He looks at contemporary figures such as Jack White, John Mayer and Weezer as key names that might make the cut in the future. Asked if they can compare to past inductees such as Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, the Clash and Prince, Wenner declined to play that cross-generational game.

"Look, there was a very special moment in the 1950s with Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. It just all happened at once. It was incredible. Then in the 1960s, the Beatles and the Stones, emerging from England at the same time as America's greatest writer of any kind, Bob Dylan . . . are those moments going to happen again? Those are hard to predict, but a generation later came U2 and Bruce Springsteen. They do keep coming."

They don't, though, do they? Not at the same level, anyway.

Maybe they shouldn't have played that show at the NBC Experience Cafe? Come to think of it, she did look a little grumpier than the rest of them, and not even in a "Check out how fucking cool I am" kind of way, but in a "Holy shit, this whole thing is moving to fast, and to protest, I'm going to wear dark grey instead of black" kind of way.

It'd be very easy to blame the media for this, to chalk it up as another Wavves-like debacle, but let's remember, we're not the ones keeping track of their schedule. Just because the opportunity to run yourself ragged is there, it doesn't mean you should take it. Someone around them should have told them so.

Turns out I don't, though, because it's starting to look like he's gonna release "Real As It Gets" featuring Young Jeezy, which is the one song I consistently skip. Like, to the point where I'm still not sure I've ever even heard it all the way through. Regardless, I guess I kinda want to see the video, which Jeezy is somewhat excited about.

"We just gonna go dumb," Jeezy forecasted. "Call Rick [Ross] up, everybody. [We'll have] cars, watches, blunts, money, just go dumb. Dumm-meeee! That's what we need to do."

Still, it doesn't seem like it's quite set in stone just yet, since when asked about it, Jay-Z was basically like, "What? Who? Oh, I don't know, maybe."

"We're trying to do that now as well," Jay said of the video. "Hopefully, we'll shoot that. But it's difficult. I don't have too many gaps in my schedule. So I'll try to figure it out.

So there you go. Maybe he'll still change his mind. I'd even settle for the silly Drake-assisted "Off That" at this point.

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I would suggest however that it is possible the virus is not a naturally occurring virus. I have read reports from people who say (as doctors) that there is evidence to suggest this virus was created by man; to call it Swine Flu is then a misnomer, as it really is Swine Flu plus some other stuff stitched together. These doctors said such genetic mutation was impossible in nature.

This passage is part of a much longer piece, published on his new website, Everything From Here to There, about the roles media and government have played throughout the entire Swine Flu ordeal. He makes a handful of interesting points, along with a whole lot of high school-style conspiracy theory bullshit. And to make matters worse, he doesn't even have the decency to link to any of the "reports" he turned to for enlightenment. He does, however, link to an article about Barack Obama's daughters not receiving the swine flu vaccine, the idea, I guess, being that readers will see the "First Daughters Not Vaccinated Against H1N1" headline and be convinced of the utter hypocrisy of our government. Of course, if you actually read the article, you'll see that it clearly states, "the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk." See that, people? Maybe it's not the government or even the media that's trying to deceive you, but a washed up frontman of a 90s alt-rock band.

So who do we think will be on the bill this year? Remember, the emphasis is on women here, so you've got to think offers will be (or have been) made to Gaga, T-Swift, maybe Pink, maybe Kelly Clarkson, maybe even Beyonce, which would be nice. Obviously event co-founder McLachlan will be on hand, and whatever other hold-overs from the festival's early days are still around. Sheryl Crow? Joan Osbourne? Shawn Colvin? Natalie Merchant? Is Natalie Merchant still alive? God, I hope so.

The other question, of course, is just how far beyond the mainstream they'll go. And if they choose to approach people like St. Vincent, Fever Ray, Bat For Lashes or Marnie Stern, would any of them even be willing?

The biggest question, though, is whether they'll be smart enough not to invite Katy Perry.