• It's a good thing George Michael smokes pot. Otherwise, he'd be, y'know, crazy. [Reuters]

• Rhymefest hasn't sold a million records, but for some reason he's only rapper intelligent enough to go talk to British politicians. [NME]

• Brooke Hogan's album, like everything else in her life, sucks. [AP]

• Some were under the impression all death-metal bands loved and supported one another. Like some kind of cow-sacrificing, evil worshipping, support group. [Idolator]