The Stone Temple Pilots have put the tour on a brief hiatus, and will hit the road again Oct. 8. You may ask: why? Are there rumors pertaining to the rationale? And I would shake my head sadly, because that's not how you say it. The correct method of inquisition in such matters is: what's the word on the street? You may also ask what is going down, or whassup. Despite the opposite directions, they mean the same thing. And if you think this is rambling, you weren't at the concert:

That's a novel approach: I'm quitting drugs to concentrate on my drinking.