10 Most Clicked Links

The 10 Weirdest Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Beach Boys (Entertainment Weekly):
We can't decide if our favourite entry is the one about Charles Manson, or the other one about Charles Manson.

The Day Louis Armstrong Made Noise (New York Times):
Plenty of people called Armstrong an Uncle Tom for not having done more in the name of civil rights. But maybe they can stuff it.

Grow Op: The Real Reason Pop Stars Grow Facial Hair (CBC):
No, it's not just because they're lazy. It's because they want you to think they're as cool as Sam Beam.

Lost Jimi Hendrix Record found (Digital Spy):
It's not actually quite as cool as it sounds, because it's really more of a lost Stephen-Stills-record-that-Jimi-Hendrix-happened-to-play-on, but still. Cool.

Tourism department providing $100,000 for Alanis concert (CBC):
Well now, that's just embarrassing.

Poptimist #7 (Pitchfork):
Why you should get rid of every CD, MP3, cassette tape, vinyl record and 8-track you own and start all over again.

David Byrne Makes New York Building Sing (NPR):
Leave it to the former Talking Heads frontman to take an old ferry terminal and turn it into one giant-ass musical instrument.

The Trouble With Indie Rock (Slate):
Turns out, according to Carl Wilson, the problem with indie kids isn't that they're too white, but that they're too rich.

Snoop Dogg as German folk singer legend Roy Black (YouTube):
Dude has to be the most loveable pimp ever. And this German cell phone commercial certainly does nothing to change that.

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