This list puts Van Halen's "Pound Cake" at No. 1. I'll give them points for effort, but where the heck is R. Kelly's "In the Kitchen"? (Then again, with R. Kells, it often goes beyond simple metaphor.)...
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Here's a pop quiz from Mental Floss reminding us how much discontinued Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavors sound like MySpace band names. Or is it the other way around? Rumor has it Jerry himself only scored an eight out of ten on this tricky test. While "Apple Butter" might make a great autumnal flavor—mmm, cinnamon and roasted apple chunks—it's actually the name of an experimental rock group from Baton Rouge....
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The colors may not jibe with your china, but this glass cutting board—heat-resistant up to 535ºF and dishwasher safe—salutes the King of Rock 'n' Roll in only the best way possible. With eggplant side burns. You know you've made it big in the music industry when kitchenware designers give you eggplant for hair. [via Yumsugar]...
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Our own Serious Eats New York editor Zach Brooks of Midtown Lunch fame was chosen one of Rolling Stone's "10 People Who Escaped the Music Industry." Ever since he left his programming position at Sirius Satellite Radio, we've been fattening him up with chocolate-chip cookies and lobster....
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Rapper 50 Cent doesn't like tacos enough to change his name to 79, 89, or 99 Cent. As part of Taco Bell's "Why Pay More?" campaign—where menu items stay under a buck—the fast food chain jokingly implied this in ads, but without his permission first. 50 Cent is now suing for $4 million....
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If Van Halen wasn't talkin' 'bout love in their 1978 hit song, maybe they had cheese on the brain? On this plastic container of cheese chunks found by our friend Homesick Texan at a New York market, the band's famous lyrics appear above the barcode. "I've been to the edge, and there I stood and looked down / lost a lot of friends there, baby, I got no time to mess around." Clearly, the lyrics refer to the edge of the grocery aisle, where they lost their pals after buying feta. The song was known for being very raw; much like this "assorted" pack of uncooked cheese....
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Step aside Phish Food, Cherry Garcia, and Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies. There's another music-inspired Ben & Jerry's flavor on the scene: Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road, made of chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, butter "brickle," and white chocolate chunks. Brickle, you ask? Besides the punny allusion to Sir Elton's 1970s album and song, the made-up word refers to a toffee-like brittle. Sir Elton has visited all 49 states, and the missing 50th is Vermont—but not for long. In honor of his sold-out show on Monday, July 21, the local hippie ice cream heroes created this flavor, available at the Ben & Jerry's Vermont scoop shops between July 18 and July 25. All proceeds will benefit the...
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "Thank You Girl" as a tribute to the droves of ladies who sent love letters and squealed adoringly in the audience. How do you properly thank a lady fan? By invading her kitchen, washing her dishes, and making her a pot of, presumably, soup. After the jump, watch an animated music video of the guys banging on pots and pans....
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Kyle McDonald's sequencer named I Eat Beats features a "tangible and edible music interface" controlled by Skittles. I assume M&Ms and other similarly shaped candies would also work, but it's probably best to use a candy that doesn't melt too easily. You can snack while you sequence—just don't eat all the pieces! Watch the sequencer in action after the jump....
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I hope this lip-synching woman is someone's grandmother so that her grandkids can see this video and go, "My grandma is awesome!" If the lip-synching isn't enough for you, there are also googly eyed-bananas and a banana-wielding teddy bear at the end to amuse you. Watch the magic, after the jump....
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