The Week in Weird Sinead wants quiet, Fatboy wants a crowd
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Since she apparently believes she&#39;s residing in a universe where people still actually remember who she is, Sinead O&#39;Connor has taken the drastic step of demanding that newspapers stop devoting space to her -- and has done so by taking out a full-page ad
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No introspection for me on Friday night. I went out for the big beat. The post-midnight set was Spank Rock, a rapper who misspells out his obsession in one song, &#8220;Bootay.&#8221; He relied on old-school school electro, rapping with bursts of doubletime the way his acknowledged idols 2 Live Crew, another group of posterior connoisseurs, [...].
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Arts & entertainment: Photos taken behind the scenes by Billy Bragg, Bloc Party and others.
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A man is accused of harassing singer Avril Lavigne's parents and violating a court order by trying to contact her. Plus news in brief on Natasha Bedingfield and Patrick Stewart.
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From Monday the record will be available via nme.com/audio. However, if an interview with Carl Barat in today&#39;s (August 19) The Mirror newspaper is to be believed, it could be their last if Pete Doherty, currently estranged from the band, doesn&#39;t deal ...
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Fresh tracks from Beyonc&#233; and Audioslave round out this week's new offerings.
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Two pints of lager and the latest White Stripes single, please
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Readers sound off about spying on nannies, and weigh in on online music services. Plus: Links to our most commented upon blog posts.
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By DAVID SMYTH  THE WHO may have this week announced two Wembley dates, but rumours abound that they are to give up touring? Don't fret too much. You'll still be able to see Pete Townshend, alive and well and delivering biscuits on the internet.
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Tycho: New one's up, for last week's "The Spore Cult." Feed is here. (CW)TB
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New releases from Spoon, Smashing Pumpkins, Maria Schneider and Against Me!
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Arts & entertainment: No, he's not looking for a second-hand copy of Different Class. He's part of this year's Oxjam festival, as are the Kooks and Fatboy Slim.
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MTV has managed to find entertainment in Ozzy Osbourne taking out the trash and Mariah Carey touring her house. On Thursday night, they hoped to squeeze a few more drops out of celebrity navel gazing.
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Small Audi models will debut in Europe this spring, and the company claims low CO2 emissions. Plus: DaimlerChrysler's Geneva Surprise In Autopia.
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Keith Richards replies to Swedish critics, Paternal penguins pique parents, Botero gives Abu Ghraib art to Berkeley and more culture news.
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Tycho:   It has become the Saturday tradition to do the next strip upon the expo's stark and terrifying stage, but since Armadeaddon needed its proper epilogue it got moved out to Wednesday.  Gabe was highly indulgent of audience suggestions in the final version, far more than he is to me, adding many, many things based on them being called out from the microphone - he has a version with more additions still that he'll be putting up later today.  But there are things in there like the blue ball in the last panel - to say nothing of the official "Hot-Dog Fairy" merchandise! - that began as anecdotes and have now graduated to true PAX lore.
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Irish singer-songwriter Sinead  O&#39;Connor is returning to recording and touring with her ninth  album, &quot;Theology,&quot; self-described as a personal response to the  state of the world post-September 11, 2001.