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On Sunday, Jim DeRogatis penned an overview of the Jonas Brothers' rise to stardom that not only called the Disney-peddled pop trio "goobers," it claimed that the lyrics on "BB Good" "could just as well be dialog from a date rape as the prelude to an innocent teen make-out session" and said that the Nickelodeon boy band the Naked Brothers "beat [the JoBros] any day." You probably know what happened next: a 43-comment freakout and many, many e-mails, some of which DeRogatis was helpful enough to repost today. More »

Apparently this past weekend was "National Run Your Listicle-ish Summer Concert Preview" for many of this nation's finer newspapers, as my RSS feed was stuffed with "top five" and "top 10" lists of tours and festivals from newspapers around the country. While they're distinct in their regional biases (the Seattle Times rundown is festival-heavy; the USA Today one sticks with nation-storming stalwarts) the writers share one thing in common: they really really like Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Or at least want to sort of feel like they're at a Led Zeppelin show. Highlights of five summer show previews after the jump. More »