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Ten Killer Rock 'n' Roll Photographs

On Oct. 22, you can purchase the new book Who Shot Rock & Roll, which compiles iconic music photographs from 1955 to the present. On Oct. 30, if you're in the New York area, you can see some of these images in an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that runs through Jan. 31, 2010. And right this very moment, you can see 10 of our favorites from the collection, complete with notes from the book's editor Gail Buckland, written exclusively for Paste....  read more

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Everything Is Terrible: The Movie to Feature the Best of the Worst of Video Mash-Ups

For a couple years now, the cultural historians over at Everything Is Terrible have worked hard to dredge up all the groan-inducing infomercials, workout videos, PSAs and otherwise terrible footage from the '80s and '90s that they could find. The artists of found footage are now releasing a mash-up of terribleness in movie form—the aptly titled Everything Is Terrible: The Movie. ...  read more

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The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed, Vol. 5

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Today's list is the fifth installment in a series that will run every Friday for the next few weeks, in which I'll highlight my favorite lesser-known Beatles tracks.John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wrote and recorded such consistently amazing songs that, even if you ignore all their #1 hits and everything on their famous Red and Blue best-of compilations (which I've been doing for these more obscure Beatles lists), there are still dozens and dozens of amazing songs, some of which you might've missed along the way—even if The Beatles are the biggest, most influential band in...  read more

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Jagger, Bowie and Elton collaborating for 2012 Olympics?

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Supergroups can be a tricky beast. Sometimes, they bring out best in everyone involved. Other times, they're an experiment best left in the lab. Either way, the allure of so much star power in a single place can often be too much to resist. So despite our best efforts to raise a cynical eyebrow on this one, it looks, well, kinda fun: Mick Jagger is angling for a star-studded collaboration with David Bowie and Elton John for the 2012 Olympics in London....  read more

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Mick Jagger to present report for European Commission

Mick Jagger has a secret. His days may be spent jet-setting around the world, but come nightfall he dons the mantle of the e-commerce savant and rubs elbows with economic gurus in high places. At least, that's the only reason we can imagine the European Commission is having him present a report on Internet business....  read more

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New documentary reveals biker plot to kill Mick Jagger

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A new BBC Radio 4 documentary claims biker group Hells Angels concocted a plot to kill Mick Jagger back in 1969. After the tragic death of an 18-year-old at the infamous Altamont Free Concert, where the Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young performed, Jagger decided to axe them as bouncers from future gigs. But the plot thickens. Hells Angels allegedly were so angered that they tried reaching his Long Island, N.Y. home not by ringing the doorbell, but by sea. After Mother Nature—who cites Beggars Banquet as her top Desert Island Disc—threw the men overboard during...  read more

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Mick Jagger releases

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Want to see Mick Jagger stepping out of Rolls Royce sedans? How about leer jets? I've never seen him hugging Bono, personally. Well, we little people can see all of this and more in his video for "Charming Life," the first single from The Very Best of Mick Jagger. Enjoy: The Very Best of Mick Jagger comes out on Oct. 2. Related links: "Very Best of" YouTube Video Overview Rolling Stones Official Fan Club MickJagger.com Got news tips for Paste? Email news@pastemagazine.com....  read more

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Mick Jagger to release Very Best

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Mick Jagger, the man with lips that no L.A. plastic surgeon could ever provide, is releasing his own greatest hits album - The Very Best of Mick Jagger. Boasting 17 tracks (including three previously unreleased performances), we know that you can't wait to get your "Sticky Fingers" on it, but you'll have to - until October 2nd, at least. Related links: RollingStones.com MickJagger.com Paste's "100 Best Living Songwriters" list Got news tips for Paste? Email news@pastemagazine.com....  read more

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