Looking Back On A Week Of Educated Guesses And Too Many Dead Folks

• Maxim apologized to the Black Crowes, earned a shrug from Nas, confused the hell out of the folks at CNN, and got one writer talking to the newspapers.
• Can we please get a break from having to write all these obituaries? It’s really starting to bum us out.
• Stephin Merritt: possibly loves gum, definitely loves Ethan Frome.
• Courtney Love issued a jihad against beer and its drinkers.
• American Idol made it out of the ’70s with our sanity mostly intact.
• Andrew WK had much to teach us.
• Perez Hilton got an A&R gig. Actual A&R reps decided to finally go back to college.
• Did Van Halen need to take a timeout for bad behavior?
• Enchanted got the shaft at the Oscars.
• Virgin Fest and the Sasquatch! Festival will attempt to hold multi-day “destination events” without Jack Johnson’s help.