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Ghostface Talks About Ol’ Dirty Bastard Getting Burnt

Ghostface is arguably the best storyteller in the Wu-Tang Clan. Ol’ Dirty Bastard was one of the craziest figures in hip-hop. So when you get Ghostface talking about Ol’ Dirty Bastard, you’re going to end up with some wild stories—and we’re not talking about fire, by the way.

Facebook Hosts Conference On Future Of Social Technologies

Facebook Down: People Actually Log-on To Myspace

For the second day in a row Facebook’s servers stopped working. This prompted users to get on other social networks and find out why their lives are so meaningless.

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Katy Perry’s Boobs: Too Much For Kids

In a disappointing move, PBS decided to pull the cleavage-exposing Katy Perry segment from “Sesame Street.” What this all really boils down to is breast envy. She’s got big boobs—get over it.

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Animal Collective Takes You On A Trip In Their Latest Video

The new music video for “Bluish” has bubbles, lights resembling stars, and masked dancers. It is an Animal Collective video after all.

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Lil’ Wayne and Drake’s New Leak: “Gonorrhea”

Lil’ Wayne might be locked-up, but that’s not stopping him from releasing a new LP before he’s released. We’re just glad this song’s not about getting Gonorrhea while in the pen—yikes.

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Leonard Skinner, Famous High School PE Teacher, Dies

The PE teacher who inspired a small rock band named One Percent to change their name to Lynyrd Skynyrd died yesterday at age 77.

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Lebanese Immigrant Charged In Plot To Blow-Up DMB Fans

Sami Samir Hassoun thought he was going to blow up half a city block full of frat boys and sorority girls. He ended up just disposing of a gallon paint can full of fake explosives for the FBI.

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Prince Rama Release New Video For “Om Namo Shivaya”

Brooklyn psych-trio Prince Rama have just released their first video from their latest album “Shadow Temple,” full of psychedelic imagery mixed in with clips from their energetic live show.

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Death and Taxes Debut: Total Slacker’s ‘Creepos’

Total Slacker has a unique sound that combines the speed of stoner rock, the production values of garage, and the poppiness of, well pop. They may only have a seven-inch under their belt, but they’ve got a few more songs up their sleeve. One of which they so kindly gave to us, so we can give to you.

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Does The World Need Another Release Of ‘Band On The Run’? Someone Seems To Think So

It’s hard enough to make it all the way through the original release. Do we really need three discs?

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Elf Power Goes On Tour: Lead Singer’s Mom Loves LOTR

Most people know that Elf Power loves Lord of the Rings. What most people didn’t know is so does Andrew Rieger’s mom.

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RIAA Spent $1.398 Milliion On Lobbying In 3 Months and Still Doesn’t Know The Real Problem

Instead of investing in the arts, the music industry has turned into a crap-shoot of literal crap.

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Christina Hendricks Starred In An Everclear Music Video

Long before she was strutting her curves around the office on Mad Men, she was rocking an uber-90′s haircut in Everclear’s video for “One Hit Wonder.”

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Lykke Li: At Work On New LP, Releases Short Film, And Announces Five-Date Tour

Lykke Li might be busy working somewhere in Sweden on her sophomore full-length, but she still has time to take a break and play a few shows before year’s end.

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Matador Releases Line-Up For “Lost Weekend”

Ever wanted to play poker with Thurston Moore, shoot craps with Stephen Malkmus, or have a drink with Cat Power at the legendary Ghostbar? None of these things will ever happen. However, all these people and more big names in indie rock will be playing at The Palms Resort and Casino as a part of Matador’s Lost Weekend music festival.

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Gold Panda Has A New Video And Album: You Can Check Out Both Right Here

Gold Panda has garnered critical acclaim with his 2 EPs and few singles. A lot of people have been waiting to hear what the long-awaited full length debut “Lucky Shiner” will sound like. The wait is over.

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Guided By Guided By Voices: A New Guided By Voices Covers Compilation

Guided By Voices have one of the largest collections of songs ever released, so it makes sense to do a compilation of Guided By Voices covers. Wild Animal Kingdom’s latest offering is an extremely limited cassette-only release of 16 Guided By Voices covers.

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Villagers’ New Video Is Full Of Sparkly Things And Bowl Cuts(Well Just One)

The new video for Villagers’ latest single “That Day” is a pretty uneventful yet beautifully shot video following a guy with a bowl cut and his guitar. Sparkly things float around and he turns into a ghost, or something like that.

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Band To Watch: Heavy Hawaii

Heavy Hawaii suffers from a common affliction: having a terrible name. Once you get past how bad the name is you’ll start enjoying their feel-good summertime anthems—just in time for summer to end.

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The University Of Baltimore Is Offering A New Course On The Undead

My mom used to always tell me that smoking weed and watching zombie movies all day would get me nowhere. While she wasn’t entirely wrong, now you can earn 3 hours of college credit for doing just that.