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Those edges are kept raw through a self-proclaimed addiction to live performance. Kate just released her third live album entitled “Broken.” A Hendrix-inspired, runaway train version of “Autumn Leaves.” “Over the Rainbow” done on a cheap guitar, exposes an as yet unnoticed haunting melancholy. A sauntering rendition of “Lady is a Tramp.” A courageous approach to an intimidating list of jazz standards, indeed. Add a blistering version of Janet Jackson’s “Miss You Much” (not to mention a better-than-the-original cover of George Michaels’ “Father Figure”) and you might wonder, “What kind of music is this?!” Move over Folk/Punk, Kate has something a little meatier … Folk/Monk. Folk informed by the unconventional, angular wit of the jazz great Thelonious Monk. Everything old is truly new again.

My MP3 player contains tracks by Vivaldi, Cyndi Lauper, Britney Spears, Marilyn Manson, and Nirvana. To say that my musical tastes are somewhat eclectic, would be a generous understatement.

Emo, heavy metal, classic, punk…I love it all, though I do have a tendency towards the newer stuff now - Blink 182, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stoneage….I’m also fond, selectively of SOAD, Drowning pool (cause I know what he’s talking about in ‘let the bodies hit the floor - that wasn’t my reaction to that little conversation in my head, but I’ve HAD that conversation with myself) I think I’ve been ignoring that part of me for a while now, sorta, just playing the same music over and over. Kenny prompted a hunt for music a while ago, oh…..actually over a year ago now, after he took me clubbing.

Cat Stevens is the only music I can listen to constantly and never get tired of. I can’t even do that with the Beatles. I will never get sick of “Trouble".

Speaking of the Muppets, I finally got to watch Muppet Wizard of Oz. I thought it was pretty bad. I actually didn’t make it past when Miss Piggy told Ashanti to follow the yellow brick road. So two TV movies that weren’t that good. They are two for two on what I would consider failures… oh well. I’m sure Disney will pimp them out to no end anyway.

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Granted, there are shows that portray women positively–but they’re in the minority. RA between ‘tweens and teens competing for a boy is one of the most common situations I hear about–is it any surprise when TV, movies, magazines, and music relentlessly pit women against each other? Last year it was the “clawfest” between Christina Aguilera and Kelly Osborne that made news; this year it’s the “catfight” between Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson.

There has been a lot of chatter on the Internet about the fact that Cooper may or may not be gay, and Village Voice columnist Michael Musto has taken pleasure in quoting the gay magazine Metrosource, which has referred to Cooper as “the openly gay news anchor.” It has been assumed in certain circles in New York partly because he lives what looks to some to be a gay social life. He’s often seen at parties with Barry Diller, and he’s friends with the lead singer from the outré gay rock band the Scissor Sisters. And then there was the tempest in a teapot regarding a slightly heated interview last fall with Jerry Falwell about gay marriage. Some Cooper-obsessed bloggers insist that the anchor outed himself on the air, taking the gay side of the debate and saying, “We pay taxes.” They claim CNN originally posted a transcript with the “we” and then later changed it to “You pay taxes.” Cooper has maintained all along that he said “you.”

I just heard Nirvana’s ‘Come As You Are‘ on the radio. Kurt Cobain and I has had an intriguing relationship, primarily because I grew up in a strong diet of hard rock and heavy metal.

Billy Idol, Duran Duran, David Bowie and Nelly were just a few of the names who performed on the night. Tim McGraw opened the evening with a performance of “My Old Friend” as a tribute to the victim’s in New Orleans, Louisana.

Saturday was babyshambles and foo's. Surprising how enrgetic Doherty was (maybe i'm just being ignorant, but i'd have expecting a slow moving creature but there you go). Dave Grohl got behind the drums at reading for the first time in 13 years when he was there with Nirvana, and foo's brought the eveing to a rocking close. I would bang on about sunday as well but as you can propabably tell, i wrote all this down earlier for my friend in letter form with actual details about who i went with and listing every band i saw with stars for review, and i really can't be bothered to do it all again. I will say though that i missed the begining of Incubus and was a bit gutted and as always Marilyn Manson put on a show of epic proportions that should have crowned the weekend, but no! They have to roll out aging British rockers bloody iron maiden to cap things off. I didn't bother with them though and caught Futureheads and Bloc Party.