Spencer Manio in front of his office (his door is the one with the Ghostface poster) at PlayNetwork. Kyle Johnson for NPR hide caption
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R. Kelly (left) as Sylvester, and Eric Lane as Twan, in Trapped in the Closet, which relaunched with new chapters last week on IFC. Parrish Lewis/IFC hide caption
Lana Del Rey performs in France in July. Her album, Born To Die, came out in January, to mixed reviews. Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The Mallett Brothers Band is, from left to right, Brian Higgins, Wally Wenzel, Luke Mallett, Will Mallett, Nate Soule and Nick Leen. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Also this week Rihanna began her 7 countries, 7 days, 7 shows tour. You may have heard about it, #rihannaplane. Here she is in the cockpit before the first flight. Kevin Mazur/WireImage hide caption
Friday
Jesse & Joy accept one of their four awards during the Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Ambient music composer William Basinski says the four-volume work, now a box set, saved his life. James Elaine hide caption
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Herb Alpert (left) and Jerry Moss, who founded A&M Records in Alpert's garage in 1962. Courtesy of A&M Records hide caption
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Rita reimagined classic Persian songs for her latest album, My Joys. Courtesy of Fistuk Artists hide caption
Iran To Israel And Back To Iran: Rita's Music Goes Home
Saturday
Bob Daisley recording Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz in 1980. Fin Costello/Redferns hide caption
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Drake, who had the top torrent downloaded in the U.S. in the first half of 2012, according to Musicmetric, poses at the MTV Video Music Awards in September. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Steven Tyler, Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel participate in NBCUniversal's Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together Relief Benefit on Friday in New York City. Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera, Jon Bon Jovi and Sting also performed. And now we're done talking about that. Heidi Gutman/NBCUniversal/Getty Images hide caption
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Neil Young, who turns 67 years old this month, performs with Crazy Horse on Oct. 26 in New Orleans. In recent concerts the group has focused mostly on material from its new album, Psychedelic Pill. Amy Harris/Corbis hide caption
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Richie Hawtin performs at Moogfest in Asheville, N.C. on Friday, October 26. Hawtin's CNTRL: Beyond EDM tour with Loco Dice is scheduled to launch this week. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption