A Brief Timeline of Inane Lily Allen Outbursts

While there are certainly valid concerns on both sides of the great bootlegging debate, one thing's for sure: Lily Allen doesn't have the credibility to speak for either side. Her recent, inarticulate attacks on Radiohead, Bob Lefsetz, and fan file-sharing have been met with a mix of bemused condescension and all-out attack. Of course, that's nothing new. After the jump, MOG offers a condensed timeline of the pop tart's other recent, "like, really important" outbursts. Does she even make albums anymore?!

Sept 2008: A visibly intoxicated Allen tells co-presenter Elton John to "F--- off" on stage at the GQ awards. The rocket man responds that he could "snort her under the table." If only he had...

Oct-Nov 2008: Allen kicks off her soon-to-be-sad trend, appearing topless on the cover of GQ. She simultaneity announces that she is the "the Wordsworth of the MySpace generation." To be fair, "Tintern Abbey" was released with accompanying crotch shots.

Dec 2008: Allen finds herself in "serious trouble" when her unauthorized Brittany Spears cover makes its way onto the internet (one Youtube version alone gets over over 100,000 hits). Yeah, Lily, you're right: leaking songs on the internet is totally slow exposure. Maybe you should show your tits again...

Jan 2009: Allen flashes her "third nipple" in a Dutch TV interview (it makes its way to the internet even faster than the Brittany Spears song). Just to keep it classy, she responds to a Katy Perry insult, saying "shut up or I'll post your phone number on Facebook."

Feb 2009: Allen says in an interview that parents should give children drugs and urge them to "see what you think". This in the wake of a January pronouncement that "some people just don't know how to use drugs properly." At some point, she releases an album.

Mar-Apr 2009: Allen says she's getting a tatoo that says "shut up," a reminder to keep quiet. It doesn't work.

May-June 2009: Allen rampages into Cannes, flashing her exposed top and bottom several times over the course of the high-brow movie industry event. Then, the self-admittedly thin-throated singer calls singer Susan Boyle an amateur.

July 2009: Allen appears topless in i-D Magazine, marking her 10th or so topless photo set in about as many months. This comes in the wake of her assertion that she's been flashing for years" and has an aversion to bras. Yep, nothing like good ol' artistic integirty.

Aug 2009: Perez Hilton's assertion that he feels bad for "the poor sap who marries this trainwreck" sparks a catty twitter war that ultimately embarrasses the gossip guru and Allen alike.

Sept 2009: Allen takes a stand against internet piracy, threatens to quit, and attacks Radiohead while she's at it. Influential industry analyst Bob Lefsetz, and a host of others, call her out of touch, and she responds to the articles by saying she might sue. Shame Lefsetz is a lawyer...

So, after all her shamless, gossipy grandstanding, she wants us to take her seirosuly and/or feel bad about people stealing her songs? Maybe when she's put out half as many album's as Radiohead, I'll be interested in her opinion. Until then, maybe she should heed Lefsetz's advice and ...."Make legendary music and you'll survive the new world Lily. Because you're never going to make it on your smarts." Or, you know, at least stop taking it off for the tabloids...