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BBC 4 has opened a fascinating archive of radio interviews, arranged alphabetically and by topic. Here is a list of the A’s and B’s, by way of example: Achebe, Chinua b1930 Adams, Ansel 1902 – 1984 Altman, Robert b1925 Amis, Kingsley 1922 – 1995 Amis, Martin b1949 Angelou, Maya b1928 …

Walter Yetnikoff was a classic music industry player, until it all went wrong...

New “dramality” show on UPN looking for next hip-hop star with Missy Elliott: We’re currently searching the U.S. for aspiring performers to go coast-to-coast with Grammy Award-winning artist Missy Elliott on one of her upcoming concert tours. A handful of selected men and women will travel, live together on the …

I am not sure I would call this a “rapidly spreading national movement” yet, but it is certainly a grassroots movement that could become very hard to stamp out once it really picks up steam: Gay and lesbian couples started tying the knot in Portland on Wednesday after the county …

There is a lot of hoopla over FCC cracking down on indecency over the airwaves, Clear Channel dumping Howard Stern, firing Bubba the Love Sponge, and related matters of live TV delays in the wake of Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl nipple flash. But veteran radio observer Sean Ross takes a …

This missive comes from Rock and Rap Confidential, an organization far more leftist than I, and by the time you get to #5 I’m out of the picture entirely, but most of this information is hard to argue with and should be seen by those who agree with it or …

FINALLY, the report we’ve been waiting for and the opportunity to shout into the void: “NO SHIT.” The SF Chronicle reports: San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, New York Yankees stars Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield and three other major-league baseball players received steroids from a Burlingame nutritional supplement lab, …

If the lightning strikes on the film set weren’t Sign enough from the Almighty, then surely this is: The number 666, which many Christians recognize as the “mark of the beast,” is appearing on movie tickets for Gibson’s film at a Georgia theater, drawing complaints from some moviegoers. The machine …

The Paul Harvey of the UK, Alistair Cooke, 95 (he was 50 when I was born – he was freaking 35 when Roger Daltrey was born – he joined the BBC as a film critic the year after my father was born), has retired from his Letter From America radio …

Are you concerned that you haven’t seen enough of Carmen Electra lately? Well fret no more: MTV’s original movie Monster Island premieres March 7 at 7:00 p.m. ET: Mutant radioactive bugs attack VJs, Carmen Electra and an island full of MTV contest winners in this tongue-in-cheek tribute to B-movies, monster …