But around Rock Steady I got skeptical. I said, "Umm, Gwen, what are you doing? Hey, uh, rest of the band - why are you letting this happen?" "Hollaback Girl" threw a permanent rift in there, and we've been in a fight ever since. Or at least until I continued my higher education and developed an ironic appreciation for dance music, that maybe turned into a sincere appreciation. I don't know. The jury's still out. Whatever.

We can blame this inner turmoil on Girl Talk.
Mash-ups were originally fun because they kind of poked fun at the fact that pop songs were generic enough to be played over each other and fit together perfectly. Then Gregg Gillis had to come along, rocking his laptop, and mashing up songs on such a skillful level that indie kids and pop fans alike had to embrace him with sincerity. Now nobody knows what's going on.

For better or for worse...
As angry as I am at Gwen for ruining one of my favorite high school bands... As fucked up as it is that Britney butchered a Joan Jett song...

This is fucking bangin'. Enjoy it with whichever level of appreciation you can.

Lezers,

u kunt met ons alle kanten op. Zo slepen wij u mee in verhalen over storm en bijlen, een andere keer verhalen wij van parfum of aardolie. Gisteren brachten wij u aan het huilen, zo bleek. Op 3vandaag@live.nl ontvingen wij zakken vol post hierover. Soms Boos, soms oprecht verdrietig, soms zelfs in regelrechte staat van paniek schreef u ons.

Zo ontvingen wij van dhr en mevr. S te Beneden L. het bericht dat: '

'als uw redactie niet meteen stopt met al die treurige muziek, wij heden

nog ons tientjes-lidmaatschap van de VPRO opzeggen.'

Beste heer en mevr. S., wij hebben het niet zo bedoeld. Wij bedoelden het anders. Doet u alstublieft geen overhaaste zaken, waar u en de VPRO later spijt van krijgen. Dank u.

Dhr. B.v.J. schrijft ons, kennelijk niet geheel bij zijn positieven:

'Lieve Redactie, thuis had ik ook ooit een hond. Toen ie wegliep was

dat niet leuk. Mijn moeder was al niet zo goed en daardoor was alles...

(Om wille van de ruimte ingekort - Redactie) ...En zo zat ik er mee.

Dus U snapt nu hoe het is.'

Ja, B. Dat is ons duidelijk. Wij hopen dat het tapijt inmiddels weer schoon en droog is. En dank u voor de complimenten.

En mevr. K.B. te A.:

'BillenReet, Fascisten!'

Tsja, mevrouw K.B....

Lezers, zomaar een greep uit de vele, soms uitgebreide, brieven. De meeste waren weliswaar tevreden over de geboden Tragiek, maar verlangden nu daardoor ook naar een Opsteker. Nu ja, dat kan. Eigenlijk zouden wij u liefst linea recta verwijzen naar een 3vandaag-item op de Hyves, Lekker Vaudt, waarvan wij zelf onmiddellijk buitengemeen vrolijk geraken. Om u echter nog meer van dienst te zijn hebben wij gemeend er nóg een mixtape-je tegen aan te moeten gooien. Een Bonte verzameling deuntjes waar wij blij van worden, van disco tot rock, voor een ieder wat...

Mano Negra - Soledad
Jim Sturgess - I've Just Seen A Face
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock and Roll
CAKE - I Will Survive
Spargo - One Night Affair
Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life
Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
Rare Earth - Get Ready
Rick James - Superfreak
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock'n'Roll
The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart
Van Halen - Panama
The Clash - London Calling
David Lee Roth - California Girls

Luister: Mixtape Kop Op

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and marks
Any heart not tough nor strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud holds a lot of rain
Love hurts, love hurts

I may be slow, but even so
I know a thing or two, I've learned from you
I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a flame, burns you when it's hot
Love hurts, love hurts

Some fools rave of happiness, blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
But they're not fooling me

I know it isn't true, know it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts, love hurts

I know it isn't true, know it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts, love hurts

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Leaves are falling down ... the brown, soft earth close to the trees ... There's just something about the wind ... the cold; something magical, which brings me home when thoughts of you emerge out of nothing. You're gone ...
Memories of the past haunt my mind like ghosts ... each one, the sweeter, the more it hurts the innermost insides of my soul and makes me wonder if I should ever hope again. I just cannot seem to be able to let go. Although, I know, in my heart, that I should. It's just...the idea of you... the memory of you... your ghost, well-within my heart, my mind...

There will be such a long time before I can say your name again and not feel, deep inside, that you are 'the one'. How could I ever be able to forget instantly? How to convince my brain that you do not belong to each and every one of my thoughts?
My future will take me away from everything I've ever been ... away from you and the pain inflicted upon me by my past ... but will it be enough? Will it cure my thirst for healing?

Why do I miss my killer? Why do I regret long-pondered-upon and right decisions? You still have a spell on me... That's why I must leave you behind ... away ... as far away as possible. I feel the need for silence ... I'm on my way now ... without you ... from here to eternity.

It is no secret that most Hollywood and music stars are liberals and have become a reliable source of campaign cash for Democratic candidates. So far according to the Center for Responsive Politics the music and entertainment industry has given over $ 5.6 million to the Obama presidential effort and donated $ 3.4 million to the Hillary Clinton campaign. How did John McCain fare you ask? His campaign has received $ 885,000, total.

Not included are many rap and hip-hop stars like 50 Cent, Chamillionare, Scarface, etc., because around 95% of their community supports Obama’s candidacy. To list them all would take forever. They support Obama by using clothes with Obama’s image on them on stage, by putting up Obama or Obama/Biden banners at their concerts, etc. Almost all speak favorably of the candidate and hope the more outspoken members of their community tone down their support for fear of alienating voters that do not understand what their music is about. Some artists have said they support and will vote for Obama because he is one of them. Others say he is the most qualified for the job with race having nothing to do with their decision. To say that they are excited about this election is an understatement!

Below the stars, more or less in alphabetical order, listed by their last name. Looking for Oprah? She’s under W for Winfrey. How about Jay-Z? He’s under C for Shawn Carter. Homer Simpson? Try S for Homer Simpson. Yes, even Homer tries to vote for Obama.

Enjoy. Or not.

Jeffery Jacobs Abrams (J. J. Abrams): Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Amy Adams: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Yolanda Adams: September 22, 2008 her song "Hold On" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Ben Affleck: July 2004 the actor said he became an Obama supporter after meeting him at the DNC in Boston. March 16, 2008 he and his wife Jennifer Garner hosted an Obama fundraiser in Boston. August 2, 2008 he gave a speech at a fundraiser supporting Obama. Has donated the maximum possible, $ 4,600, to the Obama campaign.

Jessica Alba: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by the speech he gave in Chicago. August 2008 she was at the DNC in Denver.

