House Music.

Well kids, we have a theme this week! Fandom crossovers! Our next installment celebrates the ever-popular series House, with the appropriate "Notorious" as the soundtrack.

Your chocolate is in my peanut butter...

...and YOUR Duran Duran song is in my 21 Jump Street clip! I have no idea why this works, but it does. You can never have too much Johnny Depp nostalgia.



My own funny Jump Street story: awhile back, a few friends said, "We know where there's a great party tonight where our friends' band is playing!". We carpooled down the highway to said party which was...a college party. The kind with 18 year olds. I've never so much felt like a narc police officer. At least they liked my shoes...

Happy Friday, UMFers!

So "UMF" was brought up in the comments in the last thread, thus making it play over and over and over and over again in my head ever since. Rock out with me!

Poll Results! No love for Lenny.

I blame those horrible new Kohl's commercials he's doing, which is making the world agree with me: Lenny is not cool anymore! No Duran covers for him!

As for everyone else, here's the stats on how the voting went:

Prince: 16%
Radiohead: 16%
Chris Brown: 16%
The Red Hot Chili Peppers: 33%
Justin Timberlake: 50%

Not bad! Now we already know Justin's a fan, and has recorded with the boys, but I'd still like to hear him doing an oldie in his style. Maybe a little funky "Proposition"? The Red Hot Chili Peppers could definitely take "Bedroom Toys" to the next level. Chris Brown's smooth pop/R&B blend would translate nicely to "The Seventh Stranger", while Radiohead could make "Lady Xanax" even trippier. Prince...well, he's Prince. I'm going to go way out on a limb and say "Last Chance on the Stairway", just because. His high little screams would fit right in it!

Next poll? How about we pick Duran's next producer?

The Valley...in the sun!

Here's a clip of "The Valley" from earlier this summer at The Joint in Vegas! Really, is there a better place to see Duran (at least in the states)? Ok, so basically ANYWHERE CLOSE is the best place to see 'em.

And congrats to Latin America for the new dates they're getting this fall with the boys!

I'm on a Johnny Quest...

...a quest to find a BAD hairdo on JT, that is! This one comes close. It's still a superior mullet (as far as mullets go), but it's a little wavy, like he's gotten a Toni or Lilt body perm. Kind of the "Aunt Ruth just got her hair blown out" kind of mullet that should be avoided at any cost. Plus, he seems a little "tired". That's what I'm going to think, anyway. Enjoy!



AND, if you get a minute (literally), there's just a little less than an hour to vote in my poll for best male artist to cover a Duran song (over in the sidebar)! Let your voice be heard!

One day left to vote!!

One day left on our "dudes we'd like to see cover Duran" poll over to the left (and down a little)! Let your voice be heard!

Save a Prayer for great hair.

Yet again, JT kicks the mullet up a notch like some sort of cosmetological Emeril.

Proof that they're not too old to be eye candy...

Happy Friday (or early Saturday), everyone! I think this song is about me (it's not, but you are free to think it's about you, too!).

Have a great one!

Here's a bit o' news for you!

I heard a rumor (actually, it's all over the blogs and sites too, so that's good enough for fact, right?!) that there will be a Classic Albums DVD/special based on Rio! This is amazing to me because a) I LOVE that series of DVDs and have been collecting them since they first came out, and b) I have always hoped they'd do a Duran one, of course, and Rio would definitely have been in my top 3 choices (I think Seven and the Ragged Tiger and/or Notorious would have been pretty interesting, too). When will it be released? October 27, of course. Of course.

Part II - the projects, and great JT hair

Ok, so we're not learning anything we haven't already heard from this set of interviews, but WOW. Such. Pretty. Hair. Thank you, John, for consistently taking the mullet to the next level.

Poll Results! Madge wins again!

I am once again proud to have such cool readers. Here are our results for "Who Would You Like to See Cover a Duran song?" (the girlie version):

Madonna - 45%
Britney Spears - 9%
Rihanna - 9%
Feist - 27%
Miley Cyrus - 0% (YES!!!)
Kylie Minogue - 27%

Like I say, you guy didn't let me down. Madge would kick out a dance number, no doubt (My vote would be for "My Own Way"). A new, improved (hopefully) Brit Brit could probably bring something raunchy to the table ("Skin Trade", anyone?), and Rihanna's pop-tinged R&B could elevate "Liberty" to a full out hit. I was SO thrilled to see other Feist fans bringing their vote to the table, so just imagine her whispery take on "Lady Xanax". Kylie Minogue has already done "The Reflex" with Ben Lee, BUT, wouldn't it be great to hear her own take on something like "Astronaut"? Miley Cyrus gets to do nothing, which also makes me very happy. I'm just so tired of hearing about her! Makes me wish Paris Hilton was still in the news...(ok, maybe not THAT much).

For our next poll, let's hit the fellas. Cast your votes and be heard!

The Fabulous Five...always a marketing perk!

Here's Part One of a little mini-series, focusing on, surprise! Video. This is what happens when you become pioneers--no one every lets you forget it!

Every Alice on Earth? Wanna be my new best friends?

Words can't describe how much I enjoy this version of "Rio". Every Alice on Earth? Be my new best friends?