» Kurt Cobain's ashes have been stolen from his lover Courtney Love, who kept them in a pink teddy-bear shaped bag along with a lock of his hair. These ashes, which were the only ones not dispersed in Washington State or at a New York Buddhist temple, were stolen from Love's house along with clothes and some jewelry. Love said that she was in the habit of carrying them around with her wherever she went, and is now feeling "suicidal" in their absence. Also: Cobain-inspired kicks continue to rub fans the wrong way

» Both Bono and Paul McCartney were awarded honorary degrees this week. Bono's hard work with the world, aids, and other things somehow paid off in a Doctorate Degree of Law from the Japanese Keio University. Paul McCartney won a Ph.D. from Yale, for doing only other things.

» Universal Music Group has its masters safe after the fire at their studios. Their masters have already been digitized, which covered for some masters which hadn't yet been moved to another site, and for those which didn't have physical duplicates off site.

» A little less than a month ago, we learned that Prince played Beatles covers and a version of Radiohead's "Creep" during his performance at Coachella. Well, a video of that ended up on YouTube and is now in the middle of a little quibble between the song's composers, Radiohead, and the song's performer, Prince. People who filmed it at Coachella went off and posted it on YouTube, and after a while, Prince's label NPG asked for the videos to be taken down. It's still up in the air. Also: Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood reports some hearing loss during In Rainbows session; Radiohead's label ATO is now independent of RCA.

» The Rest, in short:EMI says it's finished with its job cuts and reorganization; Vivendi, the owner of Universal Music Group, posts a better first quarter than expected; Apple looks to make iTunes more mobile with mobile access and more ringtones; Tommy Lee gets distracted by his newly-alive tattoos in an animated show; 41-year-old concertgoer dies at techno show; RIAA drops AllofMP3.com suit, ignoring MP3sparks.com; LL Cool J begins work on a line of clothes for children, to be sold at Sears; Rev. Run teams with Kool Aid to build playgrounds; A two volume coffee table book all about left handed guitarists!; Gorillaz on board for BBC Sport's Olypmics coverage; P Diddy begins screenplay for a romantic comedy, reportedly to woo some actress; My Chemical Romance protest to be turned into film; Steven Tyler is only in rehab to recover from foot pains; Condi Rice kicks it with Kiss; Yoko loses in a copyright case about "Imagine".

» Obits, in short: TV composer Earle Hagen, 88; Jazz and Blues organist Jimmy McGriff, 72; Bo Diddley, 79; Rapper Camu Tao, 30 (lung cancer); "Star Trek" composer Alexander Courage, 88.