Four years clean and sober, Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond says he wants to get some stuff off his chest. Specifically, he is opening up about his struggles with drug abuse, in hopes that it'll clear up years of mysteriously shitty behavior. Take it away, Albert.

Decibel, the new men's fragrance by Azzaro, is packaged in a microphone-shaped bottle and represented by The Strokes' lead singer.

• American Apparel has received yet another delisting warning from the New York Stock Exchange. The troubled company has been late filing its first two quarterly reports, and recently had its auditors quit. Its stock is currently trading at 0.71 [WWD]

• Creator of this season's mightiest shoes, Alexander McQueen, is suing Steve Madden. McQueen's lawyers say the only reason the Madden is a knock-off and not a pure counterfeit is the omission of the logo'd zipper pull. (L-R: McQueen, Madden.) [WWD]

[New York, July 4. Image via INFDaily.]

• Wacko Jacko is teaming up with Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier to launch a new line this fall. The apparently delusional Frenchman says, "It's the merging of the King of Pop with the king of fashion. Something explosive is going to happen." Kitson, for some reason, has committed to carrying the line exclusively.…

Look, what did you want me to do, kids? Criticize the children at the Kit Kitteridge: An American Girl premiere? (Abby Breslin looked awesome, by the way.) Run, like, twenty pix of Will Smith at some international Hancock opening? No. For your sins, you get the 39th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees at…