+ FNMTV host Pete Wentz divulges his extensive role in Fall Out Boy’s creative song-writing process: “I’ll go over to Patrick’s house, and he’ll kind of just sit there and play songs, and I’ll be like, ‘Ah, that one’s awesome!’” (Rolling Stone)
+ Rumor has it Taylor Swift and Joe “The Middle One” Jonas are “goin’ steady.” (The Evil Beet)
+ Nas to Jesse Jackson: “We don’t need [you]; I’m here. I got this.” (MTV)
+ Radiohead’s new video does not employ cameras but lasers. Or something. Science is confusing. (Tripwire)
+ VH1’s tribute to the Who shaping up to be a veritable “Who’s Who” of rock legends. (Billboard)
+ The Strokes, Santogold and Pharrell Williams are all officially playing for the same team. (NME)
+ Amy Winehouse walks into a nightclub, walks out with a table lamp. (MTV)
+ Kerli’s debut album, Love is Dead, lives up to the hype. (Neon Limelight)
+ MGMT: A coming of age story. (New York Magazine)
+ Normally dance remixes make us want to hurl ourselves in the path of the closest, speediest bike messenger, but the Masterbeat.com (insert self-love joke here) dance remixes of Jennifer Hudson’s “Spotlight” make up for the travesty of dance mixes past.
+ Still funny: “Makin’ Music With John Mayer” video on FunnyorDie.com. Plus: new pix of John’s “O-face.” (Metromix)