Poor lil’ Not-Jessica Simpson. Now the whole world will know that the one thing her and her sis have in common is neither of them can sing. Maybe she should start rappin instead. She can call herself Lil’ Not-Jessica and do a duet with this guy.

In other hack music news, you need to vote or apparently JesusScott Stapp will ejaculate all over you [via Screenhead]

Unless of course you’re in Ohio, where theres a law being fast tracked by Republicans legislators to have Republican non-partisan volunteers manning voting booths to ensure people there are white Republicans eligible to vote.

Anyone have those atari joystick connect-to-tv things? Turns out they’re making one for my old friend the commodore 64 [via Lockergnome]. Commodore.net says it’ll be out in October. Here’s hoping. Otherwise i might have to take my motorcycle powered by chainsaws through spaces that can’t exist [via core77] in an anti-advertising shirt pressed on the worlds coolest ironing board.

That’s all for now, I’m off to deposit $100K I got out of some junk mail

BTW R.I.P. John Peel.

- In “everything old is new” music news, the 80s are back! (‘Had they ever really gone away?” i hear all you scene kids respond with…yes…yes they had). Hip-O/Uni are finally releasing the “new” album Everybody Loves A Happy Ending by Tears for Fears, which had been idling in record label merger hell since Arista got shuffled in to BMG proper. I’ve had this record on my iPod for awhile now and I must say its a classic. Baroque pop melodies along with the classic TFF shuffle.

- We’re putting out the new Duran Duran record, which I must say is pretty sweet. If you don’t believe me, check out their new video.

- My favorite new stupid geek gadget and time waster of the week (with an acronym like MFNSGGATWOTW, you know I’m gonna be using it all the time) is Toogle. It takes your query, runs it through google and then does some mumbo jumbo with ASCII art and…well, just try it. [Update: Apparently its not just me, and the site's down for a bit]

- With everything else in the world apparently all taken care of (though Bea Arthur might disagree…Hi Bea!), city governments decide that now is the time to crack down on goths. Makes me wanna go back to school for some good ol’ fashioned HISSIN’!

- In movie news, whoda thunk the DJ from In Living Color wouldve put togehter such a fine-looking performance as Ray Charles in the upcoming biopic.- But, as long as more women are using sex toys and you can charge your cellphone at Union Square, the world can’t be all bad, right?

Finally, a note to John Kerry. Say something..

Thank you.

Sue’s in town, so I’m taking the whole week off of work. Well, that and there isn’t gonna be anyone at work, so…

We might go see Garden State again… Also here are some other movies I’m looking forward to:

Natalie Portman (again) in Closer
The “existential comedy” I <3 Huckabees
The decidecly Mamet-esque The Last Shot
The CTHD rip-off Hero. Just kidding about that last part.
The CGInime of Appleseed
Here’s some other stuff I’ve had sitting in my queue:

- Engadget explains why Sony Electronics is bass-ackward (no comment)
- In music news, the creators of one of my favorite songs of last year All Of Me Watashi-Wa have apparently broken up.
- The very cool new video from Soulwax for Any Minute Now
- An interesting NPR piece on radio stations jumping formats to something cooler
- The UK is just so cool with their britcoms and their Noah’s Ark of DNA.
- What must be my favorite grouphug.us post ever. Hey kids, when you get bored at work, go through random postings and see if you can guess which of your coworkers wrote them!
- Gadget of the Week: Type in a phrase, and musical artists will free shell account?
- More than meets the eye hits the big screen
- Errrr yeah, I’m gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday as well, Luke Skywalker
- You can take Britney out of the swamp, but…
…And last but not least, the story of the IMDB. Anyone else remember www.msstate.edu/Movies/? Damn, I’m old.

woot.com sells one product a day until they’re out of it. And theres an RSS feed, too! [via Signal vs. Noise]

First of all, Garden State is easily my #1 movie of this year. It totally speaks to my generations current apathy about all things anything and search for meaning and passion in life. Even though I’m not typically a Natalie Portman fan, she did what the story required of her admirably. Zach Braff has quite a future ahead of him, if this movie is any indication. I’m not ashamed to say there was some welling up toward the end.

Speaking of welling up, my favorite unsigned band of the moment The Upwelling will be playing Mercury Lounge tonight at 11pm, so y’all should come by and check them out!

Oh, by the way, the soundtrack for Garden State is equally amazing. It sounds like the best mixtape you ever created, and includes a dramatic Nick Drake-esque reinterpretation of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights” by Iron and Wine. In my top 10 of this year at #2, can’t really see anything knocking it out.

Thats all for me for now.

Seacrest out!

P.S., if the governor of New Jersey is gay, how come its such a hole? Wouldn’t there have been some redecorating done by now?

P.P.S. R.i.P. Julia Child.