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You know life is silly and you know that you surround yourself with people who are out of their minds when you get this is your inbox.

J Biebs is so worldly. I can’t wait until he adopts an Asian baby.

That last part is hilarious. It actually looks like he’s saying “….now I’m sad for me.”

-Rocco

 

BONJOUR!! He’s French right?? That last name is so awesome it has to be French.

Jacee is following in J Bieb’s footsteps (because what 16-year-old boy doesn’t) and is kicking it with Rascal Flatts.

I’m weeping.

I hope everyone who was ever mean to him in school fails their Algebra test on Tuesday.

He’s such a gem and half. I’m even digging his Aladdin vest he’s rocking. I can only hope he has a pet monkey named Abu.

-Rocco

I know I already posted this video 4857489 times… but I can not tell you how much anxiety YouTube brought me yesterday.

I couldn’t fully post this video/song, and it was stressing me out.

And, let’s be real, I just want to talk about Justin Bieber some more. I need at least one J Biebs post a day… and he’s just not doing anything exciting.

Now, I can rest.

-Rocco

 

Because I believe with all my heart that you all secretly adore that little angel muffin as much as I do.

Now, J Biebs teamed up with Rascal Flatts for a remix to “That Should Be Me”. And by remix I mean Rascal Flatts just sing sometimes during the song. There is no thumping club beat.

REEEEEMIX!!

The video was released today and apparently YouTube likes to stress me out and keep it off that site, which is super obnoxious.

But, since I’m a genius, I just thought of a really difficult way to watch the video.

As you can hear (or not hear, actually)… that has no audio. But fret not. Just hit play simultaneously with the video below and viola! It’s the music video.

You are so welcome.

Or if that is just super annoying and I just waited 5 minutes setting that up for you (pshh!) you can go HERE.

(I’ll be able tell if you clicked on that outside link… and I won’t forget.)

intense angel muffin

Anyway… good song. J Biebs is perfect. Love the new hair.. love videos of him just jamming. I dare you to tell me you don’t enjoy his music even a little bit.

And I’m fully prepared for the snarky comments of “I still don’t like him”.

-Rocco

Justin Bieber can do pretty much whatever he wants musically, and I’ll stand behind it. Even when he decides to collaborate with country music stars who marry playmates. (I don’t even know if that’s true. I just asked my friend to give me a fun fact about the Rascal Flats and that’s what she said… I choose to believe her.)

Red Beanie Blog sent me this video because she is a gem and a half, and knows and respects my admiration for the Biebster.

If you click that awesome screen cap I took whilst the video was in motion (first try baby… first try), you can see a preview clip of the video for “That Should Be Me”.

 

CLICK US!

 

J Biebs aged over night… that haircut turned him into a little man.

And RBB also had another genius idea. You all know my obsession with begging Lee D. to cover a J Biebs song once in his life right??

Now, while I’m suggesting the pop perfections that J Biebs sings (a la “Baby”), RBB suggests this song, which is a little more Lee D.’s speed. That’s where I’ve been going wrong… that’s why he’s ignoring my request.

I’ll accept this as an appropriate cover. Ya hear that DeWyze?

Heeeeeey! I can sing the Biebster!

But seriously… he should probably cover “One Less Lonely Girl” just for fun one day.

-Rocco

1) My little angel donut!! Be more adorable please.

2) Love that they played J Biebs, “Never Say Never”, as he walked out.

3) He sings like an angel…. an angel at a school recital.

4) He’s too adorable.

And as for Colton Dixon… I firmly believe that he loves Twilight. He sings Paramore all the time, and he has a very strategically angled swoop bang. And he wears skinny jeans. All that to me, for some reason, equals an obsessed Twilight fan.

1) I wonder how long it takes for him to do his hair?

2) Wow… his sister hates him.

3) He’s singing Christopher of Daughtry. Maybe he’s not a Twilight fan.

4) I’d be his friend if he cut his hair.

5) He’s good… why is this kid not on the show?? I bet the teenage girls would eat this up!

Good times.

-Rocco

And you know why he cut his swoop.. because he isn’t 15 anymore.

See?? He get’s it. Why are there still morons over the age of 18 running around with a swoop??

He still looks like a little angel muffin. Now, he just resembles a  cast member from The Vampire Diaries.

J Biebs was filming a music video for the remix version of “That Should Be Me” featuring The Rascal Flatts and that inspired the cut.

He should sell his hair and donate the money to charity. There are freaks that would buy it.

-Rocco

Yes. I’m going to spend $13 and go see the Justin Bieber movie Never Say Never.

But, before you judge. It’s all for research.

I’m researching how to become a little angel muffin myself. Or how to make my future child a little angel muffin.

And (get ready to really judge me, and possible hate me) I’m probably going to spend $9.99 and buy the CD that goes a long with this whole 3D movie fiasco (oh shit… I just realized it’s 3D. That means I’ll spend like $17. That’s ridiculous. I need to save.)

Never Say Never-The Remixes will be released February 14th and all the single 13-year-old girls can pretend J Biebs made a CD just for them on that special day. *awww*

The CD has 7 tracks, a fold out movie poster (yesssss) and songs with Jayden Smith, Miley Cyrus, Rascal Flatts, Chris Brown, and more. And a new track “Born To Be Somebody” written by songwriting master, Diane Warren.

WOW-ZERS! Where do I send my check???

Here’s the track list. You’re welcome people with Bieber fever.

