News …

Plans are underway for The Allman Brothers Museum – Macon Telegraph

The Beatles as a business model? – The Kansas City Star

Is punk nostalgia good for punk? – The Sydney Morning Herald

Pennywise sells “free” album – Edmonton Journal

Do record labels really want legal download sites to succeed? – The Register

Queen Latifah gets down to business – The Chicago Tribune

Views …

Chris Brown feels the love – Newport News Daily Press

“Blistering hot” Queens Of The Stone Age rock Seattle – Seattle Post-Intelligencer / Ear Candy

“The Night 89X Stole Christmas” – The Flint Journal

Lori McKenna’s residency in New England – The Boston Globe

Café Tacuba brings “musical fun factory” to Florida – The Miami Herald

They Say It’s Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)

Bobby Colomby (Blood Sweat & Tears) is 63

Peter Criss is 62

Alan Parsons is 58

Billy Bragg is 50

Kris Tyler is 43

Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes) is 41

JoJo is 17