I can see how it can happen, but I do not totally believe it. A mueseum in spain has lost a 38 ton sculpture. It is not as bad as it sounds. The sculpture was in storage, and when a new director came in and ordered an inventory it was discovered that the storage company had gone bankrupt six years before. Oops.

The issue of Pherotones has become a hot potato with the Wikipedia entry facing deletion. IdeaGrove and Adrants have entries on the issue suggesting that McKinney is doing everyone a dis-service with this campaign. They point out that a company has made a grand mistake when people stop calling their campaigns marketing and start calling it lying.

According to Billboard, Kelly Clarkson has refused permission for any of her songs to be used in the next series of ‘American Idol’. It was the 2002 series of that show which gave her a break into the music industry. It must be hard for someone like Clarkson when placed in that situation since she needs to break away from the show if she wants to be succesful in her own right. In a few years I am sure she will allow her songs to be used, but not right at the moment.

Also on the Music front, Universal Music have announced that they are digitizing a back catalog of 100,000 songs that are not on CD such as Marc Almond, Creme, Nana Mouskouri, Brigitte Bardot, Chris de Burgh, Big Country and Marianne Faithfull. Whilst I may not actually buy copies of any of these, Universal is doing a good job ensuring that people who might have access. The first 3000 songs will be available in February.