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Behind MTV.com's suspicious "disappearing editorial" / punknews

Tiger Army to headline Hot Topic Tour this fall / altpress.com

John Vanderslice goes on tour... on the internet? / Gorilla vs. Bear

Kanye West teams up with Zach Galifianakis / stereogum

Vedera signs with Epic Records / mammoth press

Abacus Recordings shuts down, bands rescued by Century Media / metal underground

Notoriously shy Bad Brains give an interview / Spinner

Steve Jobs tops Blender's list of music's top 25 "power geeks" / vicariousmusic

Is this what the future of top 40 music holds for us? / the onion

You heard it on MTV first: the new Panic! At The Disco album will "probably suck" / punknews

Disney announces new CD format, no one impressed / yahoo!

I can't think of a better word to describe my feelings for the return of MTV's Unplugged than "lukewarm."
MTV PLUGS INTO UNPLUGGED: MTV’s storied Unplugged franchise is returning with planned shows by The Police, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Mary J. Blige and John Mayer, among others. The acoustic performances will be shown on MTV, VH1 and CMT, as well as online and mobile phones. Bon Jovi, whose 1989 acoustic performance on the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, according to legend, originally inspired the concept, will kick off the newest Unplugged with three consecutive nights starting June 22 on MTV, VH1 and CMT, to launch the June 19 release of their new album, Lost Highway. Each of the shows will then be available respectively on MTV.com, VH1.com and CMT.com after the on-air premiere. [HITS]
I'm pumped on Bon Jovi, but I'm not pumped on the fact that it's highly…