MP3 vs. the World vs. Napster: Shots Heard Round the World; Twisted Sister Support Gore; Nugent Disses Latinos; "I am Pete Townshend!"; Drug/Sting; One Toke Over the Line; Thieves Are Scum (You Stole My Lunch Money remix); Pope to Share Stage With Lou Reed/Eurythmics in Talent Contest; Luscious Jackson Split; Nick Drake Has Hit; Britney Spears Konked on Head.

This month Mark Teppo puts his head in the lion's mouth as he gets the opportunity to talk with Chris Connelly, former vocalist for the Revolting Cocks and Ministry and now ready to unleash his yawp as vocalist for Damage Manual, while Cecil Beatty-Yasutake hits the Way Back Machine to uncover the beginnings of one of Hip-Hop's most critical groups, the always controversial N.W.A.

The Dialtones, "So Many Girls;" Balligomingo, "Heat"/"Lost;" Lard, '70s Rock Must Die, Reborn,The Souls Reborn in Flames; Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Scar Tissue;" Sisqó, "Thong Song;" Muslimgauze, Sufiq, Unfinished Mosque; The Torsion, Jackson's Private Zoo; Starfish Pool, Illusions of Move-Chapter Blue; Tomas Jirku, Pharmaceuticals; Parc Mutzle; The Rockets, "Creatures Night Out."