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Billboard July 8

• Tim, Faith & Busta on the cover.
• "Can Busta Rhymes save hip-hop?"
• This week's featured artist for watching videos is Morrissey.
• Gimme a minute; I'll find the link.
• While MySpace takes forever to do library-related stuff.
• Except now it's Placebo.
• Liars.
• I think there's a Built To Spill video featured on MySpace today?
• "Music videos--the next QVC?"
• But people have always gotten fashion tips from videos, and before that, album covers.
• It's just that now everyone in the clothing business acknowledges it.
• Sleater Kinney on hiatus is sad, but maybe they'll be kickass side projects, right?
• And they're saying "hiatus" instead of breaking up, so that's a good thing, right?
• Right?
• Li'l Steven's all about the Go-Gos this week, a move I can totally get behind.
• Ever notice how no one ever gives the Go-Gos their punk rock due?
• I can't help but think it's at least partially because Belinda's got such a cutesy, round babyface.
• From one babyface to another: I know how it goes.
• You never get to really come across as badass when you look like Belinda, and it's totally not her fault.
• Plus, not being junkieskinny in the LA punk scene had to have sucked.
• And there's a Ramones musical.
• There's news here, because the official site pretty much is useless.
• Sprite's got some new teen video diary thing on their new website.
• I suppose I've got a professional reason to check that out, but Sprite's ad desperation has always annoyed me.
• Weren't they the "Obey Your Thirst" people?
• I remember them doing a lot of that "Don't drink pop because famous people tell you to" BS, meanwhile famous people are in their damn commercials.
• Eh, I'm sure YPulse will cover it.
• The guy who writes the "Making the Band" column looks like the food and wine Queer Eye guy.
• Who's my favorite Queer Eye guy, by the way.
• Aah, Busta isn't going to save ALL hip-hop, just bring back New York City.
• I guess that's a bit more realistic a goal.
• I suppose we have to buy the new Nelly Furtado album.
• grumble