Or, if they didn't literally see their favorite music star autograph something, would they know who it came from?
Well, those of you with varying levels of disposable income can find out, thanks to a couple auctions currently going on.
First up is an auction benefitting the Reading Reptile, a Kansas City (Missouri) children's bookstore which, if it's half as fun as their website, is probably about three times as fun as your regular life. They're having a Debt Reduction Day auction, which includes such Ralph's World items as an autographed Ralph Covert guitar and autographed copies of his new album The Rhyming Circus and his new book. Or, if you don't like that, have Bill Harley write you a song. (Or, if you don't like music, just go ahead and get that Kevin Henkes "Lilly" sketch.) You have 'til May 24 to find enough loose change in your couch.
And for those of you with more disposable income than I currently have and a tween girl, might I suggest the autographed Miley Cyrus guitar as part of the XM Kids Traveling Roadshow benefiting the Children's Miracle Network? Ralph's guitar is a lot cheaper right now, but Miley's guitar is a lot cooler...
Hannah Montana is Offsprung
I'm late posting this (as the talk is going on right now), but yesterday I posted some suggestions for today's Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana chat at Amazon over at my Offsprung site. Go and make some more mildly (or harshly) sarcastic suggestions.
By the way, Offsprung is rolling out some cool community features, so if you haven't stopped by, you really should. A fun group of writers and readers, growing daily.
Where Is Montana?
Miley Cyrus, via her Disney Channel alter-ego, Hannah Montana, hit #1 on the Billboard charts this week, beating debuts from My Chemical Romance and John Legend.
My kids are almost as far away from the MCR and John Legend demographics as they are from the Hannah Montana-demographic. The eldest has a ways to go before reaching her tween-age years and -- much more importantly -- we don't have cable.
But what was the normally-on-the-ball Idolator doing being surprised by Cyrus grabbing the top spot? I'm only an indie-hipster-pretender (I haven't even attempted to download the leaked Shins CD, that's how far out of the loop I am), but I coulda told you that Disney Channel + tweens + a $10 CD/DVD = lots of allowance money changing hands.
C'mon, Idolator, you said it yourself later in the story -- "The soundtrack is the fourth Disney-produced record this year to debut in the top 10." That should've been your first clue.
