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New Year's Eve Playlist II: Songs to Stay in (and Get Busy) To

EMI/Warner There are plenty of good reasons to stay in on New Year's Eve: Elevated drink prices; impossible expectations; a dearth of taxicabs when it's freezing out. So perhaps this year you'd be better off avoiding the drunks and cover charges altogether by cuddling up for some quality sexytime with your favourite date. If you still need a ...

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New Year's Eve Playlist: Party Rock Anthems That Aren't 'Party Rock Anthem'

Flickr/lizstless As you prep for your annual evening of New Year's Eve debauchery, you needn't look far for some aural inspiration as many a musician has penned a paean to late-night revelry. So forget the trials and tribulations of 2011 and get ready to carouse into twenty-twelve with this collection of 11 songs to keep the merrymaking going ...

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Quiet is the New Loud: Shut Up and Sing (If You Want Success)

AP Photo | Getty Images | AP Photo Looking for a little attention in the star-saturated blogosphere? Try shutting up. While the 24-hour news cycle and rise of entertainment/gossip sites has created a ravenous desire for provocative celebrity blabber, these days the shrewdest stars are zipping their lips. Unsigned Toronto alt-R&B ...

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Moby Says Ke$ha and Britney Spears Songs Shouldn't Be Called 'Music'

Getty Images (2) Moby may have become a bona fide pop star when his landmark album 'Play' sold over 10 million copies back in 2000, but when it comes to the music of current chart-toppers like Ke$ha, Rihanna, Britney Spears and the Black Eyed Peas, he just can't relate. In fact, he thinks "music" is the wrong word for what they're putting ...

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Fatboy Slim Makes Like Elvis and Heads to Vegas for 'Balls-Out' Rooftop Residency

Courtesy of Fatboy Slim "Right about now, the funk soul brother." For fans of big beat in the late '90s, it's a line that demanded a beeline to the dance floor. Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, blew up in 1998 with 'You've Come a Long Way Baby,' an album that spawned hits like 'Praise You' and the aforementioned 'The Rockafeller Skank.' Cook ...

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Moby Reveals Battle With Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Getty Images In the decade since his landmark 1999 album, 'Play,' made him a household name, electronic musician Moby has spent a lot of time in hotel rooms. His latest release, 'Destroyed,' is a mix of melancholy and warmth, composed while on tour in the dead of night during bouts of insomnia in hotels around the world. A book of photos ...

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25 Women Who Rock Right Now

2011 is already shaping up to be a pretty historic year when it comes to women making waves in music. Not only are the fairer sex dominating mainstream pop, but they've also -- in the past year -- emerged as leaders in all genres of music. So come celebrate a host of groundbreaking (not to mention ...

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