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ALTERNATIVE: FORMER WILCO GUITARIST DIED OF ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE URBANA, Ill. (AP) Authorities say former Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett died of an overdose of a painkiller and they're treating his death as an accident. A coroner has determined Bennett died from fentanyl, a drug found in patches commonly prescribed for chronic pain. Bennett had posted on his MySpace site in April he needed a hip replacement and was close to bedridden. Bennett was found unresponsive in his home in Urbana, Illinois, on May 24. He had sued Wilco in early May over royalties.

ROCK: JACK WHITE AND JIMMY PAGE TALK GUITARS IN UPCOMING Film BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Jack White feels if he's not fighting with an instrument, he's not really learning it. White says if he's trying an instrument that's too nice and too much in tune, he has to turn it upside down and make it a fight. Otherwise, he feels like he's not doing his job. White appears in an upcoming guitar documentary called "It Might Get Loud" with The Edge of U2 and Jimmy Page. Page says the appeal of electric guitars to him is that every player, from amateurs to pros, have their own characteristics that come through their sound. He's got dozens in his personal collection, but he admits most of them are for sentimental reasons. He says if he narrowed it down to the ones he played it would be just a few.

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00:18 "doing my job" Jack White, musician Jack White says he considers learning an instrument a fight.

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00:20 "off of it" Jack White, musician Jack White says kids have a greater advantage in discovering music these days, but that can mean they think of music as disposable. ((note length of cut))


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00:12 "character is strong" Jimmy Page, musician Jimmy Page says the appeal of playing electric guitar is creating one's own sound.

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00:15 "quite a few" Jimmy Page, musician Jimmy Page says he's got dozens of guitars in his collection, but most of them are for sentimental reasons rather than practical ones.

POP: WILL.I.AM IS TOLD HIP-HOP IS DEAD NEW YORK (AP) The world may not have known about "Boom Boom Pow" if someone hadn't told will.i.am that hip-hop is dead. He was in Australia and went to clubs to hear the latest hip-hop. The locals told him no one listened to hip-hop. They took him to a club in Sydney that played hard-core electronic music. A light bulb went off over his head. He says it "felt like hip-hop but there were no vocals," and it reminded him of when hip-hop was Dance-oriented.

Will.i.am got to work. He says the Black Eyed Peas album "The E.N.D." is "paying homage to where hip-hop came from."


POP: KARA DIOGUARDI'S WEDDING IS WITHIN TWO WEEKS NEW YORK (AP) "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAR'-dee) will be single for only a short time longer. She tells "Live With Regis and Kelly" her wedding to contractor Mike McDuddy is within two weeks. They met when he was building a house next to hers in Maine and she went to complain that he built it too close to hers. She says she thought, "Maybe a little summer loving, maybe we'll try this out." She made an impression on him.

DioGuardi says McDuddy saved a piece of the wood from a bonfire he built when they first started dating.

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00:32 "" Michael Weinfeld Kara DioGuardi says her fiance is a sentimental soul. AP Entertainment Editor Michael Weinfeld tells us that DioGuardi gave Regis Philbin some inside info about her fiancee.

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00:12 "try this out" Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAR'-dee), "American Idol judge" Kara DioGuardi says she met Mike McDuddy when she complained to him about building a house too close to hers in Maine. COURTESY: "Live With Regis and Kelly" ((mandatory on-air credit)) ((part of cut used in wrap))

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00:06 "doing wearing heels" Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAR'-dee), Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAR'-dee), "American Idol judge" with Regis Philbin Kara DioGuardi says Mike McDuddy noticed she was more dressed up than the women he was used to seeing in Maine. COURTESY: "Live With Regis and Kelly" ((mandatory on-air credit))


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00:07 "to throw up" Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAR'-dee), Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAR'-dee), "American Idol judge" with Regis Philbin Kara DioGuardi says her fiance has framed a burnt piece of wood from the bonfire he built for her shortly after they met. COURTESY: "Live With Regis and Kelly" ((mandatory on-air courtesy))



AC: "YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE" WRITER ACCUSED OF RAPE NEW YORK (AP) The man who wrote the song "You Light Up My Life" has been indicted for rape. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau says songwriter-director Joseph Brooks is accused of raping or sexually assaulting 11 women. Morgenthau says nine of the victims answered an ad on Craigslist seeking women to audition for acting roles. Brooks' assistant, Shawni Lucier (LOO'-see-er), is charged with helping to arrange for the women to come to Brooks' apartment. Brooks won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1977 for "You Light Up My Life." SOUND:

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00:31 "" Margie Szaroleta (zar-oh-LEH'-tah), AP music correspondent, with music The man who wrote the song "You Light Up My Life" has been indicted on rape charges. AP music correspondent Margie Szaroleta has the story. ((opens with music))


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00:48 "" this is archived audio of "You Light Up My Life," performed by Debby Boone this is archived audio of "You Light Up My Life," performed by Debby Boone.



ALTERNATIVE: PLAY VIDEO GAMES WITH MIKE SHINODA OF LINKIN PARK LOS ANGELES (AP) Vocalist Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park wants to take you on with XBox. Shinoda will play "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" with XBox Live gold members on Friday. Interested players can send a friend request to the Gamertag "Mike LinkinPark" and should be online by 3:30 PM Eastern on Friday.

ALTERNATIVE: MELISSA AUF DER MAUR KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HOLE REUNION TORONTO (AP) If Hole is reuniting, bassist Melissa Auf der Maur knows nothing about it. New Music Express in Britain had reported Hole was getting back together and was releasing an album called "Nobody's Daughter," with Auf der Maur on bass and backing vocals. Auf der Maur tells Canadian Press she was asked to sing backup and she said yes, but nothing ever happened. She says she also was never asked to be part of a tour. Auf der Maur says she's very grateful for her "big sister" Courtney Love for opening doors for her in music. She says Love is in the studio and she's excited to hear what she makes.

OLDIES/POP: CHER JOINS CHRISTINA AGUILERA IN "BURLESQUE" LOS ANGELES (AP) Cher is returning to the movies. Variety reports Cher has signed on for a role in the movie "Burlesque," which will star Christina Aguilera. Cher will play a former dancer who owns a burlesque club in Los Angeles. Aguilera plays a small-town girl who comes to the club looking for her big break.

Cher has not been in a movie since "Tea With Mussolini" ten years ago.

OLDIES/ROCK: PHIL SPECTOR TRANSFERRED TO BIGGER PRISON LOS ANGELES (AP) Music producer Phil Spector has been moved to California's largest state prison. A spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections says Spector has been transferred to the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, south of Fresno. He's been assigned to the "sensitive needs facility." Lieutenant Stephen Smith says Spector's fame probably was the reason for that assignment. He says the typical inmate in that section is a former gang member who quit the gang and needs protection. Spector is serving 19 years to life for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

OLDIES/ROCK: ROCK HALL PLANS WOODSTOCK EXHIBIT CLEVELAND (AP) The tie-dyed cape John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful wore to Woodstock is now a museum piece. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is opening an exhibit about Woodstock on July 3 that will run through November 29. Besides Sebastian's cape, other items that will be part of the exhibit include the performance contract for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and a letter from Apple Corps offering James Taylor, Billy Preston and the Plastic Ono Band as performers. None of them performed at Woodstock. The exhibit also includes the original press release for Woodstock, which noted, "Woodstock does not figure on gate crashers."


OLDIES: STREET MAY BE NAMED FOR WANDA JACKSON OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma City council is considering renaming a street for rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson. It's an alley that currently has no name. The council will vote on it July 21.

by Margie Szaroleta (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 06-24-09 0207CDT | save this article / add to your favorites list