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Moby Is Awesome

I am posting this because Moby always makes me smile, he always has something interesting and provocative to say, and by golly he's just awesome. Enjoy!

Death Cab For Cutie "Narrow Stairs"

Death Cab's last album Plans got me through one of the hardest points in my life. I can't listen to the song "Sara said" without getting teary eyed even now. Because of this, I have been anxiously awaiting their new album which dropped on May 13th Narrow Stairs. I haven't gotten to my local record store to pick it up yet (yes, I am old school like that...I hate digital tracks, and I still buy vinyl. Better sound quality is always worth it for me...look for a review soon though!) but I got a little taste today and thought I'd share it with all of you! Here's Death Cab For Cutie's "I Will Possess Your Heart":

New Weezer!! Listen to this!

Is anyone else as excited as I am about Weezer's new album that's coming out June 3rd? Weezer always equals quality goods my friends. Here's "Pork and Beans" off of Weezer (Red Album):

Listen to this

Yelle. She is awesome. She is fabulous. She is French, and you are gonna love her like the fries. Give her a whirl. Je Veux Te Voir

Now that's what I call a COME BACK!

Remember Robyn? Sweet "Show Me Love" Robyn from the mid 90's who faded into obscurity like so many of our favorite little pop-tarts of that time did. Well, Robyn's back...and she's not pulling a Britney. She is For REAL ya'll. Miss thing looks amazing, and her new song and video, "Who's That Girl" is flipping FIERCE! Now this is what a come back looks like folks, take note. Work it out Robyn!

JockBoy Music EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Katy Perry!!

I had the amazing opportunity to conduct an interview with the lovely and talented Katy Perry. If you haven't heard of her, you should most definitely check her out at www.myspace.com/katyperry  or at www.katyperry.com she is fantastic. I am anxiously anticipating her new album that is set to drop in late Spring...I will most definitely keep you all posted.

-I would like to say that I love your new song. The video for "Ur So Gay" was brilliant! I am really looking forward to hearing your album soon.

THANK YOU! :)

-When did you realize that you wanted to be a singer/songwriter?

Well, honestly it stemmed from competing with my older sister. Yes. She was 11 or 12 and I was 9 or something and I remember her coming home one day and talking about getting voice lessons and she had this karaoke tape she would practice to and I was pretty much forbidden to touch it... I of course touched it, stole it and practiced it on my own and performed it for my mom... she perked up and said, "maybe you should get voice lessons too!" That kinda started the whole thing. I then proceeded to sing "Oh Happy Day" a thousand times until I heard Killer Queen by Queen... and then it was all over.

-Did something happen that made it click or did you always just know?

I've always sang. Always. My mom to this day calls me a medley of bird characters, "Feather" "Bird" "Tweetheart" because I used to sing myself to sleep she said. I have always pursued music and nothing else. I studied Italian Opera in Santa Barbara when I was young, sang gospel and picked up a guitar at 13. I have nothing to fall back on... I never have, I might should've planned but I don't know what else I would do.

- I read that you are the product of 2 preachers, how did they feel about your decision to pursue music full time? 

They love me and support me as their daughter. Obviously, I may not have turned into the poster child that they would have painted... but I am still a work in progress and they just want me to keep my clothes on and not do drugs. That's easy enough.

-I'm going to assume that 'Ur So Gay' is written about an ex. What's the story behind the song? 

It's not about ONE ex in specific really... it's mostly just taking the piss outta the emo scene or just any guy who wears guy liner... they are pretty much subjected to this song. :) In general there's nothing wrong with being whatever you wanna be... but when my ex borrows my jeans and won't give them back... I draw the line... and write a song.

-How did you come up with the concept for the music video?  Were the dolls custom made? 

I had been thinking about doing a small time video just for the Internet and had lots of people submit their idea of treatments... but nothing hit me hard... and as a fan of all those kitch stupid videos on youtube I wanted something light hearted and fun that people would want to send to their friends as a "hee hee check it out type deal." So I was talking to a young up and coming director friend of mine, Walter May, and we started thinking and I just said, "I got it! Every girl has played with a ken doll at one time in their life and we all know he's NOT packing down there... we should do something with barbies!" Little girls grow up to be young women and have memories of our dolls and we all still giggle when we see a naked ken doll at a garage sale. hee hee. And NO these weren't custom made dolls, we used Jason Wu dolls which were FANTASTIC! The accessories these dolls came with were amazing... like tiny black american express cards. It was unreal. We did however build the sets from the ground up and even spray painted, died, wall papered and leather things... it was a project for sure. The label handed us a tinie tiny budget and we handed them back lemonade... (when life gives you lemons...)

-What is the biggest influence on you that affects your writing? 

