Bree!

You work hard. You practice practice practice. You flat iron your hair. You pour yourself into those chick jeans, and you've read "Everything you need to know about the music business" by Donald S. Passman.

Enter potential girlfriend. Potential is the key word. Here are 10 signs that she probably thinks your band sucks, pretty boy.

(List composed by me, trendysecret, newagemazon, hyperballad13 & johnnynotsid)

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10. When you ask her if she's coming to a gig she asks "Who else is playing?"


9. When she see's you looking, she bursts into random fits of "dancing" but other than that she looks bored out of her mind.


8. When you tell her you are going to write a song about her, she asks to be referred to by her pseudonym, "Delilah"


7. She only applauds during your Weezer covers.


6. You give her one of your t-shirts but she only wears it when she's cleaning her bathtub.


5. When you invite her to a show, and she spends your entire set talking to the guy at the bar in the competing band.


4. When you ask if she enjoyed the show, she says ,"Yeah... you guys had great... energy. Yeah, very... energetic."



3. When you jump in the mosh pit, she rolls her eyes and immediately calls 911.


2. She drew herself a tattoo of you throwing your guitar around your neck and severing your head. It takes up her whole chest.



1...

Up for grabs. Can you outwit us?

($5 says Ashly or Christine will outwit themselves in about an hour)

Lil Mama vs. Pat Benetar: Lip gloss is a battlefield. (PopBytes)

Oh look, another person to sell Britney out. (POTP)

Poshycat Doll? (Snagwire)

Miley Cyrus needs a mirror, aw. (Holy Candy)

Galadarling's Winter Essentials 2007.

A grown up Seth Cohen? (Wired)

Hypens are... out? (Buzzfeed)

First off, I know the year isn't over yet, but how freaking AWESOME has 2007 been for music? I can't wait to make my end-of-year list.

Ok, now onto shows I'm going to:

New Found Glory 11/18 @ Avalon



Fall Out Boy 11/27 @ Long Beach Arena


Jimmy Eat World 10/16 @ The Wiltern


PARAMORE/THE STARTING LINE/THE ALMOST TOUR DATES *

DATE            CITY                            VENUE

10/23           Sayerville, NJ          Starland Ballroom
10/25           Utica, NY                       Utica Memorial Auditorium
10/26           Toronto, ON             Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/27           Pontiac, MI             Clutch Cargos
10/29           Columbus, OH            Newport Music Hall
10/30           Chicago, IL             Congress Theater
11/1            Milwaukee, WI           The Rave
11/2            Maplewood, MN           The Myth
11/3            Kansas City, MO         The Beaumont
11/4            Denver, CO              The Fillmore Auditorium
11/6            Las Vegas, NV           House of Blues
11/8            San Francisco, CA               The Warfield
11/10           Ventura, CA             Majestic Ventura Theatre
11/11           San Diego, CA           Soma
11/15           Tempe, AZ               Marquee Theatre
11/17           Dallas, TX                      Palladium Ballroom
11/18           Austin, TX              Stubb's BBQ
11/19           Houston, TX             Meridian
11/21           Nashville, TN           Nashville War Memorial
11/23           Baltimore, MD           Rams Head Live
11/24           Worcester, MA           Worcester Palladium
11/25           Buffalo, NY             The Town Ballroom
11/27           Philadelphia, PA                The Electric Factory
11/28           New York, NY            Roseland

* The Almost joins the tour 11/11

So. Here are le rules.

1) Pick your 10 favorite musical artists. List them or elaborate.
2) Tag the journal "top10bands" so we can have a full tag page of all our lists!
3) Pick 8 more people to do this! Make sure to link them to your original post.

THIS WAS REALLY HARD. Just FYI.

10. MxPx
Good time, make my heart swell. Punk rawk showwwwww. ps. Mike Herrera is still hot. With the effing lip ring. Srsly. Kthx.


9. Paramore
I'm addicted. And they're going to be effing HUGE. The next No Doubt. For serious. That is all.



8. Fall Out Boy
The lyrics, the Wentz, the girl that gave me their burned CD and a few months later called me a Sociopath... what's not to love? I relate. I relate.



7. Dance Hall Crashers
Developed my love for them around the same time as No Doubt. Girl-fronted ska = love. And they played with YC one time!!!



6. Save Ferris
My first "show" Halloween 1999. I was super sick, I went anyway. The next day I landed in the ER.


5. Ok Go
Before the were on every commercial and teen movie there ever was, Ok Go played small shows, did awesome dance numbers and had the best merch ever. They're fun, but you'll f*cking melt if you're ever in the front row to hear Damian Kulash sing "Let it rain"

4. Jimmy Eat World
JEW is epic and TIMELESS. Their songs have the ability to pierce through my skin to my very core and become entwined in my DNA in a matter of seconds.

