- Wow. Bad week for the Recording Industry. The Wall Street Journal reports that 2007 Q1 compact-disc sales are down 20% from last year. Hey, it's not my fault. I bought four CDs this week. Granted, they were all used...Oh, and to make matters worse, the letters that the RIAA sent to college campuses across the country with instructions to forward them to students that they believe are guilty if copyright infringement are being ignored. The University of Wisconsin-Madison refused (third item), and chose instead to issue their own blanket statement about school policies. [...]

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory. - Oscar Wilde - art by Lisa Alisa Turns - M [...]

Okay, before you kick me off of your cool people blog, let me explain. Out of morbid curiosity the other day I listened to Paris Hilton's new music, and, not unlike after rubbernecking a train wreck, was left somewhat drained and a little embarrassed of myself afterward. Also, for the rest of the day mostly nobody spoke to me at the girlpants office water cooler. Mike threw up his arms exasperatedly and skulked away while Joel accused me of taking payola. And in an obvious case of mistaken Parises, Ben muttered something francophobic. But here [...]

Unlike many actors who choose to play with the music industry after eventual acting success, music was Vincent Gallo 's first love. He is most well-known for his lead roles in controversially cult films, such as the engaging The Brown Bunny , which got some impressive press, though mainly based on Gallo's feud with Roger Ebert (Gallo called him a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader" after a bad review) and the exposed blowjob scene at the end. I thought the movie was slow-paced but engaging either way. Gallo has always [...]