Undercover band: Gourmet Scum was the band beloved by the students at Degrassi High. It’s the band that made Shane drop acid and suffer head injuries after jumping off a bridge under the incorrect assumption that he could fly, not long after impregnating Spike. Gourmet Scum never really existed. It, like many others listed in Rocklopedia Fakebandica, was a fake band created for a TV show or movie. There are many more. Everybody’s got something at www.vgg.com/tp/tp_080700_fakeband.html.

Dafunkt: Remember the ABA? The ghetto-fab ’70s cousin to the NBA, complete with oversized afros and that psychedelic red-white-and-blue ball? Well, with all the mania surrounding throwback jerseys, you’d better, son. The American Basketball Association may be defunct but its fans aren’t. Remember the ABA is an amazingly thorough site, stocked with stats, stories, photos of players, and a complete archive of uniforms and warm-ups that make Mitchell and Ness look like your mom’s old laundry. Double dribble at www.geocities.com/~arthurh/. :

» Michael Citrome