The James Logan Courier

By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor


While everyone else were busy stocking up food for their Thanksgiving dinner in November, Jin fans were busy promoting and buying his latest album, “I Promise,” on MySpace. Wanting to keep it more on a personal level with the fans and also not go through the trouble of getting it into stores before the end of 2006, Jin decided to sell “I Promise” on MySpace only. For about a month, it was available for purchase on Jin’s official MySpace. Most copies were shipped on December 12, 2006, but some were delayed because Jin was still autographing every single copy. Was “I Promise” worth spending $16.99? You bet.

By David Hinckley
New York Daily News(MCT)

NEW YORK — Ahmet Ertegun, an immigrant fan of American jazz whose Atlantic Records helped shape rock `n' roll with artists like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, died Thursday. He was 83.

Arguably the most important independent music man of the rock `n' roll era, Ertegun had the stature in music that moguls like Louis B. Mayer had in the movies.

By Joyce Tsai
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jazz cats and former zoot suiters came together Thursday night at the Gem Theater, some listening dreamily, others sadly, to the jazz and blues that bid farewell to Jay McShann.

Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)

Top 10 albums on iTunes Music Store for Dec. 12:

1. "Wintersong," Sarah McLachlan
2. "Eminem Presents the Re-Up," Eminem
3. "James Taylor at Christmas," James Taylor
4. "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Vince Guaraldi Trio
5. "Daughtry," Daughtry
6. "Now That's What I Call Christmas 3," various artists
7. "The Sweet Escape," Gwen Stefani
8. "Dreamgirls (Music from the Motion Picture)," various artists
9. "Light Grenades," Incubus
10. "The Evolution," Ciara

For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
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