He's bringing sassy back

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Not that I'm really capable of picking one kind of music I love above all others but, if I had a gun to my head, my semi-short answer would probably be that I love flamboyant, fun pop-rock. (Why isn't there an aisle for that at the Virgin Megastore?)

I loved Cobra Starship's debut disc, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, from the first time I heard it for just that reason -- it's ridiculous, and knows it, and a little nasty, and a whole lot of ass-shaking singalong silliness.

Then I saw Cobra's founder/singer/all-around mythmaker, Gabe Saporta, doing red carpet coverage of the MTV VMAs, where he asked Sarah Silverman, "On a scale of one to Justin Timberlake, how excited are you about tonight?" (I searched high and low for this clip, to no avail. I swear somewhere it exists. Here's one from the same batch where he shows off his JT necklace -- but you can click the pic above to see it in larger detail.)

Obviously I had to use my powers of persuasion to make this man answer all of my gay questions. You can read the results -- Eye of the Cobra -- over at Out.com, where I get Gabe to gab about his collaboration with the super-queer VIP Party Boys, making out with Pete Wentz and the (even) dirtier versions of songs that didn't make the cut for ¡Viva La Cobra!, out this week.

Here's one bit that didn't end up in the mix, where I force him to feed into my fantasies about Maja Ivarsson from The Sounds, who sang with him on "Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)."

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Out: True or false: Maja from The Sounds is the hottest chick on the planet.
Gabe Saporta: True...and false.

Please elaborate.
She's very pretty, right? But -- and I don't mean this to be disrespectful. She definitely looks better on stage and on camera. She looks great otherwise, but she -- I guess everyone just looks normal in real life. The thing about Maja that makes her so hot is -- have you ever seen her play live?

Um, yeah.
She's fucking -- she just owns that stage with her moves. Especially when she drops down and squats on the stage, gyrating and stuff. It's fucking amazing.

I felt like I was getting a lap dance from 300 feet away.
That's what I'm talking about! So on those terms, she's the hottest girl in the world. It's the whole package. I'll agree. True!

Good answer! You got that one right.

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In the two days it's taken me to do and edit this interview, by the way, my new favorite song on the album has shifted slightly from "Guilty Pleasure" (still awesome) to "Kiss My Sass," which sounds like JT if JT would stop taking himself so seriously. (You can stream the whole disc at their MySpace.)

Go! Enjoy the Cobra.

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Gabe Saporta must be on crack if he thinks Maja is only hot on TV or onstage! I actually thought she looked hotter in person. . . but I suppose that is my opinion. Which is the correct one.