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Sean 'Diddy' Combs at Macy's Passport Presents: Glamorama: 30th Anniversary in Los Angeles.

Sean "Diddy" Combs was shaken up in a car crash in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel yesterday, though hip-hop mogul was not taken to the hospital, The Associated Press reports.

According to Beverly Hills police Lt. Lincoln Hoshino, Combs was a passenger in a Cadillac Escalade riding down Sunset Boulevard when a Lexus sedan turned left in front of the vehicle, causing the collision.

While Hoshino says Combs was complaining of pain, he decided to seek his own medical treatment rather than be taken to a hospital. Pictures from TMZ show the totaled front of the car and Combs lying on the grass following the crash.

There's been no word from Combs or his camp about the incident or the extent to which he was injured.

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Blink-182 Split With Record Label

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Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus of Blink 182.

After reuniting to make last year's Neighborhoods, Blink-182 have split from the band's record label Interscope, MTV reports. "Freedom!! Blink as of today, is now an independent Artist!!!!!"singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge tweeted yesterday with a photo of Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Blink-182 had been signed to Universal Music Group, Interscope's parent company, in some form since 1997.

"Yes indeed, we are no longer with Interscope. It's been a long, amazing journey with them, starting with Cargo records, then MCA, then Geffen and finally Interscope, but the time has come to move on," singer-bassist Mark Hoppus told MTV. "The reasons for us not working together are many and varied, but mostly we wish them luck in everything in their future, and thank those there who've worked so hard on Blink-182 throughout the years."

Hoppus said the band's plans include continuing the writing process "through the end of the year" and recording after their February tour of Australia.

"As far as labels, to be honest, we've been holding our breath waiting for final word from the attorneys that our contract with Interscope had ended. Now the future's a wide-open door," said Hoppus. "We're lucky to be in a position where, after 20 years in our band, we can be independent and open to all options. It's a very exciting time here. I feel like our band is in the best place it's been in a long time. I mean, just look at my hair!"

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Katy Perry Warms Up Crowd for Obama

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Katy Perry performs at an Obama campaign rally in Las Vegas.

Katy Perry has long since outgrown opening-act status, unless the president is headlining: The pop star last night warmed up the crowd for President Obama at a free rally in Las Vegas, according to The Hollywood Reporter, where she performed "Let's Stay Together," "Part of Me," "Teenage Dream," "Wide Awake" and "Firework."

Wearing a tight dress fashioned to look like a ballot (with the Obama/Biden square filled in, of course), she encouraged the crowd of 13,000, particularly first-time voters, to cast their ballots as part of Nevada's early-voter iniative. "You know, I've got my poll outfit sorted," she said. "When I go the polls in California, it's going to be on point. It's going to be red, white and blue, for you-know-who. So you'd better do it, or I'm going to come and get you."

Later, Obama arrived to deliver a version of his stump speech – augmented by a kiss on the cheek from Perry's 91-year-old grandmother.

The rally was the third stop on a three-day campaign trip through swing states for the president, who flew to Las Vegas from Los Angeles after taping an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno earlier in the day.

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Rusko Juggles the Beat in 'Yeah' - Premiere

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The English dubstep producer and DJ Rusko is set to unleash his new EP, Kapow, on November 4th. One standout is the industrial glitch-hop track "Yeah," which served a template for the upbeat release. "It was the first song on the EP I wrote. I wanted to make a positive-sounding song that brings everyone together at the rave," Rusko tells Rolling Stone.

The beat of "Yeah" rises and falls in intensity, making it well-suited for club floors. Rusko, who is currently on tour, adds, "I've been testing it out for awhile now and it's an awesome, hands-in-the-air moment every night."

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High and Tight: World Series Predictions

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The Detroit Tigers take on the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.Patrick McDermott/Getty Images; Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images

The Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants are two of the most venerable and venerated franchises in major league history; the Tigers have been around since 1894, while the Giants can trace their lineage back to the New York Gothams of 1883. But while the two clubs are certainly no strangers to October glory – the Giants have won six World Series rings, and the Tigers four – these two behemoths have never actually faced off against each other in the Fall Classic. Until now . . .

While the 108th World Series doesn't pack the geographical or historical animosity of, say, a Tigers-Cardinals or Giants-Yankees matchup, this San Francisco-Detroit pairing still packs one helluva cultural clash. Think Mission burritos versus Coney dogs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti versus Elmore Leonard, the Fillmore West versus the Grande Ballroom, the Grateful Dead versus the Stooges, Sly & the Family Stone versus Parliament-Funkadelic, the City by the Bay versus the City of Impending Zombie Apocalypse.

Not to mention there's the showdown between two strong MVP candidates, AL Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera vs. NL Comeback Player of the Year Buster Posey, along with the intriguing possibility of a post-game pie-eating contest between Prince Fielder and Pablo "Kung Fu Panda" Sandoval. And for once, the All-Star Game's determination of World Series home field advantage actually makes some kind of poetic sense: Giants ace Matt Cain was the ASG's winning pitcher (and now-disgraced Giants PED-popper Melky Cabrera was the MVP), while Tigers ace Justin Verlander served up the first-inning bombs that put the AL in a 5-0 hole.

