From Stacie Hougland: From the "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should" department...she may be Woody Allen's latest muse (and starring in his upcoming Vicky Cristina Barcelona), but has anyone heard the album Scarlett Johansson put out this week, Anywhere I Lay My Head?

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On it, the actress collaborates with David Bowie and some navel-gazing indie rockers to record 10 covers of tunes by alterna-croonster Tom Waits and one original. Judging by this video, it takes 6-7 studio musicians to produce this sonic sensation. ScarJo's producer calls the album's sound "Tinkerbell on cough syrup." I call it Sandra Bernhard meets Captain Beefheart in a dark alley downing whiskey and inhaling Freon. Don't believe me?

For that matter, here's a Tom Waits video.

Weigh in: Should Scarlett stick to what she knows (or just stick to being hot)? Or are you digging it?