IT'S HIP, IT'S HAPPENING . . .
Orlando Sentinel - Hope I die before I get old. Anyone who chanted that line along with The Who in the 1960s — and is still around — might have a new philosophy now. They might be watching the cholesterol and the receding hairline, planning retirement — or taking

That old-time rock and roll
Bergen Record - Robert Plant sang it first and, apparently, best. These days, young people are finding themselves"into the same old jam."Just ask teens like Michael Fremed. The 16-year-old unabashedly admits to listening to the same music as his dad's generation

Afterthoughts: Guitar Hero
Electronic Gaming Monthly - t's official. We've spoken with the producer of Guitar Hero and requested

Jingle has hit last note, experts say
Winston-Salem Journal - When Bob Garfield talks about old advertising jingles, it's not long before he breaks into song."Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener,"he sings, not entirely out of tune."I remember that stupid jingle,"he said."But I don't remember what I had

Blogs cover police, coffee and wiretaps
Detroit News - Detroit was once at the forefront of stationing officers in neighborhoods, through its mini-stations. But the promise was never fulfilled. The department built the structures, but it never built the infrastructure to support line-level officers as

NEW SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO IGNORE
Biloxi Sun Herald - The classical music world is a living , breathing place, full of living composers we too rarely read about or listen to. Ignore them at your own peril; the music is arriving from all quarters of the planet, absorbing all manner of new influences, and

Hawke requests clemency for mother's acquaintance
Vindicator - TRENTON, N.J. Ethan Hawke has asked New Jersey's acting governor to grant clemency to a 65-year-old woman who has been in prison for more than 16 years for murdering her police officer-boyfriend. The 35-year-old actor said in an e-mail Tuesday

On Santa, Forrest Gump and the head of Art Modell
Chillico Gazette - Merry Christmas to me. Fa la la la la, la la bloch blech. For each of the past several years, I've filled this space on Christmas Day with light nonsense. My theory is Chillicothe, as the official"gathering place"is a good stopping point for Santa

Test Driving Online Music Services
NewsFactor Network - For our look at portable subscription music, we used four devices — the SanDisk Sansa, iRiver H10 and U10 and Creative Zen Micro — on Rhapsody, Napster and Yahoo. These devices will never win any design awards. And they pale in usability to the

Historic Aberdeen sawmill closes
Daily World - DAILY WORLD / KEVIN HONG Randy Dawson helps dismantle one of the saws after the final logs went through the large-log sawmill Thursday. First there was a whizz. Saws zipping past. Then the thud of a giant log hitting the chain-like treadmill. Steam