Saul Williams's The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust is all about, "Transcending those labels, borders, and boundaries that pigeonhole us." Saul manages to do this not just in the album's concept or its genre defying sound, but by releasing the album straight to the public for either the low price of five dollars or for free.

Sacked Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has likened the media persecution of him to that suffered by race activists Malcolm X and Paul Robeson. The actor was fired from the medical drama earlier this month in the wake of a homophobic remark he made about cast mate T.R. Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.