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That iconic BBC motoring programme, Top Gear, has been staging its own version of heavy metal meets Transformers in a series of spectacular live shows in several cities, including one last hurrah in Hong Kong.

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Microsoft's Community Games service was designed to deliver amateur-developed Xbox 360 games cheaply to the masses. The problem is, most amateur-developed games suck.

Your humble Rock and Roll Reporter rummaged through a lifetime of music just the other day, and came up with a bunch of items he hopes YOU will be listening to soon as well: 1. “ 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits ” The Monkees, The Banana Splits, Josie and her Pussycats, a whole slew of Kasenetz-Katzery and, of course, the hallowed Archies as well: What better possible way to kick off our countdown? 2. Allin, G.G. “The Troubled Troubadour ” At the time – roughly the length and bre

WEDNESDAY: Tom Jones plays Washington's 9:30 Club in what the web site points out is a non-seated show, which the Short List is considering attending just to see how a standing mass behaves at a Tom Jones show.