COLD LAMPIN' WITH FLAVOR

I got Flavor and all those things you know

This Thanksgiving, I'd like to give thanks to the Dixie Chicks, their managers, and MSN, who provided me with the opportunity to attend the American Music Awards last night. I was sitting in the third row, in fact. If I wanted to go to the john, I had to ask either Sean Paul or Snoop Dogg to stand up.

While trailing the Chicks on the red carpet, I had a chance to talk to Flavor Flav, which is as close as I'll probably get to living out my dream of having a full conversation with Chuck D. I also snapped his photo. (See above.)

Unlike all the press on the red carpet who only know Flav from his VH1 shows, I was asking him stuff about Public Enemy, who are apparently reuniting with the Bomb Squad for a new album.

In fact, when I asked him why his security guards weren't the S1Ws (Security of the First World), he seemed especially pleased, as I was the only one around who knew more about his "Supercalafragahestikalagoothki" days, as opposed to his Surreal Life days.

Backstage, I also saw Flavor being comforted by his publicist over the fact that he broke his clock while trying to hug host Jimmy Kimmel. No joke ... unlike 911.

--Junichi