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Mattel Finally Gives Barbie The Cyndi Lauper-Inspired Haircut I Tried To Bestow On Her Back In My Youth
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The Beatles And QVC Coming Together, Right Now
In case you can’t wait to get in your orders for the Beatles CD remasters and the band’s branded version of Rock Band—and you are totally fine with paying $17.98, plus $3.97 in shipping costs, per compact disc—you can place your order for all the remastered albums today via the shop-at-home mecca QVC; just be warned that the orders for games and CDs won’t ship until the official release date of Sept. 9. QVC’s Beatles-branded shop also has some curios available, and while most of the offerings are pretty standard (sweatshirts, lunchboxes, etc.), there’s one thing that’s so breathtakingly “for the fans,” I had to share it: MORE »
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Trey Anastasio’s Vermont Estate Goes On The Market
The house in northern Vermont that served as a rural hideaway for Trey Anastasio, the rehabilitated leader of the reunited Phish, is up for sale. The five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath, 3,926-square-foot estate, located about 20 minutes outside of Burlington, sits on 259 acres and has dramatic views of Mount Mansfield and Camel’s Hump, two of the highest peaks in Vermont. Asking price: $1,699,000. And there’s a wetbar! MORE »
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The “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” Auction: Cherry Wine, Sadly, Not Included
Idolator emeritus Jess Harvell forwarded me the news of a teeny slice of the performance royalties for the late Jermaine Stewart’s 1986 anti-sex, pro-cherry-wine screed “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” being up for auction with the subject line “Finally, Idolator can have the theme song it’s always deserved.” (Although maybe he was referring to Gym Class Heroes’ Patrick Stump-featuring, Stewart-interpolating “Clothes Off!,” which also will have a similar part of itself on the auction block next month? Regardless.) Anyway, with a minimum bid of $1,000 (plus fees), I don’t think that either track’s theme-song status is going to be elevated to anything more than “honorary.” But it’s still a good enough excuse to post embeds of both tracks, and a note about the math involved in the transaction. MORE »
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The Five Highest Prices You Can Pay For Michael Jackson’s Funeral
Tickets for Michael Jackson’s memorial service, which will be held tomorrow at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, were in high demand–more than 1.6 million requests flooded in for the 17,500 seats that were made available to the general public. Lottery winners were notified yesterday (via the semi-creepy graphic above). More than a few decided that the luck they experienced in getting the free tickets could easily be parlayed into cash, so they hit up the online auction site eBay to flip their seats. After the jump, the site’s five most expensive offerings for memorial tickets as of this writing, for any of you who want to celebrate Michael Jackson’s life by blowing your retirement. MORE »
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Even If Adam Lambert Goes Home Tonight, He Has The “American Idol” Merchandising Competition In The Bag
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Van Halen’s Old Logo Surfaces Yet Again
Another old version of Van Halen’s first LP–with the old, awkward logo, but without the Sex Pistols-inspired band shot–has surfaced on eBay, this time from a British seller. Bidding is at £70 right now, and I guess the dollar’s rebounded a bit because according to eBay equal to one hundred and five good old American dollars (and a couple of quarters). The auction closes Saturday, which means there’s plenty of time for it to reach the four-figure range. So save that change! [eBay via Sleaze Roxx] MORE »
