That’s Professor Johnny Marr to you – Associated Press

This article claims Apple is partly responsible for British music industry problems. Just goes to show you that it’s not always Microsoft – The Register UK

There’s a cool piece on Merle Haggard on CNN.com.

Federal agents find $2 mil in safe but fail to locate Statue Of Liberty when they raid Las Vegas warehouse owned by famed illusionist David Copperfield – Reuters

Women in rock – Patti Smith, Juliette Lewis and Shingai Shoniwa – tell you what it’s like to be women in rock – The Times

And you won’t end up flipping burgers if you commit the following updates to memory.

Creed without the baggage, otherwise known as Alter Bridge, has added shows in November, December and January; new dates for Hinder include Vegas, Buffalo and Columbus and L.A. Guns slots South Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina and Michigan for December.

There’s nothing like Hot Buttered Rum. Heck, we fill our water cooler with it every day. Anyway, the band that goes by the same name has added Boston and New York to its show schedule; Future Of The Left will be all over Europe in November and Collective Soul adds Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois (prounced El N Noize) to its appointment calendar.

Holy F**K, Batman! Holy F**K is playing New York City? This doesn’t bode well for Gotham City.

Michelle Shocked adds Santa Monica, CA, and Madison, Wisconsin; Asobi Seksu firms up Europe and Al Stewart will play the Sunset Station Hotel & Casino in Henderson, NV, in January 2008.

Now that wasn’t so bad, was it? Like we mentioned earlier, all of the above material will be on the final exam. So, don’t forget your #2 pencils!

Speaking of music tests …