SOUNDTRACK: De Novo Dahl Is Having The Best Week Ever!
(ED NOTE: ?Soundtrack? will be a new recurring feature in which we tell you more about the music heard in each episode of Best Week Ever. This week, we dive into "Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound," the second full-length LP from De Novo Dahl)
"Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound" is not the tagline for the new Michael Bay Flashdance remake, but rather the latest album from the pop-tastic De Novo Dahl, a Nashville-based quintet with the heart of The Buzzcocks, the soul of Air, and the matching striped shirts of a bona fide, catchy-ass indie band.
The group's songs bear the same insistence on having fun as, say, an Andrew W.K. album, only without the threat that he'll knee you in the groin if you don't immediately start partying. "Be Your Man" is everything you're looking for in a dance mix candidate; simple, grinding guitar, a catchy-as-bleep chorus, and it's only a minute and fifty seconds, ending long before even the most awkward indiephile exhausts his full repertoire of sweet dance moves. "Shout" is just as catchy and much easier to dance to than the Tears For Fears song of the same name, and "Shakedown" gives the album a funky, almost Motown-ish depth. The multilayered, Arcade Fire vocals open the album in extremely familiar territory, but unlike your run-of-the-mill pop debut which has two good songs then you throw it on your iPod and forget about it until a year later when it comes up on Shuffle and confuses the hell out of you, De Novo Dahl's "Move Every Muscle..." actually continues being fun from the first minute all the way into its subdued final tracks (what nerve!)
Or, to put it more concisely -- ummm......... More like, De YES-vo Dahl!
Sorry, guys.
Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound is available now.
Check out the video for the single "Shout," after the jump:
BEST OF THE BWE: We Outgrossed Dark Knight
Tonight is your LAST CHANCE to catch an all-new episode of Best Week Ever for a couple weeks, so TUNE THE F*CK IN!!! 9 pm and 11 pm on VH1 tonight!!!!!! And I don't apologize for losing my temper!!!!!
Meanwhile, on INTERNET 2008:
- In a week of Dark Knight madness, one moviegoer barely escapes my fists of blogger fury when the Loews staff declares a state of IMAX Theater Mob Rule.
- Sara rubs elbows with a real-life star from the Dark Knight! Click to find out what Christian Bale smells like (no, the smell will not emanate from your speakers).
- Whoa whoa whoa, wait -- Batman's Mom is a CLOWN???
- Y R U so ugly Mggie Gillneennhallll!!! Your rinkled and fat I hate you let'z gety some hot trim!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bindi Irwin and her mom celebrating over the Steve Irwin Birthday cake barely even cracks this list of the 10 Most Tasteless Cakes.
- 50. Johnny. Mnemonic. Screenshots. You're welcome.
- We take a moment to reminisce about the movie American Pie, including Chris Klein's place in cinematic history (I have him as the second most influential figure, behind Rick Moranis)
- Ever wish you could be as successful as Brooke Hogan at... whatever it is she does? Order some Brooke Hogan Inspirational Posters today!
- And finally, we got our hands on the EXCLUSIVE first pics of Matthew McConaughey's ripped, shirtless baby.
Cute or Disgusting? The Monkey-Bunny-Piglet
A deformed pig with a bizarre-looking monkey-like face was born in China. It also has a bunny-like shape to its body: "Its rear legs are also much longer than its forelegs, causing it to jump instead of walk." What do you think? Cute or disgusting?


This Dude Must?ve Had A Fun Middle School
Watch Red Eye Tonight & Monday, As I Am Hosting
Just a quick note to encourage you guys to either stay up until 3 AM ET/12 AM PST or buy a Tivo, as I'll be guest hosting the late night gab-a-thon that is Red Eye on Fox News tonight, as well as on Monday night. Yes, your little Meems is taking her "blogging hat" off and donning her finest "on-air shoulderpads" for the occayzh.
And there are really fun guests! Joining me will be Greg Proops, hilarious comedian and staple of my upbringing on Whose Line Is It Anyway, the sizzling hot Ryan Johnson from Shark Week, and a bevy of other panelists and guests to keep me company.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have 17 layers of foundation to be applied to my face. Good day.
xoxo
Michelle
EXCLUSIVE: Why You Should Never Let Your Child Go On An Audition
We have obtained an exclusive clip from E!'s Living Lohan showing Ali Lohan auditioning for a roll in a major motion picture. It could easily be used as a PSA warning of the dangers of trying to make your child a star. The director of the film interacts with her the way a teenage Magic: The Gathering club president might behave when encountering the most popular girl in school. He eagerly shows her a drawing he made of the character, which looks like Nicole Scherzinger, and is desperately trying to make it sound like this is the biggest blockbuster production in history. He's obviously a real pro at giving acting directions: he tells her to read the script and "articulate each word - make it delicious." EWWWWWW. Naturally, Ali acts exactly how that popular girl in school would act: she tries to put on a nice face, but is clearly unable to hide her disdain for this peasant.
