Briefly: OpenNap, Scoop Rotten, Jimmie Vaughan, 98 Degrees, Asleep At The Wheel, Sonic Youth, Woody Guthrie

The Los Angeles Times reported that OpenNap, "a grass-roots effort by about 100 music fans ... who have copied the bulk of Napster's central directory onto an informal network of personal computers," will continue where Napster left off.

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EYada.com, the Internet talk radio station, announced that Johnny Rotten has received press credentials for the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Though eYada's press release makes no mention of it, one assumes that he applied for the credentials under the name John Lydon.

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Austin blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan will play at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia on August 1.

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Fans of 98 Degrees can download the band's new single "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" on July 29 for one day. The band's official website has more information.

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The debut of "The Making of 'Ride With Bob,'" which documents the recording of Asleep at the Wheel's Grammy-winning tribute to Western swing legend Bob Wills, will air on Nashville Public Television on Friday (7/28). Dozens of other PBS stations around the country will receive a satellite feed of the documentary.

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Sonic Youth was a headliner at the Montreux Jazz Festival last week.

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Buddha Records has reissued Woody Guthrie's 1940 album "Dust Bowl Ballads."