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2010 Stories by Rae Alexandra

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  The Top 6 Weirdest Actor Cameos in Music Videos

  published Dec 27, 2010

  What did we do on Christmas after we'd eaten a mountain of food and watched a giant stack of moviesr Looked for actors in music videos, of course! Here are six of the weirdest cameos big-name actors h... More >>

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  The Top 6 Most. Irritating. Christmas. Songs. Everr

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Oh dear God, is there a worse time of year for music than Christmasr We certainly don't think so. Walking into anywhere public right about now is like having our ears pelted from on high by sleigh bel... More >>

• Tricky the Wanderer

  published December 15, 2010

  Chances are, if you ask anyone familiar with Tricky to name a song of his, they'll probably pull something from his much-adored 1995 debut,... More >>

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  Top 5 Songs To Help You Survive Christmas Shopping

  published Dec 13, 2010

  We feel your pain. We know what's going on. Christmas is bearing down on all of us, and gift-purchasing season is kicking our asses this week. It's the same every year: It creeps up like a post-Thanks... More >>

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  The Top 5 Most Absurdly Entertaining Songs About Actors

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Seen any good movies latelyr You probably have. We haven't, though. Because we've been too busy this week laughing our own faces off at a variety of songs about the stars of stage and screen. Here's a... More >>

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  Weezer Plays the Blue Album (With A Few Surprises) at Nob Hill Masonic Center

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Weezer November 29, 2010 @ The Nob Hill Masonic Center Better than: Almost everything. Seriously. Weezer is calling it the Memories Tour; some fans have dubbed it Blinkerton. The band has just hit t... More >>

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  Five Songs So Distasteful They Make Us Want To Puke in Our Mouths

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Last night a new reality show premiered on E! called "Bridalplasty." That's right, "Bridalplasty" - twelve vaguely psychotic (and clearly morbidly insecure) women competing for their dream wedding, an... More >>

• Grinderman: Show Preview

  published November 24, 2010

  Anyone lucky enough to catch the Grinderman shows at Slim's and the Great American Music Hall in 2007 could probably still tell you in... More >>

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  How To Survive Thanksgiving: A Guide in 7 Songs

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Dear turkeys, we're sorry. Seriously. This is a really bad time of the year for you guys and we feel terrible about not being able to really do anything about your plight and everything. But hey, ever... More >>

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  The Top 10 Music-Related Children's Costumes

  published Nov 15, 2010

  So last week you may have seen us going apeshit over this rad dude who made his three-year-old son a mind-blowing Deadmau5 costume for Halloween. Having concluded that he's pretty much the best dad ev... More >>

• Greg Dulli: Show Preview

  published November 17, 2010

  Whether you've loved Greg Dulli since his days scaring and arousing in equal measure in the Afghan Whigs, had your heart ripped out and... More >>

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  The Five Dumbest Songs By Artists Glen E. Friedman Has Photographed

  published Nov 08, 2010

  As you may have seen in the Nov. 3 issue of SF Weekly, legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman brought his long-running "Fuck You All" exhibit to 941 Geary this past weekend, where it will happily liv... More >>

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  Saturday Night: Massive Attack Intensifies the Horrors of Reality at the Greek Theatre

  published Nov 08, 2010

  Massive AttackThievery Corporation November 6, 2010 @ The Greek Theatre, Berkeley Better than: Watching CNN. If Massive Attack has a musical formula, it's one that's built around lulling you into a ... More >>

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  The Top 8 Songs To Listen To While Punching Yourself in the Face

  published Nov 01, 2010

  Dear everyone, it looks like we owe you all a huge apology. There we were last week, thinking that having a sense of humor about the fact that we live on a gigantic fault line was infinitely better th... More >>

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  Friday Night: Of Montreal's Superheated Libido Creeps Out the Warfield

  published Oct 31, 2010

  Of MontrealJanelle Monae October 29, 2010 @ The Warfield Better than: Taking a bad batch of mushrooms and becoming embroiled in a group-sex scandal. Can we just start by saying that Janelle Monae is... More >>

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  Top 8 Songs To Listen To During the Next Earthquake

  published Oct 27, 2010

  Like us, there's a good chance that when the emergency sirens went off last Thursday as part of The Great California Shake-Out, you wondered if some sort of Red Dawn-style invasion was at hand, since ... More >>

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  The Top 5 Creepiest Depictions of Exercise in a Music Video

  published Oct 19, 2010

  First of all, let's just say "Go Giants!" We're so proud of our boys for making it to the play-offs, and are hoping and praying they can whoop Philly's ass and take us to the World Series. As usual th... More >>

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  Top 10 Weirdest Recent Celeb-Musician Couples

  published Oct 11, 2010

  We found out last week, from a variety of tabloidy sources, that 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler are currently -- well, not exactly hooking up, but having intimate conversations in a bar and talking about... More >>

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  The Top 6 Most Self-Conscious TV Show Appearances By Musicians

  published Oct 04, 2010

  This past weekend, with the release of The Social Network movie, Justin Timberlake proved to the world, yet again, that he is just as good at acting as he is at making really high-pitched noises, movi... More >>

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  Jimmy Eat World's Timeless Emo Inspires Flashbacks of Lost Youth at the Warfield

  published Oct 01, 2010

  Jimmy Eat World September 30, 2010 @ The Warfield Better than: all those dudes in eyeliner that people think are emo now. In an attic in Arizona somewhere, there are four hideously... More >>

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  The Top Six Weirdest Musical Appearances on Sesame Street

  published Sep 27, 2010

  Last week, Katy Perry's cleavage got her appearance on Sesame Street canceled, due to a barrage of complaints from parents who saw the leaked clip on YouTube before it had a chance to air. We personal... More >>

• The xx takes a victory-lap tour of the U.S.

  published September 22, 2010

  On Tuesday, Sept. 7, the three low-key 20-year-olds who make up Brit indie-electro outfit the xx took to the stage at one of London's poshest... More >>

• Show Preview: Dirty Projectors

  published September 22, 2010

  If you've yet to experience Brooklyn sextet Dirty Projectors live, just know this: They're the kind of musical mavericks the Queen of... More >>

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  Top 5 Most Excruciating Moments in Music Documentaries

  published Sep 20, 2010

  We've yet to see Joaquin Phoenix documenting his own nervous breakdown in new movie I'm Still Here, but critics have been largely disgusted by what's on view. With that in mind, here are five other mo... More >>

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  Top Six Most Inappropriate Uses of a Song on TV, Ever

  published Sep 13, 2010

  Having heard the news that Lou Reed reportedly refused to let Susan Boyle perform "Perfect Day" on America's Got Talent last week (resulting in her apparently fleeing the country in floods of tears; R... More >>