But mostly, the 2012 World Series should be a dogfight between two very good teams with excellent pitching – you know, the thing that's supposed to trump hitting when the postseason chips are down. The Tigers would seem to have the advantage, at least in that their rotation (which has posted an otherworldly 1.02 ERA thus far in October) is well-rested and leading with Verlander against the inscrutable Barry Zito in Game 1, while the Giants are scrambling to reset their rotation after Monday's NLCS win, and we won't see Cain until at least Game 3. But the Giants have a stronger bullpen, and if Tigers skipper Jim Leyland (who often acts as if he's sending Strat-O-Matic cards in to pitch, rather than running-on-fumes relievers) reverts to his previous reliance upon Joaquin Benoit and Jose Valverde for the 8th and 9th innings, the Giants could easily head to Detroit with two walk-off wins in their back pockets.

There's also the "rest versus momentum" sub-plot: The Tigers, who finally got hot in mid-September after a season of underachieving, have now been off for five days, while the Giants are coming in fresh from a three-game win streak. Hardcore Tigers fans (full disclosure: I am one) still gag at the memory of the steaming, stinking dump Leyland's well-rested (and heavily favored) team laid against the Cardinals in the 2006 World Series. But Verlander and Omar Infante aside, this is an entirely different Detroit team than that '06 squad; and if Leyland's figured out a way to keep his players sharp, loose and motivated during their break – and if Posey continues to perfect the A-Rod impression that he unexpectedly unveiled against the Cardinals – the Giants could suddenly find themselves in deep trouble.

Either way, this is shaping up to be a great – maybe even truly epic – World Series between two immensely talented teams populated by some very memorable characters. If you can't get excited about it, you simply don't deserve baseball. My prognostication? Tigers, in seven very tough games. Now, let's see what our esteemed panel of rock & roll seamheads are predicting.

Name: Alice Cooper
Position: Vocals

A team has got to peak at the right time to win the series, and at this point, Detroit is peaking at just the right moment. I think they will win in six games. In fact, I think they will be tough to beat. And if it comes down to a Game Seven, they'd have Verlander. Maybe I'm biased – there's still a little kid from Detroit living inside me. Go Tigers!

Name: Scott McCaughey
Band: The Baseball Project, The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows
Position: Guitar, Vocals

I certainly can't pick against my Giants again, the way this topsy-turvy postseason is going. Though with Verlander on the hill two or three games for the Tigers, Los Gigantes have yet another uphill battle. More miracles, bad hops and clutch performances from unlikely sources ensue. San Francisco in six, celebrating in their appropriate colors on Halloween night.

Name: Ken Casey
Band: Dropkick Murphys
Position: Bass guitar, Vocals

The advantage goes to a rested Tigers rotation of Verlander, Fister, Sanchez and Scherzer. But the home field goes to the Giants. The postseason magic of guys like Zito, Scutero and Lincecum will fade here to the Triple Crown winner Cabrera and his accompanying cast of proven veterans, as well as their proven skipper in Jim Leyland. Tigers in five or six.

Name: Handsome Dick Manitoba
Band: Manitoba
Position: Vocals

The Manhattan Giants in six. With a team hitting on all cylinders, and a very good pitching staff top to bottom, the Tigers that looked like Christy Mathewson was throwing everyday versus the Yankees will be mauled.

Name: Vinnie Paul
Band: Hellyeah, Pantera
Position: Drums

I predict the Detroit Tigers will win the World Series. I've been wrong about everything else this post-season, but I believe the Tigers have the mojo! Oh, and Verlander too! Tigers Roar!

Name: Scott Ian
Band: Anthrax
Position: Guitar

Well, since the Yankees played like the Bad News Bears without Kelly Leak, I'm backing Detroit. Cabrera deserves a ring for his Triple Crown season.

Name: George Thorogood
Band: George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Position: Vocals, Guitar

I'm going with the Tigers all the way. They have the pitching, and pitching wins World Series.

Name: Steve Earle
Position: Vocals, Guitar

It's finally Jim Leyland's year. Tigers in five.

Name: Ben Gibbard
Band: Death Cab for Cutie
Position: Vocals, Guitar

Tigers over Giants in six.

Name: Joshua Epstein
Band: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Position: Vocals, Keyboards

I have been watching the Tigers all season, and I must say that they finally look like the team we all expected to see. It is impossible for me to answer this impartially, as I have a dog in the fight, but I can't see the Giants beating the Tigers unless the long layoff has killed their momentum. The Tigers have the best hitter and the best pitching in the playoffs. This could be an exciting season in Detroit!

Name: Joe Pernice
Band: Pernice Brothers
Position: Vocals, Guitar

I'd say Tigers in five. Very happy to see the Tigers in the Series.

Name: Tom Morello
Band: The Nightwatchman, Street Sweeper Social Club, Rage Against the Machine
Position: Guitar, Vocals

Very much looking forward to the Tigers-Giants World Series. If it can't be the Cubs, then those are two fine teams to slug it out.

Name: Steve Wynn
Band: The Baseball Project
Position: Vocals, Guitar

Well, if the last few weeks are any indication, the Series will go the distance, and that's just fine with me. The day after the end of the World Series is always such a drag – it brings on those long three-plus months before pitchers and catchers arrive in Florida and Arizona. Nah, let's play seven. All logic would seem to favor the Tigers, but this is no time for logic. I pick the Giants in seven, winning on a shocking, unscheduled start – and complete game shutout – by Tim Lincecum. Again, logic – who needs it?

Dan Epstein's book, Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s, is now available in paperback.

