UMG Settles With Spitzer, plus Wire Reissues, Drunkey Monkey, Yo La Tengo and Robert Plant, Where in the World Is Steve Mason?

• UMG have settled their payola dispute with Eliot Spitzer. They gave him a three-record deal with "guaranteed airplay" on radio stations nationwide.
• If you want to be a part of your generation's "recontextualization" of Wire, buy their reissues. If you really want to recontextualize them, don't.
• Monkeys drink more alcohol when they're alone. But they're more likely to get shit-faced if they are in a group. (Because of the feces throwing.)
• Yo La Tengo are joining Robert Plant and others for a good cause. Next stop: Paige, Plant, and Tengo.
• If you see former Beta Band man Steve Mason, his website is looking for him.