This is a great interview/article with Rick Rubin from the New York Times about the state of the music industry. He also talks about how much he likes Columbia's newest signing, the Gossip.

This is one of the most fascinating articles about music I've read in a while, so it's worth the 10 pages of text that it is, a great read when you're recovering from Bumbershoot or, like me, moving in 100F heat in California (and discovering your DVD player didn't survive the move).