>>Highs

Asian Dub Foundation Rafi's Revenge is out soon. Like EMF faking ragga with tablas! Stupid! Brilliant!

Breakin' Point Tiny free 'zine about "break beat culture" out of Stafford. Amazing, and available at DNA.

Appropriate sponsorships Oh, look! Groove Society's second anniversary is sponsored by Le Château.

Adam, indeed Bifteck head and Montreal Big Life correspondent Adam was buck naked on TV this week for no apparent reason. Gutsy. And comforting for other men with cellulite, we're sure.

Illustration Air's "Sexy Boy" video was only the tip of a big-time re-interest in the hand-drawn. The new photography? Whatever. Trendy as fuck, anyway.

>>Lows

Massive Attack Hate each other so much, they won't do interviews in the same room anymore. This'll be the last album, then?

Americans CTV ran Rolling Stone's State of the Nation doc last week. Our favourite quote came from a religious rock fan: "Like, God is the bomb, y'know?" Thank the holy spirit for your Canadian passport now.

The return of the cooler Ah, summer! Time to drink an alcoholic kiwi beverage that looks like pipi. Mmmmm. Tastes like it, too!

The pretentious Pumpkins We mean you, Smashings. Aren't you supposed to let all that artsy-fartsy grass-rootsy crap go once you're so shtankin' rich?

Johnny Depp Hi, I'm the dumbest man on the face of this planet.