BROWNS WIN the other night? At home, over the Pissburgh Squeelers?! Hell froze over! An early Christmas gift indeed...how SWEET IT WAS!
Here's some stuff for ya....
MILEY DEBAUCHERY...
The wheels WILL fall off for Miss Miley Cyrus. Just a matter of time. She's got herself a new tattoo now. Miley's tattoo has her feeling a little older than she is. TMZ says that she and her posse tried to get into an over-21 club called LIV in Miami Beach last Wednesday. She was turned away at the door.
Miley's rep denies this. See my Thursday update below about how she MAY quit making pop music. WOO!
KELLY SWEETNESS
Kelly Clarkson is apparently quite the tipper. At a hotel she stayed in in Seattle recently, she tipped $100 at the bar, and $100 to room service!
WHATTA PAIR...
JESSICA SIMPSON has a new crush: BILLY CORGAN of SMASHING PUMPKINS. (!?!?) They met at a party last month, and ended up spending much of the night in conversation.
A so-called "source" says, quote, "She has completely fallen for Billy and his easygoing, smart attitude. She says she wants to take things a lot further."
Weird.
ONE-HIT WONDERS!
Billboard has published a list of The Top One-Hit Wonders of the Decade.
The list includes any artist who reached the Hot 100's Top 10 with their very first single, but never cracked the Top 25 for the rest of the decade.
The ranking was determined first by how high the one-hit wonder charted...and then by how far down their second highest-charting song peaked.
Here are the Top Six, which all hit #1 on the Hot 100:
#1.) "Bad Day", DANIEL POWTER...(It spent five weeks at #1.) (Rob hates this song)
#2.) "Lean Back", TERROR SQUAD...(It spent three weeks at #1.)
#3.) "Butterfly", CRAZY TOWN...(It spent two weeks at #1.) (oo, good one!)
#4.) "This Is Why I'm Hot", MIMS...(It spent two weeks at #1.)
#5.) "Laffy Taffy", D4L...(It spent one week at #1.)
#6.) "You're Beautiful", JAMES BLUNT...(It spent one week at #1.)
HAMMER TIME!
Remember MC HAMMER'S Cash4Gold commercial during last year's Super Bowl? Well, apparently that kicked off a long-term business relationship...because Hammer has just been named an equity partner in the company.
Naturally, this could mean more Hammer / Cash4Gold ads in the future.
MAKIN' THAT MONEY HONEY...
Let's face it...most people only go to college so they can get a job after graduation and make a lot of money.
With that in mind, here's a look at the ten HIGHEST-PAYING JOBS you can get:
#1.) Anesthesiologist (median pay: $292,000)
SIDE NOTE: Did you hear about the looney in Cuyahoga Falls that had like 30 guns and pipe-bombs in his apartment a few weeks ago? Week of Thanksgiving. Yeah, building I used to live in AND that guy was an Anesthesiologist. Way to throw it all away dude!!!
#2.) Physician / Obstetrician / Gynecologist ($222,000)
#3.) Psychiatrist ($177,000)
#4.) Nurse Anesthetist ($157,000)
#5.) Sales Director ($140,000)
#6.) Actuary ($129,000)
#7.) Finance Director ($121,000)
#8.) Software Architect ($117,000)
#9.) Attorney ($115,000)
#10.) Insurance Broker ($114,000)
IF YOU GO, DON'T BE A MENACE...WHILE DRINKING JUICE...
For most people, the crime-ridden streets of South Central Los Angeles aren't at the top of their must-see list when they visit Southern California. Which is why THIS defies all logic.
A nonprofit group called the Dream Center has announced that starting next month, they'll be leading BUS TOURS through South Central Los Angeles so that tourists can get an up-close look at the city's gang culture. (???)
Not only that, but the organizers of the L.A. Gang Tours say they've got a whole list of "urban" activities for tourists to enjoy along the way, including:
#1.) Selling T-shirts painted on the spot by one of the area's graffiti artists.
#2.) Organizing "dance-offs" between local kids, where tourists would put up a cash prize and pick a winner.
#3.) And organizers were even thinking about having kids shoot tourists with water pistols, in order to sell them T-shirts reading, quote, "I Got Shot in South Central." But, for some reason, they decided against it at the last minute.
Tickets for the L.A. Gang Tour will cost $65.
LOL!!!
SEVEN AWFUL TEAM NAMES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN...
A lot of thought goes into naming professional sports teams. Although you wouldn't know it from the lame names that some of them have. If you don't believe me, here are seven sports teams and the awful names they COULD have had.
#1.) THE "NEW YORK JETS" WERE ALMOST THE "NEW YORK BORROS." They were originally the New York Titans, but when the team was sold in 1963, they changed the name. "The Borros" was supposed to be a play-on-words referencing New York's five boroughs.
But the team decided against it when they realized fans would make the connection to the word "burro," which means donkey. And they knew that opposing fans...or even their own fans, in a losing season...would eventually start referring to players as "jackasses."