3. Yellowcard
They mean a lot to me because I as their first "OC fan"... I got to watch them grow, and I got to be a part of it. Without them, I wouldn't have know some of my best friends in the world, and I wouldn't have had some of the best times. I love them for bringing me into their world, if only for a few years.

2. No Doubt
Do I really need to explain it to you? My love for No Doubt even outlasts the length of my best-friendship.

1. New Found Glory
Because if I could only listen to one band for the rest of my life, it would be them. If I had to get a band tattoo (or any tattoo), it would be "NFG"
I don't know how many shows of theirs I've been to-- about 20 or so-- but I've had more fun at those shows than anything else. The one time I ever crowd surfed was during NFG at Warped Tour. Love than more than life itself.


Tag: johnnynotsid, skully, kevwad, tristanmatthew, brianfax, shoerocker, deadxstop, kairbears4(sorry if you've been tagged already)

This baby band called Halos is on Buzznet and they did a little acoustic numba...

Congratulations on covering THE ONE song NO ONE EVER wanted to hear again:

They wrote a second album, they ditched the second album. We decided to have some LOLz imagining what their song titles might have been (and I picked out my favs).


Submitted by Sarah:

• I Tried to Get a Witty Title but all I Could Come Up with is This Elogated Choice Of Words That Don't Mean Anything at all and Annoy Critics all Around.
• Everything In Slash Is True

By Ashly:

• I Am Jack's Desperate Attempts to Get Into Pete Wentz's Pants
• The First Rule of the Scene is You Do Not Talk About the Scene
• His Name Was Brent Wilson
• I Know this Because Travi Knows This
• I don't want to lie, I can't tell the truth, so it's over.

By Maddie:

• Rydon Dirtahhh

By Kevin Wade:

• How Morbid Obsession Becomes Profitable Yet Painful Reality
• I Once Murdered My Drama Teacher Over A Matter Of 30 Dollars (My Penchant For Clown Makeup Proceeds Me)
• Walking The Line Of Pretentiousness And Elitism Becomes A Futile Exercise When You Check Substance At The Door
• The Only Difference Between First Degree Murder And Involuntary Manslaughter Is Years of Threatening E-Mails

UPDATED FROM THE COMMENTS:

By Jenrrray:

• Being happy, while nice, is apparently not conducive to writing good lyrics (or how brendon urie conspired to save the band by sabotaging ryan's happiness)
• 13 cases of red bull may or may not have been involved

By Brianfax:

• Frilly Vests and Hairless Chests Mean Manscaping or Pre-pubescence (Take Your Pick, Both Are Probably Right)

By Maddieeee14:

• Were Gonna Make This Song Title Really Long To REALLY Make Your iTunes Hate Us

By xdinosaursrkickazzx:

• There's a good reason why i have such long elaborate titles but you will never guess it

By taylorxamore:

• Lying is the best we can do because we're afraid to come out.
• But Life's Better as a Slash
• Build Pete Wentz, then we Have a Scene
• What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas,,, Except for our eyeliner and tight pants

Think you can do better? Be our guest...

How could I NOT give this show a chance? It's from the creator of 'The O.C.' (Josh Schwartz) and he toted along his music supervisor (Alex Patsavas, who also does 'Grey's Anatomy'). The Hills has been boring me to tears, so I was due for some quality manufactured drama... and stylish characters.

• Buzznet's trend-setting host, Clint Catalyst got so many interviews: Jamie Pressly, Tim Gunn, Kathy Griffin, the Haitian from Heroes and many more...
• Also: Check out Clint's first-person account of the Emmys
• Ashly liveblogged (yeah, I didn't watch, I just read her post)
• Size up the fashion do's and don'ts in the Emmy Gallery
• B Scott's Top 5 red carpet picks
• Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Steve Carell dance on stage
• Joecloud's had some thoughts.
  
• Sally Field's anti-war speech was censored!
  

Avast fine children of Buzznet, I not be makin' this one up!

I've discussed this with some of you skallywags in advance, (and we'll have some treats for you, hopefully) but by the time I wake up tomorrow (it's currently 11:18pm, PST) I expect a treasure trove of links, images, videos and the sort.

We are going to CELEBRATE, and if that means we have rum for breakfast, well then, we have rum for breakfast  that means I better see some pirate lurve up in here-- or  it's the plank. Arrrrr.

