A screen grab from Scandal's video for "The Warrior." That's right, it's referee uniform body paint and he's keeping score on a string abacus.
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Jennifer Lopez onstage at Mohegan Sun on Oct. 22 — unfortunately without her ex-lookalikes.
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A displeased-looking Jeff Tweedy, onstage in 2009.
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Paul Cross, creative director of Rocksmith, plays the game at a demonstration event in San Francisco, Calif.
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Liz Buckingham.
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Vocalist Nolen Strals on stage with Double Dagger in Washington, D.C. this week. The band plays its final show in Baltimore tonight.
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Nx Zero.
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Alison Krauss and Buddy Miller performing a tribute to the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack at the start of the Americana Music Awards show on Oct. 13th.
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Revelers at Electric Zoo in New York City Labor Day weekend.
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The Alabama Shakes are one of a small batch of young artists taking a claim within one of pop's primary realms: retro-soul.
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The Roots, pictured here at Jon Stewart's Rally To Restore Sanity at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. last fall, have performed and recorded songs with roots in protest movements. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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A Moving Sound. YunYa Hsieh stands at the center, Scott Praire sits to the right.
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Zuccotti Park on Oct. 6. The people making music during the Occupy Wall Street protests are not celebrities.
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Sloan, in a recent press shot. The band is, from left to right, Chris Murphy (bass), Andrew Scott (drums), Patrick Pentland and Jay Ferguson (both guitarists).
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"Somebody's got to tell the story," says Danny Brown. "I just want people to know what it's actually like here."
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