From Pitchfork to
Artforum, publications love to pad out their year-end coverage with Top Ten lists from musicians, whether world-famous or positively subterranean, but perhaps only
Billboard could bring together Greg Dulli and Katharine McPhee. Instead of reprinting them all—there are many, and do you really care that the dudes from Vampire Weekend also liked that Panda Bear record an awful lot?—we've included our "Top Three Lists From
Billboards's Top Tens" after the jump, along with our "The Good," "The Bad," and "The Whaaaa?" wrap-up, so as not to spoil the fun.
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Jessica Simpson's apparently doing reasonably well in the field of country music, since she's scheduled to appear on the Grand Ole Opry this Saturday. Sure, according to one Wisconsin writer, she hasn't been terribly well-received by the country crowd, but when you're on a bill with country legend Loretta Lynn, either something's going right or the staff of the Opry finally tired of avoiding Joe's phone calls. The show on Saturday is billed as a "Ladies' Night," and Patty Loveless and the wonderful Crystal Shawanda are also on the bill. Still, if Patsy Cline rises from her grave in zombie form to attack Simpson on stage, I might not be surprised. [Grand Ole Opry]
Pimp daddy Joe Simpson on the bouncers who got into a scuffle with him, Pete Wentz, and daughter Ashlee on Sunday night in Las Vegas: "[They're] just mad they make $12 an hour." On the bright side, we now have a definitive leader in the "first against the wall when the inevitably bloody class war comes" race. (Donald Trump must be so relieved.) [
