What does the Gnarls Barkley, the duo of Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo, have to do with the way the Internet has breathed new life into old music? The Times Online thinks easy access to the world's collection of music partly explains the UK success of the group. The combination of styles -- from old soul to new beats -- has reference points that a teenager wouldn't have understood just a few years ago.

From a profile on Gnarls Barkley:

"It works like this. Immersed all day in their music websites, the poor dears are bombarded with messages that wheedle, for example: 'If you like this you’ll also like Long Tall Sally by Little Richard.' Naturally, they don’t know Little Richard from Keith Richards or even Cliff Richard, but the chances are they will try it and perhaps recommend it to their friends. Fashions, eras and genres have become irrelevant.

The result is that savvy teenagers are listening to Jimi Hendrix and back catalogues of the classics from the 1960s and 1970s. The record companies, while petrified by the Internet, can’t believe their luck at this potential windfall."

Goes hand in hand with the explosion of vintage rock shirts.

New York University is seeking a Department Chair for The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music.