Jackson Browne settles his copyright case with the Republican Party, which played his 1977 hit, "Running on Empty" without permission in a McCain campaign ad that aired on TV and the Internet.
Pop Matters writer Charles A. Hohman offers a lengthy, media-packed analysis of Born in the U.S.A in honor of its 25th anniversary: "Sex in the U.S.A.: Male Sexuality in Springsteen’s American Dream."
A new covers album of songs by New Zealand indie great and recent stroke victim Chris Knox features a rather respectable line up — Guided by Voices, the Mountain Goats, Jay Reatard, Yo La Tengo and Lambchop, among many others.
In answer to Animal Collective's getting the go-ahead from the Grateful Dead for the experimental band to sample the jam grandfathers' song, Blender offers up "Grateful Dead songs ready for sampling, and the artists that should sample them."
YouTube and Warner Music still can't agree about liscensing fees.
Chris Brown (pictured) makes a public apology for the assault on Rihanna last month.
This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2009.