On the Penguinal Ebullience blog, a fascinating transcript of the DMCA exemption hearings from Friday: The first of several hearings for exemptions under section 1201 of the DMCA took place at the Library of Congress today. Fortunate enough to have a cool boss, I was able to attend ‘on detail’. …

Is it me, or is the Michelina’s TV ad the creepiest to air nationally in some time? First, a third-rate Ted Knight imitator newscaster (a bad imitation of a parody) comes on with breaking news about Michelina’s, then in a befuddling disjunction, a breeder-hipped woman on a treadmill in a …

What’s my problem? Our own Blogcritic Pieter K has created one of the great electronic albums of the last year (released last October) and I am just now telling you about it. Everything All the Time is a panoramic vision of electronica, centered on the skittery rhythms of drum and …

Opinions: everyone has them, and in a free society people are allowed, even encouraged, to speak theirs. But a big problem arises when individuals choose to use executive positions within organizations to forward their own views, coloring entire organizations with an individual’s view. That is the problem with the Tim …

We had a couple of reports yesterday about a possible Apple bid for Universal Music: GERALDINE FABRIKANT with LAURA M. HOLSON see the glass as half empty: Apple, the iconoclastic computer maker, has discussed an investment in Universal Music, the world’s largest recording company, people close to the discussions said …

Nothing to do with the war – this is about gospel and CCM music: Nichole Nordeman and Michael W. Smith were the big winners at the Gospel Music Association’s (GMA) 34th Dove Awards last night (April 10) at Nashville’s Gaylord Entertainment Center. Nordeman won seven awards, including songwriter, female vocalist, …

I’m not sure why this particular celebrity death bothers me so much: rock ‘n’ roll has been around long enough now that the first and second generation are dropping like flies from a combination of age and life style. Maybe it just seems wrong that someone named “Little,” the babysitter …

Late on Thursday (April 10, 2003) the Senate and House passed the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act (formerly known as the RAVE Act) as an attachment to the child abduction-related Amber Alert Bill. The Drug Policy Alliance provides background on the issue – they are very concerned, you should be too: …

Our pal Shannon Campbell will soon be our next artist on Blogcritics Radio – boy, is she busy: Don’t forget: Tori Amos Tribute 2003, Saturday April 12 at the Temple Ball Gallery in Carrboro, NC. Doors at 8 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10. There are no …

The president of baseball’s Hall of Fame canceled a 15th anniversary celebration of the movie Bull Durham scheduled for April 26-27 at Cooperstown. Dale Petroskey, a former assistant press secretary in the Reagan administration, wrote a letter Monday to actor Tim Robbins, who played rising star pitcher Nuke LaLoosh in …