Tatyana Ali: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Byron Allen: Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

Pamela Anderson: July 2008 she said, I love him.., I think he’s going to win. September 12, 2008 on her official website is information on how to help get Obama elected president.

Jennifer Aniston: February 20, 2007 she attended a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. She has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign. October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Adam Arkin: Has donated at least $ 250 to the Obama campaign.

Tichina Arnold: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by the speech he gave in Chicago.

Patricia Arquette: Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

Rossana Arquette: Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

Kevin Bacon: Has donated at least $ 2,200 to the Obama campaign. October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Billy Baldwin: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Eric Balfour: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Tyra Banks: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Ellen Barkin: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Charles Barkley: 2007 he gives his full support to Obama saying, I support him wholeheartedly. August 2008 he was present at the DNC in Denver.

Angela Bassett: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Shane Battler: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jennifer Beals: June 24, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Maria Bello: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video. She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Tom Bergeron: He has donated at least $ 1,750.00 to the Obama campaign.

Sandra Bernhard: September 5, 2008 she said she favors Obama and really likes Joe Biden. September 2008, the comedian said that it’s better that Sarah Palin not go to Manhattan because Palin could get gang-raped by some of Bernhard’s big black brothers.

Chuck Berry: June 11, 2008 he endorsed Obama and said, It's no question, myself being a man of color ... Definitely a proud and successful moment for all the people of this country, not just black people, but Americans in general.

Halle Berry: September 8, 2007 she attended the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama. Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign. October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Valerie Bertinelli: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jerome Bettis: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jessica Biel: December 10, 2007 she attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. 

Selma Blair: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Judy Blume: She has donated the maximum ammout possible, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Steven Bochco: He has donated the maximum ammount possible, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Jon Bon Jovi: On September 5, 2008 the singer and his wife Dorothea hosted over 100 guests for a $ 30,800 per person fund raising diner in favor of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Obama campaign. Obama gave an very short speech, about 8 minutes long, to the guests before mingling.

Andy Borowitz: He has donated at least $ 2,100.00 to the Obama campaign.

Kate Bosworth: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Russel Brand: September 7, 2008 at the MTV Video Music Awards besides insulting President Bush said, Please….elect Barack Obama.

Zach Braff: February 20, 2007 he attended a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Christopher Bridges (Ludacris): April 2008 in a concert the rapper said Obama had his unwavering support on his bid to become President of the USA. In July 2008 the Obama campaign has distanced themselves from Ludacris because of his song “Politics: Obama is Here” that contains some controversial material the campaign said was outrageously offensive, something akin to: President Bush is mentally handicapped, Vice President Cheney belongs in a wheel chair paralyzed, an Obama presidency is destiny, criticized Reverend Jessie Jackson, and called Hillary Clinton a b***h.

Steve Brill: He has donated the maximum ammount possible, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Christie Brinkley: She has donated at least $ 2,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

James L. Brooks: He has donated the maximum ammount possible, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Mehcad Brooks: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser.

Pierce Brosnan: September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

Blair Brown: She has donated at least $ 500.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jackson Browne: On August 14, 2008 he sued the Ohio Republican party (ORp) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) because the ORp used his 1977 song “Running on Empty” in a TV ad. The ad poked fun at Obama because of his comments to tune up cars and inflate their tires to make the US independent of foreign oil. Browne has been a liberal all his life and thought that if his music was used in Republican ads the public might think he endorses McCain. Since 2004 he has contributed at least $ 4,300 to Obama’s coffers. After the lawsuit was filed the ORp pulled the ad. Browne is asking for around $75,000 in damages. September 22, 2008 his song "Looking East" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Joy Bryant: August 2008 she was present at the DNC in Denver.

Warren Buffett: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Ken Burns: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

LeVar Burton: He has donated at least $ 300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Candance Bushnell: She has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Nick Cannon: December 10, 2007 he hosted the Obama fundraiser the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert. February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Kate Capshaw: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Shawn Carter (Jay-Z): March 3, 2008 an audio only voice recording made by the rapper is put out asking voters to vote for Obama on the Mar 4 Ohio Democratic primaries. The rapper has said he supports Obama for president. April 2008 after the ABC debate with Hillary Clinton, in a speech a few days later, Obama used the the motion of brushing dirt off his shoulder to make a point. Most people outside of the hip-hop community missed the significance of the gesture but it quickly became controversial. In a mater of days after the controversy that a presidential candidate for the first time ever used hip-hop inspired gestures during a speech had reached a crescendo, it was learned that the gesture could be related to a song by Jay-Z called “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”. The gesture meant shaking those that hate you off or getting rid of negative energy. Obama and his campaign have said that in his iPod Obama has songs by Jay-Z…. September 5, 2008 he performed at a concert to register to vote, and vote for Obama, in Miami.

Michael Chabon: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Don Cheadle: June 24, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles and said, He’s my candidate.

John Cleese: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

George Clooney: February 2007 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles. February 2008 he said that he had been supporting Obama for a year and a half and was very excited about his campaign. August 2008 he attended the DNC in Denver. September 2, 2008 Clooney was the main attraction at an Obama fundraiser in Switzerland where around 170 US Citizens that donated $ 1,000 heard his speech. Later on that night the actor headlined at an intimate diner style Obama fundraiser where 75 donors gave $ 10,000 each for the campaign. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Glenn Close: Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

Cliff Collins: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Sean “Diddy” Combs: June 24, 2008 at the BET Awards show the rapper endorsed Obama for President saying that if everyone registered to vote Obama will be the first black president in the history of America, then chanted “Obama or Die”. On August 31, 2008 Diddy posted his video blog “Diddy Obama Blog # 16: Attention John McCain” saying he does not agree with McCain as he is making crazy decisions like choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate because, Diddy said, there are no crackheads, black people and not enough crime in Alaska. He added that instead of Palin, McCain should have chosen Michelle Obama as his running mate. October 2, 2008 on his new blog "Diddy Blog # 24: Sarah Palin Scares Me!!" the singer says, well, that Palin scares him.

Watch the Diddy Blog # 24:

Watch the Diddy Obama blog # 16:

Harry Connick Jr.: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Kevin Connolly: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Courteney Cox: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Cindy Crawford: September 8, 2007 she attended the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama. June 24, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles. She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Sheryl Crow: August 25, 2008 she performed at the DNC in Denver. September 22, 2008 her song "Out of Our heads" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Alan Cumming: August 2008 he was present at the DNC in Denver. He has donated at least $ 500.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jamie Lee Curtis: September 16, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. She has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Timothy Daly: August 2008 he was present at the DNC in Denver.

