Weezer has always been at the forefront of Internet memes and embracing the cheesiest of cheese. Now, they've apparently teamed up with Snuggie. Buy a Weezer Snuggie and get their album Raditude for free.

So if you need a Snuggie and... you'd like a Weezer album, I guess this is a pretty good deal.

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I'm sure several people have wanted to do this, but directorSpike Jonze ("Where the Wild Things Are," "Being John Malkovich") got the chance.

In a "behind the scenes" video, Jonze repeatedly asks Kanye to stop texting, but quickly becomes unwilling to let him finish (ha ha) and slaps the music award show fixture. Enjoy the clip and follow the link below to check out, appropos of nothing, two of my favorite Spike Jonze music videos:

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It is slow out there in the viral video world. How slow? One of the more popular videos the last couple days has been this one of Brian Littrell, one of the Backstreet Boys, telling everyone he has the swine flu.

Hey folks, it was either posting this or the video of the obese man freaking out at a fast food restaurant about not getting his chicken. As I said, it's been slow.

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NOTE: Our blogs have been having some technical difficulties over the past two days, making it nearly impossible to update. We apologize for this and promise to make it up to you with videos of kittens and/or dogs, people falling down and, of course, videos of men being struck in the groin.

OK, we've all seen the "Auto-Tune the news" videos. Pretty funny. But none of them featured, you know, the guy who made Auto-Tune famous.

Until now.

Whether you agree with him or not, you've got to admit that Obama's health care pitches sound much better when Auto-Tuned.

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Baby Cory really gets down to Beyonce's "Single Ladies."

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Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's VMA acceptance speech to say Beyonce should have won, so after Beyonce won Video of the Year, she let Taylor finish.

A nice gesture by Beyonce, to be sure.

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I thought this might serve as an appropriate Monday morning video. Watch and get inspired, people.

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I know, I'm surprised too.

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I know, I know. I keep saying that I'll stop posting the parodies of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video, but I can't help myself.

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Another excellent installment of Dust Films' Literal Video series.

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OK, Dave Carroll, we've established that United Airlines broke your guitar.

Carroll's song "United Breaks Guitars" became a viral video sensation last month with nearly 5 million hits. It's a cute song by someone who feels wronged by a major corporation and is getting no relief.

Well, apparently the song is part of a trilogy. He released the second video this week.

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It's hard to believe that it was almost 21 years that Bobby McFerrin released "Don't Worry, Be Happy." That song was inescapable for months.

Here's a recent clip of McFerrin using an audience as an instrument at a World Science Festival event.

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The clown mask is the face she presents to the world to hide her pain. Until the pain becomes too much and she has to take the mask off.

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Billy Mays kind of revolutionized the infomercial personality. Without him, we would never had cared that Vince "Shamwow" Shlomi pummeled a prostitute.

He also seemed like a decent guy with a good sense of humor. In that vein, here's a rap tribute to Billy Mays, set to Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day".

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Because clearly, the Louisiana Legislature didn't have more pressing issues last week than to have rapper "Hurricane Chris" take over the mic.

Gawker conveniently lists the song's lyrics, in case you're curious.

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More video from the Hammer Pants crew, this time on a street in Santa Monica.

Sadly, it appears this whole thing is not a spontaneous show of love and support for Hammer. Instead, it is a gimmick for people to watch Hammer's new reality show, Hammertime, on A&E. (The aetv.com/hammertime plug at the end of the video sort of gives it away.)

But no matter. I still dig the dance moves -- and the pants.

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You don't have to be a Doors fan to get this, but it helps. For his new song Craigslist, Weird Al Yankovic channels Jim Morrison in an homage that sounds a lot like When The Music's Over. Special bonus: Ray Manzarek himself is on keyboards.

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What I like best about this clip is that I'm actually able to identify some of the songs.

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You probably never want to Africa by Toto again. I know I don't. But this is amazing! Just listen for the first couple of minutes (until the singing starts). After that, you're on your own.

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So Bret Michaels and Poison are performing at the Tony Awards and... Wait. Bret Michaels and Poison performed at the Tony Awards? Why?

Regardless. So they're up there doing their thing, finish "Nothin' But a Good Time" and walk off stage, right? Except Bret Michaels stays behind a bit to mug for the camera, walks a little too slowly and gets a face full of the next set piece.

Bret Michaels and Poison performed at the Tony Awards? WTF?

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I think I was able to name most of the songs from the clip, but I'm missing some. Please won't you help me fill in the blanks?

