Indie Music News — Two former management companies, The Ascot Club and Viceroy Media, have joined forces to start the management company, Complete Control Management. Headed up by co-presidents Josh Neuman and Michael Cohen, the new company is based in Dumbo, Brooklyn,... more info

CNN Showbiz — As a fiction writer, I struggle to tell useful truths by telling the lie that I am someone other than myself. I'm a fat girl trying to survive rape in my first novel, the resentful brother of a mentally ill twin in my second. In my third novel, which... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Roberto said...Today at Station Approach:Roxy Music – For Your PleasureThe Psychedelic Furs – The Psychedelic FursFugazi – RepeaterHappy Mondays – BummedDoves – Lost SoulsNed's Atomic Dustbin – God Fodderhttp... more info

All About Jazz — While all jazz is improvised music, not all improvised music is jazz. And that is about as good a place to start a discussion about the experimental art form collectively called “improvised music.” Starting tonight and continuing for two... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When an athlete's fortunes turn abruptly, sports journalists like to say he or she has been Pipped, a reference to 1920s New York Yankees first baseman Wally Pipp, who was replaced one day by an upstart named Lou Ge... more info