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Got a question for Bow Wow? Thought so. Coincidentally, he'll be stopping by Camp Buzzworthy next week, before the release of his latest album, New Jack City II.  I'll be asking him your questions, BUT only if you submit them in the comments below.

Sample questions:

+ Is it better to be on the "Marco" end or the "Polo" end of "Marco Polo"?
+ What steps are you taking to become the next Will Smith?
+ What was it like working with Ron Browz?
+ Do your arms ever getting tired from holding up such riches?

I'm talking to Bow Wow Wednesday, February 25th, so ask away until then, and watch his "Roc the Mic" video for some inspiration.

Tags Bow Wow, Ron Browz

+ UPDATE: Check out video from Richie Rich's show below, courtesy of Sarah Conley! And yes, that IS Pam Anderson at the end...

Oh hai! So, I was illin' like a villain all day, but I got an invite to Richie Rich's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show -- Richie Rich is half of what was (weep! RIP!) Heatherette, who were part of the original New York club kids when you were still in diapers, and they made Teyana Taylor's dress for her Super Sweet 16 debut, and they were the also the reason (besides Dolly Parton) that sequins and rhinestones were invented -- and realized I'd be a complete idiot to pass that up. (For reference, that's Richie in the photo all the way at the bottom, me [hi!], and Traver Rains of Heatherette at the Heatherette for MAC event last year.)

So I rallied for the cause and headed up to the Waldorf-Astoria (ridick and kinda gross), where a prissy lady in the lobby raised a brow when I walked by in my vintage '80s bicycle sweater. Um, apparently she hadn't noticed the drag queen deluge pouring in. It was total and absolute gayhem, which is a super-fun term I just made up! Anyway, the Richie Rich show was '90s amazing!

Even though it was his Fall '09 line, that didn't stop him from sending a model down the runway in a teensy weeny animal print bikini. Or sending Aubrey O'Day out in a hot pink frock. (And if you've been keeping up with Fashion Week, neons are back back back! Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors and Narciso, oh my! Not to mention, the Stephen Sprouse windows lighting up the Louis Vuitton store on Fifth Ave... ) Or opening the show with a live performance by Kat DeLuna! Or closing the show with Pamela Anderson in a gold lamé thong after Amanda Lepore ripped the runway. Yes. That happened. Anyway, the Richie Rich touch always = the most fashion fun in the world, so thanks, Richie (indirectly at least) for having me! Oh yeah, and I met Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons (and he was on MADE -- the one where Michelle becomes a bassist) before the show started, and he was a gorgeous doll.

And for you keeping track on the Buzzworthy Twitter, here's a shot of Teyana Taylor, who was there in a bad-ass sequined majorette hat! (@Sk8Boardsqueez -- sorry, I was wrong -- when she first walked by I thought it was a little porkpie hat, but it was definitely no T-Pain hat!) She was so excited when I told her MTV fans on Twitter were excited that she was there in a suh-weet hat, and she was rocking the Wonder Woman hair again like she was at the MAC x Hello Kitty event the other week. And below that, though it's self-explanatory, that's Ice-T and wife Coco, who also attended the show. Coco was wearing a lot of clothes! For her.

Anyway, I'm the sure The Cut blog will have pix of Richie Rich's show. The Cut has been killing it, BTW -- they even got a severe close-up of Kanye's nub at the Alexandre Herchcovitch show. Thanks, guys!

Tags Aubrey O'Day, Coco, Dolly Parton, Fashion Week, Heatherette, Ice-T, Justin Tranter, Kanye West, Kat DeLuna, Made, Marc-Jacobs, Richie Rich, Semi Precious Weapons, Teyana Taylor

Hey! After Cute Is What We Aim For, Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue and Anarbor hit the stage at NYC's Fillmore / Irving Plaza tonight, all of the Take Action Tour bands will be running a jeans drive and doing an acoustic performance tomorrow at the DoSomething.org offices (address below)!!!

