day 283

taylor swift, back-up singer

as far as i know, this is taylor's first official collaboration/duet. country - and pop's - biggest name of the moment, taylor swift, has teamed with up-and-coming boston band boys like girls (you've probably been listening to their song "love drunk" this summer) for the new song "two is better than one" off the band's sophomore effort, love drunk. it's a rock ballad for today's emo generation and, overall, relatively easy of the ears. the thing that annoys me anytime i've heard taylor sing with someone else (usually at an awards show/on youtube) is that her voice is always overpowered for some reason. swift technically duets with kellie pickler on "the best days of your life," but it just sounds like background vocals. that sound mixing is repeated here, but at least t gets a verse all to herself. give the song a listen (above) and see if you like it. while i've liked recent collabs like leighton meester and cobra starship, i'm not sure how i feel about this pop princess - meets - punk trend. it's so bizarre to me; recently selena gomez did a "duet" with forever the sickest kids and it just didn't sit well with me. a 16/17 year old should not be hanging out with people closer to 30. disturbing, much?

fall tv spoilers

okay, they're not really spoilers as much as scoop, but same diff right? from what i've read it looks like 30 rock will be continuing with the "jenna always does some project over summer" thing. this year, jenna (jane krakowski) will be taking the lead in some twilight knock-off film franchise that's filming in iceland...where the sun never sets. therefore, production will have issues with the whole "vampires only come out at night" thing. hilarity is sure to ensue. or at least sufficient awkwardness ... greek comes back to the small screen this monday (get exciteddd) and the cappie/casey sexual tension is going to continue to rise, and rise, and rise. however, cappie is going to resist the attraction. why? just to give the show more suspense. i don't know about you, but i was much more a fan of the casey-max relationship, but that's dunzo because michael rady (the actor who played max) is now full time on the cw's melrose place (which i'm still weary of) ... and gossip girl is finally turning to the whole bisexual storyline explored in the books. except, instead of dan, it's chuck taking a trade to the other team. that should be interesting. or completely disturbing. it also looks like the hopes of a dan/serena reconciliation are off the horizon, as penn badgley (dan) was seen sucking face with guest star hilary duff, an actress who attends nyu to get a taste of normal life.