Let's start with the bad news, Acoustic Hearts of Winter did not make the Top 100 of the UK's Album Chart (what a surprise there!). It probably debuted outside of it, but those numbers don't get published to public, so basically prolly will never know.

On next, we have a new poll. Last week we triggered a conversation (I'm happy with), this week I'm not going all into the last poll. A half will (51%) buy one of the games, the other half won't (49%) due to different reasons.
But the new poll got me thinking... Aly & AJ are familiar with covering ("Magic", "Sunshine", "American Band", "Black Horse"...), if they were to cover another song, who/what song would you like them to cover? Some Disney artist (Miley, JoBros, Demi), an 80/90s rock band (too wide!), or some 2000s acts? I was wondering how it'd sound if Aly & AJ would cover Anouk's "Jerusalem"!

What song would you like to hear them sing?

Our beloved duo are here seen hanging out (having a sleepover?) with Mitchel Musso and Matt Prokop. AJ giving us the "gangsterlook", while Aly looks tired on the first pic! Matt seriously looks like a girl on the first pic! Pics are from Musso's MySpace.

Credit: OceanUP
* Still no word on where AHOW landed on the UK Albums Chart*

«update» This pictures are not so new! I was doubting this myself, as AJ's hair is really different here. Thanks Matt for the info! «/update»

Hey guys! So now that it's October I thought of an idea.

I want to make Aly & AJ a Christmas Present and if we want to get it to them in time, we need to start now.

So here's the idea. I thought it would be awesome if all of the fans got together and made a video for the girls. We will be using "Greatest Time of Year" since it will be winter when they get the present.

You cannot participate in this if you don't want to have a picture of you on the internet.

This is what to do!
Get a piece of paper and write the word you are given on it. You may decorate it any way you want. Also, get anything that you own that has Aly & AJ on it and put it in the background. For instance, I would write on paper the word "greatest" and I would be standing in front of my Aly & AJ poster, I would hold the Aly & AJ cd's I own, and I would be wearing the Aly & AJ shirt I have. Then, take a picture. After you upload the picture to the computer, email me with the following:
 • Picture as an attachment
 • Name
 • Word given to you

I will put the pictures on a video as a slideshow with the song "Greatest Time of Year" playing at the same time.

I know you may have so questions as to how the girls will get the video, and so on, but not to worry. I'll worry about that. I have a plan.

Links:
 - Christmas Present (GTOY)

Only 13 right answers this time! I am going to make this the last one before the final round! The ones with the most points will recieve an award after the next 2 rounds. Good Luck. Please note that Pic 6 will be the final round!!!!!    check the scores in the read more and please tell me if i made a mistake in the scores! If i did, i'm sorry!

Hey guys! So sorry we haven't blogged in a bit, we suck hehe We've been up to some really cool stuff recently that's been keeping us effing busy :)

Went to the Teen Vogue party a couple weeks ago, caught up with some friends we hadn't seen in a long time. The dresses we wore we're probably one of our fav red carpet looks, wore Luella, such a great designer. Went to the Esquire party for Rock The Vote, had a great time.  We'll post a picture or two soon.This upcoming election is super important. Aly will be able to vote for the first time :) For any of you who are old enough, make sure you register to vote! Attended the AmberWatch event where we passed on the gavel to Selena Gomez as the new chairman for the youth coalition. We are now apart of the celebrity coalition. Such a great charity, means a lot to us! We've kind of been on a concert buzz lately. Went to The Raconteurs show a couple weeks ago with a friend & our lead guitar player. Amazing show.

Jack White is insanely talented as well as the other guys in the band.

Last night we saw Cheap Trick, Heart & Journey at the Greek. They all killed it. Nothing like some classic music. Need more! Headed to NY soon for lots of editor meetings. Haven't been there in awhile, It'll be fun.

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Anieks edit: Not much that we alread knew right? Thanks to everyone on the tagboard and comments for pointing out the new blog!!!

Hey guys! I picked the fan of the month! And it is....Ashley!

I chose Ashley because she has been with the girls since the beginning. She appreciates everything the girls do. She loves how their lyrics are down to earth and give a positive message.

If you would like to apply for the Fan of the month for November, e read Ashley's interview, or see the past winners, click on a link below:

• Apply for the Fan of the Month here.
• Read Ashley's Interview Here
• Read he Previous fan's of the month here.

Congrats Again Ashley!!!

