» It's not just true, it's science!: I'm usually skeptical of information that begins with "A new study shows...", but I'm pretty confident in this one: A new study shows that musicians sing about drugs and booze, and often in a positive light. Gee willigers! Oh, you puritans! The whitecoats, however, do deserve kudos for making it clear that "It's not going to be feasible or even desirable to censor these messages." And also, the read is worth it just for seeing the squares at Reuters retyping those lyrics, with their officiality and all.

» Yahoo has killed its music subscription service and inked a deal with RealNetwork's Rhapsody and will be replacing links to the Yahoo Music service with ones to Rhapsody. Those with Yahoo subscriptions will have the same prices for a while, until they must change to Rhapsody's pricing. This comes after Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo and Yahoo declined. Also in Yahoo: Yahoo sued for linking directly to pirated mp3's.

» "We ain't that heartless": 50 cent reportedly kicked Paris Hilton off stage when she came up to dance... on her birthday. This, however, was subsequently denied succinctly by 50 cent's DJ: "I know 50 hates Ja Rule and Fat Joe, but he ain't that heartless to throw Paris Hilton off the stage." 50 cent has been unfortunately labelled as some big mean guy, being shot 9 times and all, but forchristsakes, he hangs out with Rebert De Niro on the weekends, whose "celebrity is so strong that [50 Cent] get a chance to feel like a normal person for a little bit."

» Obamarama, etc.: Obama--the dream candidate for onomatopoeia enthusiasts--has managed to not only reunite the Grateful Dead, but also recruit Joan Baez and Will.i.am, among others to jump on his boat. The last one of those, Will.i.am, has created a video that seems all the rage, including all sorts of famous people. Only problem is that the video is reminiscent of an advertisement for a similarly sellable Gap charity product. Also in election: Mellencamp gets angry at McCain-y for playing his tunes.

» Glastonbury, in short: Glastonbury has announced its headliners for this year and some other acts have leaked. It looks like the show this year will include Kings of Leon, The Verve, Jay-Z, Leonard Cohen, and Neil Diamond (and Radiohead will at least be there); The festival's organizer thinks that Jay-Z will bring in a younger audience; The festivals' "Lost Vagueness" area will not be there this year. Also in festivals: Bonnaroo has announced its diverse lineup for this year; The Green Apple festival has expanded to 8 cities; SXSW announces lineup; Fatboy Slim gets permission to host a big show at Brighton Beach.

» The Rest, in short: Former child soldier becomes a rapper, Fitty gets nervous; Unsurprisingly, Beck reveals that much of Odelay was nonsense; White Stripes get sued for a sample on De Stijl, as they release a Spanish version of "Conquest"; Godspeed You! Black Emperor quits over existential woes; (most of) The Darkness turn into The Stone Gods; Squares at AP make a joke about the truth that there will be a American Idol attraction at Disney World; A beetle is named after Roy Orbison; Jackson's Thriller goes to the big screen; Gwen Stefani is preggers; Flava FLAV! will star in his own sitcom; Google too unhip? Try Kanye search!; Billy Joel plays last show at Shea Stadium.

» Obits, in short: Beatles-guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91.

» For Los Angelenos like me: The founder of the Los-Angeles based deliciousness factory, Fatburger, has died.

Ohh... and the Grammys happened.