» Babyshambles' Pete Doherty has been running into some problems in prison, where he is serving a 14 week sentence. It is reported that other inmates had wanted to rob him both because of his famousness and because they thought him to have drugs on him. Luckily, Pete found Ray, the inmate who became his "protector." Eventually, Pete was moved to a seperated part of the prision, so he wouldn't get his ass beat. While Pete was relaxing in Wormwood Scrubs (what a strange name), some say his mates were selling off his belongings.

» Amy Winehouse has been chosen to record the theme for the next Bond movie, Quantam of Solace. This may be the only new material we get from her for a while, with sources suggesting that Universal won't release one of her records until she is clean, as if that would be any fun. And, if both that source and the one reporting to NME are correct, Winehouse will be clean in 2009. Winehouse has also been kicked from a New York Museum's show, presumably because of her habits.

» Gnarls Barkley has decided to release its recent record The Odd Couple for free online. It's not a normal release—instead, a version of the album as one big track, reversed. So, the last beat of the last song begins it, and the first beat of the first song ends it, with a bunch of alien speak in the middle. Maybe it's a better version of the record Kimberly Haddad thought "faintly backfired."

» According to science, 58% of music consumed in the U.S. is acquired illegally. The study says that the number of people using peer-to-peer networks is about the same, but they've been downloading a lot more content. The study cites the move from single-song-only programs like Limewire to album-at-a-time programs like Bit Torrent. This does not mean, however, that if file-sharing was magically expelled from society, that the 58% would suddenly be paid for. One must remember that people are going to consume a lot more when they don't pay, and this also doesn't mean that people are listening regularly to all the music they've downloaded.

» The Rest, in short: Bob Dylan's children's book is on its way; Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora is getting busted for driving drunk with little ones; Clive Davis is replaced by Barry Weiss as head of BMG; David Bowie plans to release a live version of Ziggy Stardust; People are mad that a brit, Elton John, has raised money for Clinton; Blink 182 kid settles suit with Rockstar; Rumor says Beyonce will quit kicking out the jams; Green Day releases six-song sorta album; Information tells us that the people buying from Amazon aren't potential iTunes-ers; Velvet Revolver makes site to find new singer; Outkast busts it in a hip-hop ballet; Montreaux Jazz Fest announces its lineup.

» Obits, in short: E Street Band organist Danny Federici, 58.