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Jeff Mangum Plans Occupy Wall Street Fundraiser

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Lee Ranaldo performs in Washington, DC.Josh Sisk/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

After making a surprise appearance at Zuccotti Park last year to support the Occupy Wall Street movement, former Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum will be a part of the self-described telethon "The People's Bailout" November 15th at New York's Le Poisson Rouge. He'll be joined by Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, comedian Janeane Garofalo, The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and more.

"The People's Bailout" seeks to raise $50,000 for Strike Debt, an organization affiliated with the Occupy movement. Rolling Jubilee will host the telethon's webcast, and tickets go on sale November 2nd at 10 a.m. EST. For more information, visit the event's page.

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

New Fern Species Named for Lady Gaga

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Botanists at Duke University have named a newly identified genus of fern, and consequently 19 species within the genus, after Lady Gaga, the New York Times reports. The fern, found in Arizona, Texas, Mexico and Central and South America, has "somewhat fluid definitions of gender," as it reproduces by spores that can grow to be male, female or both. A graduate student also found the sequence GAGA in the fern's DNA base pairs. The science behind the ferns inspired the botanists.

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"We wanted to name this genus for Lady Gaga because of her fervent defense of equality and individual expression," said Kathleen Pryer, director of Duke's herbarium and professor of biology. "And as we started to consider it, the ferns themselves gave us more reasons why it was a good choice."

Among the more eye-popping fern names are Gaga germanotta – a nod to the singer's real name, Stefani Germanotta – and Gaga monstraparva, which translates to "Gaga little monster," an acknowledgement of Gaga's dedicated "little monster" fanbase.

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Rolling Stones to Preview Tour With $20 Warm-Up Gig in Paris

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Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones attend the premiere of 'Crossfire Hurricane' in London.

In preparation for their 50th-anniversary shows in London and Newark, New Jersey, the Rolling Stones announced a surprise warm-up gig tonight in Paris, with tickets priced at just $20, The Associated Press reports.

Fans quickly swarmed the Champs-Elysées, hoping to snag one of the 350 tickets available. Tickets were limited to two per person, the holder's name must be printed on them and IDs are required at the door and no cell phones or recording devices are allowed.

The show will mark the Rolling Stones' first live performance since 2007. The much higher-priced tickets (around $152 for teh cheap seats) for their two shows at London's O2 Arena sold out just minutes after going on sale last week; while presale for their two-night stand at Newark's Prudential Center starts today at noon EST, with a general on-sale on October 26th.

Be sure to check out Rolling Stone's exclusive peek inside the band's 50th reunion, which guitarist Keith Richards says won't be limited to just these shows: "My experience with the Rolling Stones is that once the juggernaut starts rolling, it ain't gonna stop. So without sort of saying definitely yes – yeah. We ain't doing all this for four gigs!"

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Lana Wachowski Opens Up About Difficult Past and Attempted Suicide

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Cloud Atlas co-director Lana Wachowski opened up about her difficult past of growing up transgender in a speech at the Human Rights Campaign's gala fundraiser in San Francisco this weekend, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Wachowski, one half of the sibling duo behind The Matrix trilogy, said that when she was a young adult, she nearly committed suicide on a subway platform before a man nearby stared her down. "I don't know why he wouldn't look away," said Wachowski. "All I know is that because he didn't, I am still here." Wachowski also shared an incident in which she was beaten by a Catholic nun for not joining a line of boys and shared the support she received from her mother and father upon coming out. "Having good parents is just like the lottery," she added.

Wachowski attended the gala to accept the Visibility Award for her recent decision to dispel her previous policy of avoiding press, public appearances and open acknowledgement of her "transition" into becoming a woman. She also noted that she dislikes that word "because of its complicity in a binary gender narrative."

Jack White Rips Through 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground' Live at Third Man

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On March 8th, Jack White made his solo debut to help celebrate the third anniversary of his Third Man Records store and recording studio in Nashville. Now he's marking the performance with Vault Package #14, part of his subscription series, which includes a double album of the performance, Live At Third Man Records; a special seven-inch containing demo versions of "Freedom at 21," "Love Interruption" and "Hypocritical Kiss"; and a photo book from the Dead Weather's 2010 tour, Shark Infested Soda Fountain. Here, White reaches back for the White Blood Cells single "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," tearing through the track with sludgy, rugged riffs.

Fans must sign up by October 31st to receive Vault Package #14. For more information, visit the Third Man Records website.

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On the Charts: Taylor Swift's 'Red' Set to Blow Up

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Taylor Swift performs on 'Good Morning America' in Times Square in New York.

WINNER OF THE WEEK: Taylor Swift. Her album Red just came out yesterday, and Billboard's retail sources are already predicting 1 million in first-week sales. By today's piracy-plagued standards, that's gigantic – since Swift's previous album Speak Now came out in November 2010, the only other album to hit this mark in a week was Lady Gaga's Born This Way. And she needed a crazy Amazon 99-cent deal to do it. I'll get into more nuts and bolts next week about how Taylor accomplished this, but for now I'll just observe that Taylor has three singles in iTunes' Top Songs this week – the new "State of Grace" (Number Two, with 209,000 overall sales, according to Billboard), "I Knew You Were Trouble" (Number Three, with 156,000 overall) and the ubiquitous "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (Number Eight). Another note: Red hit Number Two on iTunes this week after just one day of sales.

LOSER OF THE WEEK: Those of us who were hoping to put Christmas season off as long as possible. Hey, music business, it's October! Not even Halloween! And yet the first holiday hit is already here – Christmas with Scotty McCreery, by the American Idol winner, which sold 41,000 copies and made its debut at Number Four. Nothing against holiday albums, but isn't that what Black Friday is for? Buying holiday albums?

