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Limbaugh to join ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown: Hired to “provide the voice of the fan and to spark debate on the show,” according to an ESPN news release, Limbaugh makes his debut Sept. 4, the night of the NFL opener. ….”Football is like life and I know life,” Limbaugh said. …

We loudly salute our very own Brian Flemming (note the hairy arms), whose film Nothing So Strange opens in New York July 21! Called “brilliant” by Wired, “chilling” by the Seattle Times, and “a crackling good movie” by Variety, this hyper-realistic faux documentary won the New York Times Claiborne Pell …

Willie Nelson somewhat quixotically chose to back Dennis Kucinich for president. Now bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley has chosen to support Sen. Bob Graham, according to AP: Stanley will perform a series of concerts for the Florida Democrat’s campaign beginning Wednesday at the Coffee Pot club in Roanoke, Va. The 76-year-old …

Fascinating Barlowian look at the future of mass media by Jack Rooney: This report outlines the relationship between the major media producers and independent artists and considers the problem media consolidation has on the current economic state of the entertainment and media industry in the United States. The report finds …

I talked about many of these same issues last month – now the NY Times looks at the future through Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam, one of the most popular acts on the road, fulfilled its contract with Sony Music’s Epic Records, both of which are units of the Sony Corporation, …

Though it has received not one comment – tres peculiar – this review of the Easy Star All-Stars’ Dub Side of the Moon, an extremely successful reggae-based reworking of Dark Side of the Moon, has generated more Amazon sales than any other post we have ever run. Go figure. Now …

Silver lining on FCC rule change – Clear Channel kicked in the jimmies in San Diego: Radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. will have to bid adios to much of its clout along California’s southern border. Under provisions in the fine print of last week’s federal order establishing new media …

We mentioned last week the controversy surrounding Bob Dylan’s appropriation of text from a Japanese book for song lyrics. The NY Times’ Jon Pareles gives some perspective: After recent uproars over historians and journalists who used other researchers’ material without attribution, could it be that the great songwriter was now …

Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), House Judiciary Committee chairman, went on an $18 million drugs and underage sex tour of Thailand and Taiwan last January, with the RIAA picking up the tab. Okay, I made that up.

One of the most important, celebrated cult bands of the '70s, Glass Harp, has reunited. We have exclusive tracks!