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The New York Post nearly redeemed itself last month when it tracked down Heather DeLoach, a.k.a. "the Bee Girl from that Blind Melon video," n.k.a. a 25-year-old aspiring actress who lives in Southern California and whose previous credits include stints on Reno 911! and ER. "When I casually meet people, they don't know and I don't display it to them," DeLoach told the Post. "But within an hour, someone is bragging about it, like my boyfriend or my friends, and they're like, 'Oh my God, that's you?' " No word on whether or not she's forced to do her tap dance as proof that she's the real deal, alas. [NYP / YouTube]

Inspired by Matos' review of Hang The DJ earlier today and the inevitable barrage of year end lists on the horizon, we figured we'd allow Idolator readers to indulge in a little bit of listmaking of their own. After all, listmaking indulges the worst tendencies of any music fan (or possibly any fan at all), so why not use a late-autumn weekend to take some time and make your own list, or argue with the lists other people have put up. Or both! It's an endless cycle! My contribution is beyond the cut. More »

A special note to the Washington Post: If you're going to do a big article on Blind Melon and use the news that new lead singer Travis Warren, a diehard fan of the band who finally got the chance to sing with his heroes, has a 10-inch back tattoo of departed lead singer Shannon Hoon—and that Warren is so proud of said ink, he showed it to his soon-to-be-bandmates at his first audition—wouldn't it behoove you to at least get a candid shot of the man's body modification? Especially since Blind Melon bassist Brad Smith described the feeling of meeting Warren as "It's like the dog you loved when you were a kid came back from the dead and just showed up back at your door, wagging his tail like nothing had ever happened"? That tattoo has to have powers, I swear. [Washington Post; HT DHMBIB]