AND SPEAKING OF COUNTRY MUSIC: Rising country hero Jason Aldean's Night Train sold 409,000 copies, second-biggest debut of the year, behind Mumford and Sons' Babel, and hit Number One this week. That's 60,000 more copies than Justin Bieber's Believe sold in its first week in early September, and it's more than double the amount of Aldean's 2010 album My Kinda Party. (With a few exceptions, notably Adele and Taylor Swift, most stars' sales drop these days from album to album.) Another rare achievement for Aldean: for a few dates on his 2013 tour, he'll headline baseball stadiums.

LAST WEEK: Mumford & Sons Slip, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Impress

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'American Horror Story: Asylum' Recap: Judy vs. the Devil

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James Cromwell as Dr. Arden in 'American Horror Story'

Aaaaaand Adam Levine is dead. We don't know that for sure, but boy, he does not look good, what with the meat-hook wounds in his chest. Tonight's Tricks and Treats picks up right where the season premiere left off: with Teresa confronting Bloody Face in the Death Chute. It's too early to predict the nature of Bloody Face, but after tonight's episode, might I suggest we're dealing with a lineage of killers (possibly possessed individuals?), rather than just one weird dude hanging out in Briarcliff forever? Alternately, Bloody Face could be a ghost! Do you think Ryan Murphy will include a ghost element in this season, or is he too burnt out? Not that we really need them. Demons are the new ghost anyway.

But first, betrayal! Back in 1964, Wendy and her friends Barb and, I'm going to say, Khaki Pants commisserate nervously in the wake of Lana's commitment to the asylum. (On a related note, I apologize for writing that Wendy was played by Franka Potente rather than Clea Duvall. I have a terrifying disease where 70 percent of actresses appear to be Franka Potente.) (Also, I'm an idiot.) Wendy decides to recant her claim that Lana is insane, which might not be easy. "You signed a document," Khaki Pants reminds her. A totally fake document obtained through blackmail, but a document nonetheless!

They hear a knock on the door and gasp in terror. Fortunately for Wendy, it's just her students trick-or-treating a day early. Unfortunately for Wendy's students, they just saw their teacher openly weeping in her living room, perhaps the most terrifying sight a child can see. "Check out the mass murders, Barb," Khaki Pants sneers at their fright. Yeah, Barb! You dumb jerk, with your ludicrous fears about serial killers preying on women! Khaki Pants makes an incredibly tone-deaf play for Wendy, who demurs and prepares for bed instead . . . only to be hooked in the hallway by Bloody Face. Jeez, I hope Wendy isn't actually dead. She's the character I most identify with. Who doesn't enjoy sparking up a doob while simultaneously taking a hot shower?

Over at Briarcliff, the maintenance staff follows the grand tradition of asylum lighting and doesn't have a goddamn lightbulb on in the entire place. During room check, Sister Jude and her leering security guard goon discover Lana's painstaking secret notes ("Lies!") stashed in a pillowcase. Hot to erase Lana's memories of all the weird-ass stuff she's already seen, Jude informs Dr. Arden she's changed her mind about electroshock therapy. "I prayed about it," she admits. "When I wasn't praying for you to find a halfway decent haberdasher." Ba-zing! Smack in the goatee with Lange's velvet glove!

For my money, Lana's "treatments" are a genuinely scary turn of events. Who doesn't shudder at the thought of being imprisoned without recourse, their pleas for mercy unheard, horrible weird rubber things jammed in their screaming mouth? We only catch a glimpse of Lana's post-treatment mental distortion, but even those blurry seconds opens up all sorts of possibilities. If your own mind can be muddled with, then every element of your reality is up for grabs!

Not that everyone agrees with the doctor's practices. Court-ordered psychologist Dr. Oliver Thredson (Zachary Quinto) might only be at Briarcliff to determine if Kit is sane enough to stand trial, but he couldn't help but notice all the canings, beatings and general filthy wetness affecting the Manor's residents. Horrible screams and soiled sheets aside, Kit is an engrossing subject – a murderer who denies killing anyone. "Alma isn't dead," he says of his wife. "That body didn't have a head." Was I the only one who first thought he meant the aliens took his wife's head and were keeping it alive somewhere? I gasped with delight at the suggestion . . . before realizing he just meant the headless body could have belonged to someone else. "After they took her, she was alive," Kit insists. God, wherever Alma is, might that she just be an animate head. Needless to say, it takes Thredson about five minutes to diagnose Kit as totally insane.

Meanwhile, while we already knew that nymphomaniacal Shelly loves to bone ("I have a cucumber in my room. Not because I was hungry," she teases Sister Jude, later declaring, "My mother made me wear mittens to bed"), we soon discover she was institutionalized by her jazz musician husband (what with his cigarettes and his hands!) for sleeping around. Dr. Arden rebuffs Shelly's sexual advances, probably because he was too busy being a grade-A pervert about his crush on Sister Mary Eunice. After taking a lovely stroll in the woods to feed the hell beasts that reside there in secret, he presents Mary Eunice with a beautiful cloisonné jar filled with HORRIBLE BUGS. Just kidding, it's filled with a caramel apple, a caramel apple so obviously drugged, even a woman who would unquestioningly feed forest demons might hesitate before taking a bite.

