If you really think about it, Skid Row was one of the most exciting bands of the era in which heavy metal dominated our thoughts and dreams. The original quintet were bats out of hell in the early '90s, scoring platinum successes with their Skid Row and Slave To The Grind LPs. And, for awhile there, they seemed poised to conquer the world and make it a better, fairer world.

But, just then, something happened. Call it what you will… greed, fate, Sebastian Bach's unslakable thirst… whatever. Something. And that "something" spelled the end of one of the greatest eras music has ever known.

Oh, yeah, it was Nirvana.

But enough of that. Let's all enjoy Skid Row at their finest, with the video of "18 And Life" off their first album. This great, great video--and probably Row's greatest song--tells the tale of what can happen when seemingly-innocent gunplay turns ugly. It's a cautionary tale, to be sure, but one we can all learn from.

1 — Prison is a good

It's always pretty exciting when a film or TV star decides that they'd also make a pretty good music star. Here at Framed we remember everyone from Bobby Sherman to Keanu Reeves and Russell Crowe. And they were all, without exception, great beyond words.

Which brings us to this week's featured star, Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett is about as well-established a film babe as you can be--she's appeared in movies as diverse as The Horse Whisperer, Lost In Translation and The Island. Bonus points: she's also appeared in Home Alone 3 and Eight Legged Freaks.

So, yes, her resume is stunning. But what about her credentials as a rocker? What attracts this quite beautiful woman to the now-dying world of pop music? Frankly, we have no idea in hell. And yet, at the same time, we're pretty happy to have her back in our blog. The last time we saw Scarlett was in the very first Framed, when she co-starred with Justin Timberlake in that video he made whose name we forgot.

Scarlett's released an album

Being born in Miami and raised in Jamaica, Sean Kingston makes music that is an intriguing blend of reggae, rap and R&B. The 18-year-old Kingston did credibly well last year with his eponymous debut album, but the big single off the album, "Beautiful Girls," was a monster. It moved over seven million ringtones.

With a new album pending, Sean has promised us a special treat this week, so--without further ado--we'll turn it over to him! See you again next week!

1 - "Hi, readers! Welcome to 'A video shoot with Sean!' Please let me take you through the video for my big hit song, 'Beautiful Girls.'"

2 - "Here are some of the hot girls they hired for my video. They were beautiful, but certainly not way too beautiful. Bad casting."

3 - "The magic of video allowed us to go back to 1957, yet still remember everything that would happen later! Don't vote for Nixon!"

4 - "Here I am pointing out to my director that, contrary to the song's lyrics, I'm not actually suicidal, and hence have no

Good news, readers! This week makes it four out of our last six blogs that we've featured someone from American Idol in Framed! They say that only God is perfect, but--to be perfectly blunt--we're starting to wonder.

Ahem.

Even better, our featured star is our personal favorite Idol performer of all time--none other than Kellie Pickler, the Flower of the South. When Kellie was an Idol contestant, Framed was riveted by her performance of that one Queen song, the one where she was wearing that tight leather outfit. By which we mean, she sang it very, very well. That Kellie only came in sixth place that year was probably the greatest injustice in American pop culture since George W. Bush was denied a popular vote victory back in '00.

Now, of course, Kellie is a big star, and we couldn't be happier. Kellie has proven--proven, we say!--that any ol' "small town girl" (get it?) from North Carolina can become a great and acclaimed singer and not have to be a waitress. That's the lesson. This