Alyson and Amanda Michalka of Aly & AJ checked in with fans on their official web site’s blog on Wednesday (October 1). The sibling pop duo posted the same message on their individual blogs, with a mention of next month’s U.S. elections. They write:

This upcoming election is super important. Aly will be able to vote for the first time :) For any of you who are old enough, make sure you register to vote! Attended the AmberWatch event where we passed on the gavel to Selena Gomez as the new chairman for the youth coalition. We are now apart of the celebrity coalition. Such a great charity, means a lot to us!

The full message at alyandaj.com has since been removed.

Aly & AJ checked in with fans on their official web site’s blog on Monday (August 4) while in Tokyo, Japan. The sibling pop duo said on AJ’s blog:

Tokyo’s Psycho! We had an amazing time! The culture there is so incredible. We especially love the people, they are so polite and giving. We will never forget our experience there, not to mention the fashion. The streets resembled a runway show, we were blown away. Hope you dig the pics, can’t wait to go back. Peace ~ Aly & AJ ~

They also wrote on Aly’s blog:

Wow, I have to say some of our most enthusiastic and generous fans come from Japan. We were so warmly welcomed there, from the many Hello Kitty gifts we received to the people we met and sang karaoke with…..they even had Potential Breakup Song there as one of the songs to choose! Haha Thank you to every single person that came to see us during our stay. Next time we come back….we will certainly stay longer and explore even more of your beautiful country…lots of hugs! Xo Aly & AJ

The Eagle-Gazette reports reports that a man making violent threats against Aly & AJ Michalka will be arraigned today in Fairfield County Municipal Court today. Rex Mettler, 42, issued the threats to the sibling teen pop duo via e-mails, phone calls and blog entries. Lancaster Sgt. Mike Peters said the threats to Aly & AJ “were specific enough that we were concerned with their safety.”

Aly & AJ, aka Alyson and Amanda Michalka, are set to follow up last year’s ‘Insomniatic’ with a third album to drop late this year or early 2009. “The whole new record is pretty much done being written,” AJ tells Billboard. “We haven’t really talked about the sound yet. Aly and I are just throwing around ideas, writing cool stuff on piano, lots of different, cool things. I don’t want to give too much away right now. It’s kind of in the laboratory. But it’s different. We’re always wanting to reinvent ourselves and come up with something new.” Read more, including AJ’s comments on heading in different directions on film projects and their brief tour with ‘Hannah Montana’ star Miley Cyrus kicking off Friday in Detroit, at Billboard.com.