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Opening Act: Thom Yorke Making Art, Not Human Centipede

By | Amplifier – Tue, Nov 23, 2010 5:56 PM EST

• Radiohead's Thom Yorke is seeking 2,000 volunteers "who want to be part of [a] human King Canute type image facing the sea that is visible from space" next Saturday. Don't worry folks -- he's asking people to re-create his "Eraser" artwork, not reenact scenes from "The Human Centipede." [NME]

• The White Stripes continue to sell us things that are not new music by reissuing their first three albums on vinyl. [Spinner]

• If you're not watching "Skating With the Stars," you are missing out on ludicrous footage of Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil being ludicrous. [Blabbermouth]

• Jeweler to the stars Jacob & Co. is suing Courtney Love for close to $114,000 in unreturned loaned earrings and chains. Love says she lost them, but maybe they're just hiding with Kurt Cobain's ashes. [AP]

• Teddy Riley, the producer who guaranteed that the songs on Michael Jackson's upcoming album "Michael" are indeed the King of Pop's, may not be the most reliable source of "truth." He just implied he believes MJ is still alive. [TMZ]

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