Kasey Anderson changes his plea to guilty

The long, strange story of Kasey Anderson, the West Memphis Three benefit that wasn't and the astute music experts who dumped money into a fraud is drawing to a close, as Anderson changed his plea on wire fraud to guilty.

If you've a moment or two, read Ryan White's piece on Anderson on Oregon Live, where he attempts to unpick a tale featuring impersonation of Springsteen's manager; an unlikely Bruce-GaGa duet; a "non-kickstarter Kickstarter" and "usual rock-star confusion".

Labelobit: Shawn Patrick Kelley

Sorry to hear of the death of Shawn Patrick Kelley who, with Tommi Emmi founded Oregon's Cymbalism Recordings.

The label gave a home to a wide range of bands, including Emmi's own Plan 9, Pure Phase and Fused Forces.

Kelley, who was engaged, died early yesterday.