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Young Boozer

Got an email from Todd K this morning:

Let’s play a fundraiser

http://www.youngboozerfortreasurer.com/

Cafe Disco

So I caught the episode of the Office called “Cafe Disco” last night (which I’d link to Hulu but they only have 5 episodes available — ridiculous). I’ve seen this episode a few times and every time I get taken aback when Kelly hits play on the stereo and starts dancing with Erin. Here’s the song they play — it’s “Boy Hangover” by Bonnie McKee:

Sound familiar? Listen to this:

Yeh, it’s the same drum loop and synths as Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold.” Startling, right?

BTW, I’m embedding that lame audio clip instead of the actual video because Capitol Records has disabled embedding on Katy Perry’s actual video. How idiotic is that?

Public: Hey Capitol Records, we’d like to do some free advertising for you!
Capitol Records: No.
Public: Um, but we’re big fans and we’re not making any money.
Capitol Records: Even still.

Totally lame. But this is also lame: on another posting of that Bonnie McKee song, the writer of the song posts:

I’m working on getting it available for a paid download on MySpace if anyone is interested, although I know a lot of you industrious webbies have already ripped this to your mp3 player. But the download will sound WAY better when it’s up!

Guy, just make it free. It’s out already. Who’s paying for a “WAY better” sound when it’s ripped and free already.

Has anyone heard of Lester Lewis or Bonnie McKee? No. Have they gotten tons of free publicity from this? Yes. So just let it be free.

But back to the song. I think objectively “Hot N Cold” is a much better (some might even say WAY better) song than “Boy Hangover.” And I kinda figured the latter got buried to make room for the former. After all, Bonnie McKee is a writer on Katy Perry’s new single “California Gurls” so it doesn’t sound like Perry ripped off McKee.

I’m just intrigued by the recycling of that intro. Mostly because it’s kind of a signature of the song. It’s not like a sample. It’s two songs that start exactly the same.

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Just sayin’.

Jessi's got it going on

Kari will always reign on Mythbusters but I’m glad we got a chance to meet this little firecracker. Bring Jessi back! (That’s Jessi Combs, for those of you who missed her when she filled in for Kari Byron during her maternity leave.)

I mean look at that belt buckle. Swoon.

This week's loot

Batgirl #11 — I’m still loving this new Batgirl. Teaming her up with Babs probably kept me on board.

Batman #700 — Grant Morrison helmed this weird time-traveling anniversary issue that stays in the stream of events going on in the Batman world right now but warps into the future to wrap up the story. And the art is great too — each chapter is drawn by a different artist.

Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #2 — What can I say? I’ve been looking for Marvel books to read and this limited series intrigued me. For starters, it’s Warren Ellis. But I’m really loving the exaggerated, cartoonish art by Kaare Andrews. I’m in for five issues.