Here's what I was able to guess:

Come On, Eileen
Don't You Want Me?
The Final Countdown
Axel F
Material Girl
Total Eclipse of the Heart

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Joe Jonas is not exactly on the cutting edge of a trend here, given that we've posted at least a half-dozen "Single Ladies" parodies on this very blog -- including Justin Timberlake, Paul Rudd and Beyonce on SNL, the really thin guy doing a split-screen dance with Beyonce, even the guy dancing in the snow and the large man dancing in a leotard.

But if you want to watch Joe Jonas dance in heels and tights to plug their latest CD, here's your chance.

And thanks to former WTN contributor Kevin Cobb for sending this to us. We miss you!

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The Bonnie Tyler hit -- was it her only hit? -- gets the literal video treatment.

Best line: "When did spazzing out qualify as a dance?"

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Here's something that will make some of us feel old: 17 years ago, the Beastie Boys released "Check Your Head."

Now they've released a new collector's edition of the disc, with 16 B-sides (buy it now at www.beastieboys.com or at your favorite retail establishment). And on Monday, they went on Jimmy Fallon for an interview and to perform "So What'cha Want," along with house band The Roots.

Bonus video: The Biz, after the jump

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Pretty amazing. It's a long video. Just hit play, minimize the window, and just listen to these crazy skills. Apparently, the performers are Nathan "Flutebox" Lee and Beardyman at some event in the London Google headquarters.

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OK, I'm with you on most of these, especially the Train song. But "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough?" Boo!

I'm also assuming these girls never saw the awesomely bad video -- featuring Keanu Reaves -- for Paula Abdul's "Rush, Rush." You'd rethink including it in your mix and file that song under "guilty pleasure" if you saw it. Just trust me on that.

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First there was Susan Boyle, then there was Shaheen Jafargholi and now there's 10-year-old Hollie Steel.

I concede, Britain really does have talent.

And I ask again, why is "America's Got Talent" so lame in comparison?

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Here's a kinda catchy jingle from Andy Milonakis about Twitter. Gotta love the chorus. (Um, headphones for the chorus, maybe)

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This weekend I was watching Thomas the Train with my 21-month-old son when this came on. He looked at me slightly bewildered and I said, "I got nothing for you. I don't understand it either."

I will encourage my son to tell me when he has to use the bathroom rather than dance for two minutes and 18 seconds.

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This kid is awesome. A boy playing the harp = serious guts.

My favorite part of the video, besides the very talented kid playing Star Wars music on a ginormous harp, is the woman hovering off-camera to flip the music at the appropriate time. Don't be so camera shy!

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I'm sure this has been done before. But I'm betting few have integrated completely disparate YouTube music clips so artfully.

Could this be an emerging trend in music? Creating entirely original pieces using clips of others' music? It worked for rap with sampling going mainstream in the 1980s.

This guy has several clips, but this one is probably my favorite. And in case you doubt that he used already-existing clips out there, he actually links to his samples.

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Wait, sorry for what? For ripping off Queen and David Bowie's brilliant "Under Pressure"? For giving young men dreams of unrealistically high hair? For rocking ugly leather jackets and horrible pants?

Oh, never mind. It's a faux apology designed to pimp a Virgin Mobile web site. But that's OK, we'll accept anyway on behalf of the entire world.

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If you play music on your iPhone does that make you a musician?

Does this mean that 20 years from now we'll be walking by street performers playing their iPhones for change?

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I just saw this on the YouTube and had to post it immediately. It made me smile.

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The guys from DustFilms have finally posted a new installment in their Literal Video series on Funny or Die. Having already skewered several greatest hits of my childhood/adolescence -- "Take On Me," "Head Over Heels" and "Under the Bridge" -- they're now remaking Billy Idol's "White Wedding."

What's sad is, upon review, a lot of these were pretty goofy videos. And yet, so cool back in the day.

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This take-off of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" cropped up on the Internet yesterday.

It's inevitable that we are going to see more YouTube videos like this about the economy. Maybe there will be a whole new genre of songs like those written during the Great Depression.

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Is there really any contest when it comes to a guy's girlfriend and his best guy friend?

Warning: There's some language at the end.

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When the Fab Four sang "Why Don’t We Do It In the Road?", this probably isn’t what they had in mind. Almost 40 years – that’s 40 years – since the Beatles released Abbey Road, goofy tourists in London still take turns posing on that famous zebra crossing, as the Brits call it.

So Aussie band Blame Ringo set up a camera to watch ’em, and turned the result into the video for their new single, Garble Arch. Pity you can’t see the long-suffering drivers’ expressions. It’s enough to make a stiff upper lip quiver.