• Pirate gallery+ Captain Ashly's Guide to Piracy
  
• Rockstar pirate poll
• Pirate pick up lines
  
• Raid some booty
  
• Pirate cake
  

Here, I have a little something to get you in the mood:

Brad Pitt in V Magazine. Hott. (Pop Bytes)

LOL-worthy Hills recap from IBBB.

Angelina Jolie quote of the day. (Snagwire)


Is your bf/gf good for you? (Galadarling)

Kanye gets bumped for Alicia Keys. (POTP)

James Marsden has a birthday, still way hott. (Allie is Wired)

Before they had stylists... (People)

Track Listing
01. Guilty Pleasure
02. The City Is At War
03. My Moves Are White (White Hot, That Is)
04. Kiss My Sass
05. Angie
06. Fake Boobs and Rollerblades (Scandalous)
07. Prostitution Is The World's Oldest Profession (and I, Dear Madame, Am A Professional)
08. One Day Robots Will Cry
09. Smile Real Wide For The Paparazzi
10. Pleasure Ryland
11. Bromeo and Juliet

Annnnd in 30 seconds, all possible AIM screennames derivatives will be taken. AXE THE VOWELS AND SEE WHAT CAN STILL BE SALVAGED!!!

(BRB changing my el-jay headline.)

Saturday, 'The Hills' Lauren Conrad debuted her line of laid-back day-to-night wear online. You can check them out here.

Questions:

• Is the fact that the site model is a Rachel Bilson lookalike intentional?
• Am I cheap bastard, or is $150 A LOT for a monochromatic top/dress?
• Do you think she launched it on Heidi's birthday on purpose?

"TMZ cameras caught the twosome walking arm-in-arm outside of HBO's after-party. When our cameraman approached the duo and asked if they were dating, Hayden got defensive, sassily saying, "I'm holding onto him because I'm about to fall over in these heels!"

Psh. I have seen numerous photos of them where he is TOTALLY checking her out. I went hunting and found these comic-con photos:

If Brit subscribed to the belief that "no publicity is bad publicity" then she'd be stoked that people are still talking about her performance (or lack therof) a week later.

• Gimmie More acoustic cover. Uh, wow. They're good.
• What Tyra would say to Britney. Hahahah.
• The infamous "Leave Britney alone" performance by Chris Crocker.
• Livingdoll has a Seth Green spoof of Chris Crocker.
• Waco spoof.
• Spoof apology from Britney.

Buzzneters have had their say as well. On the "give her a break" side we have:
Amesallison.
Westoniancrunk.
Deejaysmurf.
Frankieromance.

On the "give it up, Brit" side we have:
Killscene.
Kamayratoro.

And on the "I HAD SO MUCH HOPE FOR YOU" side we have:

Lovebscott
and me.

ps. Rumor has it that Brit is going to appear on the Emmy's to apologize for her VMA performance. How weird would that be?

Normally I could care less about awards shows (I just like to see what the celebs wore to them) but seeing as that I got so involved in Heroes and Grey's Anatomy this season, I'm stoked on these. I bolded my votes! (post *bumped* since it's this weekend)


Drama Series:
“Boston Legal,”  “Grey's Anatomy,”  “Heroes,”  “House,”  “The Sopranos”

Comedy Series:
“Entourage,” “The Office,” “30 Rock,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Ugly Betty”

Actor, Drama Series:
Kiefer Sutherland, “24” - Fox
James Spader, “Boston Legal” – ABC
Hugh Laurie, “House” – Fox
Denis Leary, “Rescue Me” – FX
James Gandolfini, “The Sopranos” – HBO

Actress, Drama Series:
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters” – ABC
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” – NBC
Patricia Arquette, “Medium” – NBC
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer” - Slippin' – TNT
Minnie Driver, “The Riches” – FX
Edie Falco, “The Sopranos” – HBO

Supporting Actor, Drama Series:
William Shatner, “Boston Legal” – ABC
T.R Knight, “Grey's Anatomy” - ABC
Masi Oka, “Heroes” – NBC
Terry O'Quinn, “Lost” – ABC
Michael Emerson, “Lost” – ABC
Michael Imperioli, “The Sopranos” – HBO

Supporting Actress, Drama Series:
Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters” – ABC
Sandra Oh, “Grey's Anatomy” – ABC
Chandra Wilson, “Grey's Anatomy” - ABC
Katherine Heigl, “Grey's Anatomy” – ABC
Aida Turturro, “The Sopranos” – HBO
Lorraine Bracco, “The Sopranos” – HBO

