know we just got done with the 2008 lists, but this one's clamoring for my top compilation spot for '09 already!

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Here's a video put out a while back from The North American Halloween Prevention Initiative. It's kinda weird and it was hard to get my brain around it before the morning muffin... but it features a ton of awesomeness in the line-up -- and that's good enough for me.

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Avril Lavigne (who I don't dislike) has been hit with two charges in the past week or two. Neither accusations against the pop star are unfounded.

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But move over, Alanis: another Canadian has usurped the spot of most hilarious knock on the Grammy winning song: Peaches.

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at Hammerstein Ballroom

The "Bring 'Em Home Now!" concert featured an array of artists and activists, including Peaches, Michael Stipe, Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Cindy Sheehan, Iraq veterans, Fischerspooner, and Steve Earle.

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