- In the past week, a tide of black fuel spewing from a sunken oil tanker has prompted the closure of three of Ibiza's most popular beaches. The sad news comes on top of the closure last month of three major clubs, Amnesia, Bora Bora and DC-10, following a crackdown on an alleged drug-dealing by police and local authorities.
- Newcity Chicago takes a quick look at San Francisco-based DJ and producer Claude VonStroke.
- The August issue of The Wire magazine features Ricardo Villalobos on the cover, including an interview with him by Philip Sherburne. On newsstands very soon.
- According to Create Digital Music, record industry now wants DRM (Digital Rights Management) on all radio to prevent and/or stop stream ripping of songs. What?
- Are you in a mood for some cool Italo Disco?
- And finally news that don't matter at all: Hollywood celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson has filed a USD $20 million libel lawsuit against two gossip bloggers. Well..