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What can I say? This is brilliant. It's a bit long (11 minutes), so block out some time to watch the whole thing. It also helps to be familiar with Trapped in the Closet, R. Kelly's hip-hop opera in multiple parts which tells a complex story (with several interwoven plots) of increasingly bizarre cases of infidelity and sexual hang-ups. Here's a Google Video if you need to brush up. Sometimes ...

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So the news recently hit that Weird Al finally has a Top 10 record after all these years. According to Billboard, that's 73,000 copies of Straight Outta Lynwood sold. Congrats to Al; he deserves it. It's worth noting, though, that album sales are down overall and that nearly equal sales of 72,310 only ranked a 16 on the Billboard 200 for 1999's Running with Scissors. But really, that news has got ...

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This would be interesting. UPDATE: Turns out this was an attempt at parody. Apple is NOT buying last.fm Oh well. It's a nice wishlist though. I still think GenreFolksonomies are cool. And even though I don't put together many playlists manually these days (viva randomization!), SmartTransitions is an intriguing idea. I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing: GenreFolksonomies No longer will iTunes tracks be chained to single categories. Users will be able to create ...

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