Funny business

Scholz looks back in anger

Just when you thought the relationship between Tom Scholz and the former members of his megaselling band Boston couldn't get any worse, it has. Scholz, the mastermind behind such hits as "More Than a Feeling" and "Don't Look Back," has written a bellicose account of the band's beginnings that discounts the contribution of former member Barry Goudreau and Sib Hashian. Titled "BOSTON: Shows, Myths, and Truths," the screed will be posted today on the band's official website, BandBoston.com. The notoriously press-shy Scholz wouldn't talk to us, but his publicist said the songwriter was prompted to write the piece by what he consider false and misleading information related to Boston's early days. He's peeved at recent promotions for Ernie Boch Jr.'s band claiming that Goudreau and Hashian, both of whom play in Ernie and the Automatics, are "original members." Writes Scholz: "While they did indeed play live with Boston about 30 years ago, the claim that they were 'original members' is questionable. . . . Is it really necessary to resort to something like this to get attention?" He then goes into exhaustive detail about songwriting credits, studio time, and Boston's recording contract with Epic Records. Scholz, who's been fiercely protective of the Boston brand over the years, filed a lawsuit in 2007 against Boston's late singer Brad Delp's ex-wife, Micki, and Goudreau's wife, Connie. The suit, which is still pending, alleges that the two women defamed him by suggesting that Scholz was the reason Delp killed himself.

The Celts' lucky charm

Celts publicist Heather Walker and her husband, Stephen, are digging new daughter Samantha Mae, whom Celts broadcaster Cedric Maxwell dubbed the "Lucky Playoff Baby" because she arrived when the Celts were up by 20 against the Bulls in Game 3. We're told Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Rajon Rondo have sent goodies and can't wait to see Sam on the court in the custom Celtics Adidas kicks team owner Wyc Grousbeck and his wife, Corinne, had made for her.

Uganda-bound

Eliza Dushku and former Celtic Rick Fox, who've been spotted as a twosome over the past few months, will appear side-by-side later this week - in Uganda. The duo left this morning as part of a trip organized by Dushku's mom, Judith, a government professor at Suffolk University. The Dushkus, Fox, and students in the elder Dushku's class about human trafficking in Uganda will spend 15 days touring the country and meeting with humanitarians and former soldiers. Judith told us her daughter is more than ready for the trip. "I took her to the Soviet Union before she was 12," Judith said. "I sent her to China when she was 14. I sent her to South Africa when she was 20. . . . She's quite comfortable traveling around the world." Judith said Eliza and Rick share a Boston connection - and an acting coach. They've both worked with Boston University's Peter Kelley, who has also trained Dane Cook.