Drug firms probed in Iraq scandal - CNN.com

Seeded on Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:01 AM EST (CNN)

Big time drug companies implicated! Constant Gardener?

iraq, oil, food, for, corruption, u-s, u-k, world-news, drug-companies, glaxo-smith-kline

Christian music's top artists to write songs for charity

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 5:30 PM EST (AP - John Gerome)

Musicians thinking they can change the world? Nothing new there. But a group of big names from the Christian recording industry are putting that idea to the test with an unusual plan to collectively write 10 to 12 songs and basically donate them to charity.

entertainment, music, charity, chris-tomlin, delirious, martin-smith, michael-w-smith, compassionart

Just Say NO To Gift Cards: The $8 Billion Dollar Scam

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:00 AM EST (Seth's Blog)

Seth Godin points out the lie behind Gift Cards... with the holidays coming it is a timely message.

consumer, waste, shopping, scam, gift-card, gifting, seth-godin

David Crowder discusses the role of Christians in offering remedy in the midst of global crisis

Seeded on Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:45 PM EST (Christianity Today - Jackie A. Chapman)

"It feels like there's a shift in which the mainstream culture and the mission of the church are lining up. We felt that this is a significant moment we should look at, since music and social change go together. It seems there is always music attached to social change.

entertainment, music, charity, justice, shelters, homeless, corporate, philanthropy, movement, christianity

NASHVILLE: Spektor rushed to the hospital before Ryman show

Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:55 AM EST (The Nashville Tennessean)

Russian-born singer-pianist Regina Spektor collapsed and was rushed to the hospital before her nearly sold-out show at Ryman Auditorium tonight.

entertainment, music, collapse, hospital, concert, sold-out, regina-spektor, ryman

Letterman Pays Staff Out of His Own Pocket

Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:46 AM EST (Deadline Hollywood Daily - Nikki Fenke)

EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Fenke informs us that David Letterman and his producers yesterday morning announced to his Late Show staff that they will be paid through the end of the year even though the show isn't on the air during the writers strike.

entertainment, tv, strike, television, cbs, david-letterman, late-show, writers, production-company

David Crowder: A discussion of "Christian" music

Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:28 AM EST (D.C. Scene - Sery Kim)

There seems to be a stigma attached to an artist who is vocally Christian. Immediately, you think of some cheesy, lesser-talented individual who basically masquerades their lack-of-talent under the guise of quote/unquote doing it for Jesus.

entertainment

Sub Pop offering direct MP3 sales

Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 2:53 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Seeded by Michael Sautter (Clipped by dirtyshirt)

Last week, Sub Pop began selling MP3 downloads, and its catalog has rapidly expanded, now encompassing more than 200 full-length albums.

entertainment, music, sales, downloads, mp3, subpop, sub-pop

Free Downloaders (Freeloaders?) of Radiohead Album Number 62%

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 12:00 AM EST (technologyexpert.blogspot.com)

Seeded by Adam Hobson (Clipped by dirtyshirt)

When Radiohead announced that the price of downloads of its new album In Rainbows would be "up to you," I was wondering how many would download for free. Apparently, most people ... by a wide margin.

entertainment, music, free, download, radiohead, in-rainbows

tobyMac signs new record deal

Seeded on Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:55 PM EDT (The Nashville Tennessean)

Christian rapper/singer tobyMac has signed a new multi-album recording contract with Forefront Records. via The Tennessean

entertainment, portable, sounds, tobymac, toby-mac, forefront-records, portable-sounds

Former FEMA Spokesman Loses Spy Job

Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:41 PM EDT

By Pamela Hess, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by dirtyshirt)

The man who oversaw a fake Federal Emergency Management Agency news conference is out of a job.

Continue reading this entry ...

fema, politics, intelligence, federal-emergency-management-agency, mike-mcconnell

NPR : Song Links Saggy Pants to Being Gay

Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:32 PM EDT (NPR)

A new campaign by in Dallas targets the hip-hop style of wearing your pants low -- with a signature song that suggests it makes you look gay.

us-news, homophobia

Southern California Music Communities Reel From Fires

Seeded on Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:59 AM EDT (mtv.com)

Just over a week ago, the members of Relient K and Switchfoot sat down to write a song called "Rebuild" in honor of their current tour in support of Habitat for Humanity.

entertainment, blink-182, relient-k, habitat-for-humanity, switchfoot, jon-foreman, mark-hoppus