Leave it to 8BitDad to do a ton of hardcore investigative journalism before posting a story.

Earlier today I painted Mitch Winehouse as a rad dude, giving out his dead daughter’s stuff to fans on the street. Well, he’s still kind of cool for that – but when I got home from work, I read this story over at celebrity site What Would Tyler Durden Do.

Basically, Mitch Winehouse threw a party at a BAR in memory of Amy – which as Brendon of WWTDD says, is “a completely appropriate way to mourn someone who drank themselves to death 5 days ago.” LOL

Also, did you notice that the black dude (or “African gentleman” as they call them in England) posing with Mitch is totally thinking “should we be smiling about Amy’s death?” And the other guy in the striped shirt is terrified because he sees Amy’s whiskey-soaked ghost flying in from down the block, where she was snorting coke off a vagrant in an alley.

It’s still sad that Mitch lost his daughter – but hey man, if he doesn’t care, I don’t care.

Sauce: What Would Tyler Durden Do

Fans outside of Amy Winehouse’s former residence yesterday saw Amy’s father, mother and brother show up to sort through her belongings. As her mother and brother continued to sort through things upstairs, Amy’s father Mitch surprised fans by re-emerging from Winehouse’s Camden flat to give fans on the street some of her clothes, jewelry and other small trinkets.

“These are Amy’s T-shirts,” Mitch said. “This is what she would have wanted – for her fans to have her clothes.”

The family kept her larger and more important possessions like her guitars and notebooks.

Condolences to Mitch and family. Any time a father has to bury his child, it’s a shame. Out of respect for her father, I didn’t keep the really bad joke I originally put in this article.

Sauce: International Business Times

Just in case you need a palate cleanser from the Breivik family father-son relationship, check out the sauce below for a slightly more heart-warming story about Lenny Kravitz and his daughter, Zoë. Evidently they’re pretty serious BFFs, and evidently wear the same feather boas. Which is sweet, in a Steven Tyler kind of way.

Sauce: Celebrity Baby Scoop

(It’s Friday, so we’re going to sneak a celebrity story in with the real stuff.)

The Daily Mail reported on Lady Gaga’s recent appearance on Howard Stern where she gave credit where credit’s due: to her father. But wait! Before we all go giving each other gooey high-fives and congratulating ourselves – Lady Gaga, or Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta if you’re doing her taxes, is giving her dad credit for – get ready – her promiscuous ways. D’oh!

Evidently, Germanotta’s dad, Joe (Lord Gaga?), was promiscuous – and we’ll say it until we’re blue in the face – if you’re a father and your daughter sees you manwhoring around, your daughter won’t learn that real men are responsible, honorable and family-minded. And in case you want to trounce through another cliché, you know that daughters subconsciously seek out their dads when dating, since their father is their first identifiable model of a man in their life.

If you’re into this sort of stuff, hit the sauce for more.

Sauce: The Daily Mail

Hey, it must be Friday, because 8BitDad is slowing to a crawl while we get ready to shift our attention from our day job to weekend family time!

So here’s a little something for you to skim through and not read – ABC’s list of 8 “Bad Celeb Dads.”

I don’t want to ruin it for you, but Alec Baldwin and Michael Lohan make an appearance, as well as ultra-creep Joe Simpson. And if you don’t care about Beyonce, scroll down.

You might know Michael Boatman from such television shows as “China Beach,” “The Good Wife” and “Gossip Girl.”

Oh wait, fatherhood website…got it.

You might know Michael Boatman from such television shows as “Spin City,” “Arli$$” and “Law & Order: SVU.” He’s a father, and recently, motherhood-site-masquerading-as-parenthood-site ParentDish put up an editorial from him for Father’s Day. We’re covering this as part of our “Post Father’s Day Extraveganza,” which will stretch into, god knows, tomorrow or Wednesday. Basically, so much Father’s Day stuff came out while we were busy with our families that we couldn’t hope to get it to you in time. So, we didn’t.

Anywho, Michael Boatman’s little editorial is a nice reminder that celebrity fathers are real fathers too. We like to imagine that movie and television stars all have assistants and nannies, so it’s good for us to hear about real celebrity parenting like this. Michael Boatman also had a father that walked out on his family, so it’s been important for him to be there for his kids.

Boatman’s got a little something to say to fathers that walk out on their families as well. “I think of the fathers who go off to find some imaginary better life, and all the tragedy that leaving causes,” he says. “They’ll never know the joys, the laughter, the adventures that only come with time spent loving and raising your children.”

Sauce: ParentDish

I know what you’ve been thinking lately. You’ve been thinking “I wish there was some sort of unqualified father writing a book that rides on the coattails of his son’s success, which was questionable to begin with.”

Well holy handgrenades, do we have some great news for you: Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s father is writing a book.

In light of the news that Kings of Leon guitarist Matthew Followill is a new father, music news site Gigwise took a look at other rockers that share in the gift of fatherhood. They did this a couple of days ago, but we know you like news to sit around for a couple of days before reading. It lets the flavors marinate before you enjoy it.

Gigwise did give the rap world a little love by including Snoop Dogg and Eminem on their list, but in that case, there’s probably a couple dozen other rappers that could be added to the list, including Dr. Dre, most of the Wu Tang Clan, and the recently deceased Nate Dogg.

Here’s a couple of other rock star dads Gigwise snubbed:

James Hetfield (Metallica)

Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age)

Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)

Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)

Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode)