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R.E.M., Lupe Fiasco, Velvet Revolver, more

- Stream R.E.M.'s Accelerate on iLike

- Sony BMG/Warner near deal with MySpace

- Writing on the wall for Velvet Revolver?

- "Real Fifth Beatle" passes away at 66

- Lupe Fiasco: "Hip Hop Saved My Life"

- Maroon 5/Counting Crows team up for summer tour

- India.Arie launches label with Universal Republic

- Be Your Own Pet deemed "too violent" for label

R.E.M., Beatles, Jesse Malin, more

- R.E.M. to Accelerate album release via iLike

- Pete Moren (right) shows off his "Social Competence"

- Janet Jackson pens weight-loss book

- Beatles finally set to go digital?

- Jesse Malin honors rock royalty for On Your Sleeve -Download a sample track here

- Ryan Adams, Ani DiFranco to play Telluride Festival

- The Stills are "Snake-Charming the Masses"

- Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announced

Flaming Lips, Tom Waits, FOTC, more

- Top 10 Alternative Rock One-Hit Wonders

- The Flaming Lips shill for salad dressing

- Facebook prepares to duke it out with MySpace music

- Joaquin Phoenix directs the (awesome) new Silversun Pickups track

- Tom Waits plans summer tour

- Radiohead albums make Thom Yorke "difficult"

- Pete Doherty writing musical with former Libertine bandmate

- Watch Flight of the Conchords clips at HBO's YouTube page

Lily Allen, Britney, Pete Doherty, more

- Just weeks after miscarriage, Lily Allen/Ed Simons break up

- Britney debacle worsens; extends stay in padded room

- Mozzer throws support at Obama

- Pete Doherty swaps spit with Peter Wolf

- Super Bowl XLII goes indie

- Let the complaining begin: Black Kids sign to Almost Gold

- Hold Steady's Tab Kubler plays gig for kids

- Mellencamp asks McCain to stop using "Our Country" at rallies, 10 point jump results

Cracking our Knuckles with Some PM Links

Before we jump back in with the long-form SS originals, check out today's link roundup as a primer:

What hasn't changed:

-The music industry is still dead
-Amy Winehouse is still very much a crackhead
-The Grammys will go on
-Pete Doherty is still a putz
-Ryan Adams is still a drama queen

What has changed:

-Lily Allen is, sadly, no longer pregnant
-Ringo Starr was (almost) on TV
-Pinhead Gunpowder returns
-Blind Melon returns too!

Some other stuff:

-Obama gets the hipster vote
-Franz Ferdinand get dirty on new disc
-Fat Joe, mercifully, pulls plug on Eddie Murphy (!) cover

8.7 - PM Links

The day that was...

• Ryan Adams regresses
• Keith Richards comes clean
• Cat Power readies covers disc
• VMAs honor year's stand outs in crap
• Fuel drops reunion disc (wait...Fuel never broke up?  For real?)
• Long-time Springsteen assistant dies at 67
• Robert Plant teams with Allison Krauss
• Doherty faces jail (we'll believe it when we see it)