Mars rover teams say it with song: The eclectic playlist is Mars rover Spirit mission manager Mark Adler’s way of waking exhausted engineers and scientists who are working and sleeping on Mars time and dealing with a sometimes temperamental rover millions of miles away. And with entries like the Ramones’ …

Rosie O’Donnell is heading to San Francisco today to marry girlfriend Kelli Carpenter as a reaction against President Bush’s endorsement of a constitutional amendment barring gay marriage: “We, too, have a dream of equality for all families,” the comedian said in a statement. “The only way changes are made in …

Jerry Hall – master thespian, or at least a really fast one: Jerry Hall dashed around London’s theater district Tuesday night, appearing briefly in six musicals – and six costumes – but didn’t have to learn any lines. The theatrical marathon, one of a series of events promoting London as …

The NY Times’ view of Mel Gibson’s new film The Passion is clearly not a positive one. Not even taking into account their reviewer’s mostly negative reation, the paper subjects Gibson to something of a “hammer and anvil” squeeze between the religious community and Hollywood. Their “interfaith panel” reacts: An …

Prior to receiving this outrageously entertaining reissue – recorded in 1958 and ’59 for Contemporary with a raft of Latin jazz specialists including Willie Bobo, Armando Peraza, Mongo Santamaria, and Vince Guaraldi – I had only a vague notion of who Victor Feldman was. British-born Feldman (1934-1987) was a child-prodigy …

Sad news from our friends at Alligator Records: A.C. REED, MAY 9, 1926 – FEBRUARY 25, 2004 Famed Chicago-based blues saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader A.C. Reed – a leading elder figure and the best-known sax player of the Chicago blues scene – died Wednesday, February 25, 2004, from complications …

If Outkast hadn’t come along and blown up the entire landscape with Speakerboxx/The Love Below – the pieces from which are yet to land, by the way – then the funkalicious potpourri of positivity that is the Black Eyed Peas’ Elephunk would have easily been the hip hop-oriented album of …

Far-flung '80s icons are returning home to roost. The new Tears For Fears album is their best ever - really.

Based upon what the Love Sponge imposed upon the airwaves of Florida, I’m sure it’s good riddance; and neither do I think his case is one of free speech – the airwaves are finite and correctly regulated for content. But leave it to Clear Channel to respond with nukes to …

For some reason I find this funny as hell: dueling websites from lefty and righty punks, fighting for the souls of the punky masses: Pierced and tattooed rockers are in for a mosh-pit civics lesson this year. Nearly 200 bands are lining up to lambaste President Bush and try to …