Also, many thanks to the generous folks who came out to the Tsunami Fundraiser [1] on Friday night at Varnish. Exact figures are not in yet, but we raised more than $2,700 to help tsunami vicitms in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Best of all, a donor has pledged to match the funds!

Speaking of the tsunami, the latest on the Hot 97 controvery [2] is that an email is circulating [3] claiming that Miss Jones did not write or perform the racist tsunami song and places the blame on producer Rick Delgado.

Right. I can't believe someone would even try to deflect the blame like that, especially if you listen to the clip and hear the yelling that goes on between Miss Jones and Miss Info, the only person on the show who objected to the song. If anyone gets ahold of this email, please post it. I'd like to read it for myself.

(Credit: Pop Life [4])