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Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:41 PM PDT


The Best of Jerry Garcia at 70!: The Grateful Dead's Top 25!
Had he lived, Jerry Garcia would've been 70 years old this August 1. This list should prove interesting. As someone who never saw the band live and only knew them through their records, I'm sure I'll start some fights among the non-mellow sector of the Grateful Dead's legions. I'm also not shy about including their [...]

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT


What Makes a Song a Sing-Along? Bar-Crawling Reseachers Have the Answers
What makes you sing along to a popular song in a bar? Science can explain! (And no, the answer is not "Jello shots.") According to a research presentation at the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition last weekend in Greece, there exists a set of criteria that separates "Livin' On A Prayer" from the [...]

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:37 AM PDT


Stone In Love!
Stone In Love! Boy, am I bummed out! Like most of us, I've been breathlessly anticipating watching the Olympics this year! I'm completely into athletics, I like uniforms, and sometimes cool music is featured! And this year, what with the Olympics being in London and all, word was that the opening ceremonies would include the finest musical tribute of all time!

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT


Jay-Z And Beyonce To Spend $400,000 For One Month's Rent
Apparently, vacationing on a yacht in St. Tropez wasn't lavish enough for music power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Now that they have the adorable 6-month old princess Blue Ivy in tow, they've decided to upgrade. In August, Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Carter will rent a 31,000-square-foot estate in the Hamptons for $400,000, according to the [...]

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:25 AM PDT


Phillip Phillips Scores Olympic Gold Single With "Home"
Last week, Season 11 "American Idol" champion Phillip Phillips was presented with his first gold record plaque, for his coronation single "Home"--and now the song is going gold in a whole other way, now that it has become a coronation song of sorts for another popular televised competition, the London Olympics. Since NBC started using [...]