A Note From The New Editor: Waking Up At The Crack Of Dawn Because I Love It

Hello, everyone. Maura here. It’s my first day in the editor’s seat, and what better way to introduce my tenure than with the video for Amerie’s summer-single-in-waiting “Gotta Work”–even if I have serious misgivings about all the Pussycat Dolls biting, a.k.a. the obvious attempt to get her record noticed on these shores? (Here’s hoping there’s an alternate “headbanging in front of bucket-drum-players” version of the clip floating around somewhere.)

Anyway, things will be in a state of semi-flux around here for the next few weeks: people should be permanently installed around me soon; a redesign similar to the one other Gawker sites have undergone will be put in place here early this week; and any first-person references will probably be in the singular now, although I have to say that after ten months, the semi-royal “we” is a tough, tough writing habit to break. But I’m really excited about the terrific parade of guestbloggers coming on board to assist me, beginning with Dan Gibson today.

One thing that hasn’t changed: You can keep sending tips to the usual address. Also, the crabby ’90s nostalgia will still be painfully high, if a bit more tinged with finds like this: the entire Love/Hate catalog, available as free MP3s. (Black Out In The Red Room did come out in 1990, after all.)

Amerie – Gotta Work [Offical Video] [YouTube, via AmerieWeb] love/hate rock band love/hate everything lovehate metal lovehate [Official site]