Usually I link to a news article or feature to get the discussion going, but I’m going to use today’s open thread to thank all of the readers here, old and new, who took such

Kristy Lee Cook, the sixth-place finalist from this year’s American Idol, has signed with Arista Nashville: July 1, 2008 — The fastest way to get a recording contract in Nashville these days is to compete

Back to work.  Meh.  Good day to focus on the negative. Entertainment Weekly has a feature up now called 22 Rock Heroes You Just Don’t Get.   Readers submitted the names of rock legends that they

Reading this has me thinking deep thoughts today: Jessica Simpson has booked an appearance during the Country Thunder USA festival in Twin Lakes, Wis., in what her representatives say is her first full concert since