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I'm a loser, baby. So why don't you kill me?

Garthbrooksaschrisgaines News©: Well, I know I took a week off - there wasn't much to say, other than the fact that the record fell to #25 - but has everything changed! EMD is now offering a $3.00 rebate to any SoundScan retailer for EACH COPY of "GB...itloCG" sold through the end of January. And, don't worry if you're not a SoundScan reporting store - just provide EMD with a notarized sales report, and they'll send you the check. $3.00 a copy! And, it gets better. EMD has also waived the MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) restriction on this title. That means they'll also pay you co-op dollars to advertise it, even if you want to sell it for $1.99. I guess 3 million copies take up a lot of valuable space in warehouses...

Favorite Song Of All Time This Week©: "Driftin' Away" - Chris Gaines

This Sixpence None The Richer band needs to become One Less Stupid Broad The Poorer and shut up. Jesus, I thought Frente's "Bizarre Love Triangle" was boring. Shitpants' cover of The La's "There She Goes" is even more annoying when you see their stupid singer singing it. Not since Allanus' "Head Over Feet" have I seen such a vapid performance on captured on video.

Speaking of bad videos making a bad song worse, have you seen the video for Fiona Apple's crap single from "When The Pretentious Talentless Bitch Makes A Bad Record With An Embarrassingly Long And Idiotic Title Because She Is A Stupid Cunt (plus 42)"? And it's directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Doesn't make me want to see 'Magnolia' any less, though...

Gee, Drew Carey live. I haven't seen idiots laugh that hard at themselves on TV since Harvey Korman & Tim Conway. What a bunch of unfunny fat fucks. Embarrassing. And fat.

Happy Birthday To Thee From LEE This Week©:

11/12/43 Brian Hyland

11/23/45 Neil Young

11/14/40 Freddie Garrity

11/14/51 Bob Medi - er, Stephen Bishop

11/15/33 Clyde McPhatter

11/17/44 Gene Clark

11/18/50 Graham Parker

Favorite Album Of All Time This Week©: 'Squeezing Out Sparks' - Graham Parker & The Rumour. People, if you don't have this record, buy it today. One of the 25 best of all time? I think it could be...

Speaking of "You Can't Be Too Strong"... Why the hell are "The Mommies" still around? The only thing I want to see them endorse is the product used to clean up their entrails after they've been disemboweled in front of me.

11/18/90 Milli Vanilli are requested to give back their "Best New Artist" Grammy. Like the Grammy's have ever been concerned about legitimacy... Why hasn't Lauryn Hill given hers back yet?

LEE on DVD This Week©: 'Office Space'. Funny. Really funny. And another example of Gary Cole being one of the best character actors working today. Probably funnier if you're a computer geek - but still a load of laughs.