That’s because Bob Dylan will host a new music show exclusively for the satellite radio service.

The program, set to debut in March 2006, will feature the Bard of Minnesota making up his own playlist as well as hosting guests and delivering commentary on music and other topics. What those topics might be is anybody’s guest, but it’s a sure bet Dylan will talk more during his radio show than the notoriously tight-lipped performer has said on stage during the past 20 or so years.

“Songs and music have always inspired me,” Dylan said in a statement. “A lot of my own songs have been played on the radio, but this is the first time I’ve ever been on the other side of the mic. It’ll be as exciting for me as it is for XM.”

Sprint Rocks MCI

For years, bands delivering unenthusiastic performances have been accused of “phoning it in.” Now, a major act is going to phone one in and wants the world to know about it. What’s more, when this band hits the stage, the show is sure to be far from boring.

It’s Bon Jovi, whose December 17th performance at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., will be beamed to users of Sprint TV multimedia devices and subscribers to Sprint’s MobiTV service. While the wireless broadcast will be free of any additional charges, normal Sprint PCS Vision data access charges will apply.

For Sprint – the title sponsor of Bon Jovi’s “Have A Nice Day” United States tour – this marks the company’s latest effort to transform the cell phone into the “third screen,” after the television and computer, for entertainment, news and information.

“Streaming the Bon Jovi concert live to our customers represents another milestone in the development of consumer wireless data services and continues Sprint’s legacy of innovation,” Leslie Stafford, general manager of streaming music for Sprint, said in a statement announcing the event. “Sprint was the first to offer live TV and streaming music over a mobile phone and is now the first to offer an exclusive, full-length rock concert to a mobile phone.”

Rockin’ In The Boys Room

If you’re looking for that special gift for the music fan who has everything, you might want to consider a new product being offered by a Japanese company.

It’s an MP3 toilet.

The “Apricot,” according to Britain’s The Register, features a seat warmer, bidet and automated lid as well as an MP3 player with a detachable remote.

No, you don’t have to hook the toilet up to your computer. Instead, MP3s are copied to a memory card that is then inserted into a wall-mounted unit. Price? 180,600 yen, which works out to just over US$1,500.

For those of you partial to patriotic music, remember not to play your country’s national anthem. As the old joke goes, you’ll have to stand up.