Idolator

- Phish's Trey Anastasio is expected to appear in an upstate New York court today to face felony drug charges stemming from his December 2006 arrest. He'll address an outstanding 1988 warrant for "excessive noodling." [Times Union]
- Amazingly, the Clash's Paul Simonon could actually wind up being the last white man in Hammersmith Palais. [NME]
- Nostalgia-nipping girl group the Pipettes has signed with Interscope's Cheerytree Cherrytree imprint; expect a slew of head-scratching "Can the blogosphere break bands?" think-pieces sometime next week. [Billboard]