Prince in Vegas, De Niro and 50 Cent, Dolly Parton a Day Late for Handsome Me, Kerry Doesn't Need a Weatherman, the Voice and CMJ

• Prince is opening a club in the most Advanced city in America, Las Vegas. Will it now be the funkiest city too?
• Robert De Niro will be starring in a movie with 50 Cent. He just keeps getting more awesome, doesn't he?
• Dolly Parton says you don't have to be ugly to be a songwriter. I wish someone would have told me that before I abandoned my dream.
• John Kerry was just trying to be Advanced the other day.
• Can you think of anything more worthless than the Village Voice's "CMJ Music Marathon Highlights" feature? A formless wall of scuz indeed!