Actor, Comedy Series:
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” - NBC
Ricky Gervais, “Extras” – HBO
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk” – USA
Steve Carell, “The Office” – NBC
Charlie Sheen, “Two And A Half Men” – CBS

Actress, Comedy Series:
Tina Fey, “30 Rock” – NBC
Felicity Huffman, “Desperate Housewives” – ABC
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures Of Old Christine” – CBS
America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty” – ABC
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds” – Showtime

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series:
Kevin Dillon, “Entourage” – HBO
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage” – HBO
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother” - CBS
Rainn Wilson, “The Office” – NBC
Jon Cryer, “Two And A Half Men” - CBS

Hayden Panettiere is single. (Evil Beet)

Simon Cowell's advice for Brit. (POTP)


Hollywood babies in danger? (PopBytes)

Galadarling's top 5 beauty tips.

Marc Jacobs has a WTF moment. (Allie is Wired)

Dear Kanye and Paris. (Holy Candy)

Gated ONLINE community? (Buzzfeed)

Have a baby, win a car. (mental floss)

Classic shock-rocka Alice Cooper did an interview with NYmag today and had some nice things to say about Panic! at the Disco, The White Stripes, and Arctic Monkeys.


When asked, "What bands have the most to learn from you?"he responded, "Well, these young bands have to understand that it's all in the songwriting. The image is great, the icing on the cake is great, but if you don't have the songs, you're going to be around for maybe two years. Panic! At the Disco is an interesting band because they write really interesting stuff. The White Stripes are really interesting because they're just Detroit garage rock, but they do it with such intensity that they make me believe it. That's hard to do. I like garage bands, tough rock-and-roll bands. Arctic Monkeys are pretty good. I just hope it goes more in that direction rather than overly produced bands that aren't going to be around."

A couple more quotables:

What do you think of the way young kids are dressing today?
Every time I see the pants down under the butt cheeks and the side hat, I want to smack the hat off and pull the pants up, but I understand that's to make my generation angry. I get it. Fashion should provoke a little bit. It should make certain people angry. When we first came out, I was wearing makeup, in 1968. And everybody was just terrified because they thought, "My kids are going to wear that!" The kids turned out fine. You know, our job is to do that, to provoke. I was the villain of rock.

Do you find yourself wearing less makeup as you get older?
Tonight I'm wearing makeup because of this thing. Onstage I still wear makeup, but at home I never wear makeup. Marilyn Manson wears his makeup all the time. I told him, "You're going to get tired of that. That's going to get old after a while." You can read the rest at NYmag.

See? Wearing guyliner is not new.

Jenrrray reminded me that today is international suicide prevention day. I know, I am not a "serious business" kind of person, but this issue is important to me. Because I think even those who have been lucky enough to not have to experience depression first-hand have known someone who has.

Some members here on Buzznet have been kind and considerate enough to create peer advice groups. Here are some of them:

• A friend in need.
• Mirror mirror.
• Here to help.
• Rock n Roll Therapy.
• And the newly created group inspired by To Write Love On Her Arms.

I want to say thank you to both the creators and everyone who has ever answered a question in those forums, no matter how trivial it seemed.

Please remember that those listed above are not professional resources-- they're just a place to talk. There's a bunch of current resources and hotlines at To Write Love On Her Arms' site.


Thoughts?

Oh MTV. We can't live with you, we can't live without you. The 2007 VMAs we're kind of a spectacle, and I'm still upset over the whole Britney thing. Regardless, Buzznet members have opinions across the board:

Click here to watch an interview with Travis from the VMA's

• We've got reviews from Ali Barone, Catherine Novis, popcornfartv1, and the recap to end all recaps, from Heathersvice.
• Christine and I did commentary via IM.
• We kicked it with Kat Von D, and got it on video!
• Britney thoughts from Ericalovesit & Danakiller.
• Johntrashtalk says, "I don't care what none y'all say, I still love her"
• Newageamazon did some Liveblogging. Bree is thinking of ways to bribe her to do this for more televised events.
• Panasonicyouth is *gasp* agreeing with Justin Timberlake.
• Exclusive interview with the lovely Hayden Panettiere!
• Pics of Martin (Boys Like Girls) and Hanna Beth, cause they wuz hangin' out.
• Panic!'s Vegas hot spots (if you're under 21)
• Megan Fox disses her b.f.'s '90210'

And there's a bunch more stuff in the Watch Party.

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Voters be proud of yourselves! All your textin' and clickin' paid off, 'cause the lovable Heroes WON BEST NEW ARTIST!



