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ACL Friday

Submitted by mandrake on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 22:07.

The Strange Boys






Low self-esteem, creative, not hard working, not gentle

Submitted by mandrake on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 14:16.

Does taste in music correlate with personality? "The tribalism of shared music taste could overcome the tribalism of shared passport," says Scottish professor Adrian North. Could he be hinting at a new world order centered around and divided by musical tastes?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/759854...

Anybody watch the football match yesterday?

Submitted by mandrake on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 01:06.

So the Champion's League Final is going to be an all-English affair. Barcelona, even with all of their obnoxious talent, couldn't score a single goal! £16 million for an over-the-hill has-been to come off the bench in the 80th minute?

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Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson get married

Submitted by mandrake on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:03.

Lou Reed and long time (13 years) girlfriend Laurie Anderson finally tied the knot. They celebrated the momentous occasion in New York over drinks and dessert.

Picture of the happy couple:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04232008/gossip/pagesi...

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Most Annoying Song Ever

Submitted by mandrake on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 20:41.

A couple of Russian dudes back in the 90s took a poll of the types of music people despise the most: bossanova(?), "oompah-ing tubas", Wal-Mart (wtf?), and George Stephanopoulos (ah ok) - among others. They then compiled all of these monstrosities into a 23 min. song. Listen for the opera rapping about a minute and a half in.

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/a-scientific-a...