Random Notes took a vacation last week, but it’s back with a vengeance today. Speaking of vengeance, Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy extracted some on a racist concert goer last week in St. Louis, which ended in his arrest and apologies all around. Joining McCoy was Amy Winehouse (who got back at a Budweiser box) and Gene Simmons (who took a stand against anybody who thought he didn’t know anything about prostutiion. Click below for this and the rest of the last two weeks’ biggest stories in photos.

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