Matt Damon: August 2, 2008 he gave a speech at a fundraiser supporting Obama. September 2008 in an interview the actor compared Sarah Palin’s candidacy to a bad Disney movie and would like to ask her if dinosaurs were alive 4,000 years ago. He has donated the maximum, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Anna David: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Larry David: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Geena Davis: She has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Jonathan Davis (Q-Tip): February 4, 2008 he released a statement endorsing Barack Obama.

Rosario Dawson: August 2008 she was present at the DNC in Denver.

Antar Dayal: He is part of the group Artists for Obama who donate their work to the campaign so they can raise money and grow the Obama movement. His contribution is a print titled "Yes We Can".

Ellen DeGeneres: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Robert De Niro: December 8, 2006 when asked whom he would like to see as president the actor responded Hillary or Obama, one of the two. February 4, 2008 De Niro appeared at an Obama rally. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Kate del Castillo: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Danny Devito: He has donated at least $ 2,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Leonardo DiCaprio: September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video:

Taye Diggs: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Paul Dooley: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Michael Douglas: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Fran Drescher: August 22, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

Jermaine Dupri: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser.

Jesse Dylan: February 2, 2008 he worked on the pro Obama video “Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. February 29, 2008 he worked on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech given by Obama in Chicago.

Anthony Edwards: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jenny-Bea Englishman (Esthero): February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Michael Eisner: He has donated at least $ 500.00 to the Obama campaign.

Hector Elizondo: He has donated at least $ 200.00 to the Obama campaign.

Omar Epps: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jennifer Esposito: December 10, 2007 she attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser.

Melissa Etheridge: August 2008 she was in Denver for the DNC.

Linda Evans: September 8, 2007 she attended the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama. She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Shepard Fairey: He is part of the group Artists for Obama who donate their work to the campaign so they can raise money and grow the Obama movement. His contribution is a print titled "Change".

Vera Farmiga: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Will Ferrell: September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

Milos Forman: He has donated at least $ 3,050.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jodi Foster: September 16, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. Has donated at least $ 3,300 to the Obama campaign.

Michael J. Fox: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jamie Foxx: September 8, 2007 he attended the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama. August 22, 2008 the actor attended a fundraiser for Obama in Beverly Hills with his daughter. August 2008 he was present at the DNC in Denver. September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign. October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Jonathan Franzen: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Morgan Freeman: February 20, 2007 he attended a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. 2007 he endorsed Obama but will not campaign with him. Freeman says he is an actor not a politician. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jim Gaffigan: He has donated at least $ 1,250.00 to the Obama campaign.

Troy Garity: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Jeff Garlin: He has donated at least $ 250.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jennifer Garner: March 16, 2008 she and husband Ben Affleck hosted an Obama fundraiser in Boston. August 2, 2008 she gave a speech at a fundraiser supporting Obama. She has donated the maximun, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

David Geffen: February 20, 2007 along with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg they hosted a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Richard Gere: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jamie Gertz: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Thomas Gibson: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jaime Luis Gomez (Taboo): February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a he gave in Chicago.

Fred Goldring: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Cuba Gooding Jr.: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Goo Goo Dolls: December 10, 2007 they performed at the Obama fundraiser the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert.

Berry Gordy: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Lou Gossett Jr.: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Topher Grace: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Macy Gray: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Brian Grazer: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Bryan Greenberg: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Kathy Griffin: August 22, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

John Grisham: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jasmine Guy: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Luis Guzman: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Tyrese Gybson: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by the speech he gave in Chicago.

Herbie Hancock: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Tom Hanks: February 2007 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles. May 4, 2008 in a video he endorsed Obama for president. Has given money to both Hillary Clinton and Obama besides many other Democratic politicians. Has donated the maximum possible, $ 4,600, to the Obama campaign.

Scott Hansen: He is part of the group Artists for Obama who donate their work to the campaign so they can raise money and grow the Obama movement. His contribution is a print titled "Progress".

Frances E. Harper (Hill Harper): February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Ed Harris: He has donated at least $ 2,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Emmylou Harris: She has donated at least $ 2,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Mariette Hartley: She has donated at least $ 250.00 to the Obama campaign.

Teri Hatcher: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Sean Hayes: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Dennis Haysbert: September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Heart: On September 4, 2008 a ”cease-and-desist” letter was sent by singers Ann and Nancy Willson to the McCain campaign because they were using their 1970’s song “Barracuda” without their permission. The sisters added that if the McCain campaign had asked for permission it would have been denied. Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s nickname in High School was Sarah Barracuda thus the use of the song. The campaign says they have paid all necessary licenses to ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and the song is available for public performances as long as the licensing fees are paid.

Christie Hefner: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Hugh Hefner: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jonah Hill: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Cheryl Hines: She has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Dustin Hoffman: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Susanna Hoffs: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago. She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Bruce Hornsby: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Djimon Hounsou: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Josh Howard: July 2008 at the Allen Iverson charity football game said, God d**m [the] national anthem. After someone said Obama 08 the player said, Obama and all that s***t.

Ron Howard: February 20, 2007 he attended a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Kelly Hu: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Phil Jackson: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Randy Jackson: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Samuel L. Jackson: February 24, 2008 the actor passed up an opportunity to present an Oscar at the 2008 Academy Awards because he was going to be at an Obama rally in Texas. June 24, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles. September 3, 2008 the actor and his wife La Tanya hosted guests at their home for a fundraiser in favor of the Obama Victory Fund, Michelle Obama was the headliner.

Cheryl James (Salt): February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired a speech he gave in Chicago.

Jay Jenkins (Young Jeezy): in July 2008 he said he is the Democratic party, he does not plan to vote for McCain and supports Barack Obama. He sometimes wears the message “My President is Black” during his appearances.

Joan Jett: She has donated at least $ 250.00 to the Obama campaign.

Billy Joel: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Scalett Johannson: December 10, 2007 she attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. September 3, 2008 she attended the fundraiser given by Samuel L. Jackson and his wife in favor of the Obama Victory Fund, Michelle Obama was the headliner. She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Kevin Johnson: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Magic Johnson: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Nasir Jones (Nas): June 2008 he was the first to come out with a song about Obama’s run for the presidency titled “Black President”. On July 24, 2008 Nas said he was not endorsing Obama but does believes in Obama and that Obama is hope, change and the smartest president[ial] [candidate] he’s heard speak ever since Jimmy Carter’s time when Nas started paying attention. On the other hand, he added that Conservatives are scared of young rappers and people like him who are changing the world with their music because they do not understand them.

Spike Jonze: He has donated at least $ 2,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Michael Jordan: He has donated at least $ 2,100.00 to the Obama campaign.

Ashley Judd: August 2008 she was present at the DNC in Denver.

