BBC News - UK — The personal assistant to former Ramones manager Linda Stein is convicted in a New York court of bludgeoning her boss to death. more info

NME — Assistant clubbed her former boss to death, court hears more info

ContactMusic — The woman accused of murdering THE RAMONES manager LINDA STEIN has been convicted of second-degree murder.Stein was found bludgeoned to death in her New York apartment... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — NEW YORK - The personal assistant of a punk-rock pioneer and celebrity real estate broker was convicted Tuesday of bludgeoning her boss to death with a piece of exercise equipment. more info

The Vinyl Villain — NO ELVIS, BEATLES OR THE ROLLING STONES....Much as I like some of what JC writes about most days on this fine blog, I feel he often paints a misleading picture of the music that what most men and women of his age were really listening to and enjoyin... more info

Killed By Death Records — It’s not that I’m running out of lesser known records. It’s just that I want to remind myself that most of the really great punk bands are the big ones. Like Ramones. And if I can post a known band with a rare sleeve version I’ll do it. What ... more info

Chorus.fm — Imagine if the Ramones had at least one female vocalist backing them up while Ben Weasel wrote their songs. Now you know what *Teen Idols* (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Idols) sound like, a rotating four-piece based out of Nashville (now Chicago... more info

ContactMusic — The woman accused of murdering THE RAMONES manager LINDA STEIN allegedly attempted to cover up her actions by leaving a voicemail message for her boss hours after the crime,... more info

Rolling Stone — Last week, following the announcement of Apple’s new iPad, we asked our readers to focus on that primitive contraption called the “radio” by telling us their favorite radio-related songs. We tallied the votes, and it was Bruce Springsteen’s G... more info

All About Jazz — Influential artists sometimes click in the public consciousness only after the rise of the movements they have influenced. A school of creative work emerges--seemingly spontaneously, its origins obscure at first. Then, with attention to the artists i... more info