Almost Alice, Almost HERE!!!

If you're a black haired, black nail polished, gothy kinda girl like me, then you've probably already got March 5 marked on your New Moon calendar and alterna band tune alarm set on the BlackBerry. Really, March 5 should be a national holiday, for it is on this momentous Friday that Tim Burton returns his gloriously twisted vision to the silver screen with Alice In Wonderland. The man who brought us The Corpse Bride and Sweeny Todd: The Deamon Barber of Fleet Street brings Johnny Depp and his live-in love Helena Bonham Carter along (AGAIN!! YAY!!) to tell the classic tale of Alice In Wonderland in true Tim Burton style.

With a marketing blitz that rivals that of the Twilight and Harry Potter brands, Burton and Disney fans everywhere are grabbing up the goods from Hot Topic, Torrid and The Disney Store. But what are we-who-wear-too-much-black most excited about? THE MUSIC!!! Tuesday, March 2nd, original music inspired by the film hits the shelves and iTunes, with the full length LP Almost Alice. Almost Alice is an album chock full of wicked awesome artists that will make any rock fan drool. Seriously. Check out this track listing:
1. Alice Performed by Avril Lavigne
2. The Poison Performed by The All-American Rejects
3. The Technicolor Phase Performed by Owl City
4. Her Name Is Alice Performed by Shinedown
5. Painting Flowers Performed by All Time Low
6. Where's My Angel Performed by Metro Station
7. Strange Performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli
8. Follow Me Down Performed by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch
9. Very Good Advice Performed by Robert Smith
10. In Transit Performed by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz
11. Welcome to Mystery Performed by Plain White T's
12. Tea Party Performed by Kerli
13. The Lobster Quadrille Performed by Franz Ferdinand
14. Always Running Out of Time Performed by Motion City Soundtrack
15. Fell Down a Hole Performed by Wolfmother
16. White Rabbit Performed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals


Also in the true Burtonesque spirit, long-time collaborator Danny Elfman has composed the score to Alice In Wonderland, which is also available beginning March 2 and is being billed as the film's official soundtrack. Elfman is also repsonsible for the music of several other Tim Burton projects that we adore, such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. We Burton freaks here at Token White Girl recommend saving yourself some substantial change by ordering Almost Alice and Alice In Wonderland : The Score at Amazon or picking it up at Target next Tuesday. You can use the money you save to buy your ticket! (You'll have to sell a kidney on the black market for the popcorn and candy.)