I am not a numerologist by any means – just a bunch of stupid superstitious piffle – but it is rather astonishing to find that the NY Lottery drew 9-1-1 on 9/11. Creepy.

If you think of Jan “The Juice” Herman as just an entertainment reporter, think again. See his report on two pilgrims to New York’s 9/11 commemorations: The shadow of 9/11 that fell across the nation a year ago Wednesday has darkened our souls in different ways. For Hasmukh Patel, a …

Noisy-Le-Grand leader Lars Murray explains why MP3s and CDs aren’t an either/or proposition: Vitals Tech: MP3-enabled portable CD-player 5-disc MP3-enabled DVD changer 25-disc CD changer (not MP3-Compatible) Rio 500 (Busted serial connection) Speakeasy DSL at home, T1 at work Limewire Pro (RIP Audiogalaxy) Cassette tapes (20-year library of mix tapes) …

Blogcritic Veshka dispells a few superstitions: Friday the 13th: Well, might as well start with this. This one’s half biblical, half witch hunt. First part, it is believed that Adam and Eve were given the boot from the Garden on a Friday, and that the flood started on a Friday, …

Syrian douchebags refuse to rock: About 50 Syrian protesters crashed a U.S.-sponsored public rock concert in Damascus on Thursday held in honor of victims of the September 11 attacks, demanding Washington stop its battle cry against Iraq. “Stop the drums of war so we can hear your music,” protesters yelled …

The bitch can’t take a joke. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike her? Canadian pop diva Celine Dion doesn’t like mockery, or maybe it’s her husband and manager Rene Angelil. Angelil sent a notice of claim to a popular Montreal-based radio station, demanding it stop playing a parody …

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And we’re not just talking about online competition, DVDs make CDs look like a bad deal: Most of the major music companies are starting to offer retailers limited-time rebates on some releases. As a result, many consumers paid just $10 for new albums by young performers including Ashanti and Vanessa …

The Festival returns after suspension last year in the wake of 9/11: In 2000, The New Yorker Festival was inaugurated to mark the magazine’s seventy-fifth anniversary. It was such a success that we decided to make it an annual event. Now, two years and thirty thousand visitors later, the Festival …

Grainger David writes: So what’s with all the savior talk? Forrester predicts that after one more year of depressing sales, labels will supply more content on the cheap; the story goes that by 2007 this will create a downloading wave of tsunamic proportions that will wash all this additional money …