The Telegraph — As the 20th anniversary of the death of Bill Hicks is marked, Dominic Cavendish pays tribute to a comedian who made rare sense of the world we live in     more info

Music is Art — “Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imaginatio... more info

Guardian Music — Join the thread and share with us your songs about ads. Watch this space ...Whether you're an advert aficionado who regards the characters in Mad Men as pioneering heroes, or if you fall down more on the Bill Hicks side of things, advertising is unav... more info

ContactMusic — Russell Crowe is set to make his directorial debut in a Bill Hicks biopic The 48-year-old star - who has made big screen appearances in The Insider Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind - is stepping behind the camera to helm the movie about the lat... more info

Starpulse — Actor Russell Crowe is set to make his feature film directorial debut in a new biopic about late comedy legend Bill Hicks. The Gladiator star, who was originally in talks to play the lead role in ... more info

ContactMusic — Actor Russell Crowe is set to make his feature film directorial debut in a new biopic about late U S comedy legend Bill Hicks The Gladiator star who was originally in talks to play the lead role in the project has agreed to step behind the camera for... more info

Metal Injection — We all know Pop music is really the work of the devil, even Bill Hicks agreed with that fact. So why do death metal bands get to hog up these unreadable satanic logos? Well that's where artist Mark-Hall Patch stepped in, and reimagined some new ... more info

Guardian Music — Advertising is a necessary evil, but it's galling to see music commercially tainted, as the Smiths' has been by John LewisThe department store chain John Lewis has announced that its Christmas advertising campaign will prominently feature the Smiths ... more info

Guardian Music — Gone are the days when bands would be scorned for getting into bed with corporate sponsors and brands, so what ever happened to "selling out"?In last month's issue of Q magazine, old-fashioned indie values found an unlikely champion. "I don't want my... more info

Pop Candy — Release o' the week:American: The Bill Hicks Story. I really enjoyed this documentary about controversial comedian Bill Hicks, who left us too ... more info