*Wholly inaccurate: The In Rainbows story. [mathew ingram]

*Rock label Drag City is done with eMusic. (Like so many, didn’t like their pricing policy.) [xrrxf]

*Nirvana dude Krist Novoselic blogs for Seattle Weekly. [peefork]

*The A.V. Club interviews Nikki Sixx. Hateration from the comments: “Can you guys interview Ricki Rocket next week? Thanks.” [largehearted boy]

*Lily Allen is actually NOT doing lingerie stuff, but she is doing a social networky show on BBC3. [idolator]

*EVERYONE: An air conditioner made out of Legos. [geekologie]

*Jay-Z flashing Euros = a recession. Yeah, yeah.

*QUOTE: “That’s the point: from a strategic pov, good beats evil – unfortunately for Facebook.” I love any stories about good. Or evil. Or two kinds of humans. [snarkmarket]

*The International Society of Supervillains offers up a post on “Real-World Scenarios in Which “Guitar Hero” Skills Could be Useful“: “Doc Brown creates a time machine out of an old DeLorean. The machine works perfectly when Marty McFly tests it, but instead of 1955, he ends up in 2007, and in an alternate reality where ‘Guitar Hero II’ had Johnny B. Goode in it. To save the marriage of his future-parents, Marty has to play the song into the Xbox 360 at their very nerdy prom.” [metalsucks]

*Someone has hacked Alicia Keys‘ MySpace page. But why? [gigaom]

*LOCAL: Peefork covers Jim Walsh’s book on The Replacements, All Over but the Shouting. I have to say this: Walsh’s musings on life make my ears bleed. And that’s not just the wine-dark evening talking.

*What’s causing music sales to slump? iTunes. [hypebot]

*My favorite news story of the past 5 years re-appears. In the future, THERE WILL BE TWO KINDS OF HUMANS. Love it.

*The execrable local: Coolhunting covers Minneapolis architecture in video.

*Nokia launches the Independent Artists Club for Asian musicians. [crave]

*Critic: Britney Spears’ new CD is good. [medialoper]

*The No Cussing Club: For those who cannot stomach vulgarity. Here is a music video from the NCC. (Of course personally, I think cussing is an integral part of language and human society. Fuckers.) [mefi]

Former Skid Row rock god Sebastian Bach sings LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” on MTV’s Celebrity Rap Superstar. Sounds like he smoked a lot beforehand.

Here is the 8-minute version, complete with intro segments. And remember: Two kinds of humans.