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Attack of the Shatner clones

Forget Chuck Norris. William Shatner is so bad he can kick his own ass – a dozen times over.

Cohen London concert online

For one week only, Pitchfork.tv is showing the two-and-a-half-hour, 26-song concert Leonard Cohen gave at London’s O2 Arena last July.

Online overkill – week of April 20

Good, bad, ugly or hilarious, here were the items that showed up the most on our RSS radar this week.

Genocide doc showing on YouTube

A System of a Down-fueled documentary tracing the history of modern-day genocide began a one-week engagement on YouTube today.

Great Lake Swimmers car commercial

Great Lake Swimmers lend children’s song to Honda commercial.

Cannes lineup unveiled

Is an “auteur smackdown” really brewing in France?

New Bob Dylan video

A video for Bob Dylan’s “Beyond Here Lies Nothin” featuring a montage of photographs from Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang series was released on Amazon.com today.

New Michael Miller songs online

Singer-songwriter Michael Miller has posted five songs from his forthcoming sophomore album I Made You Up on MySpace.