News & Views

News …

Former UCLA Medical Center employee pleads guilty to selling celeb medical records. Health dossiers belonging to Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett among those hawked – Associated Press

Life in a Beatles tribute act. How would you like to be John Lennon for 20 years? – The Flint Journal / MiLive.com

Coldplay, Leona Lewis among iTunes top sellers for 2008 – Associated Press

Gavin Rossdale on life, kids, being a dad and everything – Fox News

Views …

AC/DC in Tacoma, Washington – “In one of the hardest-rocking shows of the year, the Australian band took more than 21,000 fans on a high-decibel thrill ride through its repertoire of head-banging songs Sunday night at the Tacoma Dome.” – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Tina Turner in NYC – “The spectacle fans witnessed last night wasn’t far removed from one they would have enjoyed at the star’s solo peak in the ’80s.” – New York Daily News

The Kooks in England – “Rock bands often sing about freedom, but there aren’t many that identify it with learning the alphabet.” – Telegraph U.K.

Martha Wainwright in Edmonton – “In short, despite some deserved commercial success, Martha Wainwright is in no danger of being seen as the least interesting musical member of her particular family.” – Edmonton Sun

Anita Baker in Birmingham, Alabama – “A high-level performance marked by passion, conviction and good cheer.” – The Birmingham News

Slipknot in London – “Yet there remains something pantomimic about Slipknot: the ridiculous garb, macho posturing and the feel that, despite the surprising amount of adult’s in attendance, this isn’t music to be taken too seriously.” – The Evening Standard / ThisIsLondon.co.uk

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

John Wesley Ryles is 58
Joe Henry is 48
Rick Savage (Def Leppard) is 48
Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) is 40
Jimi HaHa (Jimmie’s Chicken Shack) is 40
Treach (Naughty By Nature) is 38
Nelly Furtado is 30

Britney Spears is 27