Back at home, Arden hires a prostitute, cutting up an enormous roast, requiring she dress in a nun's habit and otherwise intimating to the audience that it may have been he who committed the Bloody Face kills. But . . . but my theory! After finding S&M photos, Sister Mary Call Girl is able to escape, hopefully to tell the police about Arden's potential danger to the community. Ha ha, just kidding! This is 1964. They probably would have had Wendy sign her documents too.

How have I gone on so long without discussing the exorcism? Sister Jude and Dr. Thredson reluctantly team up to treat poor Jed, a 35-year-old-looking 17-year-old who has all the symptoms of demon possession: volatility, speaking in tongues, um, tearing out a live cow's heart and eating it in front of his father's horrified eyes. "Good boys gone bad is my area of expertise," Jude smirks, and I die. Thredson is dubious, but the exorcist himself arrives filled with confidence. "A non-believer?" he says. "Good, I like having one in the room. Ups my game." I don't know if people were using the phrase "ups my game" in 1964, but OK. Once the ceremony begins, Sister Jude is forced to leave Thredson, the Monsignor and the exorcist to their work because she's just a woman . . . all the better for the devil to bait her once she returns to pray over Jed.

"It drives you crazy, doesn't it?," the demon-teen hisses as he struggles against his restraints. "To be the smartest person in the room with no real power, because of that smelly clam between your legs?" Heyo! The devil also reveals that Sister Jude was once a brazen harlot who's had "53 cocks in there already," and by "once" I mean "about sixth months ago based on the flashback." We also learn Jude's true secret: she killed a girl while drinking and driving. Jude attacks the boy and Thredson intervenes with actual medical help, but it's too late. Jed dies, the lights flicker and the demon leaps to Sister Mary Eunice, who I look forward to transforming into a brazen hussy and eating bovine organs straight from the source. Maybe now she'll have the confidence to actually find out what the hell is in the woods. Someone tell us!

Meanwhile, you know when you are trapped in an insane asylum but you can't help checking out DAT BOOTY? Lana certainly does, as she ogles Grace's butt as they take some kind of gross, hot therapeutic baths. "You have trouble trusting people," muses Grace, a woman locked up in an insane asylum to Lana, another woman locked in an insane asylum. Lana bitterly tells her about Wendy's document signing before revealing that she knows a way out (Death Chute, y'all!). Grace refuses to escape without Kit, her best friend of one day, but Lana refuses to help an accused woman killer. She . . . knows Grace allegedly chopped up her family, right?

When the demon leaves Jed's body and causes a power failure (sure, OK), Lana, Grace and Kit have a chance to escape the ward. Instead, Grace screams for the security guards to prevent Kit from going free. As a reward for her actions (and because she is evil), Sister Jude lets Lana watch her cane Grace and Kit. Kit heroically takes on Grace's lashes, and I admired Ryan Murphy's restrain in not showing us the cane actually hitting Evan Peters' ass. Actually, I bet they filmed it and FX just thought it was too much. Ah, well. Maybe on the DVD.

Last episode: Productivity, Prayer and Alien Hands

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Psy Trades Praise With Secretary-General of United Nations

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Psy visits UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations in New York City on October 23rd, 2012.

Psy stopped by the United Nations and met with U.N. Secretary-General and fellow South Korean Ban Ki-moon yesterday, The Associated Press reports. The K-pop star gave the U.N. chief a short break from his typically serious duties, trading praise and pulling off some signature "Gangnam Style" dance moves. Ban even joked that he's less famous than Psy, remarking, "I'm a bit jealous."

"Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world," said Ban. "Now I have to relinquish. I have no regrets." Psy himself was playful but praiseworthy. "So now you have first and second famous Korean in the same building," he said.

"For all the Koreans he is the guy, you know, in everyone's heart in Korea, the best among the best. To be here and he knows me, even the thing that he knows me is so touching right now, and he's saying he saw my video," said Psy. "He counted my video views . . . This is much more better feeling than when I did Number Two on Billboard."

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Bobby Brown Arrested on New DUI Charge

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Bobby Brown was arrested and charged with drunken driving this morning in Los Angeles, E! reports. It's the singer's second DUI arrest this year, and it comes after a stint in rehab. Brown was reportedly spotted weaving between lanes around 1:43 a.m. local time and pulled over. After smelling alcohol, police officers gave Brown a sobriety test, which the singer failed. Booking records indicate Brown remains in jail on $25,000 bail. No court date has been set.

Brown entered rehab earlier this year as part of a plea deal stemming from a March arrest for drunken driving. Brown was also convicted on a DUI charge in 1996 after getting arrested in Georgia.

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Rusko Juggles the Beat in 'Yeah' - Premiere

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Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Linkin Park To Perform at American Music Awards

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Nicki Minaj, Linkin Park and Taylor Swift To Perform at American Music Awards.Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Victor Chavez/WireImage; Ray Tamarra/Getty Images

The American Music Awards has added serious doses of country, hip-hop and rock, with Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj and Linkin Park set to join Christina Aguilera as performers at this year's awards show. Minaj leads nominations with four, including Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Album. Swift is up for Favorite Female Artist, while Linkin Park is nominated for the Alternative Rock award.

ABC will broadcast the 40th American Music Awards live on November 18th. Winners will be determined by voting, and fans can vote on the AMA's website.

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Prince Has Torrid 'Rock & Roll Love Affair' on 'Kimmel'

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The Jimmy Kimmel Live studio couldn't hope to contain Prince, so when the rock great stopped by the show last night, he performed to a large, enthusiastic crowd on the outside stage. Dressed in orange-yellow pants and a wildly patterned shirt with impressive dangling tassels, Prince played his new single "Rock & Roll Love Affair" with absolute joy, sneaking in a few grins as he stomped through the funky, horn-blaring track. He calls it an affair, but almost 35 years after his first album, it might be a little more serious than that.