First off, I gotta tip my hat to DoSomething.org for having one of the most straightforward URLs on the internet. None of this "AOL" ambiguity. Do something. Dot org.

Also, while my hat is off, I tip my toupee to Hopeless Records. The non-profit Sub City subsidiary (!) signs bands only on the condition that they fulfill certain pro-social commitments throughout their recording and touring process. In their nine years of existence, Hopeless has raised more than 1.5 million dollars for more than 50 charities. That's $1,500,000.

Finally, I tip my dandruff to the bands on the Take Action Tour, who are clearly in it for more than free Ed Hardy t-shirts. Super cool of them to show up and get people excited about a good cause. People like me. That's right. You heard it here first. I'm excited about jeans. Here's them deets.

Take Action Tour Jeans Drive
THURS FEB 19, 4-6 PM
24-32 Union Square East | 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003

RUN! Bring jeans! Or at least wear cute underwear! More tour dates after the jump!

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Tags Anarbor, Breathe Carolina, Cute Is What We Aim For, Every Avenue, Meg & Dia

Have you played exquisite corpse? Probably. It's an old writing or drawing game invented by Surrealists where you fold a piece of paper as many times as you have people in your group. Then you pass it around and each person either writes a word or draws part of a body on their particular square, without looking at any of the others. When the paper has gone all the way around, it is unfolded to reveal strange accidental poetry or a bizarre cartoon creature, i.e. an exquisite corpse. Wikipedia has a helpful example of an exquisite corpse. High Places have a whole graveyard full of 'em.

The once-Brooklyn-now-Los Angeles-based electro-impressionists paint their squares in broad, haphazard strokes and splatters. Pulsing, sun-faded calypso scenes in watercolor, like Animal Collective at the beach with toddlers. The band is made up only of Robert Barber and Mary Pearson -- he a dyed-in-the-wool hardcore kid, and she a classically trained bassoonist. Brought together by a common interest in collage and oddball recording methods, the two pile their divergent influences into every song, bouncing ideas back and forth, folding, unfolding and refolding their "piece of paper," until they come up with the ultimate in exquisite layered sound. Trippy, eh?

On a more charming note, since moving to Los Angeles, Pearson has started a chocolate drawer. Find out what exactly that is in T. Cole Rachel's Soundgirl interview, where you'll also find an mp3 of High Places' "The Storm" and an account of their ongoing world tour! Also, here they are playing live in Brooklyn!

* photo by Hisham Bharoocha

Tags Animal Collective, High Places, The Buzz On

Ashanti thinks of Plies on two occasions: that's when she wants it and when she needs it. Dirty, huh? The brand-new video for Plies' mellow jam, "Want It, Need It," tracks the ups and downs of a long-distance relationship. Well, mostly the downs. In it, the Fort Myers, Florida-based rapper does his best to keep love alive on his cell phone, but has to come up with a big surprise when that falls short. And although the video doesn't quite deliver on the steaminess of the lyrics, it's got plenty of Ashanti action (not to mention the afore-ermm-mentioned surprise!) to keep you warm. "Want It, Need It" is the second single from Plies third album, Da REAList. Watch the video right here, whenever you want/need it.

Tags Ashanti, Plies

Los Angeles bros Sky Blu and Redfoo, aka LMFAO, are on a mission to wash away the seriousness of the world with Party Rock. What is Party Rock? It's music, clothing, and a way of thinking. It's a vibe. And these two are so wrapped up in their mission, that you'd think they were one superhuman. No, seriously, like we couldn't tell which one was talking when. So when you picture this interview in your mind, picture two bodies, a head and one gigantic afro. Deal?

Buzzworthy: How did you get to be best friends?