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Thanks to the magic of stop-motion technology, a crappy guitar player can become a virtuoso with a few (hundred, likely) hours of painstakingly grueling frame-by-frame recording. The end result is pretty amazing.

Enjoy Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" from a guy who has no business sounding so good.

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First it was pop locking for the Lord. Now we have three guys "rapping" in church on how you should tithe your full 10 percent with every paycheck.

Their lyrics aren't on the level of, say, Eminem, or even Lil' Bow Wow, but they have some sweet dance moves. I know I saw the sprinkler and the running man in there.

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The video for the first track off of U2 new album "No Line on the Horizon" debuted yesterday on the Internets. A rough cut of the video had been making the rounds, but here's the final product.

What do you think? I enjoy the video. Not entirely sold on the song though.

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Who knew Will Smith masked such pain behind his Fresh Prince persona. DJ Jazzy Jeff should have warned us.

Thankfully, Funny or Die shows us what happened if the Fresh Prince had gone all emo on us.

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By now, you've probably seen every parody of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" song and video. A few Steeler fans put together this timely parody called "Steeler Ladies".

If you have a Steelers fan in the office, be sure to send them this link at the END of the day. It's a cute song, but do you really want to listen to it on repeat all day? I think not.

To download the song and check out the full lyrics, head over to steelerladies.com

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I never realized how these chord progressions repeated in so many classic pop hits. This compilation is performed by The Axis of Awesome. Check out their live version after watching the version below.

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I read over the weekend that, during all the inauguration festivities, President Obama told Beyonce Knowles that he was learning the "Single Ladies" dance. It must be so he can post a video response to this.

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Weezer's "Pork and Beans" video easily was one of the best clips of the year--jamming a Who's Who of YouTube celebs into four minutes.

Well, Pitchfork is reporting that the band slyly released this remix. Jonathan the Zombie is in it!

And make sure to stick around until the end.

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This is a really well-done compilation of the most popular songs this year. It's tough to keep up with what's new on the radio (since you have to listen to the radio, which is really lame). Click on the video if you want to see a list of the artists and song used if you can't recognize it.

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Metallica's "Enter Sandman," on kazoo. Really.

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Why almost? Because The Cure's "Love Song" did not make the cut. I know -- it's just madness.

But I will give props to creator Chris Han for use of Wilco's "I'm the Man Who Loves You." Nicely done.

If you want to check out the list of songs used in this clip, click here.

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In other news, Lil' Jon vows to remain crunk.

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Either you like Carlos Mencia or you don't. I hope for the sake of our friendship that you don't.

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Britney Spears is on a media blitz in the lead-up to her new CD that comes out today -- also her 27th birthday. She's released a documentary on MTV, appears today on "Good Morning America," and went across the pond to make the rounds, including this spot on Simon Cowell's show, "The X Factor."

The "X Factor" clip is a hit on YouTube, and not for anything embarrassing -- she looks and sounds good. To which I say, well done.

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We've brought you the Single Man, and the Beyonce/Justin Timberlake/Paul Rudd spoof of "Single Ladies." Now it's "Single Ladies" in the snow, and "Single Ladies" at home.

This first man is extremely brave, and must not have any feeling in his toes.

As for this second man, well, you'll just have to watch for yourself:

Many thanks to our alert Sentinel colleague Mike Turnbell for bringing these very important videos to our attention.

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Vampires are all sorts of huge right now, what with this amazing pop culture behemoth that is the Twilight books/movie. The movie, which opened last Friday, made more than $70 million over the weekend -- and that's before Thanksgiving weekend, people. No school = a gazillion more dollars at the box office.

And as Twilight grabs all sorts of headlines, this weekend I stumbled across this video by some guy calling himself DJ Bobo. The song is called "Vampires Are Alive." There is much dancing and wearing of black.

This clip is so bad, it makes me want to grab a clove of garlic and my cross and call Buffy. (The Sarah Michelle Gellar version of the Slayer, of course. Not Kristy Swanson.)

I imagine SMG with a big wooden stake, just having a field day with these goons. Or, even better, tying them all up and forcing them to watch the Vampires vs. Goths episode of "South Park."

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Really cool but way too coordinated for it not to be part of some viral marketing effort.

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This video doesn't need much introduction. Old people singing about how the cops are trying to catch them "Ridin Dirty", they're shaking it "like a Polaroid picture" and how you wish your girlfriend was "a freak like me..." It's the best entertainment to come out of church since Christian pop-locking.

