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++Crossword puzzle surname favorite India.Arie has teamed with Carlos Santana and Yo-Yo Ma for a cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. While that sentence would seem to add up strange, it really works. Much like Fiona Apple's Across the Universe, instead of whittling the song down, the trio inflates it and gives it a little sway:

 

++Bad Books is the new project from Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra. Their self-titled debut album drops October 19th and they will play NY's Bowery Ballroom on 10.20.10. Devine was an English major at Fordham, and takes word choice seriously.:

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