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So, I just read this interview of