Casey Kasem: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jeffrey Katzenberg: February 20, 2007 along with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen they hosted a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. September 16, 2008 he was present at an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Suai Kee: September 22, 2008 her song "Am I All Alone" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Garrison Keillor: He has donated at least $ 200.00 to the Obama campaign.

Video of Keillor endorsing Obama:

David E. Kelley: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Ryan Key: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired a speech he gave in Chicago.

Alicia Keyes: June 24, 2008 at the BET Awards show said black people should erase the word can’t from their vocabulary, together we can do anything, and Obama y’all.

Margot Kidder: She has donated at least $ 500.00 to the Obama campaign.

Anthony Kiedis: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Don King: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Regina King: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Calvin Klein: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Heidi Klum: June 24, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Michael Kors: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Ed Kowalczyk: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Zoe Kravitz: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Ashton Kutcher: September 27, 2008 the actor along with his wife Demi Moore spoke at an Obama Rally in Iowa State University. They called President Bush an Idiot. Take a look at the video by Bill O'Reilly from The O'Reilly Factor that aired on Fox News. September 30, 2008 he and his wife Demi Moore made a video in favor of Obama, look at the video below. October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Segment from The O'Reilly Factor:

Pro Obama ad by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore:

Another Ashton/Demi video in favour of Obama:

Cedric Antonio Kyles (Cedric The Entertainer): He has donated at least $ 2,500.00 to the Obama campaign.

Don LaFontaine (1940-2008): He has donated at least $ 3,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Christine Lahti: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jim Lampley: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jessica Lange: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

John Larroquette: He has donated at least $ 1,500.00 to the Obama campaign.

Cyndi Lauper: August 2008 she was present at the DNC in Denver.

Sharon Lawrence: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Shontelle Layne (Shontelle): September 22, 2008 her song "Battle Cry" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Norman Lear: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Spike Lee: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

John Legend: 2007 in an interview he said, [Obama] is the right man for right now. November 10, 2007 he performed at an Obama rally in Iowa. February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. April 14, 2008 Legend performed a song titled “If you’re Out There” in an Obama rally at Penn State. September 22, 2008 his song "Pride In The Name Of Love" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99. He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

John Leguizamo: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Sugar Ray Leonard: June 24, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Andres Levin: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Adam Levine: September 22, 2008 his colaborative song with Kanye West and Malik Yusef "Promised Land" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99. October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Matthew Lillard: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser.

Laura Linney: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

John Lithgow: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Lindsay Lohan: September 14, 2008 she said, I believe Barack Obama is the best choice, in this election, for president. September 17, 2008 it seems the Obama campaign turned down the actresses offer to host events to get younger voters to vote for Obama because of her party girl image. September 18, 2008 Lohan’s dad, Michael Lohan, commented that Obama had done the same things his daughter has done when he was young and if Obama has gotten ahead he should give others the benefit of the doubt because if he could change his life so can others.

Nia Long: August 22, 2008 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Eva Longoria Parker: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video. October 4, 2008 she was in Colorado visiting college campuses telling students to resgister and to vote for Obama.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Los Lonely Boys: September 22, 2008 their song "Make It Better" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

George Lopez: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Jennifer Lopez: August 2008 she was in Denver for the DNC.

Julia Louis-Dreyfuss: She has contributed the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Sidney Lumet: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Erick Mabius: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Seth MacFarlane: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Bernie Mack: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Tobey Maguire: September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Norman Mailer: He has donated at least $ 200.00 to the Obama campaign.

Natalie Maines: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Barry Manilow: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Taryn Manning: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Stephon Marbury: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Branford Marsalis: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Dave Matthews: August 25, 2008 he performed at the DNC in Denver.

John Mayer: September 22, 2008 his song "Waiting On The World To Change"" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroos Movemet" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet at $ 24.99.

Auden McCaw: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Benjamin McKenzie: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

John Cougar Mellencamp: February 4, 2008 the singer was annoyed that the McCain campaign was using his music at their rallies so his representatives asked the campaign to stop using his music. February 8, 2008 the McCain campaign said they will stop using Mellencamp’s music at their rallies. Mellencamp is a long-time liberal and has played at John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Wesley Clark, Howard Dean and Barack Obama rallies.

Bette Midler: She has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Omar Benson Miller: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Buddy Miller: September 22, 2008 his song "Wide River" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Demi Moore: September 27, 2008 the actress along with her husband Ashton Kutcher spoke at an Obama Rally in Iowa State University. They called President Bush an Idiot. Take a look at the video by Bill O'Reilly from The O'Reilly Factor that aired on Fox News. September 30, 2008 she and her husband Ashton Kutcher made a video in favor of Obama, look at the video below. October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Segment from The O'Reilly Factor:

Pro Obama ad by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore:

Another Ashton/Moore video in favour of Obama:

Kevin Moore (Keb' Mo'): September 22, 2008 his song "America The Beautiful" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Esai Morales: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Toni Morrison: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Rob Morrow: He has donated at least $ 500.00 to the Obama campaign.

Anson Mount: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Alonzo Mourning: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Enrique Murciano: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Eddie Murphy: February 20, 2007 he attended a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Seth Myers: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Jeniffer Nettles: August 25, 2008 she performed at the DNC in Denver.

Paul Newman: Has donated the maximum, $4,600, to the Obama campaign.

Randy Newman: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Craig Newmar: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Austin Nichols: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Mike Nichols: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Leonard Nimoy: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Cyntia Nixon: He has donated at least $ 1,000.00 to the Obama campaign.

Amaury Nolasco: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Edward Norton: He has donated the maximum ammount, $ 4,600.00, to the Obama campaign.

Rosie O'Donnell: She has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adelo Samuel (Seal): June 24, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Eric Christian Olsen: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Frank Oz: He has donated at least $ 2,300.00 to the Obama campaign.

Ozomatli: September 22, 2008 their song "Love & Hope" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Samuel Page: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Adrianne Palicki: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Nate Parker: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Mario Van Peebles: August 22, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

Kal Penn: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. October 4, 2008 he was in Colorado visiting college campuses telling students to resgister and to vote for Obama.

Harold Perrineau, Jr.: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Ryan Phillippe: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Jesse Plemons: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Sidney Poitier: September 8, 2007 he attended the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama.

Natalie Portman: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Dennis Quaid: June 24, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles and said, [Obama is] the Superman for everyone.

Lonnie Rashied Lynn (Common): February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Ryan Reynolds: December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser.

Giovanni Ribisi: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Alfonso Ribeiro: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Lionel Richie: September 22, 2008 his song "Eternity" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Jackson Roach: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Eric Roberts: August 22, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

Chris Rock: September 8, 2007 he attended the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama. September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama funraiser in Beverly Hills.

Adam Rodriguez: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. October 4, 2008 he was in Colorado visiting college campuses telling students to resgister and to vote for Obama.

