I've never believed in the concept of the guilty pleasure, which literally suggests your tastes can be criminalized. But I have little doubt the very idea of ACTION BRONSON interviewing PHIL COLLINS about "AMERICAN PSYCHO," the proper spiciness of INDIAN food and the universe of "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" covers represents someone's idea of the guilty-pleasure singularity. Me, I'll just say thank you STEREOGUM... I've been trying lately to learn everything I can about the blockchain and what it means for the future of the music biz, and the learning process has been something of a one-step-up-two-steps-back grind. ALAN GRAHAM outlines some of the potential issues and drawbacks in THE TRICHORDIST... SONY buys out MICHAEL JACKSON... SONOS CEO JOHN MCFARLANE says RICK RUBIN inspired what he calls the company's North Star: "to ... deliver the artist's intent in whatever room you are in." Which is why future versions of SONOS will grab three or four cents off the nearest table in whatever room you're in every time you stream a song... Two good options when you realize your UK music-industry 30 UNDER 30 list is even whiter than BILLBOARD's POWER 100: 1) Throw out the list, develop better sources, try again. 2) Simply don't publish it. MUSIC WEEK went for option 3: Publish it and blame the industry. Which makes the magazine part of the problem... Designer headphones... The blue origins of "MAH NÀ MAH NÀ"... RIP PETER MAXWELL DAVIES.