Here we were saying that six file sharers had been subpoenaed by the RIAA – try 150: The music industry has demanded that Verizon Communications cough up 150 names in its attempt to find those who are allegedly trading copyrighted songs. The phone company is in the process of complying …

Benny Carter, composer, arranger, bandleader, and multiple instrumentalist best known for work on saxophone: Benny Carter’s career was remarkable for both its length and its consistently high musical achievement, from his first recordings in the 1920’s to his youthful-sounding improvisations in the 1990’s. His pure-toned, impeccably phrased performances made him …

Interview on Starpolish: STARPOLISH: When you went into the studio this time, did you do anything different than when you recorded albums in the past? PHAIR: Not really (laughs). That’s the funny part. The songs came out a lot differently just because of who I was working with, but I …

Dude was a frisky 95: Compay Segundo, the salty Cuban singer and guitarist who rose to global fame in his 90’s as the eldest of the elder musical statesmen featured on the album and film “Buena Vista Social Club,” died on Sunday at his home in Havana, an official at …

Amidst reports of indifference to anti-Semitic violence in France, comes this odd story of French extremist Jewish and neo-Nazis working together online to incite hatred against Mulims: Members of extreme-right groups were prepared to set aside their anti-Semitic feelings to share Web space and know-how with extremist pro-Israeli campaigners, amid …

The original Duran Duran reunites for smoking hot show at L.A.’s Roxy: Last night (Tuesday, July 15), the original ’80s Duran Duran lineup celebrated their 25th anniversary by playing Los Angeles’s 450-capacity Roxy nightclub as a warm-up for their much-hyped brief U.S. reunion tour, which officially kicks off tonight at …

With the precision of a laser beam, the RIAA last week snagged the four MOST EGREGIOUS FILE SHARERS IN THE WORLD, who all happened to be Bentley College students. Now they have nabbed the fifth and sixth most vicious exchangers of MP3 files, both Loyola of Chicago students: The Big …

Arnold clears out $450K of past campaign debt in two nights. He is poised to run for governor of California if Gray Davis is recalled: In twin “Terminator 3” events last month, Schwarzenegger used his star power to help raise $421,000 to erase campaign debts from an after-school programs initiative …

Some thought-provoking and indelible photos by Nick Kilroy veering between magic realism and the surreal on his site Zabriskie Point. I like the hovering head and the picket fence best – very iconic.

Joining the Senate in an effort to modify the FCC actions of June 2 easing media ownership rules, the House Appropriations Committee voted to block the ruling regarding concentration of the nation’s commercial television markets: The panel’s action applied to a key part of a landmark June 2 FCC decision …