[Fanfare]

OH MY GOD IT NUMBERED ITSELF. THAT'S HOW GREAT IT IS. WOOOOOOOOO GOODBYE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WE HARDLY KNEW YE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NETFLIXED THE DVD YET!!

2. Also at RD, Jonas Bros. second single gets swept into rotation nearly unanimously, an unprecedented (wait, extremely common) feat. "Year 3000" (Dr. Octagon cover?) will take the nation by storm. Except I've never heard it, so maybe it sucks.

3. Ashlee Simpson did not write "Invisible," as reported by CBS. It was written by Jaded Era, whose Myspace page offers more of their bland-but-not-altogether-terrible music ripe for tacking on to the end of cash-in rereleases. Apparently the video for "Invisible," in which Ashlee's Jaded Era's on-the-nose lyrics nicely complement the boxing metaphor (maybe if someone punched Ashlee in the nose it would return to its distinctive original shape?), was shot in the same location as Million Dollar Baby.

4. Why is everyone going to Namibia?

5. Fefe Dobson has been dropped from Island, which means that Sunday Love is delayed indefinitely. This is a major disappointment, as I've been listening to Fefe's first album fairly often these days and I'm getting more from it with each listen, particularly with "Unforgiven" as a centerpiece, really ties the album together.

EDIT: From Tommy2.net:

Fefe Dobson fans have been scouring stores in search for her new release. Most stores aren't stocking it, while a few have received limited shipments - however, once they are gone they're gone! She has stated that when she finds a new label they'll release it, but as of now if you want it you better start looking.

I ordered mine! I hope it arrives...

6. We bought a rug! It's from Target and it's green. It's also softer than we imagined it would be.

7. Belated Skye Friday news, a few confirmed song titles include:

BABY DOLL GONE WRONG
SCARY LOVE
VIOLENTLY IN LOVE

And, as kinda-sorta predicted, or at least kinda-sorta danced around, in this discussion over at Mincetapes, the Sugarcubes have officially infiltrated teenpop via Skye Sweetnam and the Matrix. Sez Lauren Christy:

We’re also excited about the songs we did with Skye Sweetnam (on Capitol Records), who is a new artist from Canada that is a cross between Gwen Stefani and the Sugarcubes, Her style is different than pop/rock – it’s more hip-hop and grunge.

Uh...right. Hey, Sugarcubes!

8. To make this go to ten eventually, I'll use one point to say that the Wreckers' album is BOOOOOOOOOOORING.

9. New Girl Authority album arrived in the mail. Haven't gotten through the whole thing, but nothing is really working past "Hollaback Girl" yet. What's great is that this song gives me an excuse to vote for "Hollaback Girl" two years in a row. Also the Kidz Bop rendition of Crazy Frog's "Axel F." My goal is to have at least 65% recycled material on my year-end list, because I just saw Al Gore's power-Powerpoint presentation An Inconvenient Truth. We walked home on Spruce St. and noticed that it was just far enough from commerce areas to be annoying to live there. Hence, An Inconvenient Spruce. We also discussed the film briefly in a kind of gloomy, distracted way.

10. I just realized that Aly and AJ will never write a fear-mongering global warming song, which is a shame because they're so good at it and fear should probably be mongered. I'm eagerly anticipating their semi-covert abstinence anthem, "Plan A" (Target exclusive!).