Fortunately footage of the last song was cut short. Watch it and you'll see what I mean.

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My colleague -- well, OK, boss -- hails from Dublin, Ireland, and says that the Irish will claim anyone worth claiming as one of their own. Though Barack Obama's background has proven a fascinating tale, little has been said about Obama's Irish roots. Unless, that is, you're actually in Ireland.

Here's an ode to Mr. O'Bama, a true Irishman:

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Rapper "Ecstacy" is performing in what I can only imagine is some god-forsaken public access show wearing a wrestler-meets-peasant-girl unitard with fringe arm and leg bands.

Enjoy some extremely awkward camera angles as he "dances."

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Another literal music video clip for your afternoon. This time, the Dust Films guys take on "Under the Bridge," by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I wonder if the Dust Films guys take requests. While "Under the Bridge" is a weird video, I can think of other '90s videos more worthy of parody than this one. Anyone for the literal version of Faith No More's "Epic," with the goldfish flipping around at the end?

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AC/DC has a new album out. Most of the songs, as is to be expected, are about how much they rock. But this fan-made video is pretty unexpected.

Most people will tell you that Microsoft Excel may be the most boring program EVER. But as a testament to AC/DC and this fan-made video, they somehow make productivity software ROCK.

For those about to rock, we salute you with this amazing clip.

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Paris Hilton outlines her presidential priorities in song, and it's annoyingly catchy.

At least she doesn't go negative.

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More inspiring than any celebrity don't-forget-to-vote clip you'll see on YouTube or, frankly, anywhere else in the next two weeks.

Johnny Cash's America will air on A&E Biography at the end of the month.

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You really just have to watch this. Words fail me.

You've got to admire this woman's obvious enthusiasm, plus the fact that she can do all this while wearing what appears to be a sparkly fishing net.

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Last week, we brought you the literal version of a-ha's "Take On Me." This week, Tears For Fears gets their turn.

Note to the people at Dust Films: Might I humbly suggest something in the Debbie Gibson/Tiffany genre for your next '80s video remake?

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Here's the music video to the theme song for the Quantum of Solace, Another Way to Die.

The song is growing on me. Unfortunately, It can never be as good as the unofficial theme song.

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I can't help but think someone at Tufts University really wishes their school's a cappella group had chosen another song to sing at their winter concert.

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Buncha Brits playing ukuleles. Weird.

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Just hitting the Internet today is the latest single from Britney Spears, 'Womanizer'. Be one of the first to check it out and click below!

What do you guys think? This is supposed to be her first single off her new album 'Circus' that is scheduled to come out Dec. 2.

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Everyone's favorite micro-blogging site, Twitter.com, is quickly becoming more and more mainstream. You can even follow the Watch This Now blog on Twitter -- yes, we are that cool.

Check out Ben Walker singing, "You're No One If You're Not On Twitter":

Thanks @ericasmith for the heads up!

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I'm assuming this was not done during an actual Sunday service. But this would be a really cool song choice to play during the offering, don't you think?

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I don't quite know how to describe the vocals of Lil' Markie. One Website describes him as "a man who impersonates a little boy."

His voice changes rather dramatically at the 1:08 mark.

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The song is called "The Beast That Swallowed Its Young." I can relate -- I'm still paying off my student loans from a decade ago, and probably will be paying for the next decade.

The thing is, you kind of have to pay it back if you take out the loan. Or else it would not be called a loan, it would be called a very generous gift.

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"The Hills" starlet has a new single, "Overdosin'," and the accompanying music video is making the rounds of YouTube.

Please help me to understand this. Is it intentionally bad? So bad it's good?

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Here's a quick preview of Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour, featuring Britney Spears in an elevator.

The U.S. leg of the tour ends Nov. 26th at Dolphin Stadium.

Britney's segment of the tour seems to be inspired by a video that shows a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours.

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Comedian Jon Lajoie raps about being a stay-at-home dad. But where's the stay-at-home mother rap? Mothers, represent!

Oh, that's right, you're probably sleeping while the baby is sleeping. Jon, don't you think you ought to be napping rather than making videos?

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The puppet in Kanye West's video for "Champion" looks better with the shades glasses than the real Kanye does. Just sayin'.

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Two of the week's hottest viral clips are 2008 Video Music Awards promos featuring Britney Spears and host Russell Brand.

My first thought watching them was not, "Why is an elephant there?" It was: "Has that dude been in any other movie than 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'?"

