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We’ve put together a list of 30+ sites that will keep your MP3 player playing until your batteries are completely drained. Whether you’re into pop, jazz, metal or classical, there’s something here for everyone. Let us know which are your favorites.

See the list -> Mashable

To be able to revel in an activity that you’re not all that good at and that you don’t care that you’re not all that good at, to strive for and embrace mediocrity in some area of our lives, that’s a hard thing for a lot of us to do. But it’s worth it. Here are eight things I get out of being a crappy guitarist:

See the list -> Lifehack, via: msaleem <- digg it!

Elvis redefined music. In a career spanning about 23 years, he single-handedly transformed himself from a poor sharecropper’s son to the icon of rock and roll music. […] How well do you know Elvis? Here are 10 facts that only the most-dedicated Elvis fan will know regarding ‘The King’.

See the list -> Stamps of Distinction, via: The Presurfer

Michel Gondry, the French-born director of acclaimed offbeat movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has also directed numerous groundbreaking videos for the likes of Björk and the White Stripes. He offers his picks of the best videos of the last 25 years, in no particular order.

See the list -> EW

Sometimes, the more you know about a song the less you enjoy it. You start out thinking the singer of some ballad totally identifies with your situation, then later find out most musicians are creepy sex maniacs, and boring at the same time. With that in mind, here’s six popular songs that aren’t nearly as awesome once you find out what they actually mean.

See the list -> Cracked, via: Interesting Pile

The Top 20 Action Franchises
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Actors That Almost Got The Part (And Their Replacements)
The 25 Most Rockin’ Guitar Riffs
The 25 Most Infamous Guitar Riffs
The 25 Most Successful Solo Acts
10 Issues with Record Label Fascism
15 Celebrities Who Sang…But Shouldn’t Have

Rock & roll has been the sound of independence for half a century. The guitar is still its essential, liberating voice. These are the 100 reasons why.

See the list -> Rollingstone

For every musical instrument that becomes a symbol of modern music, many more are doomed to become the retarded cousin that gets stashed in the basement during dinner parties. Below, we present the best of those retarded cousins.

See the list -> Atom Shark

Worst TV to Movie Adaptations
5 Memorable Moments from The Tonight Show
The 7 Types Of Bad Bosses According To Star Trek (And How To Survive Them)
SNL’s Funniest Musical Sketches
Five Songs For The Glorious Spring
Top 10 Ways to Get More Money from a Gig
50 Places to Find Free Music Lessons Online
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The 10 Most Aggravatingly Memorable Cartoon Theme Songs Ever Made

When compiling a list of the Most Powerful Musicians, one must take into account not just album sales, but also clothing lines, fragrances, sold-out tours, charities, endorsement deals and, of course, relevancy. When you throw all of these important ingredients together and bake for more than 15 minutes of fame, you get the following 12 entertainers.

See the list -> Red Hot

One recent phenomenon that can attest to this growing trend is the humiliating gag known as the Rickroll. If you don’t know what it means to be Rickroll’d, then I welcome you to the world wide web, internet virgin. And if you do, then here are 7 examples of some of the best Rick Astley pranks that have been pulled and then documented.

See the list -> OMG Lists, via: MrBabyMan <- digg it!

The 86 Rules of Drinking
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10 Best Pop Songs in Recent Memory
The 10 Worst Album Covers by Comic Artists
The 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century

The legend of Sinatra is larger than life. Here are some lesser-known facts about the “Chairman of the Board” that you may not be aware:

See the list -> Stamps of Distinction

Here’s a quick roundup of some of the websites where you can find the music that you love for free. The market for these kind of websites is exploding so it’s definitely not a complete list but it should give you a good start.

Check it out: Tiny Dad, via: MrBabyMan (<- digg it!)

Although many rappers have crossed over the Hollywood divide to become successful actors and actresses, the same cannot be said in reverse. Yet celebrities cannot seem to stay away from the rap scene, eager to prove that they can sort of sing and rhyme words along with the best of them. Keep reading for 7 of the weirdest incidences of celebrities deciding to launch their own (short) rap careers.

Check it out: OMGLists, via: MrBabyMan (<- digg it!)

To give a bit of context, I’m not talking about best and worst of all time, nor judging those based on performances of way back when (e.g. Ice-T in New Jack City back in 1991). This is a look at those rappers turned actors that are active in movies right now, and those that perhaps should or shouldn’t be.

Check it out: Firstshowing, via: MrBabyMan (<- digg it!)

While finishing “Bird-Watcher,” a Profile of the jazz broadcaster and expert Phil Schaap, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of a hundred essential jazz albums, more as a guide for the uninitiated than as a source of quarrelling for the collector.

Check it out: The New Yorker

13 Rule-Breaking Films
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The 25 Best “Best Of” Albums
5 Rap Songs That Don’t Make the Grade
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If you’re searching for the best free music sites on the Internet, well then these 10 deliver all that, and then some. Great music found here.

Check it out: Musicouch