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American Edit is a mash-up of the whole of Green Day’s American Idiot, mixing in tracks by Oasis, Ashanti, Roxy Music, U2, Bryan Adams … plus Bushisms and miscellaneous samples. It was the subject of a Cease and Desist order from Warner Records: it’s non-profit and fairly easy to find.

I missed the Muppet Wizard of Oz!

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.

This breathless tour of New York City includes a missed pride parade and a glance of Ashanti.

too bad we couldn't move fast enough in the humidity to make it to the parade, but we did see Ashanti in the subway and made the bestest salad ever...it was so beautiful, we took a picture, then sat there dissecting it and having a good 'ol time shouting out Jasmine Guy...more subwaying and meeting the cuz, more shopping..and really having to cut myself off...we hung out at washington square park and thought about picking up some spaghetti and books that some student left on the street...walked thru the remnants of pride and got hot dogs and holleration from nasty dudes selling whitney houston vinyl in the street ("chinese girls make me hungry") grr...the asian fetishists in this town are not cool..NOT COOL. whadeva, are they cool in any town really? weren't we supposed to set up an asiaphile website or something? tammy?! how u doing in the hurricane city? we hitched a ride back with the boyfriends and saw radio city music hall (the bsb are playing there july 29) and nbc studios...i guess i'm not making it to central park this trip, oh well. next time, though it will prolly be the dead of winter, but hey! i can wear my parka!

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Up close and personal:

Nikka and I were surprised to be seated that close to Ashanti. Our seats were A3 and A4. We were so close to her that when we shouted she would reply back!

Not sure Ashanti is going to any desert island with anyone soon.

GIMME SOME SLACK: In an interview with ESPN’s Sportsnation yesterday, Celts rookie Al Jefferson was asked if he was stranded on a desert island and could only have one food and be with one celebrity woman, what and who would he choose. His answer: Chicken and Ashanti. Sooooo, as a matter of principle, the section I answer all email Q&A’s will now be known as Chicken and Ashanti.

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Ashanti found talent close at hand.

Ashanti didn't have to look too far to find the right woman to play her fussy mother in new video DON'T LET THEM - she picked her own mum.

Stars like Ashanti stay great with focus.

R+B star Ashanti feared controversy surrounding her record company Murder Inc would jeopardise her career.

This reviewer doesn't like the new Ashanti album.

It’s never a good sign when the interludes/skits are sexier than the songs. On “Concrete Rose Intro,” Ashanti, responding to interview questions, explains her artistic goals for the CD (the gist: she thinks the new disc is deeper than her previous work), but from the interviewer’s mellow-as-shit probes to Ashanti’s mmmm-yummm answers, the Q&A session is as titillating as good porn. On “Message to the Fans,” a twenty-three second interlude, Ashanti offers up a sensual valentine for her listeners.