Here & There …

The RIAA fights piracy in the Ivy League – Information Week / TechWeb

Sometimes it really is about “who you know.” And who you meet – Evening News

The Mighty Quins – Tegan And Sara – Boston Herald / The Edge

British police bust piracy ring – Reuters

You can never have enough Theremin – Robertson County Times

A look at Eric Clapton’s autobiography – Washington Post

Dates, Dates & More Dates …

Patti Smith in NYC Dec. 29 – 31; The Moody Blues will sojourn through the U.S. in March and April hitting cities like San Francisco, Reno, Austin, Biloxi, Atlanta and Baltimore; Melissa Ferrick adds NY, PA, MA and MI to her schedule and Iron & Wine add March Australia dates.

Keller Williams heads to Jamaica in December; Lucy Kaplansky adds OH, KY and MN to her ’08 routing and Glen Phillips increases his supply of Colorado dates. During ski season, we might add.

New Peter Mulvey stops include VA, TX, NY and CO; The Temptations look to New Jersey in February and Rick Braun adds CA, NJ and CT.

During the past two hours we also updated schedules for Richard Shindell, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Steppin’ In It, Suzy Bogguss, The Lemonheads, Enter the Haggis, Kelly Joe Phelps, Garnet Rogers, Ember Swift and Dougie MacLean.

But that’s not all, folks! We’re slamming dates as fast as agents book them. Heck, sometimes even faster. Be sure to catch Your Latest Update, coming up around 3 PM (PST) from Pollstar.com!