Eminem Becomes a Trekkie, and 7 More Oddities

Amy Winehouse's boob job, John Mayer's sodomy, and other Web Weirdness of the week!

FREE DOWNLOADS: Dredg Perform with Salman Rushdie

Watch video of the SF band backing Rushdie's stirring essay -- and get free dowloads of three of their songs.
Dredg Shares the stage with Sir Salman Rushdie / Photo by Kathryn Yu

SPIN's Liner Notes event, held last week in NYC, found San Francisco-based prog rock quartet Dredg joining their literary muse -- famed author Salman Rushdie (Shame, The Satanic Verses) -- onstage for a unique evening of music and literature.

Alice in Chains' Prison Rape, Amy Winehouse's Rap Career

Plus: Neil Diamond covers Adam Sandler, Depeche Mode's face-licking vid, and more Web Weirdness!
Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney / Amy Winehouse

Here are some of the weirdest web stories of the week:

Neil Diamond covers Adam Sandler's "Chanukah Song" on his upcoming Christmas album. Let's pray "Lunchlady Land" is the B-side. [Spinner]

WATCH: Hot Song from 'New Moon' Live

Grizzly Bear and Beach House debut "Slow Life," off the upcoming Twilight series soundtrack.
Grizzly Bear / Beach House

Vampires and werewolves and lusty glares from Robert Pattinson aren't the only things fans can't wait to ravish in the upcoming Twilight saga, New Moon. Monday night in Chicago, Grizzly Bear invited Beach House singer Victoria Legrand onstage to perform "Slow Life," their contribution to the star-studded New Moon soundtrack, for a lucky crowd.

Exclusive: Shout Out Out Out Out's Flaming New Video

The Canadian dance-rockers join forces with rapper Cadence Weapon to start a fiery synth and sin revolution.
Shout Out Out Out Out

What do you get when you take an electro-rock sextet from Edmonton, Alberta, and add a twenty-four-year-old rapper who has been called Canada's Dizzee Rascal? Flames!

"Coming Home," the seven-minute track from the Shout Out Out Out Out's second album, Reintegration Time, showcases Cadence Weapon (aka Rollie Pemberton) rapping about facing one's demons.

Avril Lavigne's Crotch, Billy Corgan's New Religion

Plus: Courtney Love's rectal expertise, more Kanye jokes, and more Web Weirdness of the week!
Nick Cave and Avril Lavigne

Here's some of the strangest music news to hit the Internet this week:

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