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Not sure if this is true or not, but we like to think it is: ---------------------------------------------

The music industry STILL owes you $20! Man, this is disappointing. Every US resident who bought a CD in the US between 1995 and 2000 is entitled to up to $20 from the music cartel as part of a court-mandated settlement over the labels' illegal price-fixing, which is one way that the music industry has ripped off the public.

All you need to do is sign up here and the RIAA will mail you a check. If so many people sign up that the settlement ends up getting spread too thin, the RIAA will mail charitable organizations the checks instead. You can't lose!

Unless you don't sign up. Despite notices of the settlement in TV Guide and throughout blogistan, the cash remains unclaimed. What are you waiting for? Claim it!

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If it's not true, it sure oughta be ; )

NME reports: "Ex-Lemonheads singer Evan Dando has signed a new record deal and will release his first studio album in seven years in 2003. Dando, whose last official studio album was The Lemonheads' 'Car, Button, Cloth' in 1996, has signed to Setanta Records. A new album, titled 'Baby I'm Bored' is finished, and set for release in early 2003. The tracklisting is:

'Repeat' 'My Idea' 'Rancho Santa Fe' 'Waking Up' 'Hard Drive' 'Shots Is Fired' 'It Looks Like You' 'The Same Thing' 'Why Do You Do This To Yourself?' 'All My Life' 'Stop My Head' 'In The Grass All Wine Colored'

A spokesperson for Dando told NME.COM: "It's him with a band, who feature members of Giant Sand and Calexico." Tour dates are also being finalised to coincide with the release."