Personal friend-o-Warren Brian Linse reminds us that tonight is Warren Zevon night on David Letterman, in fact the show is devoted to him. You can see a preview clip from the show here. Highlight: Dave – “Do you now know something I don’t know?” Warren – “I know how much …

Koufax: even the name is magic. As a very young left-handed pitcher, the grandson of a former professional baseball player, growing up in LA in the ’60s, Sandy Koufax was a mythical figure to me. I attended one of his four no-hitters, I followed him fanatically on the radio and …

New York lawmakers have proposed a bill that might result in free-agency contracts for recording artists: The Artistic Freedom Act was introduced Monday by New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, with the backing of powerful unions such as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and …

David Gray would appear to comprehend the digital revolution. His new RCA CD, A New Day At Midnight won’t be out in stores until November 5, but you can go to the release website to hear the entire album online RIGHT NOW. You can also download pics of Gray, sign …

If you haven’t made mix tapes you either don’t love music, aren’t at all romantic, or both. Dawn and I bonded spiritually, aesthetically and otherwise when I made mix tapes for her. I was the DJ, the music writer, the one with the 20,000 record collection (well, maybe 12,000 seven …

A struggle for the very soul of art can be found in my in-box today, both involve the name “Turner.” The Turner Prize is the High Church of arch conceptual art, a postmodernist playground. This year’s exhibit of shortlisted works has just opened at the Tate: The Turner Prize, derided …

Surprise link found between the NBA and 60 year-old, short, white Englishmen: The Rolling Stones are featured in the latest NBA television ad as part of the basketball organization’s “Love It Live” campaign. The 30-second spot debuted on cable’s TNT during Tuesday’s (October 29) opening night doubleheader matching the Philadelphia …

If you didn’t know better, you might think TV was all about imitation: Add supermodel to the list of dream jobs reality television is promising its viewers. UPN has given an eight-episode midseason order to an hourlong reality series tentatively titled “Supermodel,” with Tyra Banks serving as an executive producer …

There is so much going on with the Osbournes you could write a blog just about them (let me know if there is one). The first family of metal will be back on MTV in November, daughter Kelly has a new CD coming out, and now Sharon has announced that …

Hollywood and Vine will now boast something worth seeing: A group of businessmen announced Tuesday the establishment of a $25 million Motion Picture Hall of Fame, scheduled to open in 2004 at the corner of Hollywood and Vine — or Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Heck, why not? Baseball players …