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Justin Bieber (Photo: Theo Wargo)If you haven't heard by now: Justin Bieber is upset that he was shut out of the 2013 Grammys. And the superstar isn’t taking kindly to those who suggest he really doesn’t have much to complain about.

When Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney—whose band scooped up four Grammy Awards on Sunday—told TMZ that Bieber should be happy because “The Grammys are for music, not money…he’s making a lot of money,” the Biebs responded swiftly on Twitter.

“The black keys drummer should be slapped around,” he tweeted.

Bieber softened his statement somewhat by adding “haha” at the end, but…well, we all know how these sorts of social media wars go.

Fan response was swift, with the expected plentiful support from Beliebers—although many took Bieber to task for being rude and promoting violence.

Patrick Carney (Photo: Jason LaVeris)For his part, Carney responded to Bieber’s tweet with a frowning emoticon, following it with a string of retweets from angry Bieber fans. Sentiments ranged from mere disapproval (“I no longer like you nor do I like your band”) to actual rage (“HE NEEDS A PUNCH IN THE FACE WITH A BRICK,” read one).

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Ke$ha, Ludacris and B.o.B. will perform at the Sprint NBA All-Star Pregame Concert on Sunday, Feb. 17 at the NBA All-Star Jam Session Sprint Arena in Houston.

Ludacris and B.o.B. will perform during the televised Sprint Pregame Concert that begins at 6 p.m. ET. Event headliner Ke$ha is scheduled to play at 7 p.m. ET during the TNT telecast.

John Legend will sing the National Anthem. Ne-Yo will perform during the introduction of the players, and Alicia Keys will provide the halftime set.

The mobile company will also host the Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Sprint Arena at NBA All-Star Jam Session. Personalities from music, TV and film will join NBA legends and WNBA players for the game.

Nick Cannon will host the festivities on Saturday, Feb. 16 that will also feature Ellie Goulding, Phillip Phillips and Fall Out Boy. The latter will play their new single “My Songs Know What You Did In The Day (Light Em Up).”

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Guess who doesn't belong? (Photo: Kevork Djansezian)If you thought your eyes were playing tricks on you when Adele took the 2013 Grammys stage to accept her best pop solo performance award--rest assured, that really was a random stage crasher you saw horning in on the action.

Okay, so he wasn't as flashy as 1998's "Soy Bomb," who essentially stole Bob Dylan's Grammy performance--or, for that matter, Kanye West, who bodily wrenched a VMA out of Taylor Swift's unwitting hands in 2009. However, the man who calmly stood next to presenters Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull has his own cache: He's a world-famous stage crasher!

Reviewing the week’s new releases is always tough the day after the Grammy Awards have taken place!

After spending last night spellbound by the raw talents assembled onstage—by definition the prior year’s very finest—how can any new release hope to measure up?

It’s easy! I’ve taken all 10 of the albums below, dressed them in the finest contemporary gowns, given them colorful and creative manicures, and played each and every one of them after re-watching my DVR’d version of the Goddess Rihanna singing her marvelous torch ballad “Stay”!

The result? Ten absolute masterpieces by comparison! And they’re not bad looking either!

In restaurant lingo, this is known as “cleansing your palate”!

Bullet For My Valentine: Temper Temper (RCA) It’s hard not to fall big-time over this great new Bullet For My Valentine album, if only for its zesty cover—heh! It almost looks like blood that guy’s got on his hands!—and the understated “V” it offers up! With its upbeat message—typified by this set’s power

While our parents reminisce about teenage love affairs when they hear Elvis Presley or The Beatles on the radio, a new crop of fat and balding 40-somethings are now feeling the same nostalgic tingling when they hear songs by Black Flag, The Ramones, Bad Brains, Flipper, The Dead Kennedys and The Buzzcocks.

Sure, real punk rock is anti-authority, anti-corporate and anti-government, but no one would ever say it was anti-love.

Who can forget classic tracks like "Slip It In", "Oh Oh I Love Her So", "Die, Die My Darling" and "Orgasm Addict"?

This 18 track playlist is the perfect soundtrack to remind you of that high school crush who had the guts to jam a safety pin through their cheek.

When building the list I limited my choices to bands that were part of the first wave of punk rock, which started in the late 1970s and continued through the 1980s. Second and third wave punk was not included.

Sorry, but you won't find Rancid, The Offspring, Green Day or Anti-Flag here.

Back in the day punks were not known for their romantic side, and when it did reveal itself, it was usually a dysfunctional train wreck. Read: Sid & Nancy.

Punks in the 80s would never show romantic feelings for fear of having their heads bashed in, but all teenagers share a common phenomenon called puberty, which is the only thing more powerful on the teenage psyche than music.

Punk bands in the 80s that dared sing any song that referenced "love" had to be beyond reproach.

And so I present the ultimate Punk Rock Love Song Playlist:

Here's a great Valentine's Day playlist for us old folk.

As classic rockers are swelling the membership roles of the AARP I thought I would create a playlist to help take them back in time. Aging rockers still need some lovin' and classic rock love songs are just as appealing today as when teenagers first lost their virginity in the back seats of cramped Camaros before the Internet, or even MTV.

This playlist includes classic love songs by Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Elton John, The Doors, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Eddie Money, Journey, Styx, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, Heart, Boston, Asia, Foghat and many more.