And The Award For ?Most Vaginal Flower Arrangement? Goes To?
The Bayreuth House, from the 2008 Bayreuth Festival in Germany:
SYTYCD Results: LL Cool J Still Knows How To Get A Girl To Spread Her Legs
On last night's So You Think You Can Dance results show, one thing became very clear: I'm way too emotionally invested at this point to be able to handle people getting sent home. It's going to be like Sophie's Choice in my apartment every Thursday for the next few weeks.
Anyway, the show opened with a futuristic group hip-hop routine that involved very heavy eye make-up for the ladies and spandex reminiscent of Power Rangers outfits. Host Cat Deeley was a vision in white, and asked guest judge Toni Basil about her experience judging. Toni said that dance is her addiction; her drug of choice. Nigel killed two birds with one stone when he made a special announcement about voting: he simultaneously emphasized the importance of voting in the presidential election while also bragging about the high numbers of votes that both American Idol and SYTYCD received this year. SMOOTH.
The first contestant called out for her results was Katee. She looked adorable in a black dress...and she is safe. Will is next. He is in the bottom!!! I believe he is definitely, as Nigel says, one of the most gifted dancers on the show - but that his personality might not be enough to win. Next on the chopping block: Comfort - and as expected, she is in the bottom. Then we have Mark, and I'm about to have a heart attack because I think he's in danger tonight. BUT NO! He is SAFE! WAHOO! Even his little bent pinkies looked surprised. Next up is Chelsea, and she is safe, which means Courtney is in the bottom. And then there was Twitch...OH MY GOD he is in the bottom. He practically has a breakdown and falls to the floor, where Cat comforts him. That means Joshua is safe.
Find out who went home, after the jump!
The special guest dance performance this week are two members of the Los Angeles Ballet Company, dancing to "The Man I Love." It's very ballet-y and pretty.
Here's a summary of the solo dances, which I feel at this point in the show are sort of redundant (I'd rather see more choreographed dance numbers, but maybe that's too much for the contestants to do). Comfort does her normal stuff but adds a cute little putting-on-makeup move at the end; Will looks like he's throwing in some Bollywood into this routine, Courtney is cute as usual, and Twitch gives a fun performance to a Kool & The Gang song.
The musical guest this evening is LL Cool J (whose microphone stand actually spells out his name, lest we forget who he is) featuring The Dream. The dancers were pretty slutty, especially when one of them lays down and spreads her leg wide right below LL, as if to say "My cooter is cold, would you be a love and put your peepee in it?"
Finally, it's time to get the results for Courtney and Comfort. Comfort is going home. It makes sense, and I realize a lot of people don't like her. Her non-hip-hop dancing may have been sub par, and some of you may not like her "stank" face, but I think she's shown herself to be a very sweet, positive girl. She happily danced her way off stage - what more can you ask of her?
Lastly, it's down to Twitch and Will. Just before Cat gives the results you hear one of them say "Oh God" (I'm assuming it was Twitch, who has been super dramatic about it from the start). Aaaand...it's Will that is going home tonight. I guess his James Brown routine didn't win America over. I do think, however, that Will is going to be JUST FINE...he probably has more of a career ahead of him than anyone else on the show. Will offers a great little inspirational speech at the very end, saying to all of us at home: "This IS possible. Keep working. There is no depth to the ocean so keep swimming." AW! I have no idea what that means, but I am crying.
Like I said, it's getting hard now. This isn't like American Idol, where it's easy to pluck them off one by one - on this show, you feel you're tearing a little family apart, because they dance together and have become so close through their various routines over the weeks. Thank God they get to go on tour together, and let me tell you, when I finally release my solo album, I'm going to hire this group to dance in my music video with me.
P.S. - Here are some other pictures from last night's episode:





Miley Cyrus And Selena Gomez Gearing Up For Least Exciting Feud Since Piven / Dorff
I guess we have to post this video, cause it's Miley Cyrus mocking Selena Gomez on Youtube, and both of them are famous and Selena is rumored to be dating Nick Jonas who Miley used to date (when she was what, 12?) and I don't really know the details, it's just one big ol' clusterf*ck of pop icons that I'm like three generations too old to even understand enough to rip on. I am literally paid money to sit and watch sh*tty, contentless videos on the internet, and I still wasn't able to sit through more than a minute of this sh*tty, contentless video. If there's a crazy twist ending, please let me know in the comments.
They Sure Took Some Liberties With This Bird On A Wire Remake
Man On Wire, a documentary about a French performance artist stringing a highwire between the World Trade Center towers and dancing for an hour before ultimately being arrested, comes out this weekend, and on one hand, I'm excited:
Jessica Simpson
Lindsay Lohan
Adriana Lima
Elisha Cuthbert
Britney Spears
Jessica Alba
Megan Fox
Paris Hilton