Freddy Rodriguez: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Tracee Ellis Ross: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Maya Rubin: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Johnathon Schaech: February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Nicole Scherzinger: December 10, 2007 she attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Richard Schiff: August 2008 he was present at the DNC in Denver.

Jill Scott: September 22, 2008 her song "One Is The Magic #" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Kyra Sedgwick: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Noah Segan: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Sarah Silverman: September 16, 2008 she attended and Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. September 2008 she made a video asking young people to travel to Florida and convince their parents to vote for Obama. October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Homer Simpson: October 2008 Homer tries to vote for Obama.

Watch Homer trying to vote HERE.

Tom Skerritt: Has donated at least $ 1,000 to the Obama campaign.

Shaffer Chimere Smith (Ne-Yo): December 10, 2007 he performed at the Obama fundraiser the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert.

Will Smith: September 8, 2007 he attended the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama. August 2008 the actor was present at the DNC in Denver. Has donated the maximum, $ 4,600, to the Obama campaign.

Steven Spielberg: February 20, 2007 along with David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg they hosted a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton. September 16, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

Bruce Springsteen: April 2008 the Boss endorses Obama for president in a message to his fans. October 4, 2008 he performed at an Obama "Vote for Change" registration rally at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

Ken Stacey: September 22, 2008 his song "America" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Dave Stewart: September 22, 2008 his song "American Prayer" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Ben Stiller: February 20, 2007 he attended a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton.

Barbara Streisand: February 2007 she attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles. July 1, 2008 the singer endorsed Obama for President. September 3, 2008 she attended the fundraiser given by Samuel L. Jackson and his wife in favor of the Obama Victory Fund, Michelle Obama was the headliner. September 16, 2008 Streisand sang at an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills.

Ethan Suplee: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Christine Taylor: February 20, 2007 she attended a fundraiser for Obama at the Beverly Hilton.

Charlize Theron: August 2008 she was present at the DNC in Denver.

Michelle Trachtenberg: October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Kathleen Turner: September 21, 2008 she attended a women's rally for Obama in New York.

Aisha Tyler: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. August 2008 she was present at the DNC in Denver.

Usher Raymond IV (Usher): October 1, 2008 she appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Amber Valleta: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in News Hampshire.

Kate Walsh: October 20, 2007 she attended an Obama fundraiser at Hancock Park, California. December 10, 2007 she attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire. February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago. March 29, 2008 she helped Obama campaign in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Malcolm Jamal Warner: February 29, 2008 he appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by his speech given in Chicago.

Isaiah Washington: August 21 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills. Has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

Kerry Washington: February 29, 2008 she appears on the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a speech he gave in Chicago.

Dereck Watkins (Fonzworth Bentley): February 2, 2008 he appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Kanye West: September 22, 2008 his colaborative song with Malik Yusef and Adam Levine "Promised Land" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Forest Whitaker: October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video HERE.

Olivia Wilde: December 10, 2007 she attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser.

Gene Wilder: He has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

WILL.I.AM (Black Eyed Peas): December 10, 2007 he attended the Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert fundraiser. February 2, 2008 he makes a pro Obama video titled “Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.  February 29, 2008 he makes the video tribute to Obama “We are The Ones” inspired by a line from an Obama speech given in Chicago after winning 14 states in Super Tuesday. The line was, We are the ones we are waiting for. June 24, 2008 he attended an Obama fundraiser in Los Angeles. He has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaig. October 1, 2008 he appears on the "Don't Vote (5 friends)" register and vote for Obama video.

Watch the Don't Vote video:

Benjamin Winans (BeBe): September 22, 2008 his song "I Have A Dream" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Oprah Winfrey: On September 5, 2008 the Drudge Report said that the show is receiving a lot of emails asking that Sarah Palin be on. Half of the staff really wants Palin to appear but that Oprah and a couple of her people do not because it might hurt Obama. In 2007 continues the Drudge Report, conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was not allowed to go on when he was promoting his book. Later on September 5, 2008 Oprah stated to TMZ that she would love to have Palin on, after the election, as the staff had not discussed the Palin appearance and she had made the decision not have her show become a platform for candidates. Oprah has said about Obama: That would be my favorite guy, ….I know him well enough to believe in his moral authority. And that is the number one reason why I am supporting him, ..my Senator, my favorite Senator, and my choice. He appeared twice on Oprah, in January 2005 and October 2006, before she gave him her formal endorsement. On September 25, 2006 Oprah, on Larry King Live, said she hoped Obama ran for President. May 2007 Oprah formally endorses Obama for President. September 8, 2007 Oprah hosted an Obama fundraiser for 1,500 guests, each one donating $ 2,300 to his campaign. From November 2007 to February 2008 Oprah campaigned with Obama in Iowa, South Carolina, New Hampshire and in California. Many opine it was Oprah that introduced Obama to white American women and because of her active support suffered a huge backlash that continues to these days. August 2008 she was at the DNC in Denver praising Obama’s acceptance speech. September 2008 two University of Maryland economists say Oprah’s endorsement has given Obama approximately 1 million votes he would not have gotten otherwise. September 2008 she asked her viewers to support Senate bill 1738 proposed by Senator Joe Biden and endorsed by Senator Barack Obama. September 2008 Oprah again said her staff had not brought up having Sarah Palin on her show but would like to have her on after the election. She has donated at least $ 2,300 to the Obama campaign.

Steve Wonder: September 8, 2007 he performed at the fundraiser Oprah Winfrey hosted for Obama. August 28, 2008 he sang the song “Signed Sealed Delivered” at the DNC in Denver. September 22, 2008 his song "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

Joanne Woodward: Has donated the maximum, $ 4,600, to the Obama campaign.

Sarah Wright: February 2, 2008 she appears on the video ”Yes We Can” inspired by a speech given by Obama in New Hampshire.

Malik Yusef: September 22, 2008 his colaborative song with Kanye West and Adam Levine "Promised Land" forms part of the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" the Obama/Biden campaign is selling over the Internet for $ 24.99.

The nominations for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Shame and Museum have been announced!

The 2009 Induction nominees are:

Jeff Beck 
Chic 
Wanda Jackson 
Little Anthony and the Imperials 
Metallica 
Run-D.M.C. 
the Stooges 
War 
Bobby Womack 

Five of these nine nominees will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  The inductees will be announced in January 2009.  Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, who will select artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 24th Annual Induction Ceremony on April 4 at historic Public Hall in Cleveland.  

Not nominated: KISS (group with the most gold records in American music history), Quincy Jones, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Stevie Ray Vaughan, RUSH, Leon Russell, Cheap Trick, Duran Duran, The Beastie Boys, The Doobie Brothers, Neil Diamond, Rick Rubin, Pat Boone (38 top 10 hits), Ted Nugent, Joan Jett, Foreigner (72 million albums sold), Journey, ZZ Top, and on and on.

