day 188

i'm boring.

okay, i'm not really boring. but hollywood on the other hand is.  so, i've resorted to more youtube videos.  at least tomorrow we'll have the weekend box office to talk about after the 3-day weekend is over.  first up, a surprise duet from taylor swift and john mayer.  the biggest artist of 2009 invited jennifer aniston's former flame on stage to perform his hit "your body is a wonderland." it still creeps me out that the song is about jennifer love hewitt - that girl has inspired too much music with too little fame (remember all the lfo songs?).  taylor is able to country-fy the california beach sound of the song and doesn't disappoint.  though, it is a bit creeptastic to see 31 year old mayer and 19 year old swift perform together.  here ya go.  oh and don't forget to check out the dueling guitar bit near the end of the 3rd minute. and i have no clue why the fan taping the performance randomly decided to capture the back-up singers.  

        

and now the latest offering from the jobros.  kevin, joe, and nick bring you the video for "paranoid," the first single off their newest disc, lines vines and trying times.  the song is relatively good - a little more mature than their past offerings.  however, this is confusing to me; the virginal threesome recently launched their disney channel original series (called jonas, yet their last name in the series is lucas - huh?), aimed at the tween and under set, but this is obviously aimed at the teen and up group.  mixed messages much?  the best part of the video - which takes an odd reading of the word "paranoid" by putting each of the brothers in random situations - is watching joe awkwardly shimmy around for the first minute or so while nick does most of the singing.  joe is the only bro who doesn't play an instrument - besides the tambourine - so he just has to play around.  i know nick has that whiny troubled artist sound, but utilize joe or don't use him at all.  plus, i don't understand his hair - why is nick the only one who understands what to do with the curls? anyway, check it out below.  the album drops june 16th.