This Is Book’s Music

M.I.A. has been getting a bit of attention this week for her comments on Lady Gaga. Sadly, some feel that M.I.A.’s views are a shock, but it’s nice to see someone being very blunt. The folks at The Couch Sessions asked people what they thought of M.I.A.’s views and posted a photo of M.I.A. in a cool red dress. Not knowing anything about fashion, I don’t know what they call what she’s wearing, but it looks like red foil. It immediately reminded me of the late guitarist for the Graham Central Station, David “Dynamite” Vega, as he posted in the back of the 1974 album Release Yourself (Warner Bros.) Thus, the comparison is made.

Okay, maybe not exactly “separated @ birth” but they both have that foil thing going on.

Must give credit to where credit is due: on Twitter, ?uestlove of The Roots offered a link to a new video by Ed Lover, who runs the website C’mon Son where he comments on things that he feels are complete B.S. but worthy of a conversation or two. Ed Lover did a countdown on various C’mon Son-worthy events, and he made reference to these two. I was thinking more along the lines of a cross between Lisa Marie Presley and Jay Leno, but Franken Berry will have to do.

Here’s the video in question, reference made at around the 1:30 mark.

Okay, obviously they were not separated at birth, but these are the covers for their debut albums coming out next week. I’ll leave it up to you to debate on which one looks more womanly.

In case Lambert’s photo is making you wonder “I’ve seen someone who looked like that before”, then here.

(You can pre-order the albums through CD Universe by clicking the following links:
Adam Lambert-For Your Entertainment
Susan Boyle-I Dreamed A Dream)

What do these guys have in common? Hawai’i Nei. No worry beef curry.

I brought this up in my thrift store adventures, but felt it was worthy to single out so if you missed it the first time, here it is:

New Zealand comedic actor Jemaine Clement and New Zealand singing sensation John Rowles.

It’s hard to tell who is more swollen looking.

(Mahalo to Koku for posting the article of Semenya, who reminded me of Hits.)

I’ve mentioned this one in a few places, particularly Okayplayer where I am a member of the forum and a contributor to their Reviews section. I say this because The Roots are the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and in the last few weeks, there have been a lot of ads featuring fashion consultant Stacy London. Yet no meeting of the minds yet. I await.