Motley Crue in Hollywood Today! Well, They Were Probably Here Yesterday Too, But Now They Have a Big Announcement!

Motley Crue has big news at 4 pm!

They already made headlines earlier by being the first band to release a single through crazy popular video game Rock Band. The song, Saints of Los Angeles is the first release from their upcoming album. If you read The Dirt you know the single is not self-referential.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Hollywood news conference is going to be a tour announcement. I am totally going! To the concert, not the conference. I have an aversion to crowds of tattooed Hepatitis B carriers. That makes going to the concert tricky. I guess that's why God invented Xanax.

You can get the announcement via the Crue fanclub for $40. Or you can pay zero dollars and check back with me as I am your one stop Crue News Network! Today anyway. Maybe I should go to the conference. I have yet to realize my girlhood dream of meeting Nikki Sixx. Think about it- me and Nikki Sixx having Jamba Juice together? Paradise.

Please enjoy some classic Motley Crue circa 1984! Back in those days a tiny version of myself slept on Holly Hobby sheets while the Crue were busy shooting up heroin, raping groupies (totally an accident!) and crashing Ferrari's.

The Opposite of Beatlemania

I am currently suffering from this affliction after watching last night’s 2 hour American Idol. I must confess, it was the first time I have EVER watched an entire episode of American Idol. I have been stubbornly refusing to join the rest of America in partaking in the juggernaut hit.

But last night I caved, in part because I knew they were going to be singing from the Lennon-McCartney songbook and I figured if I was going to not enjoy it, I might as well go ALL OUT.

And thankfully American Idol delivered!

There was a specific moment that is still leaving me a little unsettled and I’m not referring to the country version of “8 Day’s a Week," by this season's Carrie Underwood.

The moment that spooked me was when I said these words,

“I know I used to make fun of Ryan Seacrest’s highlights, but I actually think I liked his hair better frosted.”

One would think that would be my “scared straight,” moment, propelling me into an evening of watching CNN or reading The Economist, but I was so far gone at that point, I went straight to “Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

It gets worse, I watched 2 episodes in a row- and I wasn't even drunk.

I didn't stop there, like a junkie topping Persian Heroin with a little bump of high grade cocaine (shout out to Nikki Sixx!) I ended the night with an episode of Gene Simmon’s Family Jewels. I have a hard time paying attention to anything that’s actually happening on the show because I am so distracted by his freakish wig thingy. Also I am more than a little disturbed by how hot I think his son is. I guess it's a good thing I never became a high school English teacher. Also, is it just me, or does his son look a lot like Paul Stanley. Hmmmm….