SPIN.com's Best of the Week, September 22-28.
What we learned this week: Kurt Cobain was a Metallica fan. Ben Folds has plenty of free time. Weezer are talented and quirky. And more.
By Spin Staff 09.26.08 6:41 PM
It's time for the Presidential debates, but here at SPIN.com we're too busy rocking out to argue about politics -- and with a week like this one, who could debate that? We've seen My Bloody Valentine's long-promised reunion, witnessed Weezer's electrifying tour-opener, and heard a sweet tune or two. Check out this week's highlights below.
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Kid Rock Wows Fans in L.A.
See photos! The American badass gives his audience an explosive performance of genre-defying tunes.
By MARISSA MOSS 09.26.08 11:05 AM
"I want you to know there's no tape recorder here tonight, no backing tracks," Kid Rock told the crowd of mock-Playboy bunnies, spaghetti-western cowboys, and C-list celebrities Thursday night at Los Angeles' Gibson Amphitheater. "This isn't American Idol. This is American badass!" Indeed.
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What the Heck Were the VMA’s About, Anyway?
Sunday night’s 25th anniversary dud proved the show certainly isn’t about music videos.
By William Goodman 09.08.08 10:33 AM
After 25 years, it's finally happened: There's essentially no relation between actual music videos and MTV's annual VMA extravaganza.
Who's even seen the video for 2008 Best New Artist winner and German emo-glam quartet Tokio Hotel? Wait… who? Exactly.
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