ROBOT FIGHT!

(..sigh. I wish...)

Okay... so, I just don't think there's enough room in this galaxy for both of these amazing, talented women, and they're just going to have to duke it out for who gets to be the supreme kick-ass chick with a mohawk.

Ladieeeees and Gentlllllemen , allow me to present, in this corner, weighing in at probably around 110 lbs, Janelle Monae:















This is the cover art for her upcoming CD, "Metropolis: the Suite." Here's a picture of what she actually looks like:













Let's analyze, shall we:

• cute black chick.... check.
• mohawk-meets-centurion haircut... check.
• fusion of R&B and Rock and Nintendo... check. (With some OutKast thrown in. She was in Idlewild.)
  
• inclusion of ROBOT, specifically THIS ROBOT:

....check.


Aaaaaand in this corner, weighing in at probably 115 lbs. (I'm pretty sure she's a little taller) J*Davey, whose Land of the Lost CD 2-disc package (a "suite," perhaps?) is out now. (This is, like the 2nd or 3rd iteration of Land of the Lost, so if you think you've heard of it before, you probably have.)













Let's analyze:

• cute black chick.... check.
• mohawk-meets-centurion haircut... check.
• fusion of R&B and and Rock and Nintendo... check. (With a little Bowie thrown in, I think... or something like that...)
  

"But wait a sec, Velv," you say. "Where's the Chris Cunningham robot from 'All is Full of Love'?" Well, I was saving the best for last...

• Here you go:

...Weird, huh?

Okay... so it's not exactly the same thing. And if there was enough room for both of them at the Afropunk festival this weekend, then I think the galaxy can handle it. But still... I kind of hope we have a new genre.