Since it's a day dedicated to couples, here's one of my favorite musical couples: PJ Harvey and Nick Cave.

British chanteuse Lily Allen has a new album coming out next month. But she says getting the word out hasn't been without its snags, since radio stations won't play her song "Sheezus" because it has the word "period" in it.

Do you ever get annoyed when journalists act all surprised when a musician acts differently in an interview than she does onstage? If so, you'll really enjoy Matt Diehl's BlackBook interview with PJ Harvey.

"Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it." — PJ Harvey, on never encountering sexism in her musical career. [Guardian]

Update: Our friends at FabSugar are saying this is not PJ Harvey, but model Eugenia Volodina. (See more here). Guess something got lost in the translation! Hey! Maybe you heard? We're into picking on women's magazines for their heavily-retouched magazine covers. Over at New York Magazine, they've got their eye on the…