Perez Hilton Attempts To Enter The Music Blogosphere

If you’ve never read the celeb-sucking Photoshop shitshow that is PerezHilton.com, consider yourself lucky; you might still be able to reproduce. Apparently, Perez is hyping musical acts on his blog, and one publicist is desperate enough to mass-email one of Hilton’s “reviews”:

From: Peter Galvin Date: Nov 2, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: Perez Hilton calls MIKA music’s newest shining star! Listen up–media player attached! Please let me know if you would like to receive a sampler of 3 songs from the upcoming album from MIKA, already one of the most acclaimed artists in the UK this year, and his debut LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION doesn’t even come out until March. Click on the media player below to hear what all the fuss is about. Also, click here to see what Perez Hilton had to say about this musical Boy Wonder:

And what does the Robert Christgau of the Life & Style set think, we ask?

Say hello to Mika, our favorite new discovery!!! Born in Beirut, raised in Paris, and having spent his formative years in London, Mika’s music is just as hot as his model looks. Oh yeah, and it just so happens that he’s gay! Mika’s grandiose popera remind us of a lighter and brighter Rufus Wainwright or a modern-day Freddie Mercury. However you describe it, it’s fucking fierce!

“Grandiose popera”? Somebody get this guy a Pitchfork try-out. By the way, the company working Mika is Blue Streak Marketing, a firm that specializes in targeting gay audiences; past clients include Morrissey, Anita Baker, the Little Willies, and–hey! Stop snickering!

Listen To This: Shining Brighter Than A Star [Perez Hilton] Blue Streak Consulting [Official Site]