Jinners writes about a CD featuring the songs from Hedwig, but done by acts like Yo La Tengo, Spoon, The Bens, and Frank Black. Although the addition of Type O Negative's version of Angry Inch would've been cool it still sounds like a very interesting project.

Get ready for Salam Pax - The Book [via Nick Denton]. Salam Pax is still writing his bi-weekly column, Baghdad Blogger, for The Guardian (although it's not easy to find), so along with the book deal it seems like starting a weblog has turned out to be a surprisingly profitable idea for him.

There's an interesting article at The Black Table about Instant Messenger Etiquette [via Hard Glitter]. There are a lot of funny stuff in the article, but the sentence that made me keep reading was "What you write is rarely read the way you would have said it in person, especially when you're trying to be funny". Not only is it true, but I think a lot of times it's true of weblogs as well.

The Raveonettes get reviewed in The Guardian and they take a beating ("The Raveonettes might be the indie Roxette - but at least Roxette had tunes").

For some reason I have four Ween records and the only one I listen to on a regular basis is Chocolate and Cheese. They are one of the weirdest bands around, which makes this article an interesting read. For more on Ween check out Catherine's Pita and Felafel, who have written reviews and taken pictures at a recent show.

I've been trying to remember the name of a band I saw on MTV recently, but I haven't had any luck. The video features the band standing in a big, open space like a warehouse or something and the singer is playing acoustic guitar. The first verse is just him alone before the band kicks in and the song has a weird, staccato-like rhythm. I'm not sure what the lyrics are, but I think it has to do with everybody wanting to be a rockstar. It's one of those hip, new bands that you read about on The Modern Age, so if you know who I'm talking about please leave me a comment.
Update: Thanks to Anders it was revealed that the video in question was Westside by Athlete.