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Dan Reilly

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Dan Reilly is the Editor of Spinner.com. He previously covered music, sports and technology for ESPN the Magazine, FHM, Blender, Spin, Maxim, WWE Magazine and more. He lives with his wife, Tessa, and their dog, Walter, in Brooklyn.

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Henry Rollins in 'West of Memphis' -- Exclusive Movie Clip + Album Stream

Legacy Recordings The new documentary "West of Memphis" chronicles the case of the West Memphis Three, the trio who spent 18 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of the murders of three young boys. Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin were finally released in 2011, and the film shows their long fight for freedom. ...

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Johnny Cash, 'Wheel of Fortune' Fail: 'I Have the Wine,' Really? (VIDEO)

Hulton Archive Yeah, being on a game show means dealing with a lot of pressure, and not everyone knows Johnny Cash's discography, but really, lady? Good thing this "Wheel of Fortune" contestant only lost $9,800 on this terrible answer (and the letters H and E already on the board). Thanks to Gawker for bringing this to our attention, but ...

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Dropkick Murphys: 'Blood,' a Boston Blowout & Barfing in Taxi Cabs

Gino DePinto, AOL On the first track of their new album Signed and Sealed in Blood, the gentlemen in Dropkick Murphys claim that "the boys are back and they're looking for trouble." Sitting down with multi-instrumentalists Tim Brennan and Jeff DaRosa in the lower level of New York City's Webster Hall, we learned that the Irish punk band ...

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Stop With the Album Teaser Trailers Already (Looking at You, Timberlake)

AP Forty-eight hours. That's the timespan during which I thought, like an embarrassingly naive music journalist, that the music industry finally realized teaser trailers and their promotional kin were worthless. And right now, I'm furious at Justin Timberlake. Why? Well, flashback to two days ago when David Bowie suddenly announced he was ...

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Charli XCX Throws a 'Cute' Gun Party in 'You (Ha Ha Ha)' Video

Charli XCX Facebook With gun control being one of the most divisive, controversial issues in the U.S. right now, Charli XCX released the incredibly ill-timed weapon-filled video for "You (Ha Ha Ha)" today on Pitchfork. The clip finds the British singer and her lady friends partying it up in a gun factory and making liptsick-filled bullets ...

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Best Original Song Oscar Nominees: Adele, Seth MacFarlane Gets 2013 Nods

Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images A year after the Academy voted for only two nominations in the Best Original Song category, five tunes are up for the Oscar in 2013. We're not the betting type, but our money is on Adele winning for "Skyfall," because she seemingly gets an award statue every time she gets out of bed. ...

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379,206 Pot-Smoking Musicians Who Aren't Justin Bieber

AP | Getty Images If Justin Bieber is, in fact, a user of marijuana, he'll be one of several thousand musicians to dabble with the drug. We started looking into all the reefer enthusiasts in music history and came up with 379,206 names, give or take a few, but it's just too long to list here. Anyway, the point is that the Biebs wouldn't be ...

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