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A collective sigh was heard across blogs, status and Twitter updates when people discovered that Scrabulous has disappeared from Facebook. It's gone!

So long, we will miss you.

The turn-based application modeled almost exactly after Scrabble developed a huge following among word-philes, procrastinators, and even smutty chatterers.

The Scrabulous application was a smooth program with great features (built in dictionary+list of two letter words=win)

The alternative, a beta application from the Scrabble game makers, is slower and doesn't have nearly as many players as Scrabulous. But what other choice do we have? As long as they don't take away Text Twirl.

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For the 20th anniversary of the music label Sub Pop, comedian Eugene Mirman recalls the days of grunge.

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What's that old saying? "You teach a man to play guitar, and he can play guitar with hundreds of other people and have it broadcast on the Internet..."

Big ups to my colleague, desk neighbor and Facebook friend Juan Ortega, who posted this link on his Facebook page this morning, triggering an alert to his Facebook community (and prompting me to watch the video).

Juan doesn't know that I saw this yet, so we'll test him to see if he ever really reads the blog and notices the shout-out.

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You may not know the name, but you'll recognize Leslie Feist's rewrite of her hit song for Sesame Street:

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This is a wonderful little film made off a little known (at least to me) interview with John Lennon by a high schooler. And quite frankly, it's as good as the Rolling Stone and Playboy interviews I'm familiar with.

Lennon, apparently was quite a nice guy to talk to this kid.

Favorite line: "Anything you hear is there" in a Beatles song.

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This past weekend NBC went into the vaults and dusted off the first Saturday Night Live episode ever. It featured George Carlin and Billy Preston.

Now I can't get Billy Preston's classic tune out of my head.

This is neither timely nor useful, but it's a fun song.

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If you actually get these jokes, then congratulations, you spend way too much time on Facebook. But that's OK, because earlier this month, it was announced that Facebook has gained as much popularity as Myspace.

Also, there's some language. Just gotta throw that out there.

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So Jay-Z opened his set at Nelson Mandela's birthday concert by sing-talking the Oasis hit "Wonderwall."

This to me seems an odd way to start the show -- he seems to forget some of the words, and he's sort-of playing a guitar, and really it's just Jay-Z sort-of singing along with Noel Gallagher's disembodied voice. You'd think Beyonce could have talked him out of his.

Then again, maybe I'm just grumpy that this song came out in 1995 when I was a junior in college, and it just hit me that 1995 was more than a decade ago.

For those of you eager for a nostalgia trip, here's the video for the original. And it still rocks as much as it did when I played it on the cassette deck in my Chevy Sprint.

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The hottest viral video of the weekend -- troubled star Amy Winehouse punching a fan. Got to admire her professionalism -- she kept on singing.

What's up with singers mixing it up with audience members last week? First Tim McGraw, now Winehouse. Who next -- Cyndi Lauper?

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I do not recall the Chuck E. Cheese Band ever playing anything this cool (or current) when I was a frequent customer. Then again, I haven't been to Chuck E. Cheese in years, so there's no way for me to really know.

Of course, there is the distinct possibility this is a mash-up, in which case it's a pretty darn good one.

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Have you ever had problems figuring out Joe Cocker's lyrics? This should help.

Oh, I'll take this almond love.

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Here's his new "single," "Do Your Job." Do you think the songwriter captures the Springsteen spirit?

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Check out this guy's version of the Apollo 440 song "Stop the Rock" (you may have heard it on the "Gone in 60 Seconds" soundtrack). It's pretty cool. Plus it features the ukulele, an instrument I've found features prominently in my recent YouTube searches.

I almost prefer this to the original:

And in case you aren't familiar, here's the video for the original:

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I stumbled on this clip -- a remake of the Britney Spears hit from a few years back -- while doing a search for weird YouTube versions of Outkast's "Hey Ya!" (don't ask).

Now, go forth and share this groovy video with others:

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Why? Because it was stuck in my head Sunday night. So I wanted to make sure to share it with you all. No need to thank me.

Take it away, Paul McCartney & Wings:

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I thought this was kind of funny -- Prince goes to Coachella and plays a cover of Radiohead's classic Creep. Audience members upload the song performance onto YouTube. Prince tells YouTube to take it down based on copyright infringement. Radiohead says, uhh, that's not your song. Can we sue to put it back up?

Read about the interesting twist on copyright it in this Billboard article here and watch the video before Prince's people take it down:

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Yup, three posts on the new Weezer video. As far as viral videos go, it's the most infectious in months with more than 1.8 million hits by Saturday night.