Chuck Berry Heads All-Star Jam at First Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

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Talk about a super group: Back on January 23rd, 1986, Keith Richards, Neil Young and Billy Joel joined Chuck Berry onstage to close out the inaugural Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Check out this rare clip of the performance, which features the freshly inducted Berry demonstrating his famous duck walk before leading the group in a synchronized guitar swing.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently opened a new exhibit called "Roll Over Beethoven: The Life and Music of Chuck Berry," which collects heaps of memorabilia, from the rock icon's 1958 recording contract with Chess Records to the vest he wore at the Toronto Rock & Roll Festival in 1969.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: 11 Big Questions That Were MIA at the Presidential Debates

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Mitt Romney and Barack Obama participate in the third and final Presidential Debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida.

The 2012 presidential debates were a national disgrace.

Forget that two of moderators were doddering old white men who allowed themselves to be steamrolled by Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. (You only have to be 35 to run for president, yet the average age of the moderators was somehow 72.)

The real scandal is that the moderators guided us through three contests without touching on many of the most critical issues confronting the American electorate.

Here, based on a review of the transcripts, the 11 biggest questions that never came up on the debate stage:

CLIMATE
The candidates were never asked about climate change, whether they believe it poses an existential threat to our future, and what, if anything, they'd do halt it.

THE HOUSING CRISIS
The root cause of the financial collapse of 2008 was the housing bubble. The foreclosure crisis remains a drag on our economy. Obama's efforts to aid underwater homeowners have been feckless. Romney declared the market should be allowed to "hit bottom." The moderators thought none of this worthy of discussion.

THE EUROZONE
The European economy is in crisis. The common currency is in danger of collapse. Would the next American president intervene to save the Eurozone? Who knows?! Certainly not debate watchers.

SUPREME COURT
The next president will pick at least one and perhaps two Supreme Court justices — but neither presidential candidate was asked anything about what principles would inform his choices for the court.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE
This election has been waged with ungodly sums of SuperPAC money, leaving both candidates beholden to megadonors. But neither candidate was asked to weigh in on the Citizens United decision that equates money with speech.

GAY MARRIAGE
Gay marriage is on the ballot from Maryland to Washington state. It first became legal in Massachusetts (over Romney's objections) and Obama made history by personally backing marriage equality. The Defense of Marriage Act is headed for a date with the Supreme Court. Yet there was not a single question about whether same sex-couples deserve equal protection.

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL
Obama made an offhanded boast about its repeal, but there was no line of inquiry from the moderators about whether gays and lesbians would continue to be welcome in the Armed Forces under a Romney presidency.

ABORTION
There was no effort to clarify where each candidate stands on Roe v. Wade. (The subject of abortion surfaced briefly in the Vice Presidential debate, but as a personal issue — as a lens for the candidates' Catholic faith.) A low information voter could have watched all three presidential debates and come away thinking there's no meaningful difference on choice, beyond Mitt Romney's plan to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding.

THE FED
Ben Bernanke is the most powerful Federal Reserve chairman in living memory and has more direct influence over the unemployment rate than anyone. Romney has said he'd replace him. Why — and what kind of monetary policy he'd seek — remain open questions.

THE DRUG WAR
Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in three states. Tens of thousands of Mexicans have been killed in drug violence connected to American consumption, for which we continue to incarcerate an insane number of Americans. Yet there was not a single question about the efficacy of the 40-year, $1 trillion War on Drugs.

TAX EVASION
Mitt Romney's tax returns have been a central campaign focus since the GOP primaries. They came up repeatedly in the Republican debates, yet didn't pique the curiosity of the general-election moderators. (Get a detailed look at how Romney avoids paying his fair share.)

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Taylor Swift Shares Car Accident Stories With David Letterman

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Taylor Swift stopped by the Late Show With David Letterman last night to play "Red," but before the pop star took the stage with the title track from her new album, she chatted with the host about getting into a pair of car accidents while spending time with Brian Hiatt for Rolling Stone's latest cover story. Though Swift was nervous, noting Hiatt is "such a good writer," she figured by driving both of them to a restaurant, Hiatt would write about her impressive driving skills. Things didn't work out so well.

"I was trying to use the GPS in my car that I had never used before, but I wanted to use it because he was in the car and I wanted to seem like I knew how to use my GPS," said Swift. While attempting a U-turn, Swift backed up "a tiny bit," only to smack into another car.

"But that was only the first one," said Swift. "There were two accidents that day." A little later, a car blindsided hers, hitting them in the side. This one was more serious. "This time, Brian's not like chill or calmed down. He's like, 'AHHHHHHHH!'" said Swift. But according to Swift, Hiatt thanked her for saving his life with her defensive driving skills. "That didn't end up in the article, but he did say it," she said.

T.I. Embraces Life as 'Trouble Man'

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"I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble," said T.I. with a grin. "Be that as it may, I shall embrace that fact and not evade it. We all have faults. Before I let you stand on your high horse and point a finger back down at me, I'm going to give you a big, stiff 'Fuck you.'"

Following a two-year hiatus, legal wrangling and a slew of underwhelming material, Trouble Man (slated for December 18th release) is that defiant exclamation. The rapper previewed several tracks from the forthcoming release at New York's Germano Studios last night, and though he's still firming up the official track list – Atlantic Records reminded him that he has about one week to submit it – the 12 songs played were said to be strong contenders for the final edit.

