> Blur's Graham Coxon has started his own label, Transcopic Records. The first band to be signed are Assembly Line People Program out of Chicago (a Fugazi/ Make-Up type band). More information can be found at their official website, http://www.transcopic.com
> Rob Rowe of Cause & Effect will be appearing at an intimate instore acoustic performance at Bill's Records in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, March 21 at 7 pm.
> Nina Gordon, one of the co-founders of Chicago-based Veruca Salt, has quit the band. According to representatives at the band's label, Geffen, the future of the group remains in doubt.
> Rock Out Censorship, a group dedicated to (as the name implies) limiting censors of albums and concerts, is now on the web at http://www.theroc.org
> Entries are now being accepted for the USA Songwriting Competition - sponsored by BMI, Guild Guitars, D'Addario Guitar Strings, Musician's Friend, Cakewalk Music Software, Superdups and the American Songwriters Network. For further information on the contest, check out the web site at http://www.tiac.net/users/asn/songcontest.html The competition ends on May 31, 1998.
