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Win The Who's Entire Catalog!
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Grand Prize is 15 Who albums spanning four decades, including their latest, Endless Wire. Five runners-up will also receive a copy of Endless Wire...
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A Tenacious D Prize Pack!
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What? No "Pick of Destiny"? Nope, but would you settle for a limited edition Tenacious D guitar and a $500 Guitar Center gear card? We thought so...
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Win a U2 Prize Pack
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Grand Prize: a copy of the new book U2 by U2, chronicling the legendary Irish band's rise to fame in their own words, plus a U2 DVD and t-shirt...
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See James Blunt Live!
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It's beautiful: Grand prize is two tickets to see James Blunt in concert at the venue of your choice...
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Win a Gibson Guitar Signed by Meat Loaf!
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Let your monster loose: Win a signed Gibson guitar from Mr. Loaf himself...
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Do Vegas With Barry!
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Grand Prize: airfare to Vegas, two nights at the Las Vegas Hilton, and great seats for "Manilow: Music and Passion." Plus: an autographed copy of Barry Manilow's new album, featuring songs of the '60s...
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Win a Set of Depeche Mode Reissues
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Grand prize includes copies of the two-disc deluxe reissues of three classic albums: Songs Of Faith And Devotion, A Broken Frame and Some Great Reward...
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Win a Copy of the Police Documentary, Everyone Stares
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Score a DVD copy of the new documentary directed by Police drummer Stewart Copeland...
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See Diana Krall Live in New York!
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Grand prize: A trip to New York City to see Diana Krall in concert. First prize: A one-year subscription to Rhapsody...
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Win a Technics Prize Pack From Shiny Toy Guns!
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Synth-pop sensation Shiny Toy Guns wants you to play their new album in style -- with a signed vinyl copy, plus a Technics turntable and receiver...
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Natalie in New York
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Grand Prize: a trip to New York to see Natalie Cole live. First Prize: a one-year subscription to Rhapsody...
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Win Death Cab for Cutie Tickets!
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You pick the show, we get you on the guest list. Don't miss this one -- Ben's going back to his Postal Service project after this tour, so who knows when you'll get to see Death Cab again...
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Frampton Comes Computed
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Peter Frampton is back, and to celebrate, we're giving away a three-piece set of Harmon Kardon computer speakers...
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A Knight in Vegas
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Grand Prize: a trip for two to Las Vegas to see Gladys Knight live! Plus: one lucky runner-up will receive an iPod Shuffle...
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 on the verge: The Postmarks
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Fronted by a girl named Tim, The Postmarks make carefully crafted pop gems in a home studio they call
"the heartbreak factory." Their debut album is due out next year on the indie label, Unfiltered Records, but they'll step into the spotlight on October 19, when their song "Goodbye" gets featured on the hit ABC drama
Grey's Anatomy.
Download "Goodbye" for free right here!
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Playlists, picks, news, concert reviews, opinions, and malicious gossip. Yep, we've got all the makings of your basic pop culture blog.
Click here and dig into the banquet.
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artist picks: Weird Al Yankovic
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Has there ever been a pop star as downright... well, weird as Weird Al Yankovic? Ever since he burst onto MTV and into our
consciousness with "Eat It," his breakthrough 1984 parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It," Weird Al has been there to skewer the latest musical trend. His latest album, Straight Outta Lynwood,
takes on such pop icons du jour as Green Day, Chamillionaire, Usher and American Idol's Taylor Hicks. Truly, Weird Al's satire knows no bounds.
We asked Weird Al for a list of his all-time favorite albums -- funny and otherwise -- and he obliged with the following picks. We're really glad to see Tom Lehrer made the list.
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Ben Folds
Songs For Silverman |
"The latest from the amazing Mr. Folds. Really cool guy. Really great music."
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Brian Wilson
Smile |
"37 years in the making, and worth the wait. Stunning."
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Tom Lehrer
The Remains of Tom Lehrer |
"The collected works of the greatest musical satirist of the 20th century. What's not to like? "
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Stan Freberg
The Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 |
"Oh, um, right... the collected works of the other greatest musical satirist of the 20th century. "
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The B-52's
The B-52's |
"This is the seminal new wave album wherein we learned that it wasn't really a rock (as we had formerly assumed)... it was, in fact, a rock lobster."
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OK Go
Oh No |
"New wave for the new millennium. A breath of fresh air on the radio... and come on, that treadmill video was awesome."
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Raymond Scott
Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights |
"Centuries ahead of his time."
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Sparks
Profile: The Ultimate Sparks Collection |
"A generous sampling of songs from the bizarre and eclectic career of one of my favorite groups."
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Devo
Duty Now For the Future |
"How can you not relate to this album? I mean, aren't we all just spud boys... looking for that real tomato?"
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The Presidents of the United States of America
Love Everybody |
"These guys get my vote. Ha ha ha ha ha!!! See? 'Cause they're the... never mind."
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Weird Al's latest album, Straight Outta Lynwood,
is available now in the ARTISTdirect Store, as are all of Al's picks (except of the Sparks collection, which is sadly out of print). Click any of the album covers for more information.
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