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December 10, 2007

Okay, so in case you haven't heard, Green Day now has a new side project to tack onto the list, right smack under The Network. (You remember the Fembot song. Billie Joe's vocals did sort of give them away, but it was still exciting.) This one was reportedly leaked in a Green Day blog (are we talking "The Idiot Club" or what? I can't get in there, you have to pay), and is titled Foxboro......

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January 7, 2007

When you write and sing songs as good as Whisper Town 2000, you can make any list you want. Here are Morgan Nagler's Best CDs of 2006 1. The Beatles The White Album 2. The Rolling Stones Exile On Main St. 3. Neva Dinova The Hate Yourself Change 4. Elliot Smith Elliot Smith 5. Notorious BIG Ready To Die 6. The Jackson 5 Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 7. Tom Petty Wildflowers 8.......

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July 25, 2006

In the mid 80s LAist pumped gas at the Union 76 on Santa Monica and Beverly Glen right near Century City. Sony was right near there and one day this woman drives in and we fill up her tank and wash her windows and check her oil and when she signs the credit card receipt she says that she doesn't have a tip but has a few records she can give us. One of......

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August 17, 2005

As proud punks at heart, Green Day have never shied away from speaking their minds. Their new single Wake Me Up When September Ends is no exception. The Bay Area band and KROQ favorite is causing waves with an artsy, anti-war music video. [watch: Quicktime 7 | Windows Media] During a time in which MTV plays more Real World/Road Rules Marathons than actual videos, LAist was amazed to read that this video topped TRL.......

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