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Legendary Sugar Hill Recording Studio destroyed by fire: An early morning fire on West Street in Englewood, New Jersey, destroyed the Sugar Hill recording studio, which is believed to be the place that the Sugarhill Gang recorded “Rapper’s Delight” in the late ’70s. The fire began at 2 a.m. ET …

Boones and Osbournes: tight. According to the Osbournes, Pat Boone is the best neighbor one could ever have. Boone believes they feel that way about him because “I’ve visited with Ozzy and Sharon, and nights when they had loud music playing, they never heard any complaints from me.” He says …

As someone with a hand in two different 9/11 books, I am going to ignore the following report: Veteran New York City fireman John McCole has faced many challenges in his career but he is now undertaking a particularly daunting task: getting people to read his book about September 11. …

A couple of days a go we mentioned that South Korea’s youth have become video game zombies – the nation is troubled. What an inconvenience democracy is: look what China was able to do about its digital concerns: China has barred minors from going into Internet cafes, issuing new rules …

Traffic to Major League Baseball’s website increased by 51% for the playoffs: The New York Yankees page attracted 17.2 percent of MLB.com’s audience, while the St. Louis Cardinals drew 12.4 percent of MLB.com’s total visitors. Visitors to the San Francisco Giants page comprised 11.2 percent of the total traffic, while …

If you can wade through the Dutch, the Club Lek site is mighty cool. They have archived concerts dating back to 2000 all over the cool-guy musical map. Wednesday, October 16th VPRO’s Club Lek is organizing another live webcast in audio and video. This week’s line-up is: 22:00 – 23:00 …

Bob Dylan, Elton John, Sting, Alanis Morissette, Ricky Martin, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo to appear on Voices Of Hope, benefiting the Sabera Foundation, set for release November 19 on Ark 21 Records: The 14-track disc was conceived by actress Melanie Griffith and her sister Tracy, who both also perform, as …

Via Glenn Reynolds, Jesse Walker spots hypocrisy in the FCC digital radio approval: The new technology is certain to cause some substantial interference problems, but this didn’t bother the commission — Radio World reports that “If any interference occurs…the commission hopes the parties would work it out. The agency would …

Faith Hill will make her SNL debut this Saturday, October 12 – Sarah Michelle Gellar will host: The singer will perform the title track and one other song from her upcoming album, Cry, which hits retail outlets Tuesday (October 15). LAUNCH spoke with Hill about appearing on the show. “I …

Note the spin – Reuters is neutral? Global music sales spiraled 9.2 percent lower in the first half of 2002 but the battered music industry is holding out for a second-half revival led by Elvis, Coldplay and Shakira, a leading industry body said on Thursday. Rampant piracy, weak economies and …