tunequest

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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Tis the season and all. Yep, Xmas is around the corner and its related tunes can be heard, sometimes whispering sometimes shouting, from computers and stereos and iPods and speakers in the ceiling at the mall. Old chestnuts, classical interpretations and indie versions all will make their appearances during the next couple weeks, probably to the point of nausea. They are songs that celebrate the season, reminding us of the ...

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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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