The Specious Report strikes again with a debate between California gubernatorial candidates Arnold Schwarnenegger and Sunset Strip scenester Angelyne: It has been theorized that someone could win this election with as little as 12% of the vote. Will your campaign avoid any serious discussion of the issues as long as …

We spent most of our vacation driving to and fro in the “high country” of North Carolina from our base in Boone: cruising the beautiful but treacherous Blue Ridge Parkway (home of fog thick enough to eat for dinner), rolling on down to Asheville (where resides the 8,000 acre Biltmore …

We are back from a very varied eight-day trip, and darned happy about it as well. We went to Washington D.C. to see my oldest daughter graduate from Americorps NCCC last Thursday, and that was quite a production. We sat just below the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking up …

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Michael Graham invites you to bash Bush with all your might today at 5pm (eastern): As a member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and (horrors!) an employee of Clear Channel Radio, I am regularly confronted with the argument that we conservatives/corporate lackeys of the Bush Administration are squelching debate, supressing …

Wow, this one is a whopper: Anxiety Records is proud to announce the fourth annual Furnace Fest at the historic Sloss Furnaces cultural park in Birmingham, AL on August 15-17. Headliners include a very special reunion performance by the influential melancholy rockers HUM. This year will also feature special performances …

Another roundup of the current legal status of file sharing, the RIAA’s Campaign Against Humanity, and advice on how to not get sued: if you have already been subpoenaed, erase copyright infringing files from your computer; if you haven’t, stop file sharing. Hmm, brilliant advice. When I explained the situation …

Is there ANYONE outside of the copyright cartel who thinks the RIAA’s current sue-your-customer’s-pants-off-then-sue-their-butthairs approach to “marketing” is wise, imaginative, conducive to a healthy business atmosphere, or anything other than self-defeating and vengeful? I’m waiting… Newsweek’s Steven Levy doesn’t get the joke either: Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA, and …

How much actual scratch could a collection of Chambers Brothers albums and singles be worth to a thief? How much is it worth to the Chambers family? Um, priceless. Some people just suck – check this out: I am truly heartbroken! My complete collection of my husband’s (Lester Chambers of …

Dark horse selected as RIAA’s new chairman, beginning 9/1: Mitch Bainwol, 44, former chief of staff for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), will become chairman of the Recording Industry Association of America on Sept. 1. He succeeds Hilary Rosen, who left the job in June after six difficult years …