Meredith Brooks--"Bitch": Sure, she caught lots of attention by singing a song about being a "bitch" and that made simple people believe that she must be one. But these days she works as a record producer and to do something like that you've got to be a lot more understanding. As a mother, she's also recorded children's music, since she might as well sell music to her kids! If they're going to endlessly repeat what they hear, it might as well be YOUR wisdom and not some dumb purple dinosaur. Her website: www.MeredithBrooks.com also includes a blog where she does exactly what I'm doing but completely different. Check it out.

Paula Cole--"Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?": The funny thing about so many "Where Are They Now?" entries is learning that many of the people who are now keeping a low profile are doing so in order to keep their own sanity. Cole is raising a child, having suffered through a difficult divorce and if you read her website...www.PaulaCole.com, is working through things at her own pace. She continues to make music, even if none of it ends up on Dawson's Creek and at passing 40 seems like she's better with things than when she was younger. I assume part of this has to do with receiving royalty checks that enable her to focus on the better things in life. Because those musicians who are still cleaning windows for a living are much more bitter. You breathe Windex all day and see how you feel about life!

Taylor Dayne--"Love Will Bring You Back": She took off fifteen years because? She could? Back, she's showing up on country programming, since what else should no longer super young blonde singers do? Compete with the new breed? Or plan on heading to Vegas or Nashville where people have accepted they've grown old and decrepit. Taylor, naturally, looks better than most of us. She judged some show I never saw called The Singing Office with other luminaries such as Joey Fatone and Mel B and she'll be on a the CMT program Gone Country this upcoming January. And imagine this, you can find her at www.TaylorDayne.com

P.M. Dawn--"Set Adrift On Memory's Bliss": Once known for adding a psychedelic tinge to hip-hop and with Spandau Ballet in tow, looking to if not revolutionize the music biz, at least looking to make it more interesting. Over the past few years, they've threatened to release new albums that haven't actually been released. We're not in Chinese Democracy territory yet, but give it a decade. And they've had some line-up changes making it seem even less like a real group. And their website, when I tried to pull it up had some sort of virus that I don't wish to pass on...so venture forward at your own risk.

Lou Bega--"Mambo #5: David LuBega is as of this writing a one hit wonder with his re-write of the Prez Prado hit "Mambo #5," which was a hit nearly ten years ago, Since then, Mr. Bega has released several albums to lesser interest, though some claim "Conchita" from 2005 was an actual hit, though I've found no chart action. He also covered "Just A Gigolo" which was a bigger hit for David Lee Roth back when he was running low on ideas as well. Like most humans alive, he has a website at www.LouBega.com that list concerts that happened back in 2007. He is either due for a comeback or likely to open to Blimpie Franchise.