Give credit to Jim DeRogatis for being a relentless pain-in-the-ass to Bono in the middle of a glad-handing radio event last night in Chicago. While I imagine Bono would have preferred to discuss whether the new U2 album is just a great 2009 album or the greatest, DeRogatis decided to ask a series o...

Man, I feel sorry for the prosecution in the R. Kelly trial. They've got three family members of the victim who swear she's in the sex tape, while the defense has three that swear she isn't. And she swears she isn't. And the hairbraider with tales of freaky three-ways between Kells and the victim? T...

Judge Vincent Gaughan ruled that Chicago Sun-Times music writer Jim DeRogatis will not have to testify in the R. Kelly trial because of the Fifth Amendment, which protects people from self-incrimination, after DeRogatis showed up in court this morning to be questioned by the judge. Sun-Times attorne...

Like it or not—and barring appeals—Chicago Sun-Times pop music critic Jim DeRogatis will likely be forced to testify in the R. Kelly case. Apparently, when you turn over a tape of apparent child pornography to police, the person accused of creating said video might have a few questions f...

Chicago Sun-Times critic Jim DeRogatis starts off his chat with Pitchfork head honcho Ryan Schreiber by asking if forthcoming video venture Pitchfork.TV will work off "the YouTube or YouPorn model," and things get stranger from there. Also much more argumentative! The whole q-and-a session, which is...