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Saying that they are “between a rock and a hard place,” the BBC announced today that they will only play a five-second snippet of Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead during this weekend’s countdown of the Top 40. Sales of Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead have soared since the former Prime Minister’s death on Monday, aged 87. Mr Cooper …

On Monday I reported about the Facebook campaign to send Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead to the top of the British pop chart. At this writing the tune is #5 and rising, but it’s not yet clear if the BBC will include the track in its weekly countdown. In a statement it said: “The Official Chart Show on Sunday …

From a Buzzfeed photo compilation titled 31 Hunks From 90s Bands: Then And Now. Most of them, of course, look better today. RELATED: I think the only reason I lived through a riotous 1990 Nine Inch Nails concert in Miami Beach is because booze was only served in the balcony, where it turned out we were safe from all the …

The full show will air on PBS on April 16th.

Via press release: Tim Cook, number 1 on this year’s Power 50 list, took charge of tech giant Apple as CEO in 2011 and has guided the company through significant upgrades on all of its product lines and helped the brand increase its market share to 20% of all money spent on U.S. consumer technology. This year marks the first …

“Thatcher was not a strong or formidable leader. She simply did not give a shit about people, and this coarseness has been neatly transformed into bravery by the British press who are attempting to re-write history in order to protect patriotism. As a result, any opposing view is stifled or ridiculed, whereas we must all endure the obligatory praise for …

“Don’t look at the moon tonight. You can never be Manhattan.” This is the “Best Video Of The Week” over on Stereogum: “Can you imagine if the Empire State Of Mind video had been just this? Quite possibly the loveliest, most pleasant three minutes of film I’ve seen all year. Every city deserves its own video just like this one.”

The ad also previews her coming single, Grown Woman.

“I’m waving goodbye to censorship and blacklisting just by typing this message to you, Alexandra. I can go on all night about ‘reminders’ because I have a gig to reclaim on April 24 at Palms Playhouse in Winters CA. What part of ‘other homophobic celebrities’ did you not understand? I’m not homophobic, and I sure aint a celebrity. I’m roadkill …

Allegedly. Not even a million dollars could convince Lady Gaga to perform during last summer’s Republican National Convention. The snub by the pop star is included in a lawsuit filed by a powerful Republican nonprofit fundraising organization, American Action Network, against a vendor whose job was to stage entertainment just outside the doors to the GOP’s convention in August. Documents …

First single from The Minutes, due May 6th.

Because I totally screwed up during the SCOTUS furor on Tuesday, this week’s swag giveaway is today. And courtesy of the Karpel Group, we’ve got the new Depeche Mode album, Delta Machine, which is now on sale nationwide and online. Via Billboard: Fans can count on Depeche Mode — they’ve released a new album and embarked on a coinciding tour …

Via the Santa Cruz Sentinel: Face covered and mouth taped shut, alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked staged a sit in outside a Santa Cruz nightclub that canceled her show because she made an anti-gay slur at a San Francisco club earlier this month. The tape across her mouth said “Silenced By Fear.” When asked a question, Shocked shook …

In an interview with Texas Monthly country music legend Willie Nelson displayed the above take on this week’s marriage equality meme and restated his well-known support for LGBT rights. TM: For better or worse, you’ve also grown into a reputation as something of an authority on marriage itself. WN: I’ve been there and back a few times. It’s not perfect, …

A folk take on the hip-hop smash.

Women’s Wear Daily claims that Madonna has reached billionaire status. Madonna’s net worth had already been estimated at around $700 million, thanks to her recent record-breaking MDNA world tour, which grossed more than $305 million last year, and drew $75 million from show merchandise sales and $10 million in TV rights and DVD sales. Madonna has boosted her personal fortune …

Stereogum provides a recap: This morning, Yeah Yeah Yeahs unveiled the video for “Sacrilege,” the epic and stormy first single from their forthcoming album Mosquito. The British model and actress Lily Cole stars in the Megaforce-directed clip, playing a woman whose appetites get her into some trouble in a very strange small town. The level of plotting and characterization is …

From the comments over on Stereogum: “I’m seeing these guys on Sunday and I’ve never heard a note. What should I expect?” Answer: “Really relatable lyrics about relationships and concise pop song structures.” Heh. The new album is due in June.

The first Beatles album was released in the UK fifty years ago today.  The record hit #1 on the British album charts in May 1963 and stayed there for the next 30 weeks until it was dethroned by their followup UK release, With The Beatles. The first US releases came in January 1964 when competing labels issued Meet The Beatles …