• A little back and forth about the health of Koch. Some say its about to go through major changes, others say it's in good health. (The Velvet Rope)

• Billboard's Brian Garrity created a timeline that tracks OK Go's last album, Oh No, from recording to pre-VMA buzz. It leaves out some recent items, though. There are two important items that are not in the article. First, the album sold over 8,200 last week, almost twice as much as the last week of sales mentioned in the article. Second, over half of last week's Oh No sales were in the digital format. That's incredible, and it was good enough for #9 on the Digital Album chart. That abnormally high digital share may point to a demand that Capitol is not fulfilling at bricks-and-mortar retail. (Billboard)

• Something for the RIAA's files: Sweden's Pirate Party released a manifesto (read here). Music attorney Chris Castle thinks "it's fair to say they cribbed it" from the Marxist manifesto and calls it "either an extraordinary example of political naivete, or the kind of brain rot that sets in when one makes a life of being "neutral." (Music•Technology•Policy)

• The Arab Strap are going to break up after ten years together. Ten Years of Tears, a compilation of b-sides, demos, remixes and new recordings that will be out in early 2007, will signal the end of the Scottish band's time together.

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