Rare Bob Dylan Recordings from 1960s Blow Minds, Pillage Wallets, and Frustrate Fans

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Sony should have just named the album "$$$."
Bootlegging -- the art of recording a band live and then disseminating said clip for cash, ass, or grass -- is as much a part of rock 'n' roll as Elvis' hips, Sid Vicious' sneer, and the thickest loogie Kurt Cobain ever hocked at a television camera.

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Some artists -- especially '60s jammers, like the Grateful Dead or Neil Young -- have a whole secret second discography of endless live takes ranging from "excellent" to "doo-doo brown" in fidelity.

In a somewhat complicated display of "official bootlegging," Sony has slapped together a collection of outtakes from early in Bob Dylan's career as to maintain control over the music's copyright.

And the collection is driving aficionados and completists up the goddamn wall.


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Blog Find: Popthomology's 31 Questionable Album Covers Found in South Florida

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Seattle-based blogger and photographer Marianne Spellman, who sometimes works with our sister paper Seattle Weekly, has been rooting through dusty old record bins here in South Florida and coming out with gold. On her blog Popthomology, she shared the post "31 Weird Album Covers From Florida Thrift/Record Stores," proving, yet again, that Florida is world headquarters for all things that are at first frightening and later funny. 

Whether you're Jewish, Hispanic, white, black, Christian, or you dig family pics with under-clothed children, there's something for you on there. We don't want to give them away all the goodie LP covers but rather direct you toward her nice list of creepy finds

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Robert Childs' Top Five Videogames in Honor of Retro Arcade Night

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​Gamer nerds and just plain old nerds will all be thrilled to know that "Retro Arcade Night" is back at Arcade Game Sales this Friday. After its December debut, gamers weren't done playing their favorite classic videogames. 

Robert Childs, founder and owner of Arcade Game Sales, is the guy who's bringing the goods. He refurbishes and resells upscale games and sets up game rooms. He's sold these bad boys to Florida Marlins and Miami Dolphins and to moms and dads. We asked him to break down a list of his five favorite videogames for those of us inexperienced in the art of gaming.


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Nirvana's Nevermind: Still In Bloom After 20 Years

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Nirvana accidentally kickstarted an enduring cultural movement when they released Nevermind. Today, 20 years after its release, we are constantly reminded of the catalyst it really was. From September 24, 1991 on, almost every artist that considered themselves "alternative" or experimental can be traced back to this album's wild, unexpected success. The band that smashed convention and threw all the rules into the air -- only to be hit square on the forehead by success -- inspired a generation to start doing things its way.

With a few power chords, infectious hooks and a decibel overdose, kids realized that they didn't have to listen to Extreme, C&C Music Factory or Vanilla Ice anymore. Nevermind created a demand for sincere and powerful music. Kids started digging in the vaults and discovering all kinds of punk, new wave and independent bands. Labels started grabbing these bands by the dozen, trying to supply the consumers with the next Nirvana.

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Five Movie Scenes Featuring ABBA's "Dancing Queen"

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​ABBA inspires. The pop disco songs of four Swedes from the '70s have really permeated every party and infested every corner of our music-listening lives. You've heard "Dancing Queen" in weddings and gay clubs, in bar mitzvahs to scenes of gay shit in movies. OK, so ABBA's kind of gay. Who cares? It's good.

In honor of ABBA coming to town -- well, Waterloo, ABBA's extremely popular tribute band -- we've put together a few of our favorite cinematic uses of the song "Dancing Queen." It's a tune that seems to bring women together and men together but not really men and women together. Waterloo apparently showcases two members of the original band's rhythm section on each tour. Tickets go on sale today at noon, so get on it, S.O.S. 

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What Rick Scott's Inauguration Bands Say About Him as a Man and a Lover (of America)

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Get ready for a fist-pumpin' four years.
For $3 million in hard-earned corporate money, you better throw a hell of a party, and Rick Scott's inauguration bash this week turned out to be the most extravagant in recent history. Event planners said it would bring $4.5 million in economic activity to the Tallahassee area, boosting jobs and local business -- though the head caterers are based in Washington, D.C. But it's the thought that counts.

Slick Rick did source some local Florida talent for musical entertainment, which consisted mostly of washed-up country singers calling for divine benedictions of the United States. There was also a boys' choir and an act from South Florida (though not one you've heard of). Sadly, no Bieber. Read on for a revealing look at Scott's star-spangled musical ode to the Sunshine State. More »

Google Pacman: A Disgusting Display of Ghost Slaughter and Pill Consumption

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You probably came here to kill some time. So when you're done reading each and every post here, you should check out Google's Homepage PAC-MAN game. If you've been to google.com today, you may have seen it and not realized it's a playable game. It is.

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We Remember: The 30th Anniversary of Bob Marley's Death

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You may remember Bob Marley as the Jamaican Reggae superstar that he was, as the mascot of potheads the world over... or just as the namesake of our beloved Marley Fest. But today marks the 30th anniversary of the legendary musician's death. He actually received treatment in Miami for an injury he got while playing football in London a few years earlier that had become cancerous. And passed in an unnamed Miami hospital on May 11, 1981.

He's contributed more than drug paraphernalia and endless songs for cruise ship bands to cover. His music has moved people and started movements, and he's constantly reminded us all that "one good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain."

See some great videos of his live performances after the jump.

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Top Five Uncle Luke Videos

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We don't advocate theft, but when our little buddy stole a II Live Crew tape from the Spec's by what's now Sunset Place sometime in the '90s it changed our life.

Luke taught our eight year old self to cuss out politicians ("Fuck Martinez, Fuck Fuck Martinez"), and told us all about what a hot, wet pussy of a city Miami is.

He's also a First Amendment hero up there with Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.

Luke faced down a Federal judge, the fundamentalist christian rightwing, the media, and risked his freedom so that future rappers could write and perform lyrics like "pop that pussy."

Now that's some Miami shit.

After the jump, here are his top five videos.

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Wyclef Live From Jacmel Beach, Haiti, Free Concert

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Here's our footage of Wyclef live from Haiti back in 2006 for a free concert to 50,000 on Jacmel Beach. The show was sponsored by his foundation, Yéle Haiti.

Wyclef admits that his Yéle Haiti organization has made mistakes in the past, but denies that he ever personally profited from them. He has been criticized for tax records that allegedly indicate malfeasance.

He ended a recent press conference with a plea to the world for help in procuring 100,000 tents to lead an exodus out of Port Au Prince so that demolition and logisitcs crews can get in and do their jobs.

He began the conference by describing how he carried dead bodies through the street, and was turned away from a morgue at capacity.

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