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No need to do that, the DOJ is already probing the merger and has been since February: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/02/justice-departm/

There's a contest to win tickets to the Auckland and Wellington shows: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/3188500/Win-tickets-to-see-Wilco

Sorry, I know that song is Evil and Wrong on so many levels.

You could be right, something to do with it being selling out and contrary to the spirit of the Clash to play an event with $1,000 tickets and whatever.

Times like these I wish I had taken off work for the holidays.

I hoenstly think Rhett Miller is Liz Phair with a detachable penis.

Is this your way of admitting that he's so cute, you want to swim in his tail?

And people complain when Jeff politely asks them to put away their camera phones. Look at how much restraint he's showing!

It sucks that Season 1 doesn't seem to be available on DVD, nor is it visible in the land of torrents.

Streetcore is such a good album. Joe basically wrote his own epitaph with Long Shadow, intended for Cash but better applied to Joe himself: And if you put it all together You didn’t even once relent You cast a long shadow And that is your testament Somewhere in my soul there’s always Rock ‘n’ Roll. Yeah! As for the Clash reuniting, it seems relatively certain Joe, Mick and Paul were up for it at the Rock and Roll HOF induction ceremony. I think the holdout was Topper. Joe faxed him pleading with him to join them the day he died.

Not to spoil the 7-part vid for anyone, but I love the part where they point out the idiotic nature of a massive energy shaft / power plant to feed a thousand suns that appears randomly in the middle of the fucking Naboo Imperial Palace.

True, it's a classic, something about E's vocal delivery always cracks me up a bit.

I had your birthday 3 months ago, it was IMO a bit overrated. Wouldn't make my top 50 birthdays of the year. Not bad, though.

True, the soundtrack featured a bit of metal as I recall (Sabbath and Hagar are in there). I think the big draw at the time was that it was an R-rated cartoon.

It is a glorious bit of Youtube video, I concur.

Right, 'cept wasn't referring to the mag, I was referring to the flick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_(film)

Is that like the movie Heavy Metal? That was pretty rad at the time, but I was 13 when I watched it so who knows.

What sticks in your craw this time of year? Lodges in your skull and won't get out? I'm not talking about "the classics", I'm talking about, well, you know what I'm talking about. Here's a few of mine: Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses (?!?) Wonderful Christmastime - Sir Paul All I Want for Christmas - Mariah Carey Up on the Housetop - Jackson 5 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 that Band Aid song about feeding the world... (you know which one) Merry Christmas Baby - the Boss (kind of gets overplayed) Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys Feliz Navidad - José

I think I peed my pants a little watching this.

It's a great, (probably) important, dense record. It probably turned half its listeners away on the first listen, but the same can be said about Kid A, which had scores of detractors when it came out before eventually being considered the top album of the decade.

How about Band of the Period of Time Where the First Three Digits of the Year is '200'?

#1 wasn't a real surprise, either: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/

Maybe not, but it sort of looks like there is a dude farting into a mic in the background. Next best thing?

I always thought the whole thing came about due to a conversation between Mary and Joseph: Mary: "So it looks like I'm pregnant! Isn't that exciting?" Joseph: "But you and I never did it yet." Mary: "Right, it was that other guy." Joseph: "So you cheated on me??" Mary: "Yes... no... I mean... it wasn't just any old guy... it was... uh... um... God.. yeah, that's it... it was God Himself. So it's not like I had any choice in the matter. I mean, when the Supreme Being wants to have a child, you pretty much have to go with the flow." Joseph: "Of course! That explains everything. Sorry for doubt

There's a Whole Lotti Shakin' Going On in this pic: