We actually heard a Modern Madcaps tune on real radio! Not a college show, not a local AM talk show, not the backdrop to a cable sports show but genuine daytime FM, announcing who they were and everything. The song is “Stint,” the fraught relationship power ballad which the band’s longterm fans will know as “For a Stint.” The Madcaps remain spread far and wide—drummer Katnip and vocalist Audrey are still in high school, bassist.conceptualist Tommy and DJ Moe are at separate colleges a hundred miles apart, and the band’s recently added violinist Singh and keyboardist/producer Katrina live and/or study in a large Midwestern city with the band’s invaluable friend and illustrator extraordinaire Harvey…

A note from a reader who happens to have been in a class or two with an object of our recent scorn: “Why does Frieda Bettany’s behavior surprise you? She’s a performer at heart, and she expertly targeted two different audiences, academics and club kids, with basically the same material.” That’s true, but we still feel cheated. FreeBet update: Self-produced single “Dance! Dance! Eep! “ made the top ten of the college radio dance charts in its first week. She’s already signed to a major. And she’s weeks away from graduation…

No Bullfinch tonight—private party… And no Hamilton’s—shitty bands (One Crowded Night, The Argyle Secrets, Arkansas Judge)… And no D’ollaire’s—who would pay that outrageous admission price for never-that-good-when-they-were-bigger Beasts of Berlin, (with The Barefoot Mailmen opening, as if that will open your pocketbook).