Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham are working on new material. I know the band's reunion last year was huge, but will they ever recapture the magic - especially without the input of frontman Robert Plant? More here.

Brisbane radio station B105's breakfast team of Labrat, Camilla, Stav and Tash (the newsreader) have formed a band called Stavulous, and they will be performing Green Day's When I Come Around at the Ekka on Wednesday, August 13. You have been warned. PS: Here's something else of interest on the airwaves.

What's a trio after two members leave? A solo act? Well, the immediate departure of bass and keyboard player Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett from Wolfmother leaves just Brisbane boy Andrew Stockdale in the Grammy-winning band. However, he is apparently looking for other musicians - so whip out your CVs and soundchecks, folks. The departing duo have issued a statement to fans asking them "to please understand that in spite of their best efforts over a long period of time, they just could not find a harmonious way to work together and that has lead [sic] to the decisions announced today". I assume we will be hearing more of this story.
PS: There's more here.

As the now-grown-up kid who used to watch Reg Lindsay's Country Homestead on television (and, I admit, finding it just a little daggy), I was sad to hear of Lindsay's passing. There's more here.

Amy Winehouse's father now has a gig on London radio. I presume he is not giving parenting advice.

This is from smh.com.au:

Obviously, according to the patronising kiddies who apparently run the Sydney Morning Herald's website, Paul Weller should be rugged up in his dressing gown drinking cocoa instead of playing his formidable musical catalogue to Australian audiences. Whatever would they make of Paul McCartney or Mick Jagger, let along the many great 70- and 80-something stars who still grace the world's stages?

So much celeb news, so little time. So, here are the highlights:
* Veronica twin in nude pix shock.
* "Mini-Me" actor Verne Troyer sues over sex tape.
* Britney Spears "beds her minder".
* The earth moves for Judge Judy.
* Presidential hopeful John McCain takes on fully clothed Paris Hilton.
* Elizabeth Taylor not near death.

A "medication mishap". That's reportedly what put Amy Winehouse into hospital. Do we swallow that one or not?

I'm a big fan of Billy Bragg - not just because I like his music, but because he's a very intelligent and perceptive man. In this Guardian article, he weighs in very sensibly on the news that ISPs in the UK have agreed with record companies to send warning letters to people they suspect of illegally downloading music. It is, he says, not the answer. The real answer lies in making sure that the people who create the music get paid for it. But where does that leave the record companies?

Q. What do you call the guy who hangs about on stage with rock musicians?
A. An elite athlete.
Sports scientist Marcus Smith, from the University of Chichester, says Blondie drummer Clem Burke (and, by association his peers) are "no different to the Olympic athletes I have worked with." This story reveals more about Smith's eight-year study.