Britney Not in New York, Not the "Cloverfield" Monster

After all her worried family members descended from Louisiana to L.A., pleading with Britney Spears to get help, the troubled pop star did what any sensible person would do: She ducked out of sight and flew to New York City. In a move that seemed to confirm message board speculation that she is in fact the Big Apple-attacking Cloverfield monster, Spears and her paparazzi friend Adnan Ghalib flew from Van Nuys airport to Teterboro airport in New Jersey at

Stop the presses! Updated reports are insisting that Britney DID NOT fly to New York and instead drove down to Mexico. Brit and Adnan were caught on film by Mexican paparazzi south of the border earlier this morning. The escape to Mexico was the end result of an elaborate ruse orchestrated by Britney and her "people" in which they convinced everyone that they were coming to New York. No word on what her Mexican agenda is, but it's doubtful she's meeting with the president to encourage aid to Africa.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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