This missive comes from Rock and Rap Confidential, an organization far more leftist than I, and by the time you get to #5 I’m out of the picture entirely, but most of this information is hard to argue with and should be seen by those who agree with it or …

Metallica is joining Phish, String Cheese Incident and many others in offering digital downloads of concerts: In a continuing effort to provide their fans with the most unique services, Metallica, along with technology partners CinemaNow.com and nugs.net enterprises, today announced the launch of a new Web site, www.LiveMetallica.com. The site …

FINALLY, the report we’ve been waiting for and the opportunity to shout into the void: “NO SHIT.” The SF Chronicle reports: San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, New York Yankees stars Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield and three other major-league baseball players received steroids from a Burlingame nutritional supplement lab, …

If the lightning strikes on the film set weren’t Sign enough from the Almighty, then surely this is: The number 666, which many Christians recognize as the “mark of the beast,” is appearing on movie tickets for Gibson’s film at a Georgia theater, drawing complaints from some moviegoers. The machine …

Special, super-duper NASA press conference on Mars today at 2pm EST: space-dudes have something important to announce. Little green men? Large purple women? Flesh-eating bugs? Or maybe traces of water? Info here: Significant findings from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, now exploring Meridiani Planum on Mars, will be announced at …

The Paul Harvey of the UK, Alistair Cooke, 95 (he was 50 when I was born – he was freaking 35 when Roger Daltrey was born – he joined the BBC as a film critic the year after my father was born), has retired from his Letter From America radio …

Are you concerned that you haven’t seen enough of Carmen Electra lately? Well fret no more: MTV’s original movie Monster Island premieres March 7 at 7:00 p.m. ET: Mutant radioactive bugs attack VJs, Carmen Electra and an island full of MTV contest winners in this tongue-in-cheek tribute to B-movies, monster …

Security firm mi2g offers some fascinating insight into the malware epidemic: As new variants of malware continue to arrive faster than they can be analysed or remedied, the malware tsunami is overwhelming both its victim organisations as well as anti-virus toolkit companies and security professionals across the world. Most security …

If you are in the DC area, this should be very interesting and registration is FREE: Internet Commons Congress, March 24-25 The question of who owns the Internet seems in the same category as who owns the oceans or who owns outer space. Governments or private interests might own individual …

Our pal Barry Stoller has a cool interview with Grand Funk Railroad and Bloodrock impresario and producer Terry Knight on the Perfect Sound Forever site: PSF: Andrew Loog Oldham – an obvious inspiration – said in 1965 ‘the Rolling Stones are more than just a group – they are a …