Ol' faithful
	Willie Nelson stays true to his muse by TED DROZDOWSKI

Local Anesthesia: Dollars and sense Choosing a studio isn't just about money by BOB GULLA

This was the year that mainstream hip-hop began to take up the fascinations that dogged heavy metal in the '80s: strippers and headbanging. There was Missy Elliott in her Motörhead T-shirt in the video for our pick as single of the year, "Get Ur Freak On," the first word of which was -- yep -- "headbanger." And headbanging and its eventual ill consequences are the subjects of Busta Rhymes' excellent recent single "Break Ya Neck." (We also remember Busta's set at the Fleet Center a few years back, where he popped out of a Castle Greyskull-like cranium that looked as if it had been stolen from the Gwar practice space.) Busta demonstrates his headbanging technique at the metal-friendly Worcester Palladium (800-477-6849) on Friday and at Dartmouth College (603-646-1110) in Hanover on Sunday.

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