Many miles away….

By Randee Dawn | 8/11/08

Hair Band Right. So, a little delayed, but: The story that goes with the VIP pass is this — we did not meet the band. There was basically no chance we were meeting the band, and the pass didn't even get us close to within sniffing distance of the band. We got back there as…

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Flashback of the day

By Randee Dawn | 8/01/08 |

Okay folks, time to play a game. Name this chick! (Or at least where you know her from.) Who am I? Hint: Shave off about 23 years when making your determination.Hint 2: Yes, it's music-related.Hint 3: Imagine her in a coffee shop. Answer tomorrow! I'll do more of these if y'all like 'em.

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This is not my beautiful house

By Randee Dawn | 6/16/08 |

Road to Nowhere Hey, so Loud Boy is back. Not sure what the context was, but I overheard this today: Loud Boy (on the phone with a colleague): … Yeah, it was pretty exciting, Bloomberg was there, so was Lance Armstrong — Colleague (who I can hear because they're sitting nearby): Yeah, so was David…

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Lowering my prohibitions

By Randee Dawn | 4/25/08 |

Growing up in Maryland, we had crabs. We had Ocean City, we had bragging rights to Washington D.C., and we had crabs. What I was too young to realize was that we also had John Waters. Until I saw "Hairspray" (the movie) in the theaters, with mom. She hadn't grown up in Baltimore, but she…

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Sign of the times

By Randee Dawn | 4/13/08 |

Love on the Rocks Since getting the TiVo thing I have, I watch virtually no show in realtime. I mean, why? But tonight is the "Rock of Love 2" finale. And not that I care who wins (Ambre) but I know the getting there will be hilarious and raunchy. As it's been all season. So…

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Temptation, the sequel

By Randee Dawn | 3/29/08 |

Make it big Well, I know how I'm spending my federal rebate check: From one George to another… And based on the ticket prices, I'm going to need every penny. But I missed Wham and any solo tours back in the day, so it's payback time. I want to shake my shimmy at Madison Square…

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Messin’ time is here

By Randee Dawn | 3/06/08 |

Busier than a one-armed paper hanger Dear Publicists, I am closed for any further contact about South By Southwest 2008. My dance card is so full my feet are broken. I am entertaining any offers to drive me to the airport tomorrow morning, however. AT SIX. Hatty For those who have an interest, I'll be…

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Rock the vote

By Randee Dawn | 2/05/08 |

I can hear her from the other room on CNN. Hillary, making some kind of positive, upbeat, "see, look what I can do" speech. I'm not mad, precisely. Just a little disheartened. And oddly sanguine, because it all makes sense. When I got up this morning I was rousing myself from a good 36-hour long-building…

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