Jonathan Coulton Accuses Glee of Copying "Baby Got Back" Cover

By Mark Rozeman at 3:00 PM on January 18, 2013

Since its premiere, the Fox musical/dramedy Glee has never been a show immune to criticism, whether regarding its content or its quality. Yet, when said criticisms stop being about the show’s writing or musical choices and move into the “plagiarism” territory, that’s when things start getting severe....  read more

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Watch a Supercut of Movie Characters Singing "Baby Got Back"

By Katie King at 4:00 PM on August 14, 2012

You’ve heard it a million times, but you’ve never heard it like this: courtesy of YouTube user dondrapersayswhat, you can now watch movie characters singing “Baby Got Back” (or at least 295 of them)....  read more

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10 Songs Inadvertently About Thanksgiving Leftovers

By Steve LaBate at 8:20 AM on November 25, 2011

OK, just admit it. Thanksgiving was yesterday, and you've eaten leftovers every few hours since—for dinner, a midnight snack, even for breakfast. This holiday tradition gets its very own list of the day, broken down into appetizers, sides, main course and dessert. Bon apetit.  read more

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Ten Hip-Hop Home-Improvement Companies

By Nick Marino and Jeff Vrabel at 7:00 AM on August 17, 2010

According to the best press release we’ve received in some time, washed-up rapper Rob “Vanilla Ice” Van Winkle will soon debut a television show “focusing on his passion for home renovation.” Here is a teaser: “In this 10-episode series, Rob is ready for his biggest project yet—a complete overhaul of a six-bedroom and five-bathroom, 7,000 square-foot lakefront home in Palm Beach, Fla.”...  read more

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Pick Up the Phone: Seven Songs that Want to Give You Their Digits

By Angela Pham at 7:00 AM on August 8, 2009

Singing a full seven-digit phone number in a song can mean the risk of plaguing innocent non-Jennys with your curious fan base's calls, but there's still no shortage of digits getting dropped into lyrics. Catchy, concise and a good viral marketing strategy if the number leads to a pre-planned voicemail, songs with a dial-ready number are usually a good call, at least for the artists, anyway. The following songs have got your number....  read more

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Back To Middle School: My 20 Favorite Rap Songs Circa 1991

By Steve LaBate at 2:00 AM on July 17, 2009

I graduated from elementary school in June of 1990. Almost immediately after, my Dad—who worked for Digital Computers—switched from manufacturing to sales, and my family moved from Marlboro, Mass., to Alpharetta, Ga. I'd already gotten into a little bit of rap music while I was still in New England, listening to more poppy stuff like DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Tone Loc, Young MC, LL Cool J, and even a little Digital Underground. But when I got to Georgia and started at Taylor Road Middle School (which I attended from August 1990 to June 1993), I met some new...  read more

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A Survey of Rap Songs About Telecommunications

By Mark DiCristina and Nick Marino at 7:00 AM on February 25, 2009

This Soulja Boy song is very popular right now. It's a horrible song, almost horrible enough to make you think that rap songs about telecommunications are, across the board, a bad idea. Not true! Just to be sure Soulja Boy doesn't ruin it for everyone, here are 10 better hip-hop tracks about the world of telephonic communication: ...  read more

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