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  Marc Maron on Breakup Songs and His New Addiction

  January 10, 2013 – "I'm buying vinyl like it's crack right now," says veteran stand-up comedian and podcast pro Marc Maron, speaking on the phone from his Los Angeles home. "So this is definitely a good time to have this conversation." It's also just about the only time available. …
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  The 10 Best Reissues of September: Billy Gibbons, Factory Records, and the Most Important Cassette of the CD Era

  October 5, 2012 – REISSUE OF THE MONTH 1. Various Artists Fac. Dance 02: Factory Records 12" Mixes & Rarities 1980-1987 StrutPicking up where last year's Fac Dance left off, this sequel cuts even deeper into the dusk-disco heart of the Factory Records bands that never got to be the Happy Mondays. The early stuff here plays like some Zé catalog all-stars choking on a thick Manchester fog and bloodying their knuckles on greasy industrial gears. …
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  ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Discusses Geto Boys, Wicked Backbeats, and His Famous Guacamole

  October 5, 2012 – As ZZ Top's instantly identifiable frontman, Billy Gibbons has built a long, lucrative, and much-loved career out of a handful of chords and a steady groove. Along with drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill, the singer-guitarist, 62, keeps things refreshingly simple on the trio's first new studio effort in nine years, the recently released La Futura(Universal Republic), produced by Rick Rubin. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: E-40 Appeared on 'America's Got Talent' Last Night

  September 14, 2012 – So, E-40 was on America's Got Talent last night, rapping with an old guy. To explain: When this season of the show began and they went through the prerequisite freak show, one act was a wrinkly creep named Burton Crane, who dressed like Don Magic Juan and said "whatcha gonna do" over and over again, which was enough for him to declare himself "the grandfather of rap." Old people are weird like that. …
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  Velcro Fly: Cyndi Lauper and ZZ Top Celebrate With Betsey Johnson and John Varvatos

  September 12, 2012 –  …
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  ZZ Top Cover Houston Rap in a Walk-In Beer Fridge

  May 9, 2012 – Does this count as Trillwave? Via Matt Sonzala's Austin Surreal, via wherever the hell he spotted it: A wacky beer ad featuring ZZ Top inside one of those walk-in beer fridges, blasting out a rawk-and-blooz cover of Screwed Up Click classic "25 Lighters" by DJ DMD feat. Lil Keke and Fat Pat. …
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  Black Keys Collaborate with ZZ Top!

  October 22, 2008 – The Black Keys will join ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons to pen new material in a Los Angeles studio this weekend, where ZZ Top are recording their forthcoming back-to-basics blues rock album with producer Rick Rubin. [Via Billboard.com] "I'm such a big fan of those guys ... …
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