Joan Collins in the front row of designer Caroline Charles runway show during London Fashion Week. September 18th, 2009. For Stacey.

Joan Collins is 76. I swear to fucking god!

Anyway, here’s a clip of the eternally elegant Collins telling a reporter for the BBC that shoulder pads are in fact, “back” this season. Match and point, Collins.

NO, I HATE YOU MORE…! For L “Block the Perry” P.

Adding fuel to the rumors that Aerosmith’s hiatus just might be a permanent one, guitarist Joe Perry has put his toxic-twin and band mate Steven Tyler on notice during a recent interview to the Associated Press. Sez The Perry:

All I know is he’s got to get his act together. I mean, he and I haven’t written a song together alone in the same room in over 10 years, so there’s been some changes in paradigm of what Aerosmith is.

Whoa.  Anytime someone pulls out the word “paradigm” out of their scrabble box, you know they’re really pissed off. Anyway, Perry has apparently been torked off at Tyler since he fell off the stage during the bands gig at Sturgis in August:

I was pretty (upset), because right before that, he had pulled a muscle in his leg. And we had to take two weeks off and we missed probably seven dates.

Last month Tyler, who is also working on a solo-record with a new management company, talked to Rolling Stone about how things are going internally with the band:

Has the band done things to me where I’ve wanted to quit? Positively. But I’ve stuck in there for the sake of a few sounds we got. I respect the power this band has in and of itself, regardless of who says what.

Despite Aerosmith’s disabled list status Perry has managed to keep himself pretty busy. His new record, Have Guitar, Will Travel, is out on October 6th and he plans to take the new version of The Joe Perry Project on the road this fall.

Tyler has yet to respond to Perry’s latest rant. Only time will tell if this is truly the end of Aerosmith’s glorious 37 year run.

Thanks to Freddy Pants for the East Coast/West Coast linkage…

Billy Squier, the boy from Wellesley who became a rock star. Yes, really. For JB.

Tonight, the All Night Long Tour rolls into Tacoma at the Emerald Queen Casino. The solo-tour is Squier’s first in 17 years.

My Birthday Brawl post that pitted Squier against Ian Dury from last year is still one of the most popular posts on Cherrybombed.com.

More on one of my favorite guilty pleasures, here.

Yes you can! Talk like a pirate that is. For Jane.

September 19th is the 7th annual Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Let the “ARRRGGGGGS” begin.

More here.

Portrait of President Barack Obama done entirely in breakfast cereal. For K.

YES YOU CAN, make a portrait of the President out of breakfast cereal.