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Limp Bizkit picked a weird week to reunite

Would you let me get away with saying, "What's old is nu again?"

Yeah, I didn't think so. And you'd be right to stop me.

This week's biggest news of 1997 comes from the announcement that nu-metal misanthropes Limp Bizkit are putting their original (or "classic," if you're a douche) lineup back together after going on hiatus in 2005.

Look, I can't even begin to pretend that I know what lead yelper Fred Durst has going on underneath that baseball cap, or how long this rap-rock revelation has been in the works. But of all the weeks to announce you're getting back together, you choose this one? Just days after Blink-182? Did inspiration strike Durst last Sunday after seeing Blink onstage together? Did he immediately text erstwhile guitarist Wes Borland something along the lines of, "my hart s in a blender. lets gt bac 2getha"?

Regardless, Durst has said that the reason that the band were "disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music." What's unclear, however, is what Durst considers "heavy popular music." Is it Underoath? Or is it Thriving Ivory? Who knows what he considers popular because, well, he likes Limp Bizkit.

Here's the thing.

(I'd really appreciate it if any of the other editors of AP could stop reading right now.)

I'm not nearly as appalled by this as I presumably should be.

I'm kinda curious to see what Limp Bizkit 2009 sound like. After all, this is the "classic" lineup. And they can't be anymore out-of-touch than Axl Rose seems to be.

Here's the question: If Blink-182 announced that they would be bringing Limp Bizkit with them on their tour in a sort of "Party Like It's 1999 Tour," would you go?

2 MORE THINGS WE THINK WE LEARNED THIS WEEK

1. Wanna snag a Hollywood starlet? Play some indie-rock.

Word got out this week that quirky-handsome indie crooner Ryan Adams is engaged to clinically attractive actress/XTC fan Mandy Moore. This after Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard revealed his engagement to actress/jazz cabaret fan Zooey Deschanel. Clearly, guys, if you're hoping to steal Scarlett Johansson from Ryan Reynolds, you're gonna need the following:

• Acoustic guitar
• Glasses
• Extensive library of your own heartbroken music
• No more than two degrees of separation with Jenny Lewis

2. Angels & Airwaves aren't going away ever. Not ever.

Amid the palpable jubilation that washed over the land in the wake of Blink-182's reunion, a few concerned citizens wondered aloud: "But what about Angels & Airwaves?" Turns out that Tom DeLonge's other band won't spell the end of AVA. He blogged, "Angels & Airwaves is never going to go away. Don't worry. Just a little something different for a bit. Stay tuned! AVA has a lot coming." So there ya go. Does that mean Blink-182 are technically a side-project? Dum, dum, dummmmmm...