The Wake

The members of Aerosmith are still alive. But apparently, the leather-faced Quinquagenarians have happened upon hard times. Steven Tyler is narrating a walking cell phone tour of Boston (WALK THIS WAYYYYY . . . to the Boston Harbor!) while Joe Perry is passing his time promoting his line of BBQ sauce on the Emeril Live! cooking show. I don’t know about you, but I’m glad - hopefully this will keep them busy enough to stay away from the Super Bowl this year.

In other news . . . Ashlee Simpson is like, so totally awesome! Don’t be fooled; she’s punk to her “I’m so punk” T-shirt core. Remember: she’s no pop singer, she’s an artist. And she’s SOOOOO cute with Ryan “highlights” Cabrera! If anyone missed Howie Day – the walking sexual harassment suit himself – last time he came through Coffman, feel free to catch one of Ryan’s shows.

Anyone see the VMAs this year? And you thought you were lucky to not have to live through the 1980s . . .

Nothing gets my emotional-stack-of-pancakes sappier than a big spoonful o’ sweet Billy Gillman. Yes, his big ass buck-teeth are gone, but that voice! Performing on the Jerry Lewis telethon over the weekend, the lil’ guy sang his heart out – hopefully prompting millions to donate their hard-earned money to shut him up.

In small-town-related news . . .

It really gets my goat every time I see Jet. My local AC / DC tribute band called: they want their pseudo-drunken bar band act back.

On a side note: go buy the Beastie Boys’ new album; it definitely does not suck.

I’m out.