LIFE WITH THE FABULOUS POODLES: Bestiality Can Be Fun

Brian Lane, who hasn't done at all badly managing the progressive likes of Yes and Rick Wakeman, is very good with dogs. So when an overwhelmingly large black poodle cantered down the halls of Epic Records and demanded an introduction, Lane did the obvious— started giving orders. The animal was dismissed after satisfactorily sitting and shaking paws, stunts which probably wouldn't seem too demeaning for. Lane's human animals, the Fabulous Poodles. "Yeah, we'll do anything," sighed vocalist/co-author Tony deMeyr (hates puns), who had just completed a rather nasty photo session co-starring a pair of Cheap Trick underpants. But Tony vetoed the idea of wearing said garment onstage at the • Bottom Line. "Do you think I might look a wally if somebody shows, up?" he fretted.