The album contains a good balance of vintage trap fare for T.I. purists (circa I'm Serious through King), especially courtesy of longtime collaborator DJ Toomp ("Trap Back Jumping" and "Who Wants Some"), as well as radio-ready cuts for those who like their T.I. high on melody and charm. It's the latter material that, upon first listen, piques the most interest. "Somebody That I Used to Know" is a heartbreaker featuring Kendrick Lamar and B.o.B., with newcomer Kenoe brilliantly sampling Gotye's monster hit of the same name. The sensitive "Guns & Roses," produced by the ubiquitous T-Minus, is sure to be another crowd-pleaser with resplendent, soulful vocals from Pink.

With R. Kelly, Cee Lo, Lil Wayne, Akon and A$AP Rocky all on board, there's no shortage of star wattage on Trouble Man, but it is Andre 3000 who really steals the show. After hounding OutKast's reticent lyricist for some six years, T.I. finally snagged a feature for "Sorry," produced by Jazze Pha. In the song, the two grapple with the ills of fame. Andre's buttery flow comfortably meanders along his verse, to the point where you completely forget what existed before his bars. Dre pokes fun at haters (and even bloggers) with his signature wit and zing.

"He shit on me on my own record," T.I. openly admitted, without a trace of animosity. There's no shame in getting beaten by the best.

Trouble Man is as much for T.I.'s detractors as it is for the man to prove to himself that he hasn't lost his platinum touch. With this album he finally hits that sweet spot, a sonic and thematic balance between past and present. "To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been," he said at the close. "I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted."

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Bobby Brown Arrested on New DUI Charge

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Brown entered rehab earlier this year as part of a plea deal stemming from a March arrest for drunken driving. Brown was also convicted on a DUI charge in 1996 after getting arrested in Georgia.

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Neil Young Ribs Fans and Bono on Twitter

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Neil Young at the annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California.

Neil Young took a break from his ongoing tour with Crazy Horse today to answer fan questions via Twitter. This was hardly a re-do of his famous 1975 Rolling Stone interview with Cameron Crowe, but there were some great moments. Among many mini revelations, Young affirmed that his long out of print 1973 album, Times Fades Away, will be re-released at the same time as his PONO project surfaces. He also said he might record with Dave Grohl, he didn't read his Shakey biography before writing his new memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, and he'll one day release his 1991 live album, Weld, on DVD. The last album he bought? Jimmy Reed's Rockin' With Jimmy Reed. New band he's into these days? Foster the People. When asked why big rock stars like him and Bono are Foster fans, Young joked: "Who's Bono?"

Here are some of Young's best exchanges with fans:

.@rugbyguy Axl and I are doing a world tour together #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@rugbyguy ...that was proof you can't believe everything you read #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@smokeydouglas foster the people #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

what do you like about foster the people? #askneil btw, bono said he likes them, too... it is surprising two super stars like them..
— akemi nakamura (@akemi99) October 24, 2012

@akemi99 who is Bono? #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@jadoss23 Get out a little, that would be good #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@kepiet tempest #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012
.@brizzahizza Detroit or San Francisco #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@carlossinnombre old black #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@zogriddim why would I not be with a major label? I love my label. music people live there. #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@adizzca I was reading something... what was it... it wasn't that good... so I stopped reading it #askneil

— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@bad_tweets_guy working out #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@bhljournalism if you're still alive, it means you're getting old. I think that's what it means #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@laurecker @chopperton you and someone else #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@crissy11823862 gay is good #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@glenbarkwith money money money money money money money #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@juliesneath bring oats and smell the horse #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

Neil: Why did you wait until you were sober to do "Psychedelic Pill?" I enjoy talking to myself on Twitter. Good bye. Thanks for listening.
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler on 'What Could Have Been Love' - Track-by-Track Premiere

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Aerosmith, 'Music from Another Dimension!'

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'What Could Have Been Love'

RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading up to the November 6th release.

"What Could Have Been Love" is the kind of wounded power ballad that dominated Aerosmith's run of hits in the Nineties, much to the irritation of some longtime fans of the band's early, hardest-rocking work. But that side of the group has been part of their repertoire all the way back to the Seventies, at least since "You See Me Crying" on 1975's Toys in the Attic.

The new song, another collaboration with frequent co-writer Marti Frederiksen, opens with a shimmering guitar melody and Steven Tyler singing, "I wake up and wonder/ how everything went wrong/ Am I the one to blame?" It's accompanied by the second video released from Music From Another Dimension!, which shows Tyler in a bar wailing miserably about a failed relationship while the rest of the band happily shoots pool, as the song builds to a teary crescendo.

"Marti and I had both been through divorce: Do you ever have feelings about that? Do you ever think about that?" says Tyler. "It started from there: 'What could have been love, it should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be, couldn't see what was right in front of me.' So many people are getting divorced now. When you've got kids, you still love the mother a little bit. Anyone worth their soul will admit it."

100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Aerosmith

Also getting a co-writing credit on the song is the band's keyboard player, Russ Irwin, who had a Top 40 hit as a solo artist in 1991 with the whispery romantic ballad "My Heart Belongs to You." Both Irwin and Frederiksen sing backup vocals on "What Could Have Been Love."

"It just reared its beautiful little head a couple of years ago," Tyler says of the composition. "It's a magical tune."