1. “Never Say Never” (featuring Jaden Smith)
2. “That Should Be Me” (remix featuring Rascal Flatts)
3. “Somebody to Love” (remix featuring Usher)
4. “Up” (remix featuring Chris Brown)
5. “Overboard” (live featuring Miley Cyrus)
6. “Runaway Love” (Kanye West remix, featuring Raekwon)
7. “Born to Be Somebody”

If your Valentine doesn’t buy you this album, you should get rid of him/her.

They Don’t know what’s up.

That picture is hilarious!

-Rocco

Those little things called first day sales came through today…. and guess what CB sold??? (I’m gonna abbrev her name because it’s just too long and typing and ‘X’ throws off my flow)

107 copies!

Could you imagine?? Just kidding CB fans… she did not. Actually, she sold much more than that. Somewhere in the range of 45-50K.

Ooooo! Did I sell that many!?

Now, before Lee bear fans (and yes, yes. I’m guilty) start a riot…. these are just predictions and we won’t know anything until next Wednesday.

But let me hit us all with some words of wisdom…

- Slow, and steady wins the race

- It’s about the journey, not the destination (I don’t even think that makes sense here, but I needed 3 strong statements to sound smart and like I know what I’m talking about)

- And as the Backstreet Boys famously said… “it’s about quality, not quantity” (<— and THAT is why I let them make all my important life decisions.)

I’ll let that sink in.

Did you digest those words?? Lock them up in the vault that is your  mind for a rainy day?? Good.

Annnnnnd just because I like science and all science needs to be backed up with facts (hellooooo scientific method!), I’m gonna defend Lee bear one step further and provide a really logical reason for why he may have had not the greatest first week sales. (And CB fans can just take it down a notch and don’t even try to debunk my theory. I have hard, irrefutable evidence. I just don’t have the energy to debate you. And to be honest… I’m gonna always think I’m right. I’m what people call stubborn.)

November 16th was a serious release date for Lee D.

And by serious I mean he had no chance of out-selling the likes of Rihanna, Rascal Flatts, the f-in Glee kids, and Norah Jones. And that’s not knocking Lee one bit; these are people on their 3rd & 4th albums and those Glee kids are just unstoppable.

 

Lee: Oh no!! Not those Glee kids. Ry Ry: I know Lee bear... I know. We all do.

I mean, have you seen Cory Monteith’s smile??? Boy could sell sand on the beach. (and that’s what we call charming and great marketing skills…. or seduction. Either one. I’d buy anything he was selling.)

Lee Bear who?? What?? Buy me!

(annnnnnd SOLD!)

These are some heavy hitters that he was in direct competition with. An angel from heaven could materialize and tell people to buy Lee’s album on November 16th, or burn in hell for all eternity,  and Glee would still out sell him. It’s just the way the market is.

Ask Oprah more about it… she’s the one in control. We all know that now. (and yes, Oprah can totally be a part of my scientific method)

Oh, and then there was when The Beatles tried to be relevant again and the iTunes fiasco, annnnnnd not to mention, the following week Kanye West and Nicki Minaj released albums. So, once again… that’s some competition The DeWyze-mister had (I tried to come up with a new nick name and failed miserably.)

And I don’t want to seem like I’m making excuses for “poor” (use that term, for lack of a better one) album sales. He was just in a completely different situation than CB is.

And as for hard evidence for CB… I googled December 14th album releases and some christian music popped up (and let’s be real.. no one listens to that), Diddy Dirty Money,  Ryan Adams, Ciara, and Michael Jackson, but he’s dead, so how much of a threat can he be (RIP Michael). So, it’s not like she has all this competition with already established artists. (And don’t you dare say P. Diddy’s new project is going to affect her sales (like she would have doubled them without him)… have you seen Making The Band?? Where is Danity Kane and that Donnie kid?? I rest my case.)

Reading this back…. I made some awesome points.  *bows* (and to think it was all while I was on NyQuil.

**update** someone on twitter (dlhinca) reminded me of Keith Urban! Another big name!! See!… That just drives my point harder!)

-Rocco

Sooooo I got bad news and I got good news. What do you want first?

I’ll just give it to you all at once. Like ripping off a band-aid kids.

Rip it off... like a band aid

So word on the street is Lee bear didn’t sell that many albums… and by not many I mean 40-50K. (wow… JK, scratch that… it was 38K) Sad story.

Buuuuuut, it won’t be offic until tomorrow morning and plus how many albums have you ever sold?!?! What is that?? None?? That’s what I thought… so Lee D. has technically sold more than you. (Excuse that rant… those are for the people who are judging me because I did a lot of smack talking about him having a strong first week… and I was clearly wrong… but it will work out, which brings me to my words below. Please continue to read.)

I don’t think he, or we, or anyone else should fret. Only one single has been released, and he hasn’t even toured yet. And plus he came out with some heavy hitters this week (Rihanna, that Opera singing little robot kid, Rascal Flatts, and Susan Boyle who I just don’t get and never will)…. I think there is still A LOT of time to tell before we get him a ticket on the doom train.

So keep your head up Lee bear and friends… :) Plus, the album is good. Like the Backstreet Boys always say… it is quality not quantity. Words to live by.

Come Live It Up with me

And in even more exciting news Kanye West released My Dark Twisted Fantasy and Nicki Minaj released Pink Friday and both albums are doing extremely well. ‘Ye has sold 500K or more and Robot Minaj isn’t far behind apparently. Wow! That’s pretty awesome….. that is DEFINITELY more albums than you’ll ever sell.

And in even better news Rihanna has toned down the Ronald McDonald look. This cranberry hue is much better.

-Rocco


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