Lyrics and getting the story across, sometimes with a splash of sass and spot of humor. I don't know why I can write heart break songs easiest, I feel like I can write those in my sleep. I think maybe cause I'm a bit of a passive person in a relationship until it all builds up in my little mind and comes to a nasty head in a song... :)

-Does your upcoming album have a general theme? 

Yes, awesomeness. And a general warning to my future boyfriends, don't fuck with my precious heart.

- Who's your favorite artist of the moment?

Robyn. Was on the same line up of her a couple weeks back at sxsw and she BLEW me away. What a FIERCE come back... who would've thought... show-me-love-Robyn...again? And that new Estelle track "American Boy" has me wanting to turn my prius in for a convertible. Of all time?  QUEEN. 

-Aside from music, what are you into? 

I LOVE my cat, Kitty Purry. She is my rock in times of loneliness. I know that might sound silly... but she doesn't say anything... and just crawls into a little crevice I make with my arms and loves me unconditionally. Obsessed. I am that cat lady, damn. Check out www.cuteoverload.com if you EVER get depressed.

-What's one random/odd fact about you?

Well, I have OCD with cleaning and I think that is because of the main fact that I watch Mommie Dearest a lot and my uncle directed it... therefore the dysfunctional gene was passed on.

As you can see, Katy Perry is pure awesomeness! That's why we at JockBoy Music LOVE HER!! She's so damn FIERCE!!

Don't Stop Fighting the Good Fight Against Sally Kern

I know it's been a couple of weeks now, and things have died down so far as the story about Sally Kern (the gay bashing Oklahoma State Legislator) is concerned. Things die down and people kind of forget what they were upset over and what they were fighting for. I'm sure her people are telling her "be strong, this will all blow over soon." and it's in the process of blowing over right this moment. Right now.

Make a difference people, fight the power. Keep writing her, keep sending her emails, keep calling and leaving her messages. Let her know that gays are not monsters, that gays are not "worse than terrorists" gays are not a "cancer" in this society. Tell her how you feel about what she's said and what she continues to say. I know I have continued emailing her each day, because I love and support the gay community. Please do not make this easy on her, do not simply "let this blow over". Make a difference. I've said it before and I'll say it again, DO SOMETHING WORTH SOMETHING.

Here's a link to her latest debacle: (A debate with a homosexual pastor)

http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/kern_032508.html

Here's the original speech she gave about what she believes to be the atrocity which is homosexuality:

And now here's her contact info in case you forgot...do the right thing. Stand up and fight against injustice and prejudice.

Sally Kern
Ms. Kern's contact information:

Capitol Address:
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Room 332
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 557-7348.

District Address:
2713 Sterling Ave.,
Oklahoma City, OK 73127.

Email: sallykern@okhouse.gov

or

srkern@cox.net

Heidi Montag's second single "No More"

Heidi Montag: Reality T.V. star, publicity whore, plastic, and now...singer? I saw her laughable video on www.youtube.com a month or so ago for "Higher" and laughed until I was ready to CRY. This poor girl just needs to stop. Listen everybody, let's stop all this foolishness. I say boycott reality television so that songs like these never get recorded. Here's Heidi Montag's new single "No More" and her ridiculous video for "Higher" (the "choreography" in that video KILLS me.) Enjoy! Let us know what you think. Listen then discuss.

Amazon's Top 100; Points of Interest

Madonna's new album, Hard Candy, is currently #8 on Amazon's top selling albums and it's not even out yet! How crazy is that? I checked the top 100 to see if any of the other divas we've been writing about of late were on the list, Mariah Carey's E=MC2 is at #54, and Janet's Discipline...well...she's no where to be found. (And I'm not surprised why?) Something that was of interest to me was the number of Beatles records in the top 100. Perhaps American Idol choosing to use the Beatles' catalog on the show had something to do with that? Interesting thought...what are your thoughts?

Here's the top 10 for your review:

1. Celtic Thunder: Celtic Thunder

2. Across The Universe [Deluxe Edition] Original Movie Soundtrack

3. Jack Johnson: Sleep Through The Static

4. Robert Plant and Allison Krauss: Raising Sand

5. Once Original Movie Soundtrack

6. Sara Bareilles: Little Voice

7. Counting Crows: Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings

8. Madonna: Hard Candy

9. Amy Winehouse: Back to Black

10. Danity Kane: Welcome To The Dollhouse

The Amazon.com top 100 list is updated daily, so it will be interesting to see if Madonna can hit the #1 spot. (She went from #18 yesterday to #8 today!!) We'll keep you posted.

Katy Perry's "Ur So Gay"

I love this song and I love this video. This just made my day for real. Here's Katy Perry's new video "Ur So Gay" I demand you guys all watch it right now. Thoughts?