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Willie cancels four shows after breaking a blood vessel in his nose: Willie Nelson canceled four concerts after being treated for a broken blood vessel in his nose. Nelson was treated Thursday in Lincoln, Neb. He is expected to rejoin the tour within the next week, his record company said …

NetRatings said traffic to American Idol’s site went bananas during the final episode last Wednesday night: Traffic to Fox Television’s “American Idol” Web site skyrocketed during the finale of the popular twice-weekly TV series, Internet audience measurement service Nielsen//NetRatings said on Friday. Daily overnight analysis from NetRatings showed that traffic …

According to the NY Times, Kelly Clarkson is attempting to assert her independence already: Ms. Clarkson, 20, the former comedy-club waitress who triumphed on “American Idol” on Wednesday night, said in an interview that she was considering withdrawing from singing the national anthem at a Sept. 11 commemoration at the …

Per Seattle Times report: “Where Do We Go From Here?” That was topic Thursday at Experience Music Project, where a panel of experts tapped into an optimistic, can-do mood at the packed JBL Theater. Organized by EMP and the Future of Music Coalition, a think tank in Washington, D.C., the …

From the National Journal: Hollywood versus Silicon Valley. Over the past year, the two mega-industries have been locked in a highly public fight in Washington, unable to agree on how to keep the Internet from becoming a pirates’ haven. The stakes are high, because the outcome of the battle will …

EMI is doing very well on the charts, but having nothing but trouble as a corporation: There should be a party atmosphere at the headquarters of Britain’s biggest music company this Sunday as the weekly album and singles charts are released. In a rare double for the industry, the number …

Daniel Clowes’ Twentieth Century Eightball (Fantagraphics Books) is an entertainingly slapdash collection of rant comics and surreal misanthropy from the title that also yielded Ghost World and Daniel Boring. It’s probably safe to say that if Clowes had produced nothing but strips like the selection in this book, he’d still …

I should have gone to law school – maybe I still will. Verizon vs. RIAA: The recording industry and the nation’s largest telephone company are crossing legal swords in what could be a test case of how far big record labels can go to track down computer users who swap …

If you’re in the NY area on 9/11/02, consider this show at CBGB featuring the Fleshtones and about 15 other bands.

deviantArt’s Angelo Sotira on the demise of Napster: While we all knew Napster was probably not going to be making a strong come-back, many of us wanted it to live on. Same with Audiogalaxy, Scour.Net and others centralized, fast, efficient and quality P2P networks that gave us a glimpse of …