Clearly Mp3's and Cookies takes priority in our lives

Yes, viewers, it has been a while. We apologize. Send our regards to your mothers, etc.

ANYWAY, what's been going down in "the biz" lately?

1. Kanye West created a whole hullabaloo at the Video Music Awards by being a prick to Taylor Swift and getting himself properly booed. This piece of news was interesting for about 20 minutes before The World got over it and moved on. And by The World we mean everyone except the news media.

2. Dragonette have a new song called "Pick Up The Phone" from their forthcoming second album, and it is quite a spectacular fare. Much better than that awful "Fixin to Kill" single, which incidentally is also the name of the new album. We'll have a more in-depth analysis later.

3. Kylie Minogue is getting ready to "shake her tailfeathers", if you will, in a few weeks for the American gays. Lovely. We shall be seeing her at the Hollywood Bowl on October 4, and if she doesn't perform the following tracks we shall be very cross with her -

"Can't Get You Out of My Head"
"Love At First Sight"
"I Believe In You"
"Confide In Me"
"I Should Be So Lucky"
"Better The Devil You Know"
"In My Arms"
"Come Into My World" (preferably the Fischerspooner mix, if she knows what's good for her)
etc. etc.

We promise to keep up with this, because we know that the World Wide Web is going into meltdown over a lack of Mp3s and Cookies updates. Stop your snickering.