Forward to the past once again – the new movie Troy: Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor – and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature’s most notorious lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (ORLANDO BLOOM) and …

Wow – this takes the instant live recording concept another step farther: Now, minutes after your favorite band sounds its last note on stage, you can load a live recording of the concert onto a cigarette-lighter-sized hard drive hanging off your keychain. Take it home, toss the digital files onto …

Back in the early and mid ’70s when Cleveland’s WMMS was a revolutionary radio station, a record came in by a glammy sort of hard rock band called the Pretty Things. The album Silk Torpedo, on Zep’s Swan Song label, wasn’t super consistent but had some hot songs in “Dream/Joey,” …

Big media conference yesterday – the panel included News Corp. president Peter Chernin, Viacom chairman/CEO Sumner Redstone, Sony Pictures chairman/CEO Michael Lynton and Activision chairman/CEO Robert Kotick, on Wednesday at the Milken Institute 2004 Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton. Chernin defended the network TV business, saying that despite audience …

Interesting new collection out from Motown consisting of #1 singles: they sure thinned out after the ’70s, with only Diana Ross and Lionel Richie’s “Endless Love,” DeBarge’s “Rhythm of the Night” and Boyz ll Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You” coming after ’78. Check out the Amazon link below for …

The Cure, one of the most important and popular modern rock bands (with over 28 million records sold), will be inducted into Hollywood’s Rockwalk (7425 Sunset Blvd) tomorrow, April 30 at 8pm, joining Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Sonic Youth, James Brown, George Martin, Brian Wilson, …

The beat goes on, 477 more: Since January, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), employing the “John Doe” litigation method, has sued more than 2,000 people. The RIAA is using this method because the names of the 477 people accused of illegally distributing copyrighted sound recordings on peer-to-peer services …

If you have ever picked up a guitar, this is the weekend of a lifetime: ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL CONCERT LINE-UP Performances to Take Place Throughout Three-Day Weekend Event Dallas, Texas – Eric Clapton has announced the event schedule and concert line-up for the Crossroads Guitar Festival, to …

Hah! They fool me not with their sensitivity and emotional vulnerability: they are in it for the tang. My MSNBC.com article: Following a spirited launch by Sheryl Crow last week, the “Today” show post-dawn concert series continues this Friday with John Mayer, the triply talented, hugely popular jazzy pop-rock singer, …

Peripatetic (Austin, New Orleans, Vancouver, San Francisco) co-founder of the Be Good Tanyas, Jolie Holland’s literally timeless second album Escondida just came out on Epitaph’s roots music subsidiary Anti. Holland, an unholy but appealing blend of Norah Jones and the Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Katharine Whalen, similarly combines the sound and …