Rock Music Artists
Early buzz: Pre-NYC edition (USA Today) Hello! I'm taking the train to New York this morning, so you're getting a super-early edition of the buzz. You may not hear from me again until tonight, but I will be posting updates from Comic Con Saturday and Sunday.... Get Ready to Rodeo! (Conroe Bulletin) Break out your boots and hats, pardners, for the 2007 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (HLSR) -- better known these days by the uptown nickname, Rodeo Houston. The Mayer of Pop (The Pantagraph) John Mayer is typically a pretty talkative, upfront kinda guy, famous for personally answering fans' e-mail queries and blogging away at www.JohnMayer.com JAYHAWKS-WILDCATS REPORT (The Wichita Eagle) KANSAS (71) KANSAS STATE (62) Three-point goals -- KU 5-21 (Chalmers 3-9, Collins 2-5, Robinson 0-2, Rush 0-5), KSU 8-23 (Martin 4-10, Harris, 2-4, Wright 2-4, Hoskins 0-2, Stewart 0-3). Steals -- KU 5 (Collins 2, Wright, Robinson, Chalmers), KSU 5 (Wright 4, Stewart). Blocks -- KU 6 (Wright 2, Arthur 2, Kaun, Jackson), KSU 1 (Harris). Technicals -- KU, Russell; KSU, Martin. Officials -- Scott ... Music Labels Offer Teasers to Download (New York Times) The expansion of the online marketplace, coupled with ever-worsening CD sales, is now all but forcing the music companies to tread on ground they once viewed as off limits. Overture Directly Tomusic Fans Via Web (RedNova) By Jeff Leeds For all the disquiet the Internet has fostered in the music business, almost every rock star and record-label executive is intrigued with the prospect of marketing to music fans directly instead of wrangling over exposure with radio programmers and retailers. Satire: Justin Timberlake apathetically crowned King of Pop (CNN.com) Performer Justin Timberlake, whose hit albums include Justified and FutureSex/LoveSounds, was crowned the de facto "King of Pop" Monday by recording-industry executives and millions of fans unable to think of anyone else to bestow the title upon. Conklin: Some Madison love for Locksley (Wisconsin State Journal) "When is the last time an unsigned band played Jimmy Kimmel ?" asks Guy Benny . "I'll tell you the last time it happened: Never." Scenes from the Grammys (Detroit News) For John Mayer , the language of love might be Japanese. On the red carpet, multiple nominee John Mayer told Ryan Seacrest his tenacity on the red carpet made him the "Anderson Cooper of E!" Later, Mayer answered Seacrest's questions about his relationship with Jessica Simpson in Japanese. The translation came back that Mayer had said Simpson is "very beautiful" and that "you are the last to ... [AandE] Holla Backlash (The Minnesota Daily) That's bunk, man - Bob Bruininks thinks U students are not sufficiently driven to discover - ANS, we hardly knew ye (mainly because you slurred your sentences) - Who wants it that way? - Harry rides the pony - Semi-Chicks Newsfeed display by CaRP |