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• I've never actually been on Facebook, but I've been sick of hearing about it for quite some time. I also enjoy this song's appropriation of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire."
• Elvis Costello has named his latest album, Momofuku after either, Best Week Ever speculates, the inventor of ramen or a series of local restaurants named after the inventor of ramen. BWE misses the fact, though, that momofuku also means "lucky peach" (according to David Chang, owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar et al.; I cannot find a translation, however, that doesn't mention Chang or his restaurants).
• Nah Right has a new Big Boi track, which features Andre 3000, but is not an Outkast tune. They also have some videos from Kanye's "Graduation" release.
• We were just talking in the office Thursday about the fact that due to KISS' theatricality, the band lends itself to the tribute band treatment more naturally than others (Do we really need more than one Bono?). It could be anyone underneath all that make-up, and the performance seems more like a piece of musical theater rather than just a rock show. Paul Stanley seems to think the same thing. Talking about a possible impending retirement, he says, "I think Kiss is more about a point of view, about a respect for fans and about a loyalty and a direction much more than it is the people in the band."
• Finally, NY Mag makes a list of the Ten Greatest Albums Made by Actors. They only come up with three. Surprisingly, this isn't one of them.
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