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Read as Techland wonders why Amazon mp3 can’t be more like iTunes.

R.I.P. Captain Beefheart.

Read CNN’s profile of Francis Chan.

Read about Starbucks’ new logo dropping the name.

Read about skateboarding bringing the world together.

Read about the thousands of dead birds that fell from the sky in Arkansas.

Read about the thousands of dead fish that washed ashore, also in Arkansas.

Read about the 40,000 dead crabs that washed ashore, sorry, not in Arkansas this time, but the UK.

Browse as Andy Crouch considers the 10 most significant cultural trends of the last decade.

Browse the 2011 Coachella lineup.

Read Paste’s review of the new Social Distortion album.

Browse as Trip Advisor names the nation’s dirtiest hotels.

Watch an NPR Tiny Desk concert with Basia Bulat.

Read an interview with Over the Rhine.

Read this profile of Bandcamp.

Read this profile of the recently reunited Jayhawks.

Read Darrin Patrick’s reply to John MacArthur’s misunderstanding.

R.I.P. Jack LaLane.

R.I.P. Charlie Louvin.

See it be so cold that water instantly evaporates.

Give your love an oozing anatomically correct fake heart for Valentine’s Day.