This week, I’m asking which was the best act on Bumbershoot’s main stage last weekend. Vote here.

Allow me to re-create an exchange I had this afternoon with lifestyle editor Sue Kidd. Topic: Ice Cube’s upcoming appearance at Showbox at the Market.

Sue: [Eyes light up] Oh, I saw him back in the ’90s with Body Count!

Me: Uh, no you didn’t. That would be Ice T. We’re talking about Ice Cube.

Sue: [Confused] Whaaaat? He used to rap? [Laughs] Oh, I guess he did.

By now there’s a whole generation that knows Cube more for his roles in the "Barber Shop" and those "Are We There … ?" flicks

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Last week, I asked which acts you were most anxious to see on the main stage at Bumbershoot. And here’s you’re top 5.

Who you want to see most at Bumbershoot

1. Stone Temple Pilots

2. Beck

3. Neko Case

4. Death Cab for Cutie

5. Lucinda Williams

A new Weekly Weigh-In topic TK soon.

In today’s column about Radiohead I mentioned “Bangers and Mash” as the rarity you’re most likely to hear during the band’s stop at White River Amphitheatre news Wednesday, that based on set lists I’ve seen posted on fan site AtEaseWeb.com. And that got me to thinking about my wish list. So here are a few of the non-album tracks I’m hoping might make an appearance, too.

Here’s a clip of “Bangers,” featuring Thom Yorke on drums and vocals.

The band played this one last time they were in

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This week’s Weekly Weigh-In survey is about who you’re most excited to see at Bumbershoot (assuming you’re going to Bumbershoot.) I’ll post results on Monday. Meanwhile, add you’re two cents by clicking this link.

Don’t forget to cast your vote in the Weekly Weigh-In survey. This week we’re asking which main stage act you’re most excited to see at Bumbershoot. Check it out here.

Over the weekend a friend of mine was asking me who I was most excited to see at Bumbershoot 2008. First I thought, "@#%@! It’s less than three weeks away." And then I answered Beck. The new album is amazing, and he always comes up with some fun gimmicks for the live show. Were those puppets at Sasquatch a couple of years ago a hoot or what?

Anyway, enough of what I think. Who are you excited about seeing on the main stage this year? Weigh in here.

P.S. You can see who’s playing all the

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Here are the results of last week’s Weekly Weigh-In survey, regarding who has the better “I Kissed a Girl” song:

43% said, “Jill Sobule’s version rules all over Katy Perry’s.”

29% said, “@#%@% that! Katy Perry’s version rules all over Jill Sobule’s.”

%14 percent said, “Eh, I like ‘em about the same.”

%14 percent said, “Are you kidding? I hate both songs.”

And no one was confused by the fact that the lusty Katy Perry started out as a wholesome Christian pop star. Maybe that’s because she didn’t record

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Hey, don’t forget to throw your two cents into the Weekly Weigh-In debate. Check out this week’s topic and take the survey here. The polls close Sunday, and all.

I’ve posted plenty of surveys on Bring the Noise. But today, I’m launching a regular feature to let you weigh in on some of the most important issues in pop music. Like Katy Perry, who will perform her smash hit “I Kissed a Girl” this weekend when Warped Tour stops at the Gorge.

But, like, wait a minute. Didn’t somebody already have a hit about the virtues of same-sex lip locks? Hmmm. Who was that? Oh yeah! Jill Sobule, way back in nineteen and ninety-five.

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