Tittle tattle and grapevine news.(Dooley's Diary)

Remember where you heard it: Reports in from CMJ reveal that US art-punk rockers The Killers have signed a deal with Mercury in the UK and Island/Def Jam in US. Word came in from a party somewhere on the Lower East Side which still hadn't finished by 8am the following morning ... Tony Wilson hasn't yet made his mind up about ITC in New York next year, although he says last week's event was "a lot of fun". Around 300 Yanks turned up to take the numbers to a respectable 400 ... The days of beefy and Chris Moyles sharing the same headline are apparently over now that Radio One controller Andy Parfitt has revealed a previously unknown side to the new breakfast show boy. Rather than tucking into his fried eggs and a slice, it seems Moyles is healthier and fitter than many of his listeners--and detractors--imagine. He recently put in a run of under two hours in the Great North Run, which is "pretty Respectable" according to his boss. And Parfitt should know. He's a half-marathon man himself, who is looking forward to a 10k right after Xmas to work off the pudding ... No-one is completely sure where the white label remix of The Darkness' I Believe In A Thing Called Love came from, but late night spot plays on Radio One must mean that someone ought to step forward and claim ownership ... Spare a thought for new TOTP chief Andi Peters. Not only has his pristine office at BBC TV Centre yet to be kitted out with a CD player, but it is sited next to the point of the Central Line where all the passing trains honk their horns ... Those who thought the Aim/BPI discussions were as good as dead, think ...