Street Cred Central

-Why is MTV featuring the music of Bad Brains 25 Years after they should have? I sincerely hope it creates another Hardcore scene – we are ripe for one in these Reaganesque times.

-After failing to secure a VISA, Amy Winehouse will be performing live-ish via satellite at the Grammys. Also, Babyshamble Pete Doherty to mainline horse tranquilizer via live-streaming syringe cam.

-Velvet Revolving door: Slash gets out of rehab just before studio sessions for 2007’s “Libertad,” Scott Weiland enters rehab during the album’s promotional tour, for the humpteenth time.

-I have determined that Nickelback is Slayer for girls, more on this later.