MUSIC BUZZ: A new Slate article attempts to dissect why Billy Joel is “the worst pop singer ever,” leading others to chime in on why (or why not) Piano Man sucks. Don't think that everyone on Long Island won't find your home address, haterz. When it comes to BJ, they will stop at nothing.

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The Best Links:

1. Slate Magazine Calls Billy Joel “The Worst Pop Singer Ever”
2. 43 Comments and Counting On Fimoculous
3. A Few Words in Defense of the Piano Man
4. Hey, at Least His Music Makes for a Great Spin Class
5. But What About the Music?
6. History Teacher Calls “We Didn’t Start the Fire” a “Crime Against History”
7. Billy Joel Strikes Back at Kiwi Critic
8. A New Zealand Journo’s Billy Joel Smackdown

POLITICS BUZZ: The North Carolina senator and Conservative superhero (dubbed “Senator No,” for his opposition to…well, everything) passed away of natural causes. Maybe we’re hopelessly romantic, but it wouldn’t surprise us if, on every Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (which Helms opposed), if you listen really carefully, you’ll be able to hear echoes of racial slurs and homophobic slights emanate from the senator’s grave!

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The Best Links:

1. “If You Hate Long Enough and Hard Enough, You Can Go to the Very Top of the Washington Garbage Heap”
2. “I Think All Men Are Equal, Be They Slants, Beaners, Or Niggers” - Jesse Helms At His Finest
3. Jesse Helms Dies On July 4th [America Wins!]
4. “Sorry Mr. President, But Jesse Helms Was NOT a ‘Kind, Decent, and Humble Man’” [Buck Fush]
5. RIP Bozo The Clown (Oh, And Jesse Helms Too)
6. “He Was a Sour Troll and a Bigot, and It’s a Testament to Every Rotten Thing About This Country That for a Quarter Century, He Was One of the Most Powerful People in American Politics”