#2.) THE "VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES" WERE ALMOST THE "VANCOUVER MOUNTIES." The city got an NBA team in 1995 and wanted to pay tribute to their police force.
But the plan hit a snag when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they didn't want the NBA using their name. Apparently they didn't like the prospect of a Dudley Do-Right mascot.
#3.) THE "BALTIMORE RAVENS" WERE ALMOST THE "BALTIMORE AMERICANS." When the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996, they had to change their name.
So they came up with three other possibilities: the Ravens, the Marauders, and the Americans. Fans voted for their favorite, and "The Ravens" won because of Baltimore's connection to Edgar Allan Poe.
#4.) THE "TORONTO RAPTORS" WERE ALMOST THE "TORONTO BEAVERS." They chose "Raptors" because they were desperate for a fan base, and "Jurassic Park" had just come out a few years earlier.
But as lame as that explanation is, it's a GOOD thing that they settled on "Raptors." Because some of the other names under consideration were the Toronto Tarantulas, the Toronto Dragons...and the "Toronto Beavers."
#5.) THE "SAN ANTONIO SPURS" WERE ALMOST THE "SAN ANTONIO GUNSLINGERS." Actually, they WERE the "Gunslingers," but not for very long. When the team moved to San Antonio in 1973, that's the name they originally chose.
But the Gunslingers never played a single game. Before the season started, the owners decided the name was too violent.
#6.) THE "WASHINGTON WIZARDS" WERE ALMOST THE "WASHINGTON SEA DOGS." They used to be the "Washington Bullets," but the name was changed in 1995 because of gun violence in the District of Columbia.
Fans came up with five new names: the "Wizards," the "Express," the "Stallions," the "Dragons," and the "Sea Dogs." But "Sea Dogs" got the axe. We assume it's because someone realized that Washington D.C. doesn't border the ocean.
#7.) THE "FLORIDA MARLINS" WERE ALMOST THE "FLORIDA FLAMINGOS." When the New York Times interviewed the owner in 1993, that's what he said. But the thought of pink uniforms was reason enough to scrap it.
LI-LO GETS SEXY TIME...
LINDSAY LOHAN did a sexy photo shoot with a male model for "Muse" magazine. The photographer said the shoot was inspired by KATE MOSS and JOHNNY DEPP'S relationship back in the 1990s...whatever that's supposed to mean.
They also threw in another chick for good measure. Enjoy.
Yowza!
CARRIE, CARRIE...
Guys, if seeing Carrie Underwood in a bikini would make the holidays better for ya, well....Merry Christmas!
IF YER STAYIN' IN ON NYE...
KRIS ALLEN, ALLISON IRAHETA and SEAN KINGSTON will perform on Fox's "Billboard's New Year's Eve Live" special. CARMEN ELECTRA will host.
It'll begin at 11:00 P.M....on New Year's Eve, of course.
FERGIE will host the West Coast portion of ABC's "New Year's Rockin' Eve" special this year. She will be based in Las Vegas. RYAN QUEEN-OF-ALL-MEDIOCRITY SEACREST will still be hosting from the East Coast.
The confirmed list of West Coast performers includes: the Black Eyed Peas, 15-year-old Justin Bieber, Robin Thicke, Keri Hilson, Selena Gomez, Colbie Caillat and Australian guitar minx Orianthi.
SOME PICS...
...from that WEEZER bus crash that sent lead singer Rivers Cuomo to the hospital last weekend.
A WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE AFTER SHE FLASHED THE COP WHO PULLED HER OVER...
Now it's time to recognize our Idiot Criminal of the Day...46-year-old Ellena Barron of Fort Pierce, Florida (in the eastern part of the state).
At about 3:00 A.M. Friday morning, Ellena was pulled over by an unidentified police officer for committing a traffic violation. At which point, Ellena tried to weasel her way out of a ticket by FLASHING HER BREASTS at the cop.
When the cop asked Ellena why she'd just flashed him, she responded, quote, "I thought that's what you wanted to see." (???)
Long story short, Ellena's tactic backfired and she was arrested for indecent exposure. Her bail was set at $250.
YEAR-END EXTRAVAGANZA...
Nielsen SoundScan...the company that compiles the data for the Billboard charts...has released their lists of the best-selling music of the decade.
The lists reflect sales numbers from January 1st of 2000 to November 1st of 2009.
Overall, EMINEM was the Best-Selling Artist of the Decade. He moved more than 32.2 million albums in the 2000s. But THE BEATLES had the Best-Selling Album of the Decade. Their greatest hits compilation, "1", sold almost 11.5 million copies.
