Gossip on Art Alexakis, Everclear, Frogpond

Remember when we told you that Everclear's Art Alexakis was trying to get an extra $10,000 out of up-and-comers Frogpond? (OK, actually that was a blind item and we didn't name names then, but we will now. As a refresher, Art produced Frogpond's debut Count to Ten, and when all his cohorts found out how cheaply he did it for, he went back to the band asking for more money.) Well, the two have come to an agreement. Alexakis agreed to not pursue the $10,000, but insisted that Frogpond sign a letter basically saying that he was right and they were wrong, but that he'd give in anyway. Alexakis ended up with $5,000, which was supposed to be an advance toward record sales, but ended up as a non recoupable fee instead. See our story on Frogpond in the news this Friday (Nov. 29) for more....

Sometimes Los Angeles simply rules. On Saturday night (Nov. 23), k.d. lang just happened to be at the increasingly trendy Smog Cutter bar near the Silver Lake area of town with some friends, and was coerced by the DJ to get up and karaoke. Yep, that's right. k.d. lang. karaoke. She didn't even have to look at the cheesy book of songs to choose from, going straight to "Walking After Midnight" by Patsy Cline, a song she actually covered on her debut album Angel with a Lariat (hey, that's cheating). Of course, she rocked the little bar. The audience was stunned. And rumor had it that Frank Black was supposed to show up too... In the "No Duh" file, Pearl Jam released a statement saying that they had nothing to do with the recent Rolling Stone cover story. Duhhhh!!!!!... Oh, by the way, Miss Truth will be dishing the dish and chatting about online gossip on Wednesday (Nov. 27) from 7-8 p.m. (PT) on Prodigy. If you're not a Prodigy subscriber, you can read the transcript here...

Hang around hotel lobbies at 4 in the morning in Los Angeles and you're bound to hear or see something juicy. Early on Nov. 22, Slash was seen checking into the Hyatt on Sunset (now why would he need to check into a hotel in the town that he lives in?), and was quite worried about whether his credit card would work. He asked the hotel clerk to check to see if the card had any credit left on it, because he wasn't sure. Hmmm. Maybe he should've been a little be nicer to good ol' Axl... Word has it that on the tour bus of Jars of Clay it reads "The Mustang Ranch." How ironic, since that's the name of the famed whorehouse in Nevada and Jars of Clay are a diehard Christian band. Bet those sweet, innoncent boys don't even know it... Perry Farrell is seeing things. Ghostly things, that is. He's claiming that his Lithium gallery in Los Angeles is haunted, and that's he's quite "frightened." In order to make friends with the ghost, which Farrell was told resides in a certain corner of the building, it was suggested to Farrell to place a chair in that corner to make the ghost more comfortable. He didn't... -- Miss Truth

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