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If you, like me, have followed every last sigh and struggle of the six Shiba Inus on Puppy Cam -- found at the bottom of Evil Beet's sidebar, just above the new Britney Spears album (IN STORES TODAY!!!) -- you will be devastated to hear that the puppies are going to be headed off to their forever homes soon. From a statement from their foster parents:
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The only thing more amusing than watching Brandon "Asshole" Davis accidentally back his super-expensive car into another super-expensive car comes when the second car is owned by a celebrity -- in this case, Pink, who promptly demands the paparazzi let her see their video as evidence.
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The only thing more amusing than watching Brandon "Asshole" Davis accidentally back his super-expensive car into another super-expensive car comes when the second car is owned by a celebrity -- in this case, Pink, who promptly demands the paparazzi let her see their video as evidence.
Thanks Anthony!...
Most retailers had a very good Black Friday this year, but music retailers were singing a different tune (GET IT???), as they saw much lower than expected sales.
Music sales were down from 10 percent to 30 percent, and big-name albums released for Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving kickoff to the holiday retail season, didn't perform up to expectations, according to merchants contacted by Billboard.
Sources said that Kanye West's "808s & Heartbreak" will sell in the range of 425,000-450,000 units, significantly down from 700,000-975,000 units previously projected.
Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is expected to clock in at 250,000-260,000, not the predicted 300,000-784,000 units.
At music specialty stores Newbury Comics, sales were down 21 percent on a comparable-store basis for the last two weeks of November, while music sales were down 28 percent, the Brighton, Massachusetts-based chain's CEO, Mike Dreese, reported.
At big-box stores like Wal-Mart and Barnes & Noble, label executives reported that hit-album sales were off significantly for the Black Friday weekend, anywhere from 30 percent to 40 percent.
So is it that no one's buying music -- because everything's available for free online these days, both illegally and legally -- or is it just that they're buying it from iTunes or Rhapsody or other digital retailers? If so, why? For instance, the entire Britney Spears album is streaming on BritneySpears.com. I mean, for fuck's sake, I just grabbed the embed code, and now the Britney Spears album is streaming on EvilBeetGossip.com. In fact, I'm gonna put it in the damn sidebar. There we go. That took all of twenty seconds. Why would anybody pay money for this album now?
The game has to change, guys.