» MTV's former-mainstay
TRL will be ending its run after 10 years with a celebratory final show. The show peaked in '99, a year after it started, and now isn't so much worth keeping around. This end, however, is just a break, says executive producer, David Sirulnick.
» Paul McCartney has responded to previously-reported claims that Lennon wanted a gay relationship with him. His logic:
if he was gay, I'd've seen him being gay when he was real drunk.
Also: His ex-"wife"
donated a bunch of vegan food to poor New Yorkers, people who probably want a real hamburger.
» Eloquence incarnate:
R. Kelly is trying to get people to stop bugging him about that child porn thing. Again, some excellent reasoning: "If you were charged with something and found innocent, then you can't be found guilty for being found innocent." Although he may not be the only one being unclear; when asked if he was into teenagers, he made sure to get the question straight: "When you say teenage, how old do you mean?"
» The Obama campaign
is getting an
official soundtrack, which will cost $25 digital and $30 tangible, proceeds of course headed to Obama. The CD was created by a group called Hidden Beach Recordings, who named the disc, "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement." The CD features
Kanye West,
Sheryl Crow,
Stevie Wonder,
John Mayer and others. Pretty grassroots, there.
» The Rest, in short: Classical-only music download store Piassionato
opens; Similarly, a store with digital versions of rare vinyl tracks
has opened, called
DJ History;
Noel Gallagher wants to write sitcoms with Russell Brand; Best Buy
picks up Napster; Colbert grabs
Costello,
Fiest and others
for a Christmas special;
Travis Barker and
DJ AM, who were in a plane crash this week,
are expected to recover; A new Mozart
piece is found.
» Obits, in short: Pink Floyd founder
Richard Wright, 65; Session drummer
Earl Palmer, 89; Motown songwriter
Norman Whitfield, 65; Motown PR-man
Bob Jones; Piano-maker
Henry Steinway, 93; Composer
Mauricio Kagel, 76; Jazz trumpeter
Richard M. Sudhalter, 69.
