iTunes

I think my favorite part of iTunes is celebrity playlists. If you go into the store section, then search "celebrity playlists" it gives you a list of people (of cultural relevance or currently promoting something) that rank certain songs and then tell you what you think of them.

Things I've discovered:
Al Gore is actually a woman
I kind of want to fight Tobey Maguire.

The best thing about these playlists are that they go back to 2004, so you can remember movies you've forgotten about and songs that aren't interesting anymore. And sometimes you get celebs that clearly wrote their opinions via Blackberry ("This song is sooooo good") or celebs that really have put thought into their iTunes playlist, like Alan Cumming, who said that the Spice Girls' "Who Do You Think You Are" was like "witnessing an iconic cultural happening."
Damn straight.

Here are some surprising factoids:
- The Backstreet Boys really like Motorhead, and think Lemmy is a fashion icon.
- Katie Holmes' (while promoting Mad Money) had to "dance a lot" so she listened to "Gold Digger" by Kanye
- Jason Batemen likes Jeffy Buckley and the Pixies! And Smashing Pumpkins and Wilco! Stunning, Jay.
-For "Darjeeling Limited", Jason Schartzman wrote freaking essays about songs by Weezer and the Magnetic Fields. And Adrian Brody wrote one or two words, like simply citing "Terrible Lie" by NIN as "Hollywood."
- Like The Backstreet Boys, Megadeath also features Motorhead songs.
- In the ultimate of creepiness, Jim Carrey makes all of his playlists reference Jenny McCarthy (his then girlfriend? his now girlfriend?). He also has a lot of angry, post-goth girl music, like Fiona Apple and Evanescence. And he put himself singing "I Am the Walrus" by explaining, "Well...I am."
- Patricia Arquette has an amazing taste in music, and a playlist that makes me want to kill myself (Belle & Sebastian, Elliot Smith and Mazzy Star for the suicide trio).
- Brian Wilson's playlist is mostly Beach Boys songs and him saying, "Some of the best lyrics ever written..."
- Ciara (who appears on the list twice) doesn't have Aaliyah on her list, which is blasphemous.
- Pink has a lot of Ani Difranco, but she also features Bad Religion and Jodeci, which is why she's my favorite pop star. Because she's grrrl angry, with an extra r.
- I just saw Ciara for the third time. Still no Aaliyah.
- I've noticed a trend with rock bands - they include classics like Pixies' "Monkey Gone to Heaven", through some obscure country on the list (like Hank Williams), a little bit of irony like Bostons' "Don't Stop Believing" and then ALWAYS close with a Prince song.
- I expected Woody Allen's playlist to be quirky and funny - it wasn't.
- However, William Shatner's list was pretty excellent, with only four songs:
"Love Is Here to Stay" by Ella Fitzgerald, "Symphony No. 2 in D Major" by Beethoven, "Adagio in E Major by Mozart", and then Lose Yourself by Eminem, citing "He's different."
- Dane Cook's list was composed of one hit wonders. Maybe because DANE COOK is a one hit wonder! (snap.)
- Nicole Kidman likes to relax to Morcheeba. Can you imagine all of the scented candles?
- Of course, Robert Smith's playlist is amazing (Thin Lizzy, the Cocteau Twins and Mogwai), minus the Blink 182. I can't even IMAGINE how that happened.
- Ru Paul's playlist had Blondie, Cher, Diana Ross and Fantasia. Like...duh.
- When I clicked on Robert Downey Jr's list, I expected it to be crazy music, like Suicide or at least music only to be enjoyed on a great deal of amphetamines like B52s, and I was a little disappointed to see Steely Dan and Stevie Wonder. How can you freak out to that Rob? If you play the record on 45?


Those are the highlights. I actually got bored when I hit Jennifer Garner and Donny Osmond, because I could care less about what they listen to (he likes Tears for Fears and Avril Lavigne, she's into Outkast and Gwen Stefani).

So what I've learned is that all of Hollywood and its satellites pretty much can all agree on Justin Timberlake. He's like, the Brie of music. Everyone gets down with him.

(Next time, I am going to do this but only with celebrities that have since died, like Heath, Mix Master Jay and Alanis Morissette)

The Ledger is Over

My roommate is devastated over the untimely passing of the young, virile Heath Ledger. Like the good roommate I am, I picked up some wine on my way home and started emailing and drinking. I am a small girl; small enough so a couple of glasses leave me a bit fuzzy, and in the wake of a highly stressful day (YOU try working in an all gay office and having the stare of Brokeback Mountain die...a couple of people needed to leave early). I've decided to do what I normally do when I've been drinking and emailing.

Internet shopping.

Most people, after a night of binging, wake up remorseful and with a headache. I wake up poor. I check my browser history and shudder. I get packages for the next few days and shake my head in sorrow. It's awful.

Here are some things I am thinking of splurging on tonight:


A stuffed Cthulu, found here:


Dramatically overpriced but still severely reduced Helmut Lang jeans found here:



Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men featuring my favorite X-Man Shadowcat found here:


I was going to say Spanx, but my roommate (who is moderately enjoying the wine and still awfully upset over her Knight's Tale being over) brought up the fact that her ass is already held up by youth and exuberance, and I think she has quite a point.

Eyelash dye. I've always been interested, and what could possible go wrong? Nothing. Nothing at all. It's just my eyes...I have two of them! Found here.

A Prince poster. Really, really find a problem with it. You can't, can you? You walk in to a house where someone owns a Prince poster...you immediately fall in love with them. No contest. Its over. Buy one here, probably for your benefit:
And after all of this - all I got were some mere magic screens, courtesy of my favorite, Oriental Trading:
Whatever, it was three dollars. It was either that, or "10 Things I hate About You" in honor of the tragedy that befell us here in New York today.





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