Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Musicians: What’s on Gitmo’s Playlist? – MyFox Los Angeles

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MyFox Los Angeles
Musicians: What's on Gitmo's Playlist?
MyFox Los Angeles
Declassified reports from the 1989 invasion of Panama say troops blared "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley, "I Fought the Law" by The Clash,

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Must We Have Bad Music in Public Spaces? – New York Times

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Must We Have Bad Music in Public Spaces?
New York Times
through a resort dining room make him feel like the Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, “holed up in that embassy, besieged by the likes of Rick Astley.

A New, Larger Generation of Comic Book Readers Has Been Found – HotIndieNews.com

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A New, Larger Generation of Comic Book Readers Has Been Found
HotIndieNews.com
of rick-rolling with Rick Astley's song Never Gonna Give You Up, and even a joke involving Sohmer's all-time favorite beverage Red Bull, to name a few.

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Net contributions: how the internet has influenced the English language – guardian.co.uk

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Net contributions: how the internet has influenced the English language
guardian.co.uk
One of the new internet terms is "Rick-rolling" – when a posted link leads to a YouTube video of a Rick Astley hit. Photograph: Darren Coleman/Retna 'I

Club Focus – Liverpool – Anfield house of cards teeters on the brink – A Different League

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A Different League
Club Focus – Liverpool – Anfield house of cards teeters on the brink
A Different League
a song only mildly more irritating than the year's biggest selling single, Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley, a motto that Great Britain seemed to

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The X Factor: how have John and Edward Grimes survived? – Times Online

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The X Factor: how have John and Edward Grimes survived?
Times Online
The phenomenon has seen Eighties pin-up Rick Astley awarded endless honours, including the Best Act Ever gong at the MTV Europe Music Awards, because voters

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Doctors Tackle The Rickrolling Pandemic – Huffington Post (blog)

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Doctors Tackle The Rickrolling Pandemic
Huffington Post (blog)
Using stray skin and hair cells meticulously collected from Rick Astley's bathroom sink (in 1987, at the height of his power), I have cloned over 100

Madonna’s Hung Up ‘least sexy music video of all time’ – Telegraph.co.uk

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Madonna's Hung Up 'least sexy music video of all time'
Telegraph.co.uk
Other videos voted into the "least sexy" top ten included Never Gonna Give You Up by 1980s crooner Rick Astley, and Michael Jackson's You Are Not Alone,
Madonna's 'Hung Up' voted 'Least Sexy Video Ever'SINDH TODAY

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Get excited about Cavs, but use caution – Akron Beacon Journal

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Get excited about Cavs, but use caution
Akron Beacon Journal
It even got to the point that when Mo Williams and James gestured to Rick Astley while seated during a timeout, the Celtics got mad.

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‘Hit Man’ Pete to open Wirral Model Railway exhibition – Wirral Globe

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'Hit Man' Pete to open Wirral Model Railway exhibition
Wirral Globe
The Hit Man, who helped launch the music careers of Kylie, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan and Mel & Kim, will officially open the event at Pacific Road Arts