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It's Our Prerogative To Spoil The Bobby Brown Book

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History as predicted by Inauguration Day's #1 hits

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Girls Rock! hits nerves of the teen psyche variety

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What the Christ Was That? Skeleton Key Makes a Junk-Rock Racket

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Cha Cha Cha: a melange of busboys, gofers, lime-squeezers, and journeymen

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UK hip hop passes the mic

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A gas station attendant pumps out enlightenment in Peaceful Warrior

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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads

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Meow Mixed

Catwoman prompts both purrs and hisses

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The Lion King

It's a visual feast -- with appalling songs by Tim Rice and Elton John

Kinsey Sicks: Oy Vey in a Manger

We can't resist "I Had a Little Facial, I Made It Out of Clay" or an offensive "Feliz Navidad."

Prick

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Fear Factor

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I went to the NARM Convention...

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Last Night: A-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers, Trackademicks

Angela BoatwrightA-TrakA-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers, Trackademicks July 16th, 2009 The Independent Review by Noah Sanders Better than: Actually attending a rave in the early '90s. Last night's A-Trak show at The Independent seemed pieced together with a lingering adoration of the e ... More >>

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Last Night: Dengue Fever at the Independent

​Dengue Fever Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 The Independent Better Than: hemorrhagic febrile disease Everything about Dengue Fever is huge except Chhom Nimol's feet. Drummer Paul Smith, brushing the cymbals and snare, framed a bottomless shimmer of noise Friday at the Independent. Ethan Holtzman horizont ... More >>

Daddy Dearest

​Dengue Fever Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 The Independent Better Than: hemorrhagic febrile disease Everything about Dengue Fever is huge except Chhom Nimol's feet. Drummer Paul Smith, brushing the cymbals and snare, framed a bottomless shimmer of noise Friday at the Independent. Ethan Holtzman horizont ... More >>

Top 5 Songs Charlie Sheen Is Probably Listening To Right Now

So this was the week that Charlie Sheen went on an extensive media tour to prove to the world that he was a "Vatican Assassin Warlock" -- which, according to our dictionary, means "gigantic mentalist." He has also announced to the world that he's "tired of pretending like [he's] not special." Well, ... More >>

Adele, Future Queen of Divas

So this was the week that Charlie Sheen went on an extensive media tour to prove to the world that he was a "Vatican Assassin Warlock" -- which, according to our dictionary, means "gigantic mentalist." He has also announced to the world that he's "tired of pretending like [he's] not special." Well, ... More >>

Whitney Houston Is Dead

R.I.P. Whitney Houston​ Whitney Houston, the era-defining superstar who was the first woman to have an album debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, died Saturday afternoon, according to the AP. Houston was 48. Her publicist, Kristen Foster, said the cause and location of her death were unkno ... More >>

Tony Bennett on Whitney Houston: "Legalize Drugs"

Drug warrior​If the marijuana legalization efforts currently underway in California receive some unexpected financial support from Hollywood over the next few months, drug war opponents may be able to thank Whitney Houston. And Tony Bennett.Mere hours after Houston was found dead in a Beverly Hilt ... More >>

The Grammys: A Timeline of Madness and Misery

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards happened yesterday. Which we're sure you know already. If you missed it, however, you may have missed some of the weirdest details. So here, for your convenience, is a timeline of events. Get comfortable, 'cause this thing was a three-and-a-half-hour carnival of absurdi ... More >>