I'M SORRY, THERE'S NO REASON TO DO THIS SONG HERE: No, sadly, former AI competitor Brooke White's first single is not a cover of Elvis Costello's "Radio Radio," as you might guess from the title, but instead something that sounds like it'd fit on a seventies Carole King album.

AND JOHN ADAMS WAS ALL SET FOR THE COVER OF YE OLDE PEOPLE UNTIL JEFFERSON KICKED IT THAT SAME DAY: Via KR, New York Magazine places Farrah Fawcett in the context of other famous people whose deaths were eclipsed by those of others.

MY HEROES: I know I was going to return as quickly as possible to my policy of ignoring Perez Hilton in the hopes that he'd go away, but I had to share. Seems that Hilton is filing suit or threatening to file suit or something, and promised to donate any recovery to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. But because of Hilton's use of that slur, MSF said no thanks -- it didn't want to be seen as approving the use of the language Hilton used (and it probably didn't want to enable Hilton's self-aggrandizing publicity stunt). Some Hilton detractors (including What Would Tyler Durden Do, which, let's face it, uses a voice that's about as homophobic as what you'd probably hear in any middle-school locker room) are so elated by the snub that they're encouraging their readers to chip in a few bucks to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. If you feel the same way, you can too.

WITH THEM INDIANA BOYS ON AN INDIANA NIGHT: The NYT's Charlie Savage recalls (and links to the documents) from when Reagan White House aide John Roberts, of Long Beach, IN, weighed in on how much attention the President should pay to the Victory Tour and other affairs of fellow Hoosier Michael Jackson.

On Sept. 21, 1984, the now-CJOTUS wrote in a memo (see p7, PDF), "In today’s Post there were already reports that some youngsters were turning away from Mr. Jackson in favor of a newcomer who goes by the name 'Prince,' and is apparently planning a Washington concert. Will he receive a Presidential letter? How will we decide which performers do and which do not? ... Why, for example, was no letter sent to Mr. Bruce Springsteen, whose patriotic tour recently visited the area?"

ETA by Isaac: Follow the link trail and you'll get to the letter Reagan sent Jackson as he was recovering from his scalp-combustion incident. I trust that I am not violating our no-politics rule when I guess that the Reagan of 1984 would not have lauded the Jackson of 2009 for his "deep faith in God and adherence to traditional values."

PRIVATE EYES (CLAP CLAP) ARE WATCHING THIS:What hath the success of Rock of Ages and Jersey Boys wrought? Answer--the currently in development Hall and Oates musical.

OLIGARX WITH ATTITUDE: We're trying out some serious business reporting here at ALOTT5MA. Russia's oil giant Gazprom just reached a deal for a joint venture with Nigeria's NNC. The company will be called ...

Um ...

Oh, dear.

Failblog.

SOMETHING EXCITING, SOMETHING DELIGHTING, SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY! There's more than just comedy tonight this weekend--we have stuff for the geeks (Transformers II, a new-to-the-US Doctor Who special, the Virtuality pilot movie), the tweens (Princess Protection Program, Disney Channel's continuing effort to groom Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato as their next big things), the weepies (My Sister's Keeper), the musically-inclined (VH1 Classic's all-weekend MJ marathon), indie comedy fans (Whatever Works, Away We Go), and even the critics (the much-praised The Hurt Locker, Stephen Frears' Cheri). So, whatcha got this weekend?