VH1 has taped a "Storytellers" with the surviving members of the Doors playing Doors' songs with such singers as Creed's Scott Stapp and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland covering the vocals once sung by the late Jim Morrison. The episode will air in November.

Speaking of Morrison, Q Magazine reported that French officials will not have Morrison's grave in Paris moved from the Pere Lachaise cemetery, going against the wishes of people whose dead relatives were buried next to Morrison's grave. The story suggests that these people have grown weary of the many pilgrims who visit Morrison's grave every year.

Musical groups Los Tigres del Norte, Los Temerarios and Los Palominos won't accept the Latin Grammy awards that they were awarded earlier this month, Reuters reported. The recording artists allege that the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences neglected the traditional norteńo and ranchero genres of Mexico, favoring the Miami sound of producer and Sony Music exec Emilio Estefan. Los Angeles-based Fonovisa Records has been leading the fight against LARAS.

Reuters also reported that, according to an unnamed European Union source, "The European Commission plans to clear, with conditions, America Online's proposed $135 billion takeover of Time Warner but block the $20 billion joint venture between Warner Music Group and EMI Recorded Music."

Christina Aguilera [ tickets ]'s "My Kind of Christmas" CD is due on Oct. 24, Billboard reported.

From Chicago country singer Robbie Fulks [ tickets ]' website, on what happens when a traveling musician gets audited:

"In this business you operate as a self-employed musician, where do you go to play music?"

"Um" - how to put it? - "bars."

"No, what I mean is, your engagements, do they take place primarily in and around Chicago?"

"No, they take place all over. Mainly in the United States."

"And who comes to hear you play?"

Again I am unsure what to say.

"For instance, do you play primarily for children?" ...

"No, primarily for adults. I put out records and theoretically people develop an interest in attending one of my shows after having heard a record."

"I see." He types the word "general" in the field and moves on to the next. "Who handles sales and production, would that be you?"

"You mean of the records? The records are produced, I guess you would say, by the record label. I sell some myself from the stage but most of the sales take place in stores where people go to buy records" - I am still trying to find a suitable diction for this weird discourse - "and are accounted for by the record label." ...

"Now, let's look at some of your Schedule C deductions. First, you reported $9,091 in travel expenses. What were those?"

I produce four thick manila folders full of tour receipts and income/expense breakdowns by month. "That's for hotels. Here are the receipts."

"These are hotels for"

"For when we go to play our shows, which are attended by adults, and which occur mainly outside of Chicago. Afterward we sleep in hotels."

"'We' is who? You and your band?"

"Yes."

Another sorrowful shake of the head. "The only allowable travel-related deductions are for yourself."

"I'm sorry?"

"You can't deduct others' expenses, unless they're your employees. The law is very clear on that point. Are these people your employees?"

... My wife steps in.

"These people are not our employees. Let me present a clear picture of our operation for you. We are not the Rolling Stones here. We are a small family business. We cannot afford to pay the people Robbie takes on the road Medicare or Social Security, nor do they expect us to. They are indispensable to my husband's career. He releases records featuring group performances, and so he needs to tour with a group."

"Then the group needs to pay their own way and claim their own expenses on their own returns."

"Musicians are not going to cover their own travel expenses! That's just not how! It! Is!"

"Well, I suggest you try looking for some different musicians. I'm sorry, but it's very clear."

From staff reports, compiled by James Woster.