So, yesterday Beth and I were talking about this weekend’s invasion by Gamera Tiffany, and that led to a discussion of Lene Lovich, who covered “I Think We’re Alone Now” (in both English and Japanese!) eight years before Tiffzilla.

Lovich, a Michigander with a voice one might call “kooky,” got a cult following in the late 1970s, and achieved a #3 UK hit with “Lucky Number,” a song that was originally written as a b-side to the “I Think We’re Alone Now” single. (I’m sure this makes no difference to anyone else, but Beth didn’t remember “I Think We’re Alone Now” from her album and I did, but I just learned it’s only because I have the CD re-issue that stuck that song on at the end. So we were both right!)

Anyhoo, here’s “Lucky Number”, and then some versions of “I Think We’re Alone Now” after the jump:

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Miller, who famously testified on behalf of the textbook he wrote after Georgia tried to slap an “Evolution is a Theory” bumper sticker on all of their biology primers, and in the landmark Dover, PA case, is a big macher on College Hill.

In legal news, velvet-tongued hook-master R Kelly was acquitted on 14 counts of child sex crimes by a jury in his native Chicago after 6 years of courtroom drama. While a grainy video tape did show a man giving a young girl a golden shower, spawning the Dave Chappelle spoof “Piss on You (Remix)”, jurors were unable to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that this man was Mr. Kelly.

Big ups to the legal system on this one. In celebration, let’s all watch this video from Jay-Z and R Kelly, released before all this brouhaha started, in which Kells croons: “You can’t touch me, no you can’t touch me/ Jigga, Kelly, not guilty.” Or, if you want to relive the classics, peep this:

See?

What You Don’t Know might hurt you, so Let Me Be The One to invite you to the Local 121 tonight, where Tim O’Keefe and I will be taking you to the Point of No Return (ah, ah, ah) at his weekly Listening Party. It will be delightful.

Yup, that’s an alien all right! No doubt about it! I mean, it sure looks like what an alien is supposed to look like. Thank god these nutbags from Colorado were able to capture it on film and then try to make money off it!

The Denver man who is pushing a ballot measure to have the city form an “ET Commission” showed video of what he says is an alien Friday morning at a news conference. Reporters were allowed to view the video, but only a still image of it was released to the media.

Jeff Peckman said aliens visit his friend Stan Romanke all the time.

Romanke, who lives in Colorado Springs, allegedly recorded the alien video while living in Nebraska.

The pair has a deal with a documentary company for the rights to the video.

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Because nothing says “holiday weekend” like “Scottish people ranting with lots of balloons.” The sound is pretty awful but it was the best I could find:

This dude is so awkward.

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/3-girls-1-schmuck.html

Thanks Michelle Mendes.

So either David Cook or David Archuleta is going to be the next American Idol, who really, who cares when Eurovision is happening the same week?!

Dustin The Turkey didn’t make it to the finals, which is total bullshit. Neither did those cute Belgian folksingers or that jokey Estonian song about cake and onions. Crappy Polish Isis Gee and that glittery Azerbaijani angel-wing nonsense made it through, though.

After the jump, a preview of today’s semi-final, which I may or may not liveblog depending on my work schedule and whether or not I can figure out when it actually starts. The first batch of songs were definitely better, so be warned, especially when it comes to clicking on the Lithuanian entry.

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Presented as part of the Daily Dose’s ongoing fascination with and boosterism of Sesame Street. Backstreet Boys after the jump. (more…)

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Via Boing Boing, and Jon Gold.

And with that, the man who read the Pentagon Papers into the Senate record is doing the Soulja Boy on Youtube.

Soooooooo nice outside.

Soooooooooooooo hot in my workplace.

Soooooooooooooooooooo very unhappy.

Must cheer up.

Must feel better.

Must listen to the poppiest of pop songs.

Need…

OMD…

right now…

More after the jump.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooo refreshing…

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