Andrea Bocelli: 50

Joan Jett: 50

Artist: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Album: I Love Rock 'n Roll

Year: 1981

Genre: Rock

Official Web Site | Joanjett.com

American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.

She is best known for her hit single "I Love Rock N' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for her other popular recordings including "Crimson and Clover", "Do You Wanna Touch Me", "Light of Day", "Love is All Around", "Bad Reputation," "I Hate Myself for Loving You," and "Little Liar."

I love rock and roll video:

Apparently, soon after the publication of the issue, a woman wrote a great letter in defense of "real" rock 'n' roll and sent it in to them. It wasn't published in the magazine, but it did make its rounds on the internet. Now, as the article states, the published letter (read it HERE) was not really written by Joan Jett, as was rumored. Personally, I think that is irrelevant, because the letter's contents are still great.

my favorite sentence: "by RS standards, Rock is no longer a style of music but a trendy costume to be whipped up by expensive stylists and slapped onto the latest pop tart Barbie doll. "

so true. This my friends, is what Nikki Sixx was speaking out against...this pervasive idea that rock n roll is just found in the way you look and the way people are meant to perceive you (aka, the way you market yourself)...Sometimes rock n roll is marketed and sometimes it does have definite fashion trends, but real rock...It's deeper than that. There is more substance there. It ain't about making a fashion statement, it ain't about trendiness. Its an attitude and a real way of life.

Rock on y'all!!

When life gets me low, i get high on fabric :S all sorts and all colors and all types! And i visit friends and family or just take a walk looking like a runway model :P haha no that was a definite overstatement! The idea is to have one thing to feel good about myself so i can take my mind off whatever that's bugging me. Ofcourse it's a temporary solution because it doesn't solve the real problem. Otherwise you'd see me in shiny clothes walking down that road almost everyday! Thank god its not that way :S.

Once i can just forget about what's bugging me (even if only for a little while) i can start to concentrate on possible solutions to my problems. So if you see me all dressed up for no reason then know that life has been treating me like shit lately and i'm working on the magical solution that is just one walk away down the runway :P

Runway Music!
Hot Child in the City
Joan Jett
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Hot Child in the City

I hate flickr for reminding me how little I'm doing with my life,  but this is pretty awesome.  I saw Joan Jett, about eight years ago, play at a random show near the Mall in D.C. and she was every bit as badass as I'd hope she'd be.  Evidently the first concert that my mom took my brother to was Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.  I have never felt as cheated in my life as I did when she told me that.  I'm not sure if the "cool parent" had already been thoroughly drained from my mom by the time I was old enough to do stuff like that or if she just didn't love me enough to expose me to good music.  Meanwhile my dad swears up and down that my first words were "rock n roll".  If it's true you can only imagine what the implications are.  This was clearly so important to him that he would sit by my crib repeating "rock n roll" the same way that other fathers repeat "dada".

Considering the laws of opposites as it relates to parents and children, it's probably a good thing that my mom did not take me to see Joan Jett.  Everyone knows that hippy kids turn out to be young republicans and minister kids turn out to be goths.  I could have wound up pro-life and selling Mary Kay out the back of my husband's Hummer.

As a sort of related note, this Palin woman has some stupid ass name for her kids.  I mean, seriously, how can you trust someone who names their kids like this?

It's the end of winter, 2006, and Joan Jett is finishing up the final touches on her album Sinner in a New York studio, as her new song “Naked” blares over the speakers. It is classic Joan Jett: buzz saw guitars, sing-along melodies, and that amazing voice—rough and soft, sweet and tough at the same time—lashing it all together and taking it to new heights with every chorus. “Every bit of trouble that I cherished / Every bit of truth that I let perish / Every little bit of me is naked,” Jett howls, nearly pleads, and then sneers, “Yeah.”

This is rock and roll as it ought to be—raw and catchy and a little desperate. This is the music that has been Joan Jett’s lifeblood for 30 years, since she started the legendary Runaways when she was 15. Jett’s sound—succinctly described by longtime manager Kenny Laguna as a cross between “Yummy Yummy” and the Germs—is so prevalent these days it is easy to forget that she invented it. You don’t have to dig very deep below the surface of anyone from Green Day, the Donnas, and Bikini Kill to Avril Lavigne, Pink, and a slew of lesser bubblegum pop punk to find her. Every time a producer wants to sprinkle a little edge or credibility onto a manufactured starlet, from Ashlee Simpson to Kelly Osbourne, Joan Jett’s sound is borrowed. The irony is not lost on her.

Joan Jett has fought hard for her success. It was built in the face of hostile audiences, oblivious record executives, and entrenched resistance. She has held her ground in front of the meanest audience—even while being spit on, pelted with bottles and batteries, and insulted. Millions of records and about a dozen hit songs later, she takes it all with a grain of salt. She has earned some of the most loyal fans in the world and she has become a North Star for every girl who picks up a guitar. Besides, nothing is more rock and roll than kicking down doors and doing what everyone says can’t be done. And everybody knows Joan Jett loves rock and roll.

“The first records I remember really inspiring me to play guitar were T. Rex ‘Bang a Gong’ and Black Sabbath ‘Iron Man’ and the first New York Dolls record,” Jett remembers. “I started playing for real at 13. My parents got me a Sears Silvertone for Christmas. I had been bugging them for it. I tried to take some guitar lessons and was very excited and went in and told the guy, ‘Teach me how to play rock and roll!’ He looked at me like I was out of my mind and attempted to teach me how to play ‘On Top of Old Smokey.’ That was the one and only lesson I took. I got one of those ‘How to Play Guitar by Yourself’ books and just taught myself to play.”

It was just a couple years later when Jett formed the Runaways, the groundbreaking all-girl teenage rock ‘n’ roll band, with Lita Ford and Cherie Currie. “I moved to California when I was 13,” she says. “Coinciding with the time I was learning to play guitar. Moving was traumatic, because of the friends and all that, but that was the point when I thought, ‘Now I can make these dreams happen, because now I’m in California.’”

Managed by notorious Sunset Strip Svengali Kim Fowley, the Runaways gave Joan an early education in the sleazy sides of the music business and a preview of the obstacles that she would face in the years ahead. Tough teenage girls playing menacing rock and roll in an age of Captain and Tennille, the Runaways were written off as a novelty act in the U.S. (Predictably, Rolling Stone snubbed them as “Kim Fowley’s quintet of teen teasers.”) They were huge in Japan, though, and they were everything to Joan. She put her heart and soul into the band, walking the tightrope that stretches between the right to rock and the refusal to be exploited. Her look, sound, and integrity prefigured and influenced punk rock and it was punk rock that welcomed her when the Runaways fell apart.

