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Briefly: AOL-TW, Dick Clark's New Year's Eve line-up, all of 'Joe's Garage'

From CNet.com: "The Federal Communications Commission will delay its vote on the proposed merger between America Online and Time Warner until after the new year, according to sources close to the agency."

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Nick Massi, who was one of the Four Seasons ("Sherry," "Walk Like a Man"), died on Sunday (12/24) at age 73, the Associated Press reported.

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Performers on "Dick Clark's New Year Rockin' Eve" will include Baha Men, the Bangles, Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees, Lonestar and Third Eye Blind.

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Okay, now, those of you who have spent New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square, be honest: is it even remotely enjoyable? Email us here at james@livedaily.com with your answers.

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Project/Object, a Frank Zappa tribute band, will feature former Zappa vocalist Ike Willis in its New Year's Eve performance of Zappa's three-act rock opera "Joe's Garage" at the Lion's Den in New York.

According to the press release we got, "No other band--not even Zappa's--has ever attempted this feat." This is perhaps because "Joe's Garage" makes no real sense as, like, a story. (Has there ever been a rock opera that did?) But in addition to some good songs, "Joe's Garage" did give us this worthy mantra:

Information is not knowledge
Knowledge is not wisdom
Wisdom is not truth
Truth is not beauty
Beauty is not love
Love is not music
Music is THE BEST...