Mash-up: M.I.A. vs. The Rapture

Paris Hilton engaged, Coldplay X&Y leaked, Free your iPod from iTunes!, more

• Paris Hilton engaged to shipping heir named Paris
  I hope someone can come up with a good joke for this.
  
• Coldplay X&Y has been leaked. Sorry, won't provide the link.
  Ok, in light of the info in the comments, it appears these are actually 64k .wma previews that have been made available.
  
  Listen to it here.
  
  
• Wired News: IPod Plug-In Sets Music Free
  

  The plug-in, called ml_iPod, allows iPod users to bypass iTunes and manage music collections in Winamp instead...Fisher and other developers programmed a slew of features, including the ability to synch multiple iPods with Winamp, create smart playlists and -- the most useful option -- the ability to copy songs from an iPod onto a hard drive.

  
  
• Yahoo Music Unlimited hacked?
  
• Whales 'remix' each other's songs
  
• NYT: What Happened to Compromise?
  
• Success and Motivation - You only have to be right once!
  Inspiration from Mark Cuban.

Yummy fresh & free Amazon downloads

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Week in Review

• Episode III Easter Eggs, Oliver Stone's arrest, The Cure's loss, more
  
• Ying Yang Twinz - Wait remix
  
• New Artist: Soft
  
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (trailer)
  
• Broken Social Scene video documentary
  
• Broken Social Scene - Lover's Spit (video)
  
• Feist video documentary
  
• Feist - One Evening (video)
  
• Basememt Jaxx - U Don't Know Me (video)
  
• New Artist: Bullette
  
• Louis XIV - Paper Doll (video, NSFW), Louis XIV stream, more
  
• The first DHS/FBI BitTorrent bust, CIA internet war game, more
  
• The White Stripes - Blue Orchid (video)
  
• Live Tegan and Sara
  
• Star Wars Love Scene Re-write, Tarantino finishes script, Phallic logo awards, more
  
• Mash-up: Warren G and Nate Dogg vs. The Rolling Stones
  
• I'm on AOL News: BlogZone, Bizarre short film with Aphex Twin music, Rare Peanuts comic
  
• Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith review, spoilers
  
• Roots Manuva - Rebel Heart
  
• A+D - Gwen Stefani v. Front 242 – Hollaback Headhunter
  
• Time's Top 100 Movies

Episode III Easter Eggs, Oliver Stone's arrest, The Cure's loss, more

• Star Wars: Episode III Easter Eggs
  What's that on the bottom at 5 o'clock? The Millennium Falcon! Yes, I'm a dork.
  
• Oliver Stone arrested for drug possession, DUI
  
• The Cure loses two members
  
  
  
• New street art: Tape Babies
  
• Boing Boing: Schwarzenegger stages a photo-op

Ying Yang Twinz - Wait remix

New Artist: Soft

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (trailer)

Broken Social Scene video documentary

Broken Social Scene - Lover's Spit (video)

Feist video documentary

Feist - One Evening (video)

Basememt Jaxx - U Don't Know Me (video)

New Artist: Bullette

Louis XIV - Paper Doll (video, NSFW), Louis XIV stream, more

• Louis XIV - Paper Doll (video, NSFW)
  New video features the Suicide Girls basically going through a whole closet of clothes. Not safe for work.
  
• Stream Louis XIV - God Killed The Queen (real)
  Stream Louis XIV - God Killed The Queen (wmv)
  
• Thanks Matt, for explaning why General Grievous wheezes
  Now, we can all sleep easy.
  
• Michael Bay talks about Transformers the Movie
  In unison: "Nooooooo! (if Bad Boys 2 is a sign of things to expect. Why, oh why did I waste those 2 hours of my life. I only hope 'The Island' doesn't ruin my high opinion of Scarlett Johansson.)
  
  Oodles of Summer Tour Dates:
  
  M.I.A.
  05-10 Vancouver, Canada - Commodore Ballroom *
  05-11 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
  05-13 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
  05-14 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
  05-15 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey *
  05-19 Chicago, IL - Metro *
  05-20 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre *
  05-21 Toronto, Canada - Opera House *
  05-22 Montreal, Canada - Le Tulipe *
  06-09 Boston, MA - Avalon *
  06-10 New York, NY - Webster Hall 06-11 Philadelphia, PA - Transit
  06-12 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
  06-14 Long Island, NY - Jones Beach (w/ Pixies and Interpol)
  06-17 Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival (DJ set only)
  06-18 Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival
  06-20 Porto, Portugal - Casa Musica
  06-21 Lisbon, Portugal - LUX
  06-22 Lisbon, Portugal - LUX
  06-24 Paris, France - Furia Sound Festival
  06-25 London, England - Wireless Festival
  07-09 Balado, Scotland - T In The Park
  07-10 Dublin, Ireland - Oxygen Festival
  07-12 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival (DJ set only)
  07-13 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
  07-14 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
  07-15 Arezzo, Italy - Arezzowave
  07-16 Corsica, France - Isle of MTV
  07-21 Lyon, France - Nuits de Fourvière
  07-22 Carhaix, France - Les Vielles Charues
  07-24 Uzes, France - Festival Radio
  08-12 Oslo, Norway - Oyafestival
  08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
  08-28 Reading, England - Reading Festival
  
