A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All has redefined the holiday special for the new millennium. But it may also have redefined holiday songs for the 21st century as well, especially Willie Nelson and Stephen Colbert's "Little Dealer Boy."... ... more info

From remixing Rod Stewart, DJ Shadow and Radiohead to performing a kitchen-sink set with typewriters and wine glasses under the moniker Stripmall Architecture, San Francisco's Halou is a productive factory of musical ideas. Launched in 1995 by Ryan a... more info

Dr Pepper's recent publicity stunt in which the soda manufacturer offered to give every American (with a few exceptions) a free soft drink if Guns N' Roses managed to release its long-awaited Chinese Democracy album by the end of 2008... more info

Fans who can't find the Beatles in the iTunes store can take some solace in Paul McCartney's recent admission that he doesn't object to people downloading music without paying for it. "It's weird for me [downloading music]. I'm not from... more info

"A lot of people have asked me what I get from writing, besides residuals," Neil Young cracks wise in the early minutes of Sugar Mountain -- Live at Canterbury House 1968 CD/DVD, currently streaming on NPR ahead of its December... more info

Daniel Barassi, who has run Depeche Mode's official website for around ten years, makes mash-ups on the side under the name Brat Productions. His latest release (video to the right, download below) mashes the vocals from The Cure's "Just Like... more info

Axl Rose is not your average "crazy" rockstar, according to rock journalist, author and Guns N' Roses expert Mick Wall. The singer's personal issues apparently run much deeper. "He told Erin [Everly, his ex-wife] that in a previous life they'd... more info

From 1987 to 1990, journalist Mick Wall says he covered Guns N' Roses more -- and more seriously -- than any other journalist outside of America, and has authored multiple books on the band, including last year's W.A.R. The Unauthorized... more info

Monday was going to be a rough one for Michael Jackson. He was scheduled to appear in London's High Court to answer breach-of-contract charges from Bahrain's Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who loaned The Gloved One $7 million American... more info

Just as most net-savvy Listening Post readers predicted, Dr Pepper's servers crashed when Chinese Democracy buyers logged on and tried to cash in on the gratis sodas offered by the soft-drink maker. It had bet -- wrongly or rightly, depending... more info