“The whole idea of the Runaways to me is punk rock. And my first inspiration came from early British glitter music, and all the bands that were happening right around us. The Ramones, the Clash. We were lucky enough to tour right in the middle of it. It was really one of those moments you never forget. Especially being a teenager. But the Runaways were five different girls with five different influences. And half the band really wanted to go in a heavy metal direction and I didn’t. I wanted to stay more straight-up rock and roll. That’s really what caused us to split in the end. But it was devastating for me. The Runaways were my baby. They were my band. It was very traumatic. I did not look at it as freeing, or freedom, or anything like that. I felt very lost.”

Joan left Los Angeles and drifted to London, confused, unsure of what to do next. “I was just trying to figure out where to go. I didn’t want people to feel that girls couldn’t rock, that the Runaways failed. Because that is the vibe that people throw at you. Like, ‘Ha ha ha, we told you it wouldn’t work. We told you girls can’t rock.’” While in London, Joan met Paul Cook and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, and enlisted them to play on a demo of a song she had been wanting to record for a while. She had tried to get the Runaways to cut it on their last two records, but nobody had been interested.

Alone, far from home, with no band and no record deal—worried that she might have missed her chance, that her dreams were over—Joan Jett walked into the studio and cut “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

The response? Complete indifference. “Nobody heard ‘I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,’” Joan says, sounding still stunned. “That was the funny thing. To everybody else it was just another song. And I have 23 rejection letters to prove it, from everybody.”

In New York, the crowds started building. “We were really well received. It seemed like it happened very quickly. The audiences were really intense. I don’t know if it was timing, or if it was the songs. We had great support from radio, though, which is nonexistent for up-and-coming bands now. Radio was very, very helpful.” With the Blackhearts, Joan went back into the studio and rerecorded “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” along with great versions of Tommy James’ “Crimson and Clover” and the Halos’ “Nag,” and classic Jett originals like “Love is Pain” and “(I’m Gonna) Run Away.”

“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” the single and the album of the same name, were released just before Christmas, 1981. It shot up the charts and stayed at No. 1 for two months. For Joan, it was like being on a rocket. She was suddenly an indisputable rock star, just as she always knew she could be. The massive success came with a price though. In addition to an ecstatic army of fans, Joan crashed head on into a wall of prejudice and stereotype. Many people just could not accept a woman on stage playing rock and roll guitar. A tour of Europe opening for the Scorpions got particularly nasty.

Back in Los Angeles, Joan was determined. She shrugged off the rejections and pushed forward. She put together a tough band and, with Laguna, started her own label to release the song herself. “I formed the Blackhearts and we moved to New York. I wanted to get out of L.A. I wanted to start fresh. For a band that has no money, for a struggling bar band, there are a lot more cities that you can play on the East Coast and go home at the end of the night. You can play Jersey, you can play Rhode Island, you can play Connecticut, you can play Pennsylvania, you can play Massachusetts, and you can play a million places in New York and still drive home. So that’s what we did, for all of ’79, ’80, ’81. Lots of touring, sleeping in vans, selling albums that we had printed ourselves from the trunk of our car. That was Blackheart Records right there. In the trunk.”

“They would work up these loogies,” Jett remembers. “And they’d let you know they were working on them, because you could hear it! The most disgusting noises you can make, hocking, working on these hideous loogies. And I would just be showered in spit and phlegm. It was a battle. But it wasn’t even about the music! I mean, I could have been channeling Elvis Presley and it wouldn’t have mattered. It was about trying to humiliate a woman onstage. And so they’d hock on me and I would be literally dripping in these loogies, these disgusting things hanging off me, off my guitars, off my clothes. And when that didn’t work, when that didn’t get me off the stage, besides calling me names, they’d start throwing things. At one place it was a bottle, and at one place it was a battery. I don’t remember which was where. One hit me in the head and gave me stitches and another hit me in the chest and broke a couple ribs.”

At the same time, Jett was up against a different kind of opposition from record executives who didn’t know what to make of her or her success. A stint on MCA inspired a cover of the Sex Pistols’ classic put-down “E.M.I.” with the letters changed to those of her new label. “I’m not sure that a certain level of label gets what kind of artist I am,” she says. “And that’s not a cut—they just don’t get it. They try to change you and change the essence of who you are. That’s why I just do my own thing.”

Her own thing has done well. She followed “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” with hits like “Bad Reputation,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Do You Wanna Touch Me,” and the multi-platinum “Up Your Alley.” She stormed into the ’90s as a mentor and inspiration to the riot grrl movement, working with Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland and Donita Sparks of L7. At the same time, her near-perfect version of “Love is All Around” (the Mary Tyler Moore theme) became the anthem for women’s NCAA basketball. She wrote with Replacements front man Paul Westerberg, and together they recorded a raucous duet of Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It.” Not the easily defined, lobbed softballs that the major labels beg for, but truly the stuff of a fiercely independent, self-reliant artist who has always followed her own instincts and blazed her own trail forward. And most importantly, it always sounded good.

The next few months are going to be busy for Joan Jett. She is gearing up for a summer on the Warped Tour, playing with bands she influenced heavily, for a young audience who fell in love with her sound secondhand. More than most performers, Joan Jett can connect with a crowd. She feels for her fans deeply. Watching her play live, it is almost as if she sees the reflection of herself staring back at her. An ocean of kids who love and believe in rock and roll, all the same age she was when she picked up a guitar and formed the Runaways. She thinks about this generation a lot, and the question she gets asked most is maybe the one that is closest to her heart, but the hardest to answer.

“I still can’t quite figure out why there aren’t more girls playing rock and roll,” she sighs. “Why they aren’t there. I think it is a combination of a lot of things. I think a lot of women get treated the way that I have been treated. And I think a lot of women aren’t willing to put up with their whole self-esteem being destroyed every day just because they are playing music. So I think sometimes people might say, ‘I don’t need this shit for a career; I’m going to do something else.’

“There are definitely walls up. I couldn’t tell you why and at what level. Is it the A&R people? Is it the presidents? Is it the record companies? Is it the video channels? Is it the press? It’s all of it. But if people want to play music, they should be able to. And if you happen to be a girl, you should be able to play rock and roll. So all I can say is: Girls, go play! If you want to play, go play! Things will change. The world is changing.”

--Ari Surdoval

Nice spurs. From the absolute ass-end of the Eighties, but she does this one great: Joan Jett tears into Chuck Berry's "Tulane" on Letterman.

