IT'S difficult now to accept that there was once a time when Prince Charles, far from being a fauna-bothering fuddy-duddy, was considered the world's most eligible bachelor. Seeing footage of the virile young Prince emerging from the sea in more info

The Telegraph — David Harpool reviews Channel 4's look at Prince Charles's friendshipwith Lady Dale Tryon, plus the latest episode of British Style Genius. more info

XFM.co.uk — Robert Smith is to mark his Godlike Genius Award by performing at NME's Big Gig in February. more info

All About Jazz — "What's New?", the Famous Standard Ballad composed by Haggart and Burke (ASCAP) and made legendary by Louis Armstrong, has been re-arranged and recorded by Jazz Baritone Saxophone Artist B.J. Jansen and is now available for EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD on... more info

Stereogum — While you were out dressed like Ashley Todd or Barack Obama as a Mac Genius, Death Cab donned some lower-key disguises for their Friday night appearance on the Leno show -- Nick Harmer as Zack Galifianakis, Ben Gibbard as a man with a 31" waist and ... more info

ContactMusic — An inquest into the death of a special effects technician who was killed on the set of the latest BATMAN movie is due to begin in November (08). Conway Wickliffe lost ... more info

NME — Robert Smith has spoken about The Cure been named the 2009 NME Godlike Geniuses. more info

NME — Robert Smith has spoken about The Cure been named the 2009 NME Godlike Geniuses. more info

All About Jazz — Mufin, the latest music-recommendation engine, is going to tell you what to listen to, and it doesn't care what you think. Computers have been telling us what to listen to for years -- at least since Amazon first told us that if we like X, we migh... more info

Pitchfork — Wu-Tang take their damn time getting around to things, so why not start a tour in support of last year's slightly slept on 8 Diagrams this November [via Rock & Roll Daily]? As long as some configuration of the Shaolin set is raiding our cities of com... more info