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We sent Gawker videographer and resident evil genius Richard Blakeley to cover Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 60th birthday bash at New York’s Beacon Theater last night. Security goons wouldn’t allow video cameras inside, so Blakeley was forced to use words to explain the bovine press process, his Larry Craig moment and his own personal and deeply wrong lust for Chelsea Clinton. To give your peeps something to feast on, we’ve included a nice gallery of photos. After the jump, the story. MORE »

As if Elvis Costello crashing her birthday party won’t be enough, the Hillary Clinton team has announced that alternative rock’s Goo Goo Dolls, who made some song like nine years ago or something, will play Hillary Clinton’s fundraiser in Boston tonight. But in order to hear them perform the majestic “Slide” (that’s the song!) in all its jangly datedness, you’ll have to pay $500 to $2,300 as the “cheap” seats are sold out. How must Celine Dion, whose song “You and I” was selected as the official Clinton campaign theme, feel about Hills’ recent alternarock bent? More importantly, if our next president is a genre-hopper, how will this affect policy towards Iran?

Goo Goo Dolls to Play Clinton Fundraiser Tonight [HillaryClinton.com]

Hillary Clinton has secured Elvis Costello to shred at her 60th birthday bash on October 25 at New York’s Beacon Theatre, according to a decidedly unpretty invite on her campaign site. The party-planning committee has dubbed New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and New York Congressman Charles Rangel as “honorary chairs,” in what surely was a discriminating selection process. Tickets are tiered into “Gold” “Platinum” and “Rock Star” status, and you can become such a Hillary Clinton-certified “Rock Star” for only $2,300! What a great addition to Clinton’s platform: For only $2,300, Hillary Clinton offers Americans a loophole into fame. She’s yet again failed to outshine Bill, however, who got the Rolling Stones for his 60th birthday. Oh, Hillary. You’ll always be several platinum albums short of Bill.

Hillary’s 60th Birthday Committee [HillaryClinton.com]

This week, our omnipresent eyes and ears spotted Brit Hume, Jean Schmidt, Tony Snow, Ron Paul, Elvis Costello, Katie Couric, Patrick McHenry, Hillary Clinton, and Tom DeLay, then wrote about spotting them in emails, which they sent to us. And now all those emails are posted after the jump!

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