Some housecleaning business to take care of now that we're allowed to sleep at night without 4 hour baseball games:

- Apparently, news of our hiatus gets top billing over at the Boston Herald. It's official: our own Nate Diggity has replaced Morrissey as our culture's most prominent mopey sideburned asexual.

- Scamper's latest (and likely final) studio efforts are now available for you on iTunes, under the heading of "The Skylines EP." Is it too early for nostalgia?

- Speaking of defunct Boston power pop outfits, Fooled by April guitarist Joe Welsh - philanthropist or misanthrope? The debate continues. In gratitude for his powerful sperm and facial hair growing abilities, Joe has set up a new charity: Beards for Babies. Open your hearts and your wallets to this kind man with an awful awful beard.