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Alex Chilton Of Big Star Dies In New Orleans (114 diggs) Alex Chilton, the influential and undeniably odd yet talented musician who fronted the Box Tops and later Big Star, has...

Lil' Wayne/ 'Office' Theme Mashup (Song) (622 diggs) Scranton just got 40 times hipper. (This will bring joy to even the staunchest "British Office Only" fans. Mindy Kaling, please write this into the finale, xoxo.)

Lady Gaga: Puppet of Illuminati Mind Control (446 diggs) The Vigilant Citizen declares Lady Gaga "a pawn of the Illuminati and a peddler of the occult. Her music video "Telephone" is a brazen attempt at recruiting teenagers into mind control programs."

22 Essential Sub Pop Albums (374 diggs) From Nirvana to a 13-minute record by The Dwarves. and 20 other classic albums from Sub Pop bands.

This Kid Will Make You Cry (Seriously) (1,979 diggs) Arnauz is blind. His mom died when he was very young. His dad is in jail. Doesn't matter. He keeps on singing. Arnauz is waging a Youtube campaign to gather 10,000 subscribers by April. The record companies are watching.

ABBA, Jimmy Cliff among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (224 diggs) ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies and the Stooges will become the latest inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, officials said.

Iraq 'n' Roll (275 diggs) It's not every day that the NPR crowd falls for a heavy-metal band, but then Acrassicauda isn't your average group of headbangers. Meet the Arab world's best-known metal heads.

6 Albums By Rock Legends That Were Thinly Veiled 'F#@k You's (445 diggs) Most rock albums are motivated by drugs. But a few are motivated by good old fashioned revenge and mindfuckery.

Famous Paintings Brought to Life (525 diggs) A brilliant music video by the band Hold Your Horses for their new song 70 Million. The band acts out these famous paintings throughout the course of the video. How many of these historic paintings can you name?

Young Artists for Haiti join in Wavin' Flag for Haiti[w/vid] (304 diggs) K'NAAN's hit, Wavin' Flag, has become the theme song for Young Artists for Haiti. The Canadian hip-hop artist's, signature tune was re-worked and recorded by a cross-section of 57 of today's biggest Canadian music stars. They gathered to record the song in an effort to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

The Stooges Gain Entry Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (252 diggs) "At least I won't be nominated anymore," Pop said, laughing. He believed The Stooges would never get into the Rock Hall "right up until the day before somebody called me. I kept telling the guys over and over: 'We're not gonna get in, guys.' Yeah. I was absolutely sure of that."

SPINAL TAP Unplugged: Big Bottom (Video) (354 diggs) Enjoy a new take on the Spinal Tap hit.

Gen. Larry Platt Sued Over Pants On The Ground Song (200 diggs) Here's a shocker -- it's all over money. A music company called American King Music claims they funded Platt's recent recording session with rapper/producer Mims for the official full-length version of POTG. Now, American King is suing over the music distribution agreement and expenses related to producing, writing and recording of the single.

The Strokes Confirm New Album Release (347 diggs) After Julian Casablancas solo CD attempt, the Strokes finally have a date for a new album!

Lady Gaga Video Tackles Penis Rumor, Lesbian Prison Babes (562 diggs) Lady Gaga's Telephone music video shows her addressing her penis rumor with burly prison lesbians who rip her clothes off.

Record Labels: Change or Die (437 diggs) It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry--OK Go just ditched EMI--and YouTube and BitTorrent have changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age.

Needle & The Damage Done: 6 Acts of Musical Career Suicide (241 diggs) From what we can tell, favorably comparing your popularity to Jesus, being sued by your own record company and marrying your 13-year-old cousin are all less damaging than what the Dixie Chicks once did: speaking out against what would turn out to be one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history.

17-year-old Notorious BIG Raps On The Streets Of NY [video] (1,133 diggs) Biggie On Fulton Avenue in Brooklyn spittin fire as a young'n!

The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse (604 diggs) In the past decade, recorded music has gotten louder and has deteriorated from a sound-quality standpoint. A recording engineer discusses "The Loudness Wars" and a psychology professor explains why the ubiquity of MP3s has changed what we hear.

Elvis! Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story-Exhibit (290 diggs) Experience the power of Elvis Presley and the explosive impact he had on music and popular culture in the Newseum's newest exhibit 'Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story.'

The Apocalypse Playlist… Songs to Die To (325 diggs) Instead of playing only songs about the end of the world, Gunaxin syncs up the last remaining moments to relevant songs until the last man falls.

A Wu-Tang Venn Diagram (PIC) (1,307 diggs)

A single groove on a vinyl record, magnified by 1000x (3,338 diggs)

How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (260 diggs) Tips on how to expand its reach—or just blow it up entirely.

Science Trips Out on Music in The Heart Is a Drum Machine (183 diggs) What is music? It’s a simple question, but it leads director Christopher Pomerenke in many complicated artistic and scientific directions in his documentary The Heart Is a Drum Machine, out Tuesday on DVD.