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Grammy gossip from the New York Daily News: Has Janet Jackson taught us nothing? So many celebrity breasts were popping out at the Grammys that we wondered if they should be re-named the Mammys. Christina Aguilera risked the wrath of CBS honchos by wearing a plunging satin halter gown. Though …

An almost uncannily balanced assessment of the “Bush lied” perspective in light of the apparent absence of WMD in Iraq, the Kay statements, etc., by Stuart Taylor in the National Journal: Democrats are in full cry about what Los Angeles Times columnist Robert Scheer calls President Bush’s “egregious deception in …

By James K, Willcox, courtesy of StarPolish We are very excited to feature a new cool-guy article each week from StarPolish, now home of the legendary Velvet Rope, and THE premier site dedicated to educating and empowering artists, with an emphasis on artist advocacy and artist development. Sonny Landreth Recording …

We have two cats with which I coexist in a perfectly cordial manner – I have even been known to pet these creatures amiably from time to time. So I am no cat hater. But, I have also had the experience of living next door to a grotesquely irresponsible woman …

Mac Diva is on a roll: she called a spade a spade here, as it were, and predicted the attempted class action suit against Janet Jackson (and enablers) would not get very far. She was again correct: Less than a week after filing a class-action lawsuit because of her outrage …

I would like to hear what those most vehement in their opposition to the policies of GW Bush have to say about this. it would seem to have everything they favor: multilateralism, promotion of modernization and democracy through non-military means, promoting change through incentives and rewards rather than through force …

There has been a vast amount of handwringing about the Hutton report on the BBC, including by some of our own fine writers, who seem to feel that the report is somehow a threat to the independence of the BBC. As far as I can tell, it just says the …

Eisbecher, a German “‘progressive electronic-trip rock” band are doing their part to preserve and promote the consumer’s right to fair use: The band has decided to make a statement for its fans and for music consumers in general and is releasing the album including a bonus DVD with 2 blank …

Dumbasses plunge down elevator shaft: Two men fighting over counterfeit compact discs at a Midtown Manhattan office building fell through the broken doors of a fourth-floor elevator entrance Friday afternoon, plummeting three floors and hitting a stopped car, police said. Robert Haynes, 34, and Mohammad Bahr, 26, suffered leg fractures …

In our home, "the chocolate maidens," as Eric affectionately phrased the divas, are appreciated for their many comely attributes, both personally aesthetic and musical, but rarely, until now, had the distinction of their color come into play.