Happy Thanksgiving to everybody!

Here’s Adam Sandler to sing about the wonder of Thanksgiving.

Paul McCartney is okay with the idea of downloading songs and not paying for it. According to what he said to the Daily Express, he doesn’t have a problem with people going online and downloading songs for free.

He says, “It’s weird for me (the concept of downloading). I’m not from that. I’m from going into a shop and buying a 45. We’ve come through vinyl, tapes and CDs - it’s all the same, except people don’t pay for it (now). I don’t mind. It works out.”

What’s weird for me is that none of the Beatles songs are available for downloads in iTunes.

NAMM and Making Music Magazine has teamed up to make a list of the top music gift picks for 2008 holiday season.

Top 10 Hot Holiday Gift Ideas for Musicians

1) Ovation iDea - MSRP: $859
It is the first and only guitar featuring a built-in MP3 recorder/player, allowing musicians to record music, for lessons or songwriting–ideal for guitarists of all ability and style.

2) Schecter Stiletto Studio-4 Bass - MSRP: $969
The EMG-Hz pickups and active 3-band tone circuitry provide bass players output for all situations.

3) Normandy Chrome Archtop Guitar - MSRP: $3,199
The first-to-market aluminum body electric guitars are a perfect holiday gift for experienced guitarists, and players who need a lighter body guitar.

4) Yamaha Clavinova CVP 40 - Starting at $3,995
Audio recorder feature of the Clavinova digital piano lets you record your performance directly to a USB storage device; you can also connect a microphone to record singing or other instruments.

5) Roland V-Drums Lite - MSRP: $999
Conveniently compact and stylish all-in-one electronic drum kit.

6) iKEY Plus - MSRP: $69
Records live audio to MP3 or WAV to a USB storage device in real time.

7) Numark TTi - MSRP: $449
Allows quick, easy connection to any mixer for instant playback from your iPod or vinyl records.

8 ) Roland FR-2 V-Accordion - MSRP: $7,000
Has the look and feel of a traditional accordion but all the advantages of digital control–enriched with a wide palette, from percussion to bass, organ, strings, etc., to provide wider tonal choice.

9) Hohner Bob Dylan Signature Harmonica - MSRP: $129
Premier harmonica designed by the legendary harpsmith Bob Dylan.

10) Peavey Vypyr 30 30W 1×12 Guitar Combo Amp - MSRP: $279
Technologically advanced and affordable guitar modeling amplifier.

The grammy winning singer is back in business with drugs and drinking again. Amy Winehouse has checked back to the hospital again for the second time in a month to be treated for a bad reaction to medications.  Her rep says she suffered a seizure after an allergic reaction and is still in the hospital undergoing tests and will stay there for more observations.

T.I. - real name Clifford Harris, testified today in Cincinnati court against a shooter who shot and killed his assistant/friend Philant Johnson. The rapper took witness stand today and testified that the bullets were meant for him and not Johnson. The shooter, Hosea Thomas, has been named by his brother for a plea deal to get a lesser federal charge.

The fatal shooting happened after T.I and his group boarded a van after a post-concert party at a club. Thomas’ followed their van and open fired killing Thomas and injuring others. T.I. was not injured in the incident.

To all you Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz fans out there, it’s official - They are now called mommy and daddy. Ashlee Simpson gave birth to a baby boy Thursday night. The baby’s name? You know it’s going to be interesting, it’s a must for celebrities to come up with some crazy names for their children. This one is no exception — Bronx Mowgli. Yes, like the jungle boy Mowgli. Ashlee gave birth to her baby at Cedars Sinai Medical Centre where all A-list celebrities go to.

You can check out more from Ashlee’s website.

I came across this video online and I could not resist posting about it. It might have been around for a while but it’s still worth checking out. The video is about Juan Mayor, a songwriter who got jacked by John Mayer. He explains how his songs are oddly similar to Mayer’s popular songs. Who do you think is the original?

There is a one-day sale going on today at Amazon.com. You can get two Wireless guitars for the Wii for only $20 when you buy a Guitar hero Aerosmith or Guitar Hero World Tour. I think this is an awesome deal. Hurry before it runs out of stock. Just in time for Christmas too. Visit Amazon for more details on their one day deals.

According to sources (which I will not name), Apple is in talk with 3 major labels about a possibility of DRM-free songs from itunes. One of the biggest reason that I hate buying songs from itunes is that they implement that fairplay thing to limit the playability of these songs. This is good news if this pulls through. Sony might be one of these companies in talks with Apple. If this is true, I may dust-off my old ipod. I’ve since given up on the hassle of buying songs from apple because of this reason. I know there are numerous work around to this but it’s too much hassle. I can’t be spending time figuring out how to get rid of the protection crap from my songs, I’ve got some blogging to do. I buy songs from walmart.com and the songs can play both in my ipod and my other .mp3 players. I only go to itunes to get songs that are sometimes not listed on walmart like indie music and other non-mainstream songs. We’ll just wait and see what happens to this one. I’m keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

You’ve probably heard (or read) about Michael Jackson being sued by an arab sheik because apparently M.J. owes him $7 million.

But now, his attorney claims that Michael might be too sick to travel to London to testify in court. The sheik’s attorney however says that the excuse was unsatisfactory.

Michael owed the sheik from a dropped album project back in 2006. The two met in the middle of the child molestation controversy of which the sheik invited MJ to his country to get away from all the chaos after which they both worked on the music together.