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Funplex, the latest from the B-52s (note the absence of the apostrophe), was released just over a week ago. It wasn’t until just the other day when I first saw the video for the first single, also called “Funplex.”
As a rule, I love me some B-52s. I was rather excited a couple of years ago [...]

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I have no qualms admitting I have a collection of Madonna music. I own copies of the bulk of her repertoire. (But not American Life; WTF was that all about?!) So when I heard a new album (Hard Candy) was on the way, I put checking it out on my theoretical to-do list — the [...]

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I figured why not round out the previous string of posts on this theme with the actual music video for George Michael’s “I Want Your Sex,” popped for your pleasure natch.
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The greatest use of Mario Paint, EVAR!

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Umbrella - Rihanna (lip dub in High Definition) from TP CMM on Vimeo
This video became the hit of my cube farm yesterday afternoon. A group of second-year communication and media management students in Singapore put together a video of themselves lip-syncing to Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” shot in one continuous take. You should see it through till [...]

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Years ago, there was a show on MTV called “Say What?,” which featured popular songs of the day and the incorrect ways people sometimes heard them. Around the same time, there was a series of books about misheard lyrics by Gavin Edwards, among them ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy, When a Man Loves [...]

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A map of the world composed of musical notes. (Don’t let my entry title confuse you; I’m sure it doesn’t sound like the Michael Jackson song of the same name.) (image link via kottke)

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Liza Minnelli as I’ve never seen her before: kinda hip… for the 1980s.

(via hitormiss)

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I’m bringing back my mini-news roundups. Today’s headlines of interest to me:

Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize: Former vice president Al Gore and a United Nations panel that monitors climate change were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for their work educating the world about global warming and advocating for political action to [...]

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Out of pure habit — or perhaps because I really am a masochist — I watched the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, a show that becomes ever more craptacular as the years roll by. I knew the show was going to be bad, but I didn’t expect anything like last night’s show.
Of course, those who [...]

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