Avril Lavigne’s Music Sounds Likes Other People’s MusicLavigne Sued Over “Girlfriend”: Sixties power-pop band the Rubinoos sues Avril Lavigne, claiming her cheerleader-rock song “Girlfriend” sounds like their 1978 track “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.” Curiously, neither Toni Basil nor the Ramones, both of whom the song gloriously does rip off, are party to the suit.
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Werner Herzog Would Watch You Reading the Phone Book“If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million times correct facts.” –Werner Herzog on how he reacts to accusations that he’s taken factual liberties in some of his documentaries
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Prince to Give It Away in the U.K.Prince’s new album, Planet Earth, will be given away for free in British newspapers this summer, angering British music retailers, who had hoped to sell the album in exchange for British money, which is called “pounds” instead of “dollars.”
Prince Makes Sweet Love to His GuitarThe latest MP3s to hit the blogs. 1. Prince, “Guitar”
Having already bedded more women than he’d care to discuss, Prince has apparently decided to start sleeping with his Telecaster.