CULTURE BUZZ: With the popularity of Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight series , teen vampire lit is the new trend in young adult fiction. It’s the typical teenage dilemma again: she’s human, he’s a vampire. For teenage girls with a dark side, these vampire books are a lot more appealing than all those rich-girl prep-school books.

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The Best Links:

1. Vampires Are the Latest Fad Amongst Teenage Girls
2. Stephenie Meyer’s Teenage Vampire Series Transcends Most YA Lit
3. I just don’t get the Twilight hoopla
4. Review of “Vampire Kisses” - Not as Good as the Twilight Series
5. New York Observer young adult article
6. Twilight Books Have Too Much Pre-Marital Sex (Wait, That’s a Bad Thing??)
7. Cast Revealed for Teen Vampire Flick “Twilight”
8. List on Amazon.com: “Teen vampire romances”
9. In Teen Circles, Stephenie Meyers Is Bigger than Harry Potter

MUSIC BUZZ: The New York Times writes about a German teen-pop sensation that somehow manages to make My Chemical Romance look less ridiculous. We thought Panic at the Disco would be the apex of teenage gothdom, until we heard Tokio Hotel. It just proves that as far as life skills go, it’s more important to be good at applying guyliner than writing pop hooks.

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The Best Links:

1. Girls at the Show Claim They’re The “Biggest Band Ever OMG”
2. YouTube - Tokio Hotel - “Scream” OFFICIAL Music Video
3. Tokio Hotel Somehow Makes it to Front Page of NY Times
4. “It’s Officially Tokio Hotel Day on Gawker”
5. Not Your Typical Manufactured Boy Band! Well, A, They’re From Germany….
6. New Tokio Hotel Video Interviews
7. Official UK Homepage
8. Who is Tokio Hotel? All Your Questions Answered on Wikipedia
9. “My Life As a Teenage Goth”