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A Wu-Tang Venn Diagram (PIC) (749 diggs)

A single groove on a vinyl record, magnified by 1000x (1,034 diggs)

How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (218 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 (171 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.

"Valley of the Neptunes" Surprises Jimi Hendrix Skeptics (219 diggs) In the span of his brief career, Jimi Hendrix only produced three albums.Now comes Valleys of the Neptunes, a collection of recordings from the final days of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Music critics have been reluctant to embrace the album because so many of his posthumous releases have been throwaways. However, this effort is turning heads.

Pink Floyd, EMI Brawl Over iTunes Royalties (473 diggs) Pink Floyd and its label, EMI, are battling over online royalties stemming from a contested clause in their decade-old contract. The developer of The Dark Side of the Moon and other top-selling albums claims its contract with EMI requires its music to be sold as an entire album, not the single tracks that EMI has permitted iTunes to distribute...

Biggie Smalls is Still Influential 13 Years After his Death (350 diggs) Today is the 13th-year- anniversary of Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) death. He was one of the most momentous hip hop artists of all time. Here he is before he made it, rapping, age 17 on a Brooklyn street corner.

Rock 'N' Roll Metro Map v1.0 (760 diggs)

5 Reasons Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' Causes Wetmares (421 diggs) Gladstone counts off Gaga's terrifyingly compelling sexuality in his latest "Hate by Numbers" -- the first at HBN's new home on Asylum.

Placido Domingo has colon cancer surgery (214 diggs) PlacidoDomingo has undergone surgery for colon cancer, a spokesman for the opera singer has said.

Exclusive First Listen: Under Great White Northern Lights (268 diggs) The White Stripes first ever live album won't debut until March 16, but NPR scored an "exclusive first listen" of the blistering barreling through of a decade-spanning assortment of newer songs and older fan favorites.

The New Dork: Entrepreneur State of Mind (Video) (394 diggs) This spoof of the Jay-Z & Alicia Keys NYC anthem "Empire State of Mind" is a tribute to the internet's most successful social media entrepreneurs and a testament to the rise of tech in pop culture.

How Pandora Avoided the Junkyard, and Found Success (400 diggs) After a decade of near-death experiences, the Internet music service is attracting attention from investment bankers who think it could go public.

Nickelback Less Popular Than Pickles (1,475 diggs) There are a lot of things more popular than pickles. Canadian rock band Nickelback is not one of them.

R.I.P. Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous (274 diggs) Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has committed suicide, according to a report from Rolling Stone. His family has released a statement ...

Greatest. Indie-est. Band. Ever. (335 diggs) Pavement made some of the finest, most influential slacker noise of the '90s, racking up an almost obscene amount of critical love along the way. Now, a decade after their final show, Stephen Malkmus and his old bandmates are once again about to rock....

Real guitar teaches you to play as easy as Guitar Hero (517 diggs) This concept is a guitar where you learn a real, actual, applicable beyond the game skill. The designer of this project had the idea come while he was watching friends jam upon Guitar Hero and Rock Band all day long. He thought hey, they’re so good at this, but they can’t play a real guitar at all!

Shaun White's 10 Favorite Songs for Shredding [Vids] (309 diggs) In the midst of promoting the Team USA Soundtrack he gave us a top 10 list that includes Razorlight's "In the City," The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" and the Rolling Stones' "Play with Fire."

Anti-Oscars: Top 5 Soundtrack Songs Not on the Ballot (214 diggs) With the Oscars going down this Sunday, we decided to pick the real best film songs from 2009 -- especially seeing as how most members of the venerable Academy probably couldn't tell an MP3 from an 8-track.

Gorillaz Are Back With An Awesome New Video- [video] (639 diggs) TV & entertainment - Just the best video clip & car chase, you could want................ .....

Ronald, The King, Jack and Col Sanders On The Town (~nsfw) (416 diggs) The four fast food mascots go balls out for some late-night partying. Put this on the list of music video ideas I wish I had come up with.

Novelty acts, no more: Tribute bands go big time, big bucks (167 diggs) It used to be tribute bands played bars for little more than free beer. Most paid homage to classic rock acts of the ’60s and ’70s. But the sheer number and variety of tribute bands has exploded, branching out to modern-era acts such as Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and even the Arctic Monkeys. They’re playing major venues and earning big bucks.

Have Some Ice-T with Your ... Iced Tea (Pic) (1,159 diggs) It's great when the vending machine is kicking it old school.

A Pop Equation (PIC) (1,138 diggs) Tik-Tok, Tik Tok...your fifteen minutes are up.

Music video producers refuse to cast dark-skin black girls? (301 diggs) In this video, rappers Rick Ross, Cassidy, Paul Wall, video vixens and industry insiders shed light on why dark-skinned girls get less love in the casting world for music videos.