dougie writes a book

Here's a ridiculous pop band of 'N Sync proportions (i.e. slightly below the Backstreet Boys and the Spice Girls) but still okay (and more tolerable than Girls Aloud). There's a good chance you've never heard of them, but then again I suspect I'm the only one who rereads my posts to check for spelling and then laughs at my own genius and I have heard of them, so I care. Anyway, McFly are Tom, Danny, Dougie, and Harry, who I always forget about because Harry is like the slightly thinner Antony Costa of the band in my mind.

(Side note: boy band names are really funny. "Blue" is especially creative. I may call my band "Chartreuse" or "Orange," I haven't quite decided yet.) Anyway, the reason I like McFly is mostly because of their slanty hair but also because they don't really seem to take anything seriously, which is nice amongst the Kanye Wests of the world, who remember, is "the voice of this generation of this decade." Dear Dougie, truly the brains of the group, recently said that the band plans to write a book:

"We are writing a book of sex tips. It's going to be pretty epic, but we aren't releasing it until 2060 when all our wives are dead."

Also, I have realized that I think what I most like about Britain is that they still have boy and girl bands. I mean, real ones. All we have are slutshows like the Trannycat Dolls and Fall Out Boy (not sure if they still exist actually. I haven't really listened to the radio since 2004, so I think that Usher and Nelly are still cool, if that tells you anything.)

But Britain has graciously given the world Boyzone, BBMak, the Spice Girls, Girls Aloud, the Sugababes, Westlife, Atomic Kitten, Take That, Busted, Blue, and countless others whose CDs I probably own. I can tell you now that I have Boyzone's greatest hits and was genuinely excited when I heard they regrouped. Sad.

Here's McFly on Popworld a couple of years ago.