Ars Technica (Free subscription) | yesterday
The iTunes Store migration to DRM-free tracks isn't due to finish until April. You might want to slow down and wait to see how this change pans out before you upgrade, though. Read More...
Wonkette (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Wow, this guy is a jerk. Here, in this exclusive CNN report on some old public-teevee food show in Chicago, we see that Barack Obama was being a fancy show-off even way back when he was a lowly state senator a few months ago. This restaurant-review episode never aired because ...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Music News: Pre-award bash set for Feb. 7 at BevHilton -- Clive Davis' annual star-studded party has been brought into the Grammy fold.
Critical Distance Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Several readers asked me to take down the Barry Manilow punishment video - not because of any copyright issues, it is simply drove everyone bonkers when they visited this blog. Couldn't find a way to shut it up.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Bill James has told me -- more than once -- that if he had a Hall of Fame vote, he would probably vote for the maximum of ten players every year, or as close to ten as he could justifiably go. As he wrote: "I would always prefer to vote for ten, because if everyone votes for ten, only two or three will be elected. If people leave spaces empty the expectation goes down dramatically."
Baby Boomers Blog (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Yesterday, I watched the evening television news and learned that my idol Jacky Cheung Hok-yau is appointed as the ambasssador representative promoting the forthcoming World Exp 2010 to be held in Shanghai, China. I am excited to learn this news...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Everything's wacky in Chicago hip-hop these days: Kanye West is all mopey and contemplative, while Common has just landed on Planet Rock. The title track of the rapper/actor's latest uses the entire soundtrack from the Atari 2600 edition of "Super Breakout" to set the tone for a synthetic, sexified club record that'll bring in new fans while probably alarming old ones. As was...
Critical Distance Weblog (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Louts are forced to listen to Barry Manilow if they are convicted of making too much noise in Fort Lupton, Colorado.
The Red Ferret Journal (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
The Share-A-Call Dual Handset Phone is there to help you share all those beautiful moments together, like the first time your daughter called her parole officer, or the call you made together to order the His n’ Hers matching Barry Manilow slippers. Anyhoo, this has to be the perfect present for the lovely dovey couple [...]
Inside the Lakers (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
This past year has been a dream come true for a gay kid who used to just pour over Rona Barrett's magazines the second they came out. It's been so much fun to interview such a diverse list of celebs...
Aeropause (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
In the early hours of the morning, some people went to their 30GB Zune players and got a rather rude surprise. The devices were stuck on an error message and no matter what they tried to do, the Zune player would not respond. It seems that a hardware issue has decided to plague another Microsoft device. [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Four years after a stroke, Dick Clark is relishing the prospect of another New Year's Eve celebration, determined to appear for his 36th year in Times Square.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Four years after a stroke, Dick Clark is relishing the prospect of another New Year's Eve celebration, determined to appear for his 36th year in Times Square.
David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Snapped pics of and then processed 59-odd album and 12" single covers today. The results have been posted at Facebook and you don't need to be my FB friend to see them.
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation will be holding an online auction in February that will give fans the chance to bid on various celebrity packages to raise money for a good cause. The auction has been organized by Stand Up For A Cure. Fans of Barry Manilow can bid for two chances to meet the singer backstage at concerts in Las Vegas and New York, along with front row tickets to see his show....
