NO TRIVIA

September 26, 2012 – <p>Florence, Alabama's Bentley, who brays the hooks on G-Side's "No Radio” and "16 Shots" (he has a memorable verse that calls bullshit on the killing of Gaddafi on the latter), and whose solo track "Strap," is something of an Internet goon-rap classic, just released <i>Bootlegs & B-Sides</i>, a jackin'-for-beats mixtape that he's throwing out to tide over listeners unti

September 21, 2012 – According to Slate, a whole bunch of people were disturbed by the trailer for Steven Spielberg's Lincoln trailer. Why? Because the voice of Abraham Lincoln (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) was "whiny," and didn't, I guess, sound all booming and bold like it does at that creepy Disney World Hall of Presidents attraction? I was more freaked out by Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens rocking a jheri curl, but hey, that's just me.

September 19, 2012 – What's the most welcome sound on R.E.B.E.L., the new solo EP from ST 2 Lettaz of the now broken-up G-Side? Those shards of Empire of the Sun and Skrillex peaking out from behind the histrionic beats.

September 18, 2012 – How should I describe rapper/producer 7evenThirty's Heaven's Computer? A Big K.R.I.T. album if the only influence were 8ball & MJG's Space Age Pimpin'? Devin the Dude in "Zeldar" mode for 50 straight minutes? John Sayles' The Brother From Another Planet meets Forbidden Planet as a hip-hop musical?

September 18, 2012 – Since the tragic death of David Foster Wallace on September 15, 2008, we've seen a small but significant number of works by the author unearthed for the first time, or cannily repackaged. These include his incomplete novel The Pale King, his 2005 commencement speech for Kenyon College, and even his undergraduate senior thesis.

September 17, 2012 – Ideally, Sunday's news that Nicki Minaj will join a new group of new judges for this season's American Idol — along with Mariah Carey and country singer Keith Urban — might be the start of an improvement in the rocky relationship between hip-hop and reality television.