LMFAO: You know how you play that game? With the guy and the face? You make the mustache on his face? That's how we came together. The magnets attract. I'll tell you what really brought us together. Simply the music. And we both like sports. But we'd freestyle! We'd battle each other! We'd tape it and play it for people and see who got the most applause. But when we really became besties was the first trip to Miami. Every day, same motel. Same bed sometimes.

BUZZWORTHY: Are you famous yet?
LMFAO: Um, I'd have to say... HELL yeah we're famous! There's levels of fame. We're not at the Paris Hilton level. Or the Barack Obama level. Or the Jesus level (although that's the level we're shooting for). You know, one time we went into a place and one person recognized us. We said wow, I can't wait until two people recognize us. Now every day we could have at least one person recognize us. You know. From somewhere. Whether it be someone down the street or a sister or my mom.

Buzzworthy: What has been the most surprising part of getting there?
LMFAO: In art school, what if I turned in a blank canvas? Would that win the art competition? Maybe the surprise is that there are no surprises.

Buzzworthy: When you remix a song, is it because it's not good enough?
LMFAO: Ooh, that sounds like a trap! Next question? Yes. We don't think it's good enough. FOR the club. I'm not gonna remix "Billie Jean." I'm not gonna remix "PYT." There's no reason to. You're already dancing. We take songs that weren't necessarily dance-able -- not one booty clap -- you know, you're not gonna get a booty clap at 60 beats per minute.

Buzzworthy: Pitbull and Jermaine Dupri, among others, have remixed "I'm In Miami Trick." What's that like?

LMFAO: We love it. We take it as a compliment. It's very interesting, coming as a new artist, when you hear an already established artist that is very famous and very popular, imitating your style and your flow and your rhyme scheme. It's like, wow, you know? That is very flattering. But we're careful about how the songs come out. We let people jump on it AFTER the song's been branded to us. One time Paris Hilton told us she went to Atlanta and Jermaine Dupri was spinning. The song came on and Jermaine was like, "Yo baby girl this is my song, this is my song!" And she was like, "No it's not. Those are my boys LMFAO. What are you talking about?" Made us feel like we did it right. But yeah. We love it. It makes your song more popular.

Buzzworthy: Who would be your ultimate choice to remix one of your songs?
LMFAO: Justice.

You know, I have to go somewhere else. The bloody ones... The Bloody Beetroots. Maybe they could do something together... Bloody Justice?

Buzzworthy: Is "I'm In Miami Trick" based on actual events?
LMFAO: Actually, we're like fortune cookies. Because we said this is what we want to happen and then it did. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy. We never played naked Twister before the song. After the song, we have naked Twister every week, five o'clock on Sunday.

Buzzworthy: What are your Spring Break plans?
LMFAO: A whole week in Cancun with MTV! I plan on being naked. We're scheduled for one day, but we wanna spend a whole week because we have a lot to offer to Cancun. We have the boom boom.

Buzzworthy: How did your clothing line come to be? Is it more or less important to you than music?
LMFAO: That's like asking is your foot more important than your hand. Party Rock is a vibe. Music, clothing, a way of thinking... It's all one in the big scheme of things. Why is it all one? Because generally speaking, you're clothed when you're making music. So if you're wearing a suit and you're making party music, you're faking it. You have to wear the clothes of the type of music you're making. If i was making gospel, you might see me in a nice flowing robe and some sandals, with a Jesus piece and a glass of wine. I would eat a wafer with some hot sauce. I always brought salsa to church just for that. He'd offer the wafer and I'd say, "Not yet. Put it in my Picante."

Buzzworthy: How would you describe your style (fashion-wise)?
LMFAO: Party rock. Stuff that you'd rock at a party. Simple.

Buzzworthy: What do you feel very serious about?
LMFAO: To tell the truth, I feel very serious about not being serious. Because, if you're too serious, you're delirious, like ga-ga-GAH-GaHH-ERRRGGGGHHHH! I'm very serious about my party. You know? Where are the chips? Where are the f---ing chips? We're throwing a party here. Where's the punch? What the F--- is wrong with you?

