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Wednesday notes:

-The Scumfrog has a new mix-CD, Mega Scum, coming at you Nov. 21 on Effin. Among other tracks, it features White Leppard's "Come Save Me." White Leppard is a collaboration between Scumfrog, New York scenester Swamy and Gaby Dershin of Astro & Glyde. Scumfrog explains the album cover (above): "Those are my balls on the cover, yes," he states. "We decided it kind of defies the purpose of a spoof when you start to Photoshop it, so we left the balls in and tried to make it all make sense by adding the new catchphrase, 'Music With Balls.'"

-Slices, a European electronic music magazine, kicks of its Pioneers of Electronic Music DVD documentary series this month with a look at techno star Richie Hawtin. T-Mobile kicked in sponsorship money, so the production might be slick. See a PDF-format press release here.

-The Winter Music Conference, dance music's annual company picnic, has set the dates for the 2007 shindig: March 20-25 at Miami Beach Resort & Spa. The official closing party, the Ultra Music Festival, happens Saturday March 24.

-A publicist for last month's San Francisco Lovefest says the event drew 65,000 people this year. I'm normally doubtful when people who get paid to hype something pull figures out of the air (I usually try to find the official police crowd estimate), but the pictures (one example, top) make it look pretty massive. This could be a franchise.

-Moby is doing a small venue show in New York Oct. 17 in advance of his Oct. 23 "New York, New York" single featuring Debbie Harry, and to preview his Nov. 6 long-player, The Very Best of Moby, according to NME.

-One thing I missed in that news of Strictly Rhythm's return is that tracks from the label's back catalogue will be sold online "for the first time." Stay tuned at defected.com.

-The ninth annual Monster Massive rave at the Los Angeles Sports Arena seems to be mo' massive than ever, with Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Felix Da Housecat, Fischerspooner, Junior Sanchez, Judge Jules, Markus Schulz, Lee Coombs and more on the bill.