by
juice staff
08/09/2006
Oh, Lauren Conrad, we used to like you. Now we wouldn't even like you if you brought us tomatoes and books on tape and dated Henry Rollins.
Nonfiction audio books. I only got through 1/3 of David Starkey's "Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII" in print. But listening to the book in my car is like being hooked in to the History Channel. 29 CDs. I'm on disc seven, and want to drive more so I can keep listening. Cheers to the Central Library for stocking unabridged versions. - LM
Tomatoes. Our garden is producing red, green, purple, cherry and sauce tomatoes by the dozen, which means we're eating fresh salsas, spaghetti sauces and caprese salads every day. Yum. - CH
I want my MTV - at 4 a.m. There are finally a couple videos in rotation that aren't just about ass-shaking (hear me, Beyonce or Shakira?). Jurassic 5's "Work It Out" is a hilarious satire of GW and crew-wreaking havoc while out on a jog. And Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" is a mesmerizing, animated Rorschach test. I see six more months of steady airplay. - TL
The Rollins Band. For a 45 year-old guy, Henry Rollins can still tear it up on stage. On Sunday, the actor/writer/talk show host/musician brought his band, featuring the classic "Weight" era line-up, to the Sokol Underground in Omaha. Hearing "Liar" live made me feel like a 15 year-old again, but without the fear of failing the geometry final. - JL
. . . And what we're over
Lauren Conrad. I was so excited when "The Hills" debuted on MTV. I mean, anybody who hates Kristin from "Laguna Beach" deserves her own show, right? Then Jason appears and she automatically takes him back because he brought flowers? Barf-o-la. The last straw was when Lauren turned down a suh-weet internship in Paris to live with the world's biggest douchebag. Um, bye-bye. - SD