Here are The 10 Best-Selling Albums of the Decade:
#1.) "1", THE BEATLES . . . 11,499,000 copies
#2.) "No Strings Attached", 'N SYNC . . . 11,112,000 copies
#3.) "Come Away with Me", NORAH JONES . . . 10,546,000 copies
#4.) "The Marshall Mathers LP", EMINEM . . . 10,204,000 copies
#5.) "The Eminem Show", EMINEM . . . 9,799,000 copies
#6.) "Confessions", USHER . . . 9,712,000 copies
#7.) "Hybrid Theory", LINKIN PARK . . . 9,663,000 copies
#8.) "Human Clay", CREED . . . 9,491,000 copies
#9.) "Oops! I Did It Again", BRITNEY SPEARS . . . 9,185,000 copies
#10.) "Country Grammar", NELLY . . . 8,461,000 copies
Interesting Fact: The most recently released album on that list is Usher's "Confessions". It came out in 2004. That probably says something about album sales over the past five years.
Here are The 10 Best-Selling Digital Songs of the Decade...or at least since 2003, when Nielsen finally began tracking digital sales:
#1.) "Low", FLO RIDA . . . 5,214,000 downloads
#2.) "Just Dance.", LADY GAGA . . . 4,690,000 downloads
#3.) "I'm Yours", JASON MRAZ . . . 4,619,000 downloads
#4.) "Apologize", TIMBALAND (featuring ONE REPUBLIC) . . . 4,439,000 downloads
#5.) "Boom Boom Pow", BLACK EYED PEAS . . . 4,349,000 downloads
#6.) "Crank That", SOULJA BOY . . . 4,315,000 downloads
#7.) "Poker Face", LADY GAGA . . . 4,200,000 downloads
#8.) "Viva La Vida", COLDPLAY . . . 4,140,000 downloads
#9.) "Love Story", TAYLOR SWIFT . . . 4,005,000 downloads
#10.) "Hot N Cold", KATY PERRY . . . 3,945,000 downloads
Interesting Fact #2: The oldest digital single on that list is Soulja Boy's "Crank That". It came out in May of 2007. That also says something about music sales over the past five years. And I don't think it's something good.
iTUNES TOP 10 DOWNLOADS OF THE YEAR...
#1.) "Boom Boom Pow", Black Eyed Peas
#2.) "Right Round", Flo Rida
#3.) "Poker Face", Lady Gaga
#4.) "I Gotta Feeling", Black Eyed Peas
#5.) "Gives You Hell", The All-American Rejects
#6.) "Just Dance", Lady Gaga (and Colby O'Donis)
#7.) "Party in the U.S.A.", Miley Cyrus
#8.) "The Climb", Miley Cyrus
#9.) "Dead and Gone", T.I. (featuring Justin Timberlake)
#10.) "Use Somebody", Kings of Leon
FUTURE T. SWEEZY NEWS...
So...what's in store for Taylor Swift next year? Well, she's actually on pace to release another album. "Billboard" asked Taylor if all the insanity from this year has slowed down her songwriting. Not so. She said, quote, "I actually am best writing on the road.
"I only have time to write the songs that hit me the hardest. Like 'Fifteen'...that's one I wrote on the road. It hits me and I found time to write it, whether it's 15 minutes between meet-and-greets or at 4:00 A.M.
"If they haunt me through my interviews, and all I'm playing in my head is this song, then I know I've got something."
So, when T is interviewing, she's only half paying attention and is focused on the music? I guess thats not a bad thing!
So even though Taylor is everywhere, she still squeezes in time to write some future hits. She continues, quote, "I'm well into writing my next album. I think my biggest goal for this next record is to write in real time as I always have.
"I want to continue to write about things that I'm going through. My first record was my diary from my early teens. My next was my diary from 16 to 18. My biggest hope for this next record is that the feelings I'm feeling right now will be accurately portrayed."
Taylor says she likes to take two years between records...so she's shooting to release another album next year. "Fearless" dropped back in 2008, but much of its success obviously came here in 2009.
MY PICK 6 FOR THE WEEK...
Decided that every week, I'm gonna list my top 6 favorite tunes either on the station, or maybe not on the station. This week, all happen to be played here on Q92. In no particular order, my 'Pick 6' this week:
--LADY GAGA/BAD ROMANCE: My favorite of all of Gaga's releases so far, just nudging out Poker Face.
--ORIANTHI/ACCORDING TO YOU: "Or-ee-ann-thee" is how you'd say her name. Australian hottiepants, was MJ's guitar goddess in "This Is It"...this song grows on you more with each listen!
--KE$HA/TIK TOK: This song has exploded over the last month as I knew it would. This will be hit #1 the first or second week of January. Current #2 request at Q92 behind Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say"
--KINGS OF LEON/SEX ON FIRE: I gotta tell ya, their CD is fantastic. I love this band.
--JOHN MAYER/HEARTBREAK WARFARE: Look, I'm not the biggest John Mayer fan in the world, so the fact that I can put it on the list is a good sign! "Red Wine and Ambien...You're talkin' s**t again..."
--SHINEDOWN/IF YOU ONLY KNEW: Liked it from first listen and still my favorite song from them so far. Lead singer originally said he'd never ever write a love song. And this was his first. Hmmmmm. Maybe write some more? Top 10 hit on Q92!
THANKS for reading and listening. Enjoy your weekend. Be good, or don't!
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