Nobody's Fault

First of all, a little about my Guitar Hero ability, to get some perspective on how easy the game is. I'm stuck on the last tier of Guitar Hero III (Raining Blood, Number of the Beast, One, Cliffs of Dover) on Hard, and just started Expert and so far can play through the first few tiers without much difficulty. Picking up Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, I decided to start out on Hard and hope that I wouldn't get stuck. I think I got through without failing a song once, though a few restarts were necessary. I've started playing on Expert and haven't gotten too far, but it's more a result of a lack of free time than genuine difficulty. The vast majority of the songs aren't too challenging (I got 100% on Dream On on Hard on my first try, and that's the second last encore), and so far moving up from Hard to Expert hasn't proved too difficult (the video above is on Expert, and I can only find one or two parts that differ at all from Hard, though I haven't actually played that far yet).

As for the song list, it's half Aerosmith, half other bands. Obviously, you're only even going to consider buying this game if you like Aerosmith. I only have their O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits greatest hits album and I've heard Rocks, and that was enough for me to enjoy the track list, arguably more than Guitar Hero III's track list. But that's mostly a personal call. For me, I found that I liked most of the Aerosmith songs, and the game only got dull during the other songs like "Dream Police" or "All The Young Dudes", which aren't similar to Aerosmith by any stretch of the imagination and scream "POWER BALLAD!!!!" a little too loudly for me. Only four songs are covers and another four Aerosmith songs are re-recordings (by Aerosmith, don't worry), including "Dream On" and "Mama Kin", the latter of which has the "smoking tea" line edited down to "smokin'", which kinda throws off the song musically, because it's obvious there's another word there.

Like Guitar Hero III, the animated story parts are incredibly lame, but are fortunately only at the beginning and end. Instead, there are brief interviews with the band in between tiers where they talk about the part of the band's history the game loosely covers (it ignores the druggy stuff and break-up, but that's understandable), though these are only worth seeing once.

Unfortunately, the band from Guitar Hero III makes a return as well, and are just as hideous as they were last time. There's also a second guitarist added to make the band match five people like Aerosmith, and she's just as ugly and jerky as the other characters, even if she does garner some diversity points. Another complaint is that buying guitars in the game seems kind of spotty, since I've bought a few that it won't let me use.

It's worth noting that, unlike GH III, there is no co-op career mode, which is lame. And some of the motion-cap is a little creepy, since it varies from Joe Perry's mouth barely moving like he overdosed on botox to Steven Tyler's mouth moving so loosely it looks like his lower jaw is in danger of falling off.

Also, the game has both the original and Run-DMC versions of "Walk This Way":

Walk This Way

As far as the Wii version goes, I'm sure Wii owners will be happy to hear that they didn't get shafted this time. The game is in stereo, there are a ton of special guitars I suspect weren't in Wii's GH III, and a few other additions, like extra animations for star power that I think were left out for the Wii version of GH III.

I'm not sure it's the same for all versions, but the Wii version, graphically, looks rushed and pretty bad. There have been times where the crowd or band would be heavily pixilated, making the background look worse than N64 quality.

By far the biggest complaint against the game would have to be the price, especially for the Wii version. Paying $50 for the game is kind a stretch by itself, but a $100 game/guitar controller set is not only more expense than Guitar Hero III, even when it was new, but still too expensive, especially when you consider that the controller in the Wii version isn't even wireless and doesn't really have any excuse to cost as much as the PS3 and 360 versions.

Overall, it's a pretty fun game, as long as you like Aerosmith, but it's also worth waiting for the price to come down.

I caught the early show of Joan Jett's performance at the NY State
Fair. The crowd was huge, even if a disproportionate number were
there only to hear "I Love Rock & Roll." I thought the band handled
that phenomenon fairly well. They played the song late in the set,
but not last. They didn't intro the number or play it up at all.
Then they sailed into the next, the equally sappy cover of Crimson and
Clover that the fans probably also recognized.

The rest of the show was great. It doesn't get much better than the
opening trio of "Bad Reputation", "Cherry Bomb" and "Light of Day."
Maybe the crowd wasn't all that bad because even the family guy next
to me was telling his wife and young kid that "Cherry Bomb" was
originally done by Joan's 1970's group The Runaways---the first
notable all-girl band playing their own instruments. With hot guitar
by Lita Ford and Jett, the band really did inspire the riot grlll
movement that followed.

Of course, the highlight for me was "Light of Day." The song was
written by Bruce as a favor to writer/director Paul Schrader.
Schrader had shown the working script to Bruce of a movie tentatively
titled "Born In The USA." Bruce knicked the title for a little ditty
he subsequently released, so he wrote this song for the movie as an
apology/favor to Schrader. The song was used in the movie, sung by
Joan Jett, who starred in the film with Michael J. Fox.

The new songs she played show that Joan Jett is still kicking hard and
is probably one of the best people to weather the implosion of the
record industry--after all, she was the first notable success with a
self-produced, self-released album. Her first album was rejected by
28 record companies and thus was born Blackheart Records. Rock on Joan.

One question though. Jett was born in Philly and came to stardom out
in L.A. So why did US Senator Chuck Schumer introduce her as a New
Yorker? Chuck better keep his day job.

Second question. Did Hillary Clinton get to introduce the Spinners yesterday?

Birth

1945. Ron Dante (The Cuff-Links) born Carmine Granito on Staten Island, New York.

On Stage

1978. Sid Vicious stages his farewell party at The Electric Circus. He and girlfriend Nancy Spungeon are moving to New York. The party-cum-gig features Sid with a scartch band of Rat Scabies on drums, Glen Matlock on bass, Steve New on guitar and Nancy on backing vocals. Also there are Blondie, Captain Sensible, Elvis Costello, Joan Jett, The Rich Kids, The Slits among others.

In Hospital

1966. Two teenage girls threaten to throw themselves off a ledge on the 21st floor of a New York hotel unless they are allowed to hand a letter to Paul McCartney. Eventually, Patrolman Richard Powers manages to convince 16 year old Susan Richmond and her 17 year old friend Carol Hopkins to return inside the building after he and a colleague promise to see the letter is delivered. Afterwards the girls are taken to hospital for observation. An eye-witness said they just seemed to want attention. Strangely, The Beatles weren't even in the hotel but were in another a block away and unaware of any problems.

In Church

1992. Sting and Trudie Styler make up for their low key wedding by holding a major bash for their blessing at St. Andrew's Church, Great Dunford, Wilts. 150 guests are invited and The Police reform to play at the reception.

On Television

1998. Rockpalast (WDR, Germany) The Cure; Goldie; Guano Apes; The Deftones; The Afghan Whigs; The Notwist; Soul Coughing; The Toaster; Core; Funf Sterne Deluxe; Headcrash; Gautsch; Turbonegro; Mad Sin; Junkie XI (Bizarre Festival, Butzweiller Hof, Koln).

Death

1979. Bluesman John Lee Granderson dies of cancer in Chicago, Illinois.

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