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California state legislators have called for a second hearing on record label accounting practices, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 24 in Los Angeles. State Sen. Martha Escutia, D-Norwalk, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said the second hearing is necessary because “a lot of serious questions were raised but were not answered.” …

Though its title and cover (cartoon image of the lower half of a hot pants clad babe) give the impression it’s another of those pb sneer-a-thons, Mark A. Long’s Bad Fads (ECW Press) is actually a more benign creation. A print edition of the Museum of Bad Fads site that …

Fellow Blogcritic Sheila Lennon metaphorically went back to Woodstock for today’s 33rd anniversary: August 15, 2002 — The Woodstock Music & Art Fair began 33 years ago today at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. I had seen an advertisement in the July 27, 1969 Sunday New York Times …

Sirius says reports of its financial troubles are not really false, but not true either: Recent news articles, fueled by a misleading report from Reuters, claim that Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) could be forced to seek bankruptcy protection if it could not raise new funds by the second quarter …

Our good friend and fellow Blogcritic Emmanuelle sends on the frabjous news that the French dug Tuesday’s Blogcritics.com launch, and especially the interview with RIAA pres Cary Sherman: Les internautes n’ont pas toujours la politesse et la prudence des journalistes. Ainsi, lorsque l’on met plusieurs utilisateurs aguerris de Napster, Kaaza …

Drowning Pool lead singer Dave Williams found dead in tour bus...

Courtney Love and Geffen face off...

We reported yesterday on the British plan to create an office to foster another British Invasion. Simon Warner thinks mightily on the matter: the British Invasion effect, which kept UK music in the fast lane from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, has pretty well run out of juice. In fact, …

I am so happy to see good bud and legendary rock journalist Ira Robbins’ Trouser Press site back up and rocking. Even though there’s nothing new since ’96, I STILL use my Trouser Press Guide to 90s Rock ALMOST EVERY DAY to look some obscure band or record up, and …

The Velvet's first album is still ahead of its time.