good guys and others

In the dept. of We Love It When Our Friends Become Successful: Tim and Peter of Cordelia's Dad, one of my absolute favorite live bands, are performing on the Oscars this weekend--Tim organized the group of Sacred Harp singers who'll be backing up Alison Krauss and singing another song.

In the dept. of Don't Believe that Everything You Read Is the Whole Story: Big piece in today's NY Times about how Clear Channel is getting all righteous about dropping Howard Stern's show. It doesn't mention that only six CC stations carried Stern's show, which is syndicated by their competitor Infinity Broadcasting. Business attack spun as a PR move, basically.