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The 25 Best Album Covers of the Decade (2000-2009)
A great album cover captures the imagination and sears itself into the brain, forever fusing its iconic imagery with the music it comes to signify... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayLil Wayne Documentary The Carter Gets Straight-to-DVD Release
After stirring up both critical reviews and a lawsuit over the past year, Lil Wayne documentary The Carter is going to straight to DVD, its public release occurring next week.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWeezer: Raditude
This Rivers is all dried up Weezer fans often cry that haters should quit comparing the band’s later work to Pinkerton and the blue album. That’s fair—bands change, and music evolves. Thing is, even without hope for a return to form, we’re still left sifting through dribble that barely passes as All-American Rejects’ rejects. Had the classics never existed, there’d be little reason to care about Weezer at all.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsIs Lil Wayne's No Ceilings Mixtape a Taste of What's to Come?
Lil Wayne’s had a more-than epic career trajectory this decade. No news there. But with the word that he’ll report to jail early next year, his seemingly unstoppable forward charge could get clogged up, especially considering his label, Cash Money, has hinted that Weezy’s still got three albums left in him before he’s locked up. And so it was a pleasant surprise that, before the supposed holiday season feast of Weezy, yesterday he dropped a mixtape appetizer for us to munch on.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKanye West is Dead, Long Live Kanye West: Is 2009 the Year of the Celebrity Death Hoax?
Rumors of Kanye West’s death by car crash began spreading online just hours after he, followed by label Island/Def Jam, took down a public stream of We Were Once A Fairytale, a Spike Jonze short film starring the rapper himself.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPredictions for Two Collaborations We Didn't See Coming: Thom Yorke and Flea, Lil Wayne and Weezer
As reported last week, Stone Roses ex-frontman Ian Brown wants to work with pop princess Rihanna. It's a pretty cool, if unexpected, match. Not to be outdone, however, this week has brought to light some new and interesting upcoming collaborations.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWe Need More Cowbell! VH1's Behind the Music Returns, But Who Deserves an Episode?
Were it not for VH1's Behind the Music, a whole generation would never be able to answer the many haunting questions of modern music: Did Milli Vanilli really lip-sync their groundbreaking "Girl You Know It's True?" Why were the guys in Hootie and the Blowfish smiling all the time? And what the hell was with that bumblebee girl in Blind Melon's "No Rain" video?It was with heavy hearts that fans of BtM watched a chapter of their lives end when the show was pulled to semi-retirement in 2002.... read more
Found in: Movies, News21 Songs About Booze: A Playlist in Honor of 95-Year-Old Bartender Angelo Cammarata
Above: Prohibition, what a waste. Angelo Cammarata, 95, is the world's longest-running bartender. He's literally been serving since a few minutes after prohibition ended in 1933—he's even in the Guinness Book and Jim Beam's Bartender Hall of Fame for his longevity slinging suds. Of course, there's more to being a barkeep than pouring drinks. As this man has presided over his family business—no-frills neighborhood bar Cammarata's Cafe in West View, Pa.—for the better part of the last century and into the new millennium, he's also been a friend and counselor to his devoted regulars. Now, Cammarata plans to retire, and... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayKid Rock Collaborates with Lil Wayne, T.I. on New Album
Lil Wayne's previous performances with Kid Rock at the VMAs and CMAs must have been an enlightening experience for both. Kid Rock is calling on Weezy again for another collaboration, this time one that will appear on the former's album, Billboard says.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLil Wayne is a Bullfrog: Paste Puts the Patronus Charm on Nine Musical Artists
In Harry Potter’s world, a patronus is an animal protector created by a spell. Harry’s patronus is a stag... read more
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