Sunday night, Red Bank, New Jersey, will host Canadian hit-maker Paul Anka for a show of his greatest hits. An interesting figure in the music industry, along with his personal array of hits, he composed Johnny Carson's original Tonight Show theme, wrote "My Way" for Frank Sinatra and had the foresight to buy back his master recordings from his record label at age 19. Currently promoting his autobiography My Way and a new album, Duets, he's parading his decade-spanning catalog of hits on tour, but one song that's been noticeably missing from his recent live shows is his controversial '70s hit "(You're) Having My Baby." His big comeback hit, it's since been lambasted by feminists and critics alike, topping several "Worst song of all time" lists and even earning Anka numerous dubious honors and allegations of chauvinism. But could a song that was once performed on "Glee" and by Anka himself on Howie Mandel's "Bobby's World" really be that bad?

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Do you like fun things and loud sounds and getting fucked up on Memorial Day Weekend!? Then take a look at the EDM shows happening in NYC THIS WEEKEND and break out the neon.

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Dust, Featuring Marky Ramone (Center)

Yesterday's post on metal bands better than Sabbath got quite a response. Some people were angry that we would even suggest that there are better bands than Sabbath. Others tripped over themselves to offer their own list. There are literally dozens of '70s bands that get overlooked in favor of Sabbath, Deep Purple, UFO and Uriah Heep. Here's another batch of five.

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Honor the troops by watching Rev Run DJ in Atlantic City this weekend

Your long-awaited three-day weekend is finally here! When you're not booking it out of the city to go perfect your summer tan, check out these poppin' parties that have some hip-hop/dance flavor this weekend.

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Catch The Shins in Williamsburg Park Sunday afternoon

If you need even more shows to choose form, be sure to check out our comprehensive and constantly updated New York Concert Calendar. These are the 10 best this weekend.

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Tim Dog of "Fuck Compton," grand larceny and potentially faking his death, fame.

Back in February, we brought you the unfortunate news that famed early '90s rapper Timothy "Tim Dog" Blair died due to a diabetic seizure at the age of 46. On a much lighter note, it looks now like that might not be true.

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Get ready to plug this in your bookmarks, iCals, sticky notes, and religious shrines, because the ultimate guide to free summer concerts in New York City is here! Seriously, scroll down and don't be stingy - share with your friends. Concerts aren't fun without friends. Just ask the lucky gal above enjoying the magic of friendship and free things at our own free 4Knots Music Festival.

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A couple of caveats to this list: first, it actually includes more than 10 songs. Since one is sung primarily in English and another isn't technically a "foreign" language, they're considered halfsies, making up one whole.

Also, no songs sung in Spanish are on this list. I'm not saying Spanish isn't a foreign language -- please don't call the Minutemen or anything -- but I am saying that Spanish isn't that foreign to me. Also, I could go 10 songs deep with those songs alone; so, no songs sung in Spanish on this particular foreign-language song list.

Finally, these songs aren't necessarily Billboard's top-selling international-flavored songs, either. No "99 Luftballoons," "Macarena" or Psy songs to be found. At least for this list let's let platinum sales mean less than songs that haven't had all the fun sucked from them by Manchurian Candidate-style repeat plays. You know, songs like these:

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Black Sabbath

OK, we get it. You like Sabbath. Everyone does. But there's a whole big world out there of '70s metal bands that goes beyond Sabbath -- even beyond Sir Lord Baltimore, if you can believe that. The '70s offered so much in the way of doom-and-gloom heaviness that it's criminal so many stop with Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and that other guy. If you're out of high school and still think Vol. 4 is the pinnacle of human heavy metal achievement, it's time to get with the program.

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Jena Ardell

We like reading quotations just as much as we like quoting musicians. So
we illustrated our favorite five quotations from musicians. This week's
topic: WHAT MUSICIANS SAY ABOUT OTHER MUSICIANS.

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