Cuz you will now!!

It’s like Amy Winehouse with a sense of humor, like Macy Gray without the freaky voice… it’s the new(ish) group Little Jackie. Little Jackie are producer Adam Pallin & front-woman Imani Coppola, who you may remember from a short-lived pop career in the late 90’s. Their debut album, “The Stoop” is due out tomorrow, & I for one am definitely going to be picking it up!

Not only are Little Jackie one of Billboard’s Top 10 Indie Artists, but their new single, ‘The World Should Revolve Around Me’ has been picked as the theme song to ‘New York Goes to Hollywood’ (which probably only impresses you if you have a gross fascination with VH1 “reality” TV. Like I do!).

Their sound is a blend of motown, hip-hop, funk, & pop; so be sure to pick up or download the album tomorrow, & here’s an mp3 to tide you over till then!!

Little Jackie - Crying For The Queen

“I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.”
– Neil Armstrong

Amazing Spider-Man #564
Astonishing X-Men #25 - Warren Ellis & Simone Bianchi take over the book & hopefully reinvigorate it with the exciting stories & timely publishing schedule that have been lacking for about a year.
Avengers/Invaders #3
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Season 8 #16 - Joss Whedon returns to writing this book. Amazing how this book is never delayed.
Cable #5
Patsy Walker: Hellcat #1 - This one should be just as fun as her run in the Marvel Comics Presents anthology!
Secret Invasion: Front Line #1
Terry Moore’s Echo #4 - Amazing title. I can’t get enough Terry Moore, and he has 2 Marvel titles on the way too!!

I can’t f-ing wait. And here’s a great news story out of the UK!

Profane pupil gains marks for exam expletive
A student who scribbled an expletive on an English language exam paper was awarded 7.5% for accurate spelling & effective communication, according to The Times newspaper.
The pupil, who wrote “fuck off” after being asked in an English exam to “describe the room you are sitting in”, got 2 marks out of 27 & would have got more if he had added some punctuation, chief examiner Peter Buckroyd told The Times.
“It does show some very basic skills we are looking for - like conveying some meaning & some spelling,” said Buckroyd, who works for the Assessment & Qualifications Alliance examinations board. “It shows some nominal skills but no relevance to the task”.
“If it had had an exclamation mark it would have got a little bit more because it would have been showing a little bit of skill”.
According to The Times, to gain minimum marks in English GCSE papers pupils must demonstrate “some simple sequencing of ideas” & an ability to put “some words in appropriate order”.
(Reporting by Kate Kelland. Editing by Keith Weir. By Reuters updated 30.06.2008. msn.com)

Eddie did it. ModFab did it. And I’m procrastinating on writing a paper. So I’m doing it too!!

5 jobs I have had:
- paper boy
- bank teller
- clerk at K-Mart
- cashier at Old Navy
- soda jerk

5 movies I can watch over and over:
- The Birdcage
- Steel Magnolias
- Sordid Lives
- X-Men Trilogy
- Party Girl

5 places I have lived:
- Columbia, MD
- Hanover, MD
- Fork, MD
- Ellicott City, MD
- Baltimore, MD

5 TV shows I love:
- Veronica Mars
- Weeds
- Heroes
- Sex and the City
- Smallville

5 places I have been on vacation:
- Orlando, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Miami, FL
- Puerto Penasco, Mexico
- New York City

5 of my favorite meals:
- cheeseburger
- sushi
- homemade mac & cheese
- Shannon’s Lasagna
- good mexican meal with plenty of margaritas/sangria

5 places I would rather be now:
- London
- beach
- NYC
- comic book store
- record store

What are your answers??

We’re all familiar with Kylie’s lovely little attempt at a US single, ‘All I See’, right? A cute song that could have been a hit if her record company knew fuck-all about promotion. Here’s a reminder:

So, then… what the FUCK is this?

I did a little research & the albums were released within a day of each other, so clearly the lazy producer recycled beats for both birds. Unfortunately, Sparks has the American Idol machine behind her, so you know her ca-ca will be a hit. I’m still partial to Kylie’s though!!

Usually solo material by an ex-Destiny’s Child is cause for a little ridicule. Especially when we’re talking Michelle Williams, the red-headed stepchild of the group. Her new single is pretty damn cute though. Check it out!

Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn
Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn (Maurice Joshua Radio Edit)
Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn (Karmatronic Radio Edit)
Michelle Williams - Let’s Stay Together **Bonus - Her cover of the Al Green classic.
Michelle Williams - Hello Heartbreak ** Another track of her new CD!

Huge stack today. Dunno when I’m gonna read it all!?

Angel: Revelations #2 Gorgeous art. Better story then I expected!
Avengers: Initiative #14
Black Panther #37 Great to have the story back in Wakanda instead of outer space!!
Captain America #39 Cap clone vs Cap replacement!
Fantastic Four #558 Dr. Doom returns. Again.
Hulk #4
Finally!
Marvel: 1985 #2 Promising new mini!
Marvel Comics Presents #10 I don’t think this bad boy is going past issue 12, but I could be wrong.
Mighty Avengers #15 Info on how Hank Pym came to be replaced by a Skrull.
Ms. Marvel #28 Carol vs. Super-Skrull. Woohoo!
New Avengers #42 This cover looks fantastic! Some manner of Invasion background.
New Warriors #13

Runaways #30 Finally. Whedon’s last issue. What a snooze he was on this title!
Secret History of The Authority: Hawksmoor #4
Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1
She-Hulk #30
Thor: Ages of Thunder - Reign of Blood
Ultimates 3 #4 Finally!
Uncanny X-Men #499 Setting the stage for the big issue #500 next month!!
Wolverine: First Class #4
X-Men: Legacy #213 The return of Gambit.
Young Avengers Presents #6

The BET Awards always straddle the line between lame & legendary, but Alicia Keys’ performance last night - reuniting (cuz it feels so good) many a 90’s R & B girl group - was effing incredible. Watch…

I was watching “Weeds” last night, and something finally set in. Hunter Parrish, who play the oldest son, is all growed up and looking DAMN hot now. See for yourself!