Some distractions to last you the weekend…

:: Tina Fey lampoons Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live… And while it’s brilliant, it’s neither as funny nor as terrifying as the real thing

:: Here’s a free download of Annie’s superfantastic cover of Stacey Q’s Two Hearts – Click here. Annie’s album, Don’t Stop, is due out this week, next week, sometime or never.

:: How popular is your name? Check out this site that tracks the popularity of first names (in the US) since 1880.

:: “When you hear a rhythm that is being played by an instrument you can’t identify but wish you owned, you are hearing Timbaland”. A great profile of the super-producer, courtesy of the New Yorker

:: I was recently on a plane that was struck by lightning, and I’d have felt just a little bit safer if I’d had this guide to how land a jumbo jet handy.

:: Brad Walsh has remixified Britney’s Womanizer and made it available for download. It takes a song that sounds like it was written by a computer program and makes it sound like the computer has had a psychological “episode”. Full marks all round, particularly for (muso alert) “breaking it down in the middle 8″ .

:: 10 People From Your Past Who Will Haunt You On Facebook.

:: The video for Alicia Keys and Jack White’s Bond theme misses out on the one thing that would make it tolerable – footage from Quantum Of Solace.

:: Fans of Ferris Beuller are planning to recreate the film’s iconic carnival scene at New York’s Hallowe’en Parade on 31st October. If you’re going along, get in touch – I’d love to get your photos on the blog at the end of the month!

:: Amazon’s computers have begun phase two of their plan for global domination.

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