Kylie Minogue gets French Arts and Letters award; The Office's Creed Bratton preps his new disc; A fifth major emerges, and more. by John Vining. Read...

An overview of the stories from the past week, including Coachella news, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo being pissy about record labels, Radiohead telling everyone they'll have to buy the next record, and more! by John Vining. Read...

Priests start jamming; Metallica reintroduces themselves to the internet; The Game and 50 Cent almost battle with record-selling, and more! by John Vining. Read...

Pete Doherty has trouble in jail; Gnarls Barkely releases The Odd Couple backwards; Most music in U.S. is not paid for; and more, perhaps! by John Vining. Read...

Bobby D. gets a Pulitzer; GNR manages to finish that record; EMI tries to save itself from sure death; and more. by John Vining. Read...

This week: Mariah Carey, stupid album name and all, surpasses Elvis with more number ones; MySpace Music unveils itself; Positive drug references exist in rap music; and more! by John Vining. Read...

Mariah Carey sciences it as Atmosphere, Elvis Costello and Whitesnake make this month's list of strange album titles. by Brett Bertucio. Read...

A look at what R.E.M. is up to (well, mainly Stipe); Creepy over-the-hillers; The new oldest audio recording and more. by John Vining. Read...

ABBA drummer dies in freak accident, New, hip kicks rockstar Chucks, P. Diddy says neither he nor his "associates" killed Tupac, and more. by John Vining. Read...

Let's Get Physical – If an elephant man ever says this to you, run. Also the B-52's, Cavalera Conspiracy, and Danity Kane. by Brett Bertucio. Read...

A girl is murdered for being goth, Presidential politics and musicians, NIN's sucess with free music, and more. by John Vining. Read...

Holocaust composers revisited, Clive Davis tells pop-stars to stop writing songs, John Denver tunes drive a man to killing 8, and more. by John Vining. Read...

The World's Greatest Music Collection almost sold, Execs start to admit "Music 1.0" is over, Possible Perez Hilton label, and probably lots more! by John Vining. Read...

PETA is bothering Aretha, TVT begins to fold, American Idol still exists, Prince sends people in black cars to chase the kids at The Pirate Bay, and more, for sure! by John Vining. Read...

Radio continues to change, Marilyn Manson's "Mansinthe" turns out to be real bad, Broken violins and auctioned off bras, and more, of course. by John Vining. Read...

Yahoo! kills its music service, Music and the elections, Drugs and Booze found in music!, and more. by John Vining. Read...

Good ole' Lenny Kravitz, British Sea Power, Atlas Sound, and even Pink Floyd make an appearance in February's brief list of strange titles. by Brett Bertucio. Read...

Qtrax falls flat on its face, Hollywood's Tower Records building is no longer yellow and red, New Beatles hotel in Liverpool and more. by John Vining. Read...

Last.fm and Qtrax are going free-ish, Coachella 2008, Kid tries to drive plane into Hannah Montana show, Huckabee's Keith Richards pardon, and more. by John Vining. Read...

No iPod tax in Canada, hooray; the cure for music-induced seizures; rappers + steroids; New York gets a Coachella, too! by John Vining. Read...

Impending EMI collapse? French president against rap, son to collaborate with popular rapper. Hannah Montana body double. A music tax may be the RIAA's last stand against piracy. And much, much more. by John Vining. Read...

Britney Spears is crazy about her baby, Sony is the fourth of the Big Four to drop DRM, and more. by John Vining. Read...

Warner is the third big label to ditch DRM, Drug cartels murdering Mexican music acts, James Brown's money up in the air, and more. by John Vining. Read...

December 17th to 23rd wrapped up for your consumption. Stories include: The British Government's move to save old venues, MTV's new TV-musical, an auditory history of Bob Dylan, and more. by John Vining. Read...

The Big Four record labels continue to give in to the anti-DRM movement, Jack White on The White Stripes' canceled tour, Hall of Fame inductees and more. by John Vining. Read...