re-mix, not remix

Kanye West has re-recorded his new single "Love Lockdown" after a leaked version got negative reviews on the Internet.

At least eight people were killed in an explosion during Mexican Independence Day celebrations in Morelia, México. Police officials blame drug gangs for tossing two grenades in the crowd.

Ninety-nine percent of boys and 94 percent of girls in the U.S. play video games, according to a survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The survey also concludes that there is "little difference in the percentages among various racial and ethnic groups and incomes."

50 Cent says Eminem is unhappy with his recent recordings and fans may have to wait even longer for a new album: "A lot of material he wrote prior to this is being scrapped. He's got to feel like it's just happened, it's new and it's current."

A guitar geek says Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic, actually sounds better in the video game Guitar Hero than on CD. (via Stereogum)

Cuban officials are calling Hurricanes Ike and Gustav "without a doubt" the most devastating hurricanes in the island's history and are asking the U.S. government to temporarily lift the forty-year embargo on the island nation.