I say this to the serious people in the world: Go to a club, meet a fine beautiful lady, take her out the next day, get your Cool Water cologne, your Old Spice, go take her to the best restaurant in town, make sure it's very quiet, you have a candle lit, order the veal. Then fart at the table. Then walk away. You will get laid.

+ Watch LMFAO's "I'm In Miami Trick" Video.

Tags Jermaine Dupri, Justice, LMFAO, Michael Jackson, Pitbull, The Bloody Beetroots

+ On their upcoming album, My Chemical Romance wanna go back to being "just another band from New Jersey." So, why are they recording in Los Angeles? Of the still nameless album, which features a song tentatively titled "New Hair, Same Sh--," Gerard Way says, "It's going to get by on its musicianship and its own merits in the songs." (MTV News)

+ Celebrate Facebook's decision not to go all Guantanamo with a really happy disco remix of Lily Allen's "I Could Say!" (Lily Allen Music)

+ Is American Idol contestant Tatiana Del Toro headed for an epic breakdown? If not, is the world really up for another week with her? Here's an e-card with a preview of what that might look like ... (Best Week Ever)

+ 50 Cent to Britney Spears: "You're my inspiration!" Apparently his new album, Before I Self Destruct, was written after watching what he calls "The greatest show on Earth." 50: "She was going through her issues in public ... It was great to watch her spin out of control because it makes the average person feel better." (OK Mag)

+ Just in case he doesn't get a chance to talk to you in the next three or four years, Trent Reznor wants you to know right now that Nine Inch Nails is a) recording a new album, b) planning a tour with Jane's Addiction and c) breaking up. (Agent Bedhead)

+ Justin Timberlake named Most Stylish Man In America (Gabby Babble); Madonna-daughter Lourdes named Most Stylish creature in space. (I'm Bringing Blogging Back)

+ Even stalkers begin to bend under the weight of economic recession. (CelebSlam)

Tags 50 Cent, American Idol, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Jane's Addiction, Justin Timberlake, Lily Allen, Lourdes, My-Chemical-Romance, Nine Inch Nails, Tatiana Del Toro

Those of you who've successfully conquered Honor Society's intricate (it is to me, anyway) Honor Roll, feel free to start learning the steps to "If U Seek Amy." Comes in handy when you're seeking Amy (Winehouse?) or Britney, or just masking dirty wordies!

And speaking of Britney: Can you believe it's been two years since the Sinead O'Connor incident?

Tags Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Honor Society

We already know that The Veronicas have excellent taste in cute boys -- they're also into Robert Pattinson (And did you hear? Robert Pattinson's gonna be presenting at the Oscars! YESSS! More Edward screen time!!), but they've got excellent choice in cover songs too.

Watch them put a somber new spin on their former tourmates the Jonas Brothers' "Burnin' Up" -- it's very Tegan & Sara meets "Losing My Religion," and I love the new twist on the "high heels/ red dress" lyrics -- on Yahoo Music's Pepsi Smash Cover Art series.

+ Plus: Check out The Veronicas' Buzzworthy video diaries, and tell me which version of "Burnin' Up" is your fave version in los comments!

Tags Jessica Origliasso, Jonas Brothers, Lisa Origliasso, Robert Pattinson, Tegan & Sara, the veronicas, Twilight

I mean, all I'm saying is, I don't see a Build-A-Bear coming out with a David Cook bear. Just kidding, DC! Love you, mean it!

Anyway, if you've got a buck, go here and download David Archuleta's new song, "It's About Love." Proceeds benefit Save The Children and support Build-A-Bear's LOVE. HUGS. PEACE. campaign. Or, you can go straight for the killer cuteness and buy this little bear cub in an Archuleta t-shirt for $24.50, to go with your adult-sized David Archuleta tee. And adult-sized flower bouquet. Gosh!!!

Tags David Archuleta, David Cook