I don't know what prison Gaga is in in that video but i wouldn't mind getting locked up there.

And Speaking of Electro Bands with Sassy Female Vocalists...

Get a load of New Young Pony Club, another new favorite of mine.

SOHODOLLS Bring Sex Back to Rock and Roll, But This Time, For the Ladies.

Sohodolls' song "Stripper" may be familiar to fans of "Gossip Girl", but many of us stateside are just finding out about the group, despite the fact they haven't released an album in 3 years. Luckily, this means you all have plenty of time to experience their enticing blend of sex, danger and trashy electro-glam.

The band look like close cousins of London garage-goth howlers the Horrors. Their sound is more polished but no less sinister. Lead singer Maya Von Doll, know for frequently performing with no more than a strip of black tape across her breasts, spits lines with a sassy, come-and-get me purr. But there's also a hint of venom and a sharp wit that could easily crush any man.

It's rare that a female vocalist takes on the role of sexual aggressor. Female pop singers, while leaning towards more risque material, still play the role of submissive, willing to please sex doll. Listening to Von Doll's delivery, you get the sense she'd fuck you and then rob you blind, leaving you handcuffed naked to a radiator in an empty apartment. And you'd still call her back the next day. She's the type plenty of guys fantasize about, but, in reality would be terrified of.

Likewise, the music mixes pounding dance beats and bouncy synths with doom-and-gloom guitars and old fashioned glam-punk swagger.
I don't know when the band plans to release a new album, so if you're itching for something trashy and fun, check out their 2007 album "Ribbed Songs for the Numb Generation" and take a gander at the video for "Stripper". I will warn you: this is NSFW, though it's nothing really explicit.

New Alkaline Trio Video Confirms That Children are Made of Confetti

I have really missed Alkaline Trio, and the one video they released for "Help Me" off their last album was a bit disappointing. This one is not exactly the most amazing thing I've seen in the last year, but it's a pretty fun video, and it has kids slamming into each other and turning into puffs of confetti, so yeah, that's pretty...umm...what?

If I hear bedrock one more time someone will die.

We Are The World 25 for Haiti

WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?

The "new version" of "We Are The World" will probably generate tons of charitable contributions to relief in Haiti. Great. Awesome. I have no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is the sad pathetic excuse for a benefit recording. 

These big, star-studded songs aren't really about charity at all. They're mostly about rich, famous douchebags pretending to give a crap about poor people. By singing. Nothing heals the hearts of a country devastated by poverty, political corruption and natural disaster quite like an overblown pop song! And in this case it's even more of a passive-aggressive "fuck you" to the rest of the world. 

This time they didn't even write a new song. They covered a song written 25 years ago for USA for Africa! And they even had the stones to sample the original recording so Janet could sing with Michael (awwww). It's exactly what Elton John did when he re-recorded "Candle in the Wind" and tried to pretend it was about Princess Di.

And to add insult to injury a lot these "stars" are kind of second-rate. I'm not saying that these people haven't had hit songs, but the whole event has kind of an off-brand feel. Justin Bieber? are you kidding me? Pink? The Madden Twins from Good Charlotte? Where's Lady Gaga? Where's Jay-Z? Where's the guy from Kings of Leon? Half the list of artist involved reads like a run-down of the most bland and awful top-40 garbage of the past decade (Jason Mraz?  Katharine McPhee? Why are these people here?).

And then of course you have the other half of the list which is made up of singers that really bland, boring people (like your hyper-conservative aunt or hippie-burnout uncle) think are the biggest stars in music. Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, The Members of Heart and Carlos Santana were all on hand.

Also Jeff Bridges and Vince Vaughan were somehow involved. It's like Quincy Jones chose the stars for this project by just flipping through an issue of Entertainment Weekly and randomly pointing at people.

I haven't gotten to the performances. And GOOD GOD,are they something else! There's so much auto-tune going on there's almost no point in figuring out which terrible RnB or rap "artist" is singing. The more "rock" vocals don't fare much better, as they are all either ridiculously overwrought or pass by so quickly you'd be hard pressed to notice them.

In closing, all I can say is this is a travesty. The money generated for Haiti Relief is great (even though 40% of it will go to administrative costs, advertising and royalties once the relief effort has been completely abandoned.) but the song itself is a crime against humanity. And I don't use that term lightly (Okay, well I did use it when they left the pickle on my Bacon Deluxe at Wendy's the other night, but still...)! 

The least Quincy Jones and all these "big stars" could have done is come up with something original that at least makes it seem like they gave this some thought. Better yet, they all could have just skipped recording the song and written some checks to the Red Cross. But no, they have to let their left hand know what their right hand is doing. Can't pass up free publicity and a chance to look like you give a shit.

Just set up mobile posting. Sweet.