Fountains of Wayne aren't ones to mess with semi-success.

Denise, Stacy's Mom, and now... Yolanda Hayes?


The unholy trinity of almost charming singles with women's names in the title is finally complete.

RIAA bitch slaps internet radio.

According to a recent decision by the US Copyright Royalty Board, webcast royalty rates will increase by 37.5% in 2007 and there will also be a $500 per station minimum fee.


So what does this mean?

Essentially, say goodbye to Pandora, Radio Paradise, Live 365, and pretty much any other internet radio station operating in the US.

But all is not lost. Last.fm is UK based, so they'll still be more than happy to host your shitty internet radio feed that nobody listens to. Cheerio.

http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/030207/index.shtml

Make My "Volta" A Venti, Please

Is she talking about a new album or the latest addition to the Starbucks menu? Bjork on her upcoming release "Volta" (due out May 7th):

"Because I'd done two or three projects in a row that were quite serious, maybe I just needed to get that out of my system or something. So all I wanted to do for this album was just to have fun and do something that was full-bodied and really up."

Maybe if we stop taking her seriously (as she is imploring us to do), it'll all make sense. Until then, one can only imagine that "Volta" will be the perfect morning compliment to a cruller and a copy of the New York Times.

Bjork

McNuggets Now With 20% More Beak

If you didn't have enough reason to avoid McDonald's, here you go.

Geico Abandons Insurance Altogether For Shot At Small Screen

Following in the sweeping success of Fox's "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" ABC announced plans to bring viewers down to an even lower level of intelligence with the show "Caveman", based on the characters featured in Geico's current ads.

It will show the cavemen living in Atlanta, dealing with normal everyday problems like holding a job, figuring out relationships, and trying to follow the dialogue of Studio 60.

Variety

Hey Choir, Check Out This Sweet Sermon

We noticed some Silversun Pickups advertisements on bus benches in Los Feliz this weekend. It was sentimentally cool and yet from a marketing perspective, isn't the East side like the last place you need to advertise Silversun Pickups?