• A profile of Paula DeAnda (pictured), the latest project of Clive Davis. Arista will release the debut by the 16-year-old singer tomorrow. (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

• Get it in one place: Medialoper aggregates a few posts on Microsoft's upcoming Zune portable media player. A few days ago Endgadget revealed that Toshiba is manufacturing the hardware. Also setting the gizmo geeks afire was a filing with the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology that gives some details of the player's wireless capabilities. (Medialoper)

• In the September 2006 issue of Wired there's an article about "The Pitchfork Effect," otherwise known as the power of indie music website Pitchfork. It reads like a greatest hits of all the Pitchfork effect articles written before it. Personally, I like track four, "Pitchfork Gives a 0.0 to Travis Morrison," though I prefer the version from J Freedom DuLac's April 2006 article for the Washington Post. (Wired)

• After its final show in October -- Patti Smith -- workers will remove CBGB's bars, toilets, urinals and other items and ship them to Vegas to install at the club's new location. Enjoy, Vegas. (Pollstar)

• A blog about music and musicology. (Dial M For Musicology, via Musical Perceptions)