Joan Jett to Al-Qaeda: "We Will Rock You!"
HEADLINE: "Britney and Shakira Will Never Rock!"
Okay, so maybe you could slap a "Local Teen Insists" in front of that quote and it would be an instant Onion headline. But this quote is actually part of a longer, funnier, and smarter article than you'd think: It's a letter that a Joan Jett fan wrote to Rolling Stone about their ridiculous Women in Rock issue (see my blog from 10/22). Among the letter's highlights? Writer reveals that, during a trip to Afghanistan, Jett pounced into thestage wearing a birkha, promptly ripped it off, and stomped on before "blazing through the purest and nastiest rock show ANYWHERE." (Take THAT, Osama!) A tip that Rolling Stone editors may actually be "retarded." And a suggestion that Avril Lavigne's punk sensibilities may indeed have been bought from Hot Topic. (What was meant to be a dis might now be an excuse for teens everywhere to shop at a place where you can buy lava lamps and red pleather pants at the same time.)
Thanks to Paul Demko for sending this to me... the letter is definitely worth a read. Find it here.
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