The last poll of the week was an interesting one. The question was if Aly & AJ have ever done something to disappoint you, and 73% (including I) voted no. The other voted yes. Let's discuss some of the answers:

1. Evolution theory bash

11% - Info: Some years ago, in an interview, Aj said "Evolution is silly. Monkeys? Uhm.. No." Opinion: Everybody is entitled to believe in whatever they want/choose to believe. Does it really disappoint you that they have a different opinion than you?

2. Underwear in public

12% - Info: Back in May, Aly & AJ were walking bras in a fashion show for charity and were later seen underwearshopping. Opinion: For walking bras, the girls were not semi-nude, they were as covered as they could be and still managed to walk the show. Also, when they were shopping, they were just seen holding it up, you didn't see pics of them wearing it in a way you can see them? No.

What do you think? Comment in this post. If you haven't voted yet, you still can, click here, scroll down and bring out your vote! Meanwhile the new poll is on in the right sidebar!

Last week, we posted the piece of news that Aly & AJ's holiday album Acoustic Hearts of Winter is set for a 29 September. That would be today! If everything's alright, the CD should be in stores today! Support Aly & AJ by buying the CD, let's get Hearts debuting on the UK Albums Chart!

1. "Greatest Time of Year"
2. "Joy to the World"
3. "We Three Kings"
4. "The First Noël"
5. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
6. "Silent Night"
7. "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
8. "Let It Snow"
9. "Deck the Halls"
10. "Little Drummer Boy"
11. "Not This Year"

••  HMV (£4.99) •  Play (£6.99) •  iTunes (£7.99) ••

Live in the UK? Gonna buy the album?

Found a lot more pics of the Amber Watch Fun Fair. These pics are very large, but the quality isn't high.. too bad. well.. enjoy.

Links:
- 27th September 2008: Amber Watch Fun Fair Produced by Backstage Creations

I found a shoot which looks new to me, but it circulated on a lot of sites. I decided it to post it anyway.  It is a "new" photoshoot, taken by Andrew McPherson.  

Links:
- Photoshoots > Andrew McPherson

Aly & Aj attended the Amber Watch Fun Fair Produced by Backstage Creations yesterday. I added over 40 pics of the event. I hope to add some HQ's soon. enjoy:

Links:
- 27th September 2008: Amber Watch Fun Fair Produced by Backstage Creations

Guys!  We posted a lot of news messages the last couple of days, so don't forget to enter the Smiley Face game! You can find pic 4 if you scroll down. Only 12 visitors entered so far, so i figured you might have missed it!

Good luck!

Congrats to the girls on their 2 year anniversary of Acoustic Hearts Of Winter!!! Just like Gino i will add a few facts lol. I don't have the same sources, but i hope you like them:

DID YOU KNOW THAT:
-  The album was re-released exclusively to Target stores in 2007 with three new songs.
- The first and only single from the album was "Greatest Time of Year", which was used as promotion for The Santa Clause 3 with the music video containing clips of the film
- Greatest Time of Year ended on number 67 on the Hot Digital Songs list.
- AHOW went to number 78 on The Billboard 200

Feel free to add another fact in the comments section and i will add it to this post (with credit offcours)

Wow another event of the girls! I added more good quality pics to the gallery.

Links:
- Events > Rock the Vote (09.25.2008)

Whoohooh! Where are the girls not these days? It's raining A&A events! New photos of them at the Rock the Vote event of yesterday in LA’s Esquire House, with Christina Aguilera and more! They here look ABSOLUTELY amazing, don't u think?

Events » Rock the Vote (09.25.2008)

More pics coming up later today!

Added 17 HQ images of the girls at the Forever Strong Premiere! And i added an old scan of Seventeen Magazine to the gallery. Check the pics below.

Links:
- Premieres > 2008 > Forever Strong Premiere

- Seventeen Magazine (Dec/Jan 2008)

Disney has issued a press release and announced that “Hannah Montana The Movie” release date has moved to April 10, 2009. That’s three weeks earlier than their original May 1, 2009 date.

The Hannah Montana Movie will be competing in the box-office against anime adaptation “Dragonball” and comedy “Bandslam”. A week later (April 17th), Zac Efron’s “Me and Orson Welles” debuts in theaters.

Who will/should win the forthcoming box office race?

P.S. vote in the latest poll! We're curious if Aly & AJ have ever disappointed you. Of course we love them, but that doesn't have mean you have to agree with everything they do... Right?