Album producer Jack Douglas gets a co-producer credit, but the song falls squarely in the soaring pop comfort zone of Frederickson, who produced the track with Tyler. "Jack is the overlord," says bassist Tom Hamilton of the album sessions. "He really brought this thing into the home port. But Marti had a big influence, just setting a good example creatively."

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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler on 'What Could Have Been Love' - Track-by-Track Premiere

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Aerosmith, 'Music from Another Dimension!'

Click to listen to Aerosmith's 'What Could Have Been Love'

RollingStone.com will be premiering Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! album, one track at a time, in the weeks leading up to the November 6th release.

100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Aerosmith

"It just reared its beautiful little head a couple of years ago," Tyler says of the composition. "It's a magical tune."

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Friday, October 26, 2012

On the Charts: Taylor Swift's 'Red' Set to Blow Up

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Taylor Swift performs on 'Good Morning America' in Times Square in New York.

LAST WEEK: Mumford & Sons Slip, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Impress

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Jeff Mangum Plans Occupy Wall Street Fundraiser

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Lee Ranaldo performs in Washington, DC.Josh Sisk/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Neil Young Ribs Fans and Bono on Twitter

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Neil Young at the annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California.

Here are some of Young's best exchanges with fans:

.@rugbyguy Axl and I are doing a world tour together #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@rugbyguy ...that was proof you can't believe everything you read #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@smokeydouglas foster the people #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

what do you like about foster the people? #askneil btw, bono said he likes them, too... it is surprising two super stars like them..
— akemi nakamura (@akemi99) October 24, 2012

@akemi99 who is Bono? #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@jadoss23 Get out a little, that would be good #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@kepiet tempest #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012
.@brizzahizza Detroit or San Francisco #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@carlossinnombre old black #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@zogriddim why would I not be with a major label? I love my label. music people live there. #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@adizzca I was reading something... what was it... it wasn't that good... so I stopped reading it #askneil

— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

.@bad_tweets_guy working out #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@bhljournalism if you're still alive, it means you're getting old. I think that's what it means #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@laurecker @chopperton you and someone else #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@crissy11823862 gay is good #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@glenbarkwith money money money money money money money #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

@juliesneath bring oats and smell the horse #askneil
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

Neil: Why did you wait until you were sober to do "Psychedelic Pill?" I enjoy talking to myself on Twitter. Good bye. Thanks for listening.
— Neil Young (@neilyoung) October 24, 2012

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Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Linkin Park To Perform at American Music Awards

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Nicki Minaj, Linkin Park and Taylor Swift To Perform at American Music Awards.Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Victor Chavez/WireImage; Ray Tamarra/Getty Images

ABC will broadcast the 40th American Music Awards live on November 18th. Winners will be determined by voting, and fans can vote on the AMA's website.

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Paul McCartney, 'The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)' – Song Premiere

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As part of the upcoming compilation Holidays Rule, Paul McCartney gears up for the season with a jazzy, smooth rendition of "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)." It's simple but affecting, with tinkling piano that intertwines with McCartney's caressing vocals on a welcoming version of the holiday classic.

Holidays Rule, out October 30th, also features contributions from the Shins, fun., Rufus Wainwright and Sharon Van Etten, Andrew Bird, Calexico, the Civil Wars and the Head and the Heart.

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Jack White Rips Through 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground' Live at Third Man

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Click to listen to Jack White's 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (live at Third Man Third Anniversary)'

Fans must sign up by October 31st to receive Vault Package #14. For more information, visit the Third Man Records website.

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'Crush' by Rush Midnight - Free MP3

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Artist: Rush Midnight
Song: "Crush" (produced by Midnight Shadow)
Album: +1

"I wrote 'Crush' after returning from a month in Europe and a few nights in Sao Paolo, Brazil about one year ago. Back in New York springtime was almost over and I remember feeling so excited to be home, riding my bike, working on new songs, and partying with friends," Rush Midnight's Russ Manning tells Rolling Stone.

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Katy Perry Warms Up Crowd for Obama

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Katy Perry performs at an Obama campaign rally in Las Vegas.

Later, Obama arrived to deliver a version of his stump speech – augmented by a kiss on the cheek from Perry's 91-year-old grandmother.

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'Crush' by Rush Midnight - Free MP3

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Artist: Rush Midnight
Song: "Crush" (produced by Midnight Shadow)
Album: +1

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Chuck Berry Heads All-Star Jam at First Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

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Lumineers Shine on 'Letterman'

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The Lumineers had a foot-stomping good time last night on the Late Show With David Letterman, where the Denver band peformed the catchy, spare single "Ho Hey," from the group's self-titled debut. Backed by simple rhythm from a bass drum and tambourine, the musicians shouted out the refrain, bobbing to the beat and sporting big smiles.

Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter Join 'Arrested Development' Reboot

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Will Arnett stopped by Conan last night and let slip that Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter have joined the Arrested Development reboot. "I don't want this to be too much of a spoiler alert, but let me put it this way: that there are a few people on this stage tonight who are a part of it," said Arnett. "And I think we know who we are." Richter joked, "A few means more than two," and Arnett quipped back, "Yup, and less than four."

Arnett said he's been fielding questions about whether the show will return for years, including some from a high-profile fan: "I actually had the opportunity to meet Bruce Springsteen, and he asked me about it," Arnett said. "I was like, 'Buddy, I don't know. What can I say, Boss? We're doing our best.'"

After a pause, Arnett continued, laughing, "I did not call him the Boss."