The world is a-changin' -- fast. "According to figures released last week by Nielsen SoundScan, physical album sales decreased by 15 percent from Jan. 1 to July 1 this year, while sales of digital tracks, though still a much smaller business, rose 49 percent." In just half a year, iTunes, and to a lesser extent, Amazon, Yahoo Music, Napster, and Rhapsody, have brought statistically very significant change to the music sales landscape. Where does this leave live concerts? Are they affected at all?

I thought I had it bad when the calls I was receiving on my 5000 cell phone number in college suggested that the previous owner had been or still was in jail. But imagine being assigned Paris Hilton's cell number.