Out there
• New Yacht Rock! Possibly the best part of the video (in a video jam-packed with best parts) is at the end when Jason Lee as Kevin Bacon utters the phrase "Care for a me-L-T?" Yeah, you want to watch it. Also, I'd like a sandwich. (via)
• Oh, yeah! New Gnarls Barkley! Mission Freak has "Run," a new single off the forthcoming album due in April. It's awesomely catchy, and I'm just going to dispense altogether with the qualifier INCB ("It's no "Crazy," but ...") which I'm sure we'll be seeing in every review of the track to come. It's also no "Necromancing," which is only a good thing. Also, Idolator has a timeline of the hype so far.
• The Onion AV Club ranks the best (worst) prog rock album covers. Steely Dan makes the grade!
• Apparently we were early with this post. According to Ear Farm, today is National Kazoo Day. Sounds annoying. They have a kazoo-song top ten that has a few entries in common with our list from a month ago, but evidently there's enough kazoo to go around. Though we didn't have to resort to Weird Al.
• And in case you were worried, Hollywood Reporter has the story that the Grammys asked for and were granted a waiver from the WGA. Thank goodness. Although this quote makes it seem the union's approval was a little after the fact: "The announcement last week that the WGA would not picket the show came on the heels of high-profile talent, including SAG member Beyonce and Foo Fighters, saying that they would perform at the show regardless of whether it was officially labeled a struck work."
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