Boom" is a fresh whipped up alternative adventure.

I was trying to think of a sound that might make me think of them... I came up with: ripping paper. They're tight while being lose and almost grungy sounding.

Their raw tracks and organic vocals are a cool drink of water while their messages and orchestrations are like a jagged pill. Ha.

I really like these guys. This is the first album of theirs I've bought, and I don't think it'll be the last. I need to catch up! They've got a lot of albums preceding this one.

My favorite track is Cheap and Cheerful. It starts off with a rough riff on the guitar and the female band member/leading vocalist coughing up a lung. It's great. The line "You can't survive on ice cream" is swell, as well as "I want you to be crazy 'cause you're boring baby when you're straight."

It's a good buy, and because they're not a big name it can be cheaply purchased! Which we always love. I think I got it for $7.oo. Amazing.

Check it out on iTunes or Bullmoose.com.

Here's their sweet video for Cheap and Cheerful:

TAKE NOTE - THIS WILL BE HOT: Alphabeat

Perez Hilton has been talking about the band Alphabeat now for a few months. In one of the earlier posts he had streamed one of their older singles. This shiz is awesome.

Their music is fun, their videos are simple and fresh, and their sound is crisp, clean and full of energy.

Not to mention everyone in the group is pretty cute!

Currently they're only known in the UK and to Perez Heads, but they'll catch on here big time I think. They're too good not to!

Check out their newest video HERE.

This movie was AWESOME!

What a laugh!

I went out with my Dad tonight to see a movie. We were going to see Leatherheads, but my Mom wants to see it with us, so we hit up Run Fat Boy Run.

I am SO GLAD we did!

This movie is awesome! It's very much like The Full Monty. I'd say it's more like Full Monty the musical than the movie... I didn't find FM to be as funny as a movie as it was in musical form.

I can't tell you how many times my Dad and I laughed out loud.

David Schwimmers (Ross on Friends) directorial debut Run Fat Boy Run is FANTASTIC. The film takes you on a trip with the lead character Dennis, played by the brilliant Simon Pegg. He leaves his pregnant wife at the altar. Years later he meets her new boyfriend while over to pick up his ADORABLE son Jake (Matthew Fenton).

His ex-fiance Libby (Thandie Newton) is into her new flame Whit (played by Broadway star Hank Azaria) and blabs out a few things she likes about him upon Dennis' request in her busy bakery called "Libby's Nice Buns." One of those things is his ability and drive to run marathons for charities. So, in an attempt to win her back/win her respect Dennis proclaims that he too shall run in the Nike sponsored marathon. David Williams (of Little Brittan fame - the thin one) makes a cameo in the scene.

I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone, so I'll stop here. Just go and have fun.

9 Out of 10 Claps

View the trailer below!

"Newt" finds his trail legs...

My friend John, or "Long John" as a few of my friends refer to him, has set out and begun his trek to completion of the Appalachian Trail. He's making the trip in memory of his late grandmother whose life was taken prematurely due to Scleroderma- a disease that causes skin to harden by excessive collagen deposits.

Here's Johns first letter about his plans for the trek:

March 7th, 2008

Dear Friends,
I need your help. As you might know I am hiking the Appalachian Trail this summer, all 2,175 miles from Georgia to Maine. As you may not know my grandmother died during this Christmas from Scleroderma- a disease that causes skin to harden by excessive collagen deposits. She was the author of many books, a columnist for the L.A. Times, an English professor at Loyola University, and a true nature enthusiast. I have decided to dedicate my hike to her memory by raising money for the Scleroderma Foundation through pledged donations. The Foundation funds research for a cure, supports families suffering from the disease, and raises awareness through community outreach. This is more than a walk in the woods (thanks Bill Bryson) this is a chance to make a difference. Please help me raise money for the Foundation. $5-$10 would mean a great deal to me and patients suffering from Scleroderma.

To find out more about the trail, the disease, and how to donate please visit my blog at:

http://johnmccutcheon.wordpress.com

This will also contain updates from the trail if you would like to follow my progress, or perhaps join me at any point on the way!

Thank you for aiding me on this path!

Happy Trails

As John updates his blog on his trek I will include portions on my blog with the link. PLEASE feel free to read up on your own, and if you have a few bucks to spare, throw them his way - as this adventure is not free.

Today John posted his first blog since embarking on his intense adventure. Here is his first entry in its entirety.

Broken (In)

April 8, 2008

Today is my birthday and I am writing from Helen GA, a small German village in rural GA (I know, right?) 50.1 miles into the Appalachian Trail. I am here to restock food, rquiptment and to send off my friend Susan who was hiking with us down to the trail which we had much difficulty finding. Between four people with cell phones, a computer, maps, a guide book and a GPS we still managed to get lost and had to ask a group of hikers (with out any technology) where we were. The first day was glorious. A seasoned hiker on the first trail crossing gave us fruit punch juice boxes and told me I was the 30th thru-hiker he has met that day but that i needed a trail name because there were too many Johns as it were. We hiked 5 miles up to Springer Mountain which made the rocky slope and our brief encounter with a snake worth the trouble. The view was beautiful. We signed into the hikers log and continued to the first shelter. The shelter was packed and we arrived only an hour before dark, trying to learn how to errect our tent, cook a meal and use the bear bag cables before night fall. There are many many people on the trail, most of whom have Maine as a goal although roughly 25% give up in the first 30 miles which turned out to be the case with many people I have encountered.

Day 2 gave birth to Susan’s trail name “Pokey Pokey”, the reason for which I am sure you can deduce. We also befriended a group of women hikers, the “Hen Hike”, which is a group of middle aged women who met online with the shared goal of hiking the AT, a guy from Susan’s hometown called Spring Loaded Joe and everything inbetween. It also turns out the first section of the trail through Georgia houses an army base so as we were hiking we were surrownded by the sounds of automatic weapon fire, explosions and the occasional low flying helicoptor. Our second night on the trail 130 soldiers with 80lb packs marched through our campsight without any light except the glow of GPS units (which i am sure doubled as Gameboys). Their seargent informed us the AT was part of their night maneuvers training and that for the next two weeks there would be 800 soldiers in the area.

The next 3 days saw nothing but rain. We packed a wet tent with standing water into wet bags with wet sleeping bags and hiked about 30 miles into the trail. It was miserable and our tent leaked so as we are trying to dry the puddles and rivers of water running down the inside of our tent more poured in through leaky seams.

In spite of the rain we managed to meet Alex, a GA native who is hiking the AT for a couple of weeks and has more crazy adventure stories than anyone i have ever met whether it be 12lbs of chocolate pudding and a sailing trip through the panama canal or a failed canoe trip in the everglades that wound up in the ocean this guy is alright.

So the “serious” hikers have passed us by as I begin to get my trail legs and fall into a routine but as the AT says everyone needs to hike their own trail, which is what I intend to do. I still have 2 mountains to climb today including the second tallest in GA, Tray Mountain. Best wishes to all

-NEWT (my trail name)

Neat!

Here's something interesting.

This artist, Dave Devries takes childrens drawings and creates real characters out of them, and adds some type of environment.

The artwork he gets out of it is pretty interesting.

This one is called "Pizza Monster":

Googled Word: art

So, something new.

I think every once in a while, from now on I'm going to pick a random word and Google it. Today I chose the word "art" because I figured there are so many mediums and so much art pieces out there that anything could have come up.

I figured maybe a Warhol, possibly a Picasso, or a Rembrandt... nope. This is what I got.


ARTIST: Minchi

Need a good laugh?

Brilliant.

The song "Harder Better Faster Stronger" off of Daft Punks Discovery set with hand choreography.

Simply amazing.

Perfect thing to watch on a fat day...

I know this might go to extremes a bit, but here are some pictures of celebrities without make-up.

Enjoy.

GASP!

This is the dog I want! A little Boston! How frigging adorable are these guys!

Favorite Website of the Week:

www.theshins.com

They've been one of my favorite bands for a while, but I don't think I've been to their website in years.

I think the design is really innovative. I love how they tied the artwork from their latest album in.

I also love how well it flows when you click one tab to the next and the images move. It's really neat.

So, have yourself a little visit. And before you do, feel free to check out a really cool video for one of their newer singles "Sleeping Lessions" from the album Wincing The Night Away.

This is what I've been learning for the past three days...

Thank God for YouTube.

That's all I gotta say.

GOOD LORD!

You will not believe your eyes.

BY FAR - the best video for Madonna's "4 Minutes"

CLICK HERE TO WATCH!