LIVE CHAT! It's time to open up...

Welcome to the Pop Life Live Chat & Meat Market!

I'm all yours for the next two hours, from noon to 2 p.m. I have the headphones on, a mega-sized satchel of Funyuns at my feet and hot new pop tart Katy Perry (pictured) stripping on my desktop hi-fi. So let's chat. I'll provide a talking point, but this sucker is basically all yours. Feel free to stuff the comments section with random music picks, ridicule, shameless self-promotion (c'mon, local bands, let's hear it), Celtics-Lakers analysis, favorite pickup lines, etc.

WHAT'S ON YOUR SUMMER '08 PLAYLIST? So far, Weezer's Pork and Beans is my top track of the sweaty season (WATCH). It's not even close. In fact, I strongly believe the federal government should pay Rivers Cuomo to soundtrack every American summer. BTW, Weezer's self-titled new disc has two other surefire smashes: Troublemaker and Everybody Get Dangerous.

As for other summer songs, I'm also digging the Ting Tings' Shut Up and Let Me Go (WATCH), Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl (WATCH), N.E.R.D.'s Everyone Nose (WATCH) and last but not least, Bryan Adams' I Thought I'd Seen Everything (LISTEN). As for new albums, check out Santogold, James Hunter and Martha Wainwright, all of whom I gushed about in my Summer Music Blowout.

Of course, knowing my core readership, many of you are currently rocking out to new product from Journey, Def Leppard, Asia and Night Ranger. (I think I have some fresh Dokken around here, too). So by all means, tell us what tracks to test, or post music links on the comments section, and let your freak flags fly...