The Dollyrots - Because I'm Awesome

"I'm gonna own you, I'm gonna bring you to your knees..." - Kelly Dollrot, "Because I'm Awesome" Gulp. "Because I'm Awesome" is Little Stephen's "Coolest Song In The World." But, it's not my favorite here. That would be "Brand New Key," the sexiest single song since Julie London's "Cry Me A River;" Maria Muldaur's "I'm A Woman;" and Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Were Made For Walking." I mean: "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates; you've got a brand new key..." Lots of Roy Orbison "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrs." The top ten reasons the Dollyrots Are Awesome: Because - 1. They got a really cool name. 2.There's a demented looking jackalope in a gas mask on the cover of their CD. 3.They're a traditional three piece, like Buddy Holly and The Crickets, minus the late Nicky Sullivan. 4. One of the guys in the band has a t-shirt that, I think, says: "Hurt guys blow things up!" Yeah and I still love the ending of "Rock 'N' Roll High School," too. 5.They sound like the B-52s on the title song, even though they've got just one female member and she don't got no beehive. 6. Their "Best Friend's (Are) Hot;" they know "...Desperate S.O.S.," Watch (Them) Go" 'cause they got this "Crush" "Nobody Wants" and would never "Turn You Down" on "Your Tummy Tum Tum."There are two videos on here, one from SXSW 2006 and they've "Kissed,...and "Killed"...before. 7.Because "Brand New Key" might even work on a blind date. 8. Because they are awesome and sometimes you just shouldn't accept any substitutes for just that. Awesome! 9. Because they're on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records and therefore already have a hint of immortality. I once interviewed Joan Jett when she was sleeping on a friend's floor between gigs in Madison, WI. She not only loves "Rock 'N' Roll." It loves her. 10.Because of "17," which Patti Smith said in a 1974 Milwaukee Bugle American interview she "remembered being." Bonus from their incredible band notes on the website: They have a pet rat named Sniffy and Kelly Dollyrot (Ogden) likes to get carsick reading and if you send her your address and a favorite book (really)...well, don't do it you don't want the Dollyrots knocking on your door next tour, looking for a floor and a shower." [www.thedollyrots.com]