In case you don't get all the references, Valleywag broke down the video and pulled the original clips. There are a few that I had never even seen before.

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One way to make sure your music video goes viral... is to do a music video ABOUT viral videos. Here's Weezer's latest video, Pork and Beans, starring some of the most recognizable stars of YouTube.

And if you have no clue who the people are in the video, just bookmark Sun-Sentinel.com/watchthisnow and follow along. Stick with us kids and we'll keep you in the know.

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Weezer's new album is due out next month, but a number of tracks are already all over the net. I stumbled onto this odd little promo, "Write a Song with Rivers Cuomo," on YouTube.

And remember, he's going to spend the week with his grandparents, and they're still on dial-up:

and:

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It's been 10 years since the Chairman of the Board left the room. The U.S. Postal Service is debuting a stamp and there's new a CD collecting some of his best songs. Here are a couple of the better tribute videos that are on the ol' YouTube.

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Now here's an interesting way to listen to your favorite song -- have someone play it on an instrument fashioned from multiple PVC pipes.

I was able to name the first two songs -- 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins and Annie Waits by Ben Folds -- but couldn't figure out the third. Any ideas?

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I first heard The Knux's "Cappuccino" last week and I can't get it out of my head. It's like someone unearthed a really good mid-80s rap track.

Listen if you dare, but there's a good chance you'll find yourself saying "Fresh cappuccino with a mocha twist" later in the day.

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When I heard the news that the New Kids on the Block were reuniting for a CD and tour, I shrugged indifferently. But I think I underestimated the old-school boy band's lingering power. When I told some female friends about the impending tour, I caught a glimpse of their inner teeny bopper when they semi-shrieked and asked if they'd tour nearby. It frightened me, I confess.

Here's something that should frighten you: The intro to the old New Kids on the Block cartoon series. Complete with animated dance moves and twirling, hovering microphone stands.

After the jump, check out the reunion announcement on the Today show.

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Vanilla Ice, or Robert Van Winkle, has been incarcerated following an altercation with his wife. You can check out the story here.

He isn't the only musician who has been arrested in Palm Beach County for a domestic dispute. Scott Stapp, lead singer of Creed, was charged with domestic battery last year following an argument with his wife.

Here's the video that entrenched Van Winkle forever into pop culture:

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Just in time for the Rolling Stones' documentary "Shine A Light," the hand musician Gerry Phillips has released his own rousing version of "Start Me Up."

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The new Gnarls Barkley record debuts April 8 and judging by the first single "Run," it's going to be just as fun as their first album St. Elsewhere.

But don't expect to see the video on television much--if at all. There's a concern that the images that start at the 2:10 mark could cause people to have seizures. Seriously.

It's not the first music video to run into such problems. There was a similar worry years ago with Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" video. Seriously.

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It's hard to fathom why anyone would want to play a burning piano. But the real head-scratcher from this news segment is that he's done it once before. At least Jimi Hendrix had the good sense to burn his guitar after his performance.

This clip got me thinking about director Spike Jonze's video for the group Wax.

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I love this song. I love that there are so many versions of this song out there and I still love every one of them. I even enjoyed the American Idol version with Jason Castro.

Here's the video of Damien Rice singing this haunting song at Leonard Cohen's induction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.

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Who needs American Idol when Broadway quality musicals can break out anywhere, at anytime? Top-notch musical talent can be found all around us these days, even the food court:

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This clip is an odd one. It's an old man in overalls driving on a Pee-Wee Playhouse-esque tractor to AC/DC's "Highway to Hell." The clip originates from the land of David Hasselhoff- Germany. It's gotten more than 320,000 hits. Go figure.

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These ladies ain't bad. The crowd loves them. But for me, once grandmothers start picking up on a trend, then it's time to officially take said trend out behind a shed and put it out of its misery.

The coordinated moves occur midway through the video:

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The famous Filipino inmates who danced the Thriller are back, and apparently taking requests.

The warden uploaded the video five days ago and it has already gotten more than 200,000 clicks on YouTube.

They're a little behind the trend curve (Soulja Boy: several months old, Hammer Time: several, several years old) but I'll give them some slack since they're across an ocean and, oh yeah, incarcerated.

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For everyone who weathered the Great Power Outage of February '08, I dedicate the following song to you. I briefly considered posting Debbie Gibson's "Electric Youth," but decided that I actually want readers to come back to our blog.

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Is it safe to say that Kurt Cobain is rolling over right now? Ladies and Gentleman, the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain.

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