Now please understand that I love radio and have been involved with it as a DJ, programmer, or commentator for much of the last 30 years, but commercial music-based radio, for a number of reasons including consolidation, for the most part and in the general sense, sucks dog ass. I …

Talk about echo chamber: the Internet is swell and all as a communication device and information source, BUT YOU MUST CONSIDER THE SOURCE. The stupid shit that gets passed around breathlessly from bored office-bound computer slave to computer slave wouldn’t survive a smell test by Jake Gittes if those doing …

After a false start back in May, plans have been confirmed for a biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, who committed suicide at 23 in 1980: The Manchester-based production is called Touching From A Distance, after a book by Curtis’s widow Deborah which forms the basis for the film. …

I am perplexed by the Ashlee Simpson phenomenon: has any young performer with career in first bloom ever had more grim publicity relating to actual performing ability (as opposed to off the field antics) in her first year than young Miss Simpson, and yet blithely continued to skip through the …

Text messaging technology helped link people and information during and in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster, and texting may become part of a warning system for the Indian Ocean: Sanjaya Senanayake works for Sri Lankan television. The blogging world, though, might know him better by his online name, Morquendi. …

It was only a matter of time before the “pimps and whores are fucking amusing” genre and minimalist animation got together for some old school juvenile delinquency and exploitation: Night Shift meets South Park. Based on the Internet series created by former rock musicians turned journalists turned directors Mark Brooks …

CNN to kill Crossfire – Tucker “Dick” Carlson to leave for the 9pm weeknight slot on MSNBC. Though Jon Stewart’s approach left much to be desired in the courtesy and interpersonal relationship departments, his basic contention that hyped-up confrontational debate shows like Crossfire do not contribute to public discourse and …

A kiss from a rose indeed: Seal, 41, and supermodel Heidi Klum, 31, are engaged according to her website: Heidi & Seal We affianced on a glacier in Whistler (Canada). We reached this beautiful place by helicoter one day before Christmas Eve. It was a unique experience. Yes – I …

As poignant as it is inevitable, a recurring question after natural disasters of the magnitude of the Indian Ocean tsunami is, “How could God allow this to happen?” Isn’t such wanton destruction of innocent life proof that God doesn’t exist, or that He doesn’t care, or that the disaster was …

The celebs are falling all over themselves to give money, stage benefits, and the like for tsunami disaster relief — I assume no motives other than good will are in play: Steven Spielberg is donating $1.5m to be split between charities Save the Children, Care, and Oxfam. Spielberg indicated that …