The Guardian reports that U2’s Bono is the latest columnist to be hired by New York’s esteemed newspaper. Editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal announced the decision at Columbia’s School of Journalism this week. Bono will write between six and 10 articles over the course of 2009 and he won’t cost a penny. Queen guitarist, Brian [...]

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“Show us what happens beyond the borders of classic album sleeves,” says the photoshop competition that’s “getting (as so many memes do) its second round of popularity in blogland,” says Gawker.

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Do milkmen all go on vacation together? Musictoob’s guess is no, but celebrities sure do. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie hit Nice today for a bit of beachtime with their kid Pax, 4 and Zahara, 3 alongside The Edge, 50-something. They were all hanging with Paul Allen, who owns the biggest boat in the world. [...]

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Taking yet another leaf out of Radiohead’s book - this time pilfering the chapter entitled Pretending To Be Cool Using The Internet While Marketing The Shit Out Of Our Medicore New Music - Coldplay have just released their first single Violet Hill off new album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends [...]

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