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So "Xynobis", the song that my screenname/e-mail address/neighboring street is named after just came on my 'My Top Rated' playlist, so I might as well just make it official and get this over with.

I'd been putting this off for literally months (which is so nerdy and OCD that it's downright shameful), but this marks the 1,000th Godflesh song to be registered to my account. Do I win a free scratch card or something? Of course not. But it's good to have one of my favorite bands be the first to break the four-digit playcount.

Justin Broadrick, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Fuck, let's just count the bands, for starters. Haven't you been in a million of them? There's the obvious favorite Godflesh, and your prolifically delicious work in Jesu. And what about that time you helped found the first (and best) grindcore outfit of all time, ]Napalm Death? I was going to tag it as Napalm fucking Death, since they obviously kick that much ass, but wanted the tag to actually direct people here. …

Mooove over, Holsteins. PETA wants world-famous Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream to tap nursing moms, rather than cows, for the milk used in its ice cream.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking the ice cream maker to begin using Breast milk in its products instead of cow's milk, saying it would reduce the suffering of cows and Calves and give ice cream lovers a healthier product.

The idea got a cool reception Thursday from Ben & Jerry's officials, the company's customers and even La Leche League International, the world's oldest breast-feeding support organization, which promotes the practice — for babies, anyway.

PETA wrote a letter to company founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield on Tuesday, telling them cow's milk is hazardous and that milking them is cruel.

"If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers — and Cows — would reap the benefits…