The Dirty Crush

We all have them, those celebrity crushes that are completely inexplicable.  Like, never in your real life would you be at all attracted to someone who looked like said celebrity, but for some reason -- either because you saw them perform live at the Roseland Ballroom once and the way they played the shit out of a guitar made you a little weak in the knees, or any of a number of other reasons -- you just can't help but be completely enamored by almost anything they do.  I have friends who admit to having these "dirty crushes" on people like Kid Rock or Colin Farrell (okay, yes, he's sort of traditionally attractive, but he also seems to be a walking STD machine). Mine, ever since the summer of 2006, has been Jack White, and his new supergroup project with fellow Raconteur Jack Lawrence as well as The Kills' Alison Mosshart and Dean Fertita of QOTSA (no Josh Homme, saldy, but I guess there's only room for one sexy vocalist in this group) and the following resulting video further cements my belief that the man can do almost no wrong.  I say almost because he did, after all, date Renee Zellweger, something that seemed too bizarre even for him.  Anyway, I'm looking forward to this Dead Weather album, which will be releasing tomorrow and, who knows, maybe I'll even head down to the open-for-two-days-only Third Man Records store on Chrystie to buy my copy later this week.

The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother