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Rihanna’s ‘Where Have You Been’ gets covered with a rock flare. Justin
Bieber was cast in a new basketball film. Kylie Minogue had an affair
with one of The Expendables. Taylor Swift bought a home directly across
from her boyfriend. These and a few other stories made today’s Music
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“Somebody That I Used To Know” is one of the most covered songs this year.
Gotye noticed, and
released Somebodies That I Used To Know. It’s a mashup of nearly all the covers to date. [
BuzzFeed]
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Kylie Minogue got it in with one of the
Expendables: Jean Claude van Damme. Of course it was back in the mid-90’s, but you know what? We ain’t even mad at you. Girl do you! [
Vulture]
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Fans have waited over two years for
Passion Pit to release their sophomore record (
Gossamer).
What was the hold up? Being young. Michael Agelakos spoke up saying,
“It wasn’t so much the record being a problem. You know in your
mid-twenties, everything is a problem.” [
Live105]
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You know who else is having a young-life crisis?
Scotty McCreery. He took a tumble at a recent concert. Check out his “Oh shit!” face. [
The Boot]
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Rihanna’s ‘
Where Have You Been‘ gets a rock do-over by a husband and wife team. This is what it would sound like if covered by
Nightwish. [
MichaelAlvaradoMusic]
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Mark Wahlberg must have loved Bieber’s performance in ‘
As Long As You Love Me.’
The Biebz has been cast as a budding basketball player in Wahlberg’s new film. Remember how much a
career boost ‘Like Mike’ was for Bow Wow? Just saying. [
EOnline]
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Taylor Swift bought a home across the street from her boyfriend of three months. Maybe you should take it slow Tay… [
People]
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Muse shocked and awed with an
amazing performance to close out the Olympics. There were explosions, a
full choir and tons of swwping memorable moments. But no one watching
NBC’s coverage saw it. Add that to a long list of failures NBC conjured
for the Olympics this year. [
KROQ]
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Thanks to
Yoko Ono, here’s an amazing rendition of
John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ at this year’s Olympics. [
Yoko Ono]
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Smooth and swaggy jazz saxophonist
Kenny G filed for divorce. Reportedly, smooth jazz stations everywhere are playing
Sentimental. Not really, but why not? [
TMZ]
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We don’t give enough love to KPop here. So for the true fans, here’s the ‘Spy’ vid from
Super Junior. Want more? Check out our
KPOP & JPOP playlist. [
SMTown]
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