Briefly...

Here are a few stories out this week:

• Mike Peters of The Alarm spoke about his experience with cancer in this Boston Herald interview. Peters, who was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1996 and leukemia in 2005, is currently in remission.

• Digital Spy is reporting that The B-52's are close to finishing their new album. Click here for the article.
  

• Glenn Tilbrook commented on the possibility of Squeeze continuing beyond this summer's reunion tour in this story from popmatters.com (Courtesy of the The Morning Call in Allentown, PA).
  

• And here's a fun bit of trivia from prinside.com (provided by wenn.com) -- Matt Groening tells about how, many years ago, as a rock critic, he offended Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo). Elfman went on to compose the theme song for The Simpsons.