ASCAP Gets Murdered

Courtesy Jason Calacanis and commenters.

Lupe Fiasco ft. Matthew Santos – Shining Down

This is going to be my new favorite track for the next month or so, replacing Wale’s “The Crazy” in my lineup. And that’s saying something:

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His new album, Lasers, is going to drop soon.

Mr. Hudson ft. Kanye West – Supernova

This is amazing:

Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette – Boys & Girls

2080′s.

Via Kanye West.

MSTRKRFT and John Legend – Heartbreaker

Amazing:

Via Wine and Bowties.

Hot Babes On Center Court

Daniel Hamermesh:

Fox News reports that during the early rounds at Wimbledon, a lot of second-level, but good-looking female tennis players have been on Center Court, while some of the stars have been relegated to side courts.

An event organizer noted, “It’s not a coincidence that those (on Center Court) are attractive.”

Not at all. The price of TV rights is based on viewership, so the sponsors want to maximize it: “Our preference would always be a Brit or a babe, as this always delivers high viewing figures.”

“Pretty Players, Please” at NYT Freakonomics Blog

Earworm

Urban dictionary definition:

Most likely originated around the time of Hanson’s “Mmmbop”; an earworm refers to any song that is so catchy, and at the same time extremely annoying, that it feels like a worm has crawled into your ear and eaten the intelligent parts of your brain so that you hum the song all day long, no matter how much you hate it.

Hanson’s “Mmmbop” at FlyByMusic

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