  Kasabian Tour Dates (w/ Mad Action)
  Date City/State Venue
  5/24 Chicago, IL Double Door
  5/25 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
  5/27 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
  5/28 Lawrence, KS Botttleneck
  5/29 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
  5/31 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
  6/2 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
  6/3 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
  
  Kasabian Radio Tour Dates
  Date City/State Venue
  6/4 Seattle, WA Radio Show
  6/6 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
  6/7 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
  6/9 San Francisco, CA Popscene
  6/10 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphiteatre
  6/11 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Concert Theater
  6/12 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
  6/14 Dallas, TX Tree’s
  6/15 Houston, TX The Meridian
  6/16 Austin, TX The Parish
  6/18 San Diego, CA Open Air Theatre/SDSU Campus Radio
  6/20 Hyde Park, UK Festival
  6/25 Glastonbury, UK Festival
  6/30 Hyde Park, UK Festival
  7/18 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
  7/19 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
  7/20 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
  7/21 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's Front Room
  7/23 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
  7/24 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
  7/25 Columbia, MO Mojo's
  7/26 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
  7/29 San Diego, CA Street Scene
  8/1 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
  8/13 Osaka, Japan Summersonic
  8/14 Tokyo, Japan Summersonic
  8/26 Reading, UK Reading Festival
  8/27 Leeds, UK Leeds Festival
  
  Louis XIV on tour w/ THE KILLERS
  Mon May 23 - St. Louis, MO (The Pageant)
  Tues May 24 - Louisville, KY (Palace Theatre) - WLRS
  Wed May 25 - Chicago, IL (The Metro) - HEADLINE CLUB DATE FOR Q101
  Thurs May 26 - Covington, KY (Madison Theatre)
  Mon May 30 - Detroit, MI (Fox Theatre) - 89X Radio Show
  Tues May 31 - Toronto, ON (Molson Amphitheatre)
  Wed June 1 - Montreal, QC Canada (Metropolis)
  Thurs June 2 - Brooklyn, NY (Warsaw) HEADLINE DATE
  Fri June 3 - Philadelphia, PA (Electric Factory)
  Sat June 4 - NYC (Central Park Summerstage)
  Mon June 6 - Providence, RI (Lupos at the Strand) - WBRU
  Tues June 7 - Boston, MA (WFNX Radio Show, Lansdowne Street)
  Wed June 8 - Columbia, MD (Merriwether Post Pavilion)
  Fri June 10 - North Myrtle Beach, SC (House of Blues)
  Sat June 11 - Atlanta, GA (Music Midtown Festival) - 99X stage w/ Bloc
  Party, Keane, The Killers, & The Pixies
  
  Louis XIV HEADLINE DATES
  Sun June 12 - New Orleans, LA (Saenger Theatre)
  Mon June 13 - Houston, TX (Engine Room)
  Tues June 14 - Dallas, TX (Gypsy Tea Room)
  Wed June 15 - Austin, TX (Stubb's BBQ)
  Fri June 17 - Little Rock, AR (Juanita's Cantina)
  Sat June 18 - New Orleans, LA - Private Cornerstone Event
  Wed June 22 - San Francisco, CA (Fillmore)
  Thurs June 23 - Santa Cruz (Catalyst)
  Fri June 24 - LA (Avalon)
  Sat June 25 - San Bernadino, CA (Electric Daisy Carnival)-Festival
  Tues July 5 - Paris - Nouveux Casino
  Wed July 6 - London, Somerset House
  Fri July 8 - Cardiff, Barfly
  Sat July 9 - Newcastle, Cluny
  Sun July 10 - T in the Park, X Tent
  Tues July 12 - London, Barfly
  Thurs July 14 - Nottingham, Stealth (NME Club Night)
  Fri July 15 - Leeds, Cockpit (Session Club Night)
  Sat July 16 - Middlesborough, Empire Theatre
  Sun July 17 - Glasgow, ABC2
  Mon July 18 - Manchester, Roadhouse
  Tues July 19 - Birmingham, Bar Academy
  Wed July 20 - London, Barfly
  Fri July 22 - Indianapolis, IN (Vogue Theatre) - HEADLINE DATE
  Sat July 23 - Mount Pleasant, MI (Soaring Eagle Casino)
  Sun July 24 - LOLLAPALOOZA
  Thurs July 28 - Tucson, AZ (Club Congress)
  Fri July 29 - San Diego, CA (Street Scene)
  Sat July 30 - Phoenix, AZ (Marquee)
  
  

The first DHS/FBI BitTorrent bust, CIA internet war game, more

• Boing Boing: DHS/FBI BitTorrent bust
  
• CIA Overseeing 3-Day War Game on Internet
  
• Official BitTorrent search now available
  
• Yahoo Launches Personalized Movie Recommendations
  
• Chappelle spotted in Ohio
  
• Boing Boing: Music as Anesthetic
  
• 11 steps to a better brain
  
• Scenestars has helping of Imogen Heap
  Link updated. Thanks, EJ.
  
• Said the Gramophone features The Arcade Fire - Power Out (August Session)
  This is different from the demo version that floated around earlier. Has a 'Rebellion (Lies)' feel to it. It's slightly more subdued than the edgy album version.

The White Stripes - Blue Orchid (video)