“War drive” will expose wireless networks: IN 25 LOCALES in seven countries from Alberta, Canada, to New Zealand, they plan office-building drive-bys armed with laptops, radio scanners and antennas, aiming to intercept signals from the ever-spreading wireless networks used to connect corporate computers with each other and the Internet. For …

American Idol 2 adds another judge: New York-based radio personality and recording artist Angie Martinez is close to signing on as the fourth judge on Fox’s upcoming “American Idol” sequel. Martinez, who hosts afternoon drive on New York’s WQHT-FM, “Hot 97,” joins returning judges Simon Cowell, who re-inked earlier this …

Wouldn’t it be a good idea to wait for the killer to actually be caught? I guess details like that don’t matter: A Canadian profiler helping investigators track down the Washington, D.C.-area sniper will have his story turned into a TV movie. “Tracking the Hunters” will detail Kim Rossmo’s rise …

Ex-Monty Python member and noted director Terry Gilliam has signed on to direct “Brothers Grimm”: Terry Gilliam is returning to the fantastical world of fairy tales and adventure that he explored in “Time Bandits” and “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,” signing on to develop with an eye to direct “Brothers …

Spoon’s latest CD Kill the Moonlight is a subtle-but-with-a-backbone-of-steel tour through modern indie rock. My favorite tune is the mouth-percussion and backbeat-guitar driven “Stay Don’t Go.” Britt Daniel’s Colin Blunstone-like whispy vocals will insinuate their way into your fiber. Spoon performs live at around 2:15 est today on KCRW’s “Morning …

Entertainment Weekly picks six “forgotten” scary movies available for general creepage: THE EXORCIST III (1990) ”The Exorcist” author William Peter Blatty wrote and directed this spookfest starring George C. Scott as a detective tracking a serial killer. Highlights include ominous old people scuttling across ceilings and the scariest beheading you’ll …

Janis Ian has become our most articulate and consistent artist spokesperson for the future of the recording industry. She reiterates her basic position in USA Today: The recording industry says downloading music from the Internet is ruining our business, destroying sales and costing artists such as me money. Costing me …

Interested in the future of music? Look into the Future of Music Policy Summit this January in DC: Now in its third year, the FMC Policy Summit is a forum for musicians, lawyers, academics, policymakers and music industry executives to come together to discuss and debate some of the most …

The percentage of baby boomers joining the MP3 revolution may be still be relatively low, but those who are into it, are into it: Since the days of vinyl records, the music industry has sold its goods in fickle formats that have come and gone, leaving obsolete record and tape …

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