They were up against Amy Winehouse, Carrie Underwood and Lily Allen-- that's some tough competition!

Rejoice. DO IT!

While out makin' mmrs in sin city at the 2007 MTV VMAs, the boys scored the award for Best Group!


Congrats, we love ya!
(Um, and how bad@ss did "Shut up and drive" sound with them playing for Rihanna?)

Attention Heroes fans! We caught up with Hayden Panettiere to check out what she's wearing on the red carpet during Sunday night's VMAs.

She spoke with us as she got done-up by celebrity makeup artist Matin (who also works with Mandy Moore, Amanda Bynes and Angelina) at the Neutrogena-VMA hospitality suite in Vegas.

The Heroes star spoke candidly with Buzznet -- she talked about the upcoming season (2 weeks! omg!), her favorite stunt she's performed AND.... her HOT co-star Milo.

Watch the Video! or Click on the pictures for the larger view:

                 

If you frequently take longer breaks from the interweb than I do (or you live under a rock), you might have missed that My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way got hitched to Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z. Since we have such a massive Gee Way worshipping community here on Buzznet, I decided to round up some user tidbits and sentiments.

• Heathersvice found the public record.
• Gerardwaysgirl wants you to know that it's NOT wine in his hand, it's APPLE CIDER. So chill.
• Kassady wants to know the truth: are you really happy for him?
• If Kittycats89 took the poll, she'd say she's a little heartbroken, but happy.
• Skully has a bunch of Lyn-Z shots of you wanna evaluate the wifey's aesthetics.
• She seems to be, uh, flexible.
• And if you wanna debate at great length, there's always the Uncle Jiggy group.
• And for all you who could care less, c'mon over here and have a laugh.

Congrats, you crazy rockers you. You look genuinely happy.

Guesssssss what my Buzznet babies? We are about to spice up the 2007 MTV VMA's! Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship will be Buzznet’s very own red carpet host at the VMAs, airing Sunday, Sept. 9 at 9p.m. ET.


We gon' have a big internet party while we watch them, I hope youll join us. To prepare you adequately, we got some nominee eye-candy here, a group set up for the "watch party" here, and much more VMA related madness here. Other goodies:

• Video of the Year poll by Derekx.
• What your VMA vote says about you by Trendysecret.

It's gonna be a party, y'all.

You know, I'm a california girl through and through-- I want to travel the world, but I really have no desire to call any other place my home. Until I read the following Spencer Pratt quote that my blogging buddy AllieisWired pulled from Us Weekly today:


“I’m gonna run for governor in a few years. If Arnold Schwarzenegger can be the governor of California, Spencer Pratt can be the governor of California. Heidi’s learning to be a first lady. She could be my Hillary Clinton!”

Allie says: This guy would be a great politician. He always refers to himself in the third person, he always has that fake ass smile, and I’m sure Heidi will stand by him when he cheats on her seventeen times.

I say: I am MOVING if Spencer "D-list" Pratt ever becomes governer. Seriously. I hope the Governator eats him for breakfast.

Remember when I interviewed Lauren Conrad (The Hills) and she said Marc Jacobs was one of her favorite designers? No? Well, she did-- so now just how stoked do you think she is that he tapped her to walk the runway for him?


According to NYT/JJ, some veteran models are not that keen on this idea. They want to be on TV, but feel as if this is a "publicity show." Boo hoo?

I, personally, don't see the problem. I especially like this idea because Lauren isn't 5'11 and ano.

LC, you doin' alright for yourself.

IBBB Hills recap: Jen Bunney got a nose job.

Britney Spears and some girls who look like mannequins. (Evil Beet)

Paris Hilton wants babies. No, not for dinner. (The Dirty Disher)


Allie has more NEW Britney tracks!

Brad Pitt probably should've just kept quiet on this issue. (Holy Candy)

Galadarlings Delight or Smite for September.

In case you have a strange desire to cuddle with your DS Lite at night. (ShinyShiny)

Kelly Clarkson is back on tour. (POTP)

Truth: I still haven't seen HSM, never mind part two. But I kinda had a bad morning, so what better way to counteract little black clouds than stare at that squeaky clean crew of Disney hopefuls. It almost makes me want to burst into song myself. Except, not really.


I collected some shots from the London premiere and put them in a little galleria.

You can vote on the best dressed here. (I think Olesya Rulin takes my vote)

And don't forget today's Caption This! (Zac & Minnie, sittin' in a tree, w-h-i-s-p-e-r-i-n-g.)

High School musical hit London this weekend...