Justin Bieber - File under White Teen R&B

Will Justin date a fan? That was the question that caught my eye on a copy of Tiger Beat when I was buying some crap at Best Buy this week.

And of course, being an old fart, I was like, "Justin Timberlake? Huh?"

But no, Youth Decoder. Justin is Justin Bieber. He's a white kid who -- get this! -- sings in a black style and uses black jargon, like "shorty." Totally unprecedented!

Anyway, he is massive. If you don't know who he is, it's just because you are old and boring. A canadian kid born in 1994, Bieber is, I guess, 15 or 16 right now. Wikipedia says he is "the only artist in Billboard history to have four singles from a debut album chart in the Top 40 of the Hot 100 before the album's release." And he chills with Usher. So dang, yo.



One other cultural trend that has to be noted. I'm sure it makes Brian happy that everybody in every fucking video ever made these days is talking on the phone or sending a text message or something, but seriously, what the hell is so compelling about cell phones? Is it really that exciting?

Apparently it is.