Linkage: Sting & The Police, Inkfish, Gracenote, Jeff Chang & Together As One L.A.

- UK Mirror reports that Sting is in talks to reform The Police for a special tour to mark their 30th anniversary. The group, who have not played together since 1984, are considering a series of summer concerts across the UK.

- Hip-hop's acclaimed writer, critic, and entrepreneur Jeff Chang announces a new take on the history of the genre with his new book in the works titled "Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop." The book will be released on February 2 and is now available for pre-order.

- 365Mag interviews Inkfish. Hailing from Sweden, Inkfish is a production team of four friends that include Mattias Lindblom, Jesper Lindquist, Andreas Hermansson and Johan Hermansson.

- Gracenote, the music identification company with controversial origins that helps CD ripping software identify CDs and provides acoustic recognition to Apple among others, announced that it will offer a service to help consumers rip their CD's using Riptopia's CD-to-audio-file conversion service. [ListeningPost]

- Photographer Drew Ressler has posted pictures of the annual "Together As One" New Year's Eve mega-event in Los Angeles featuring performances by Paul Van Dyk, Deep Dish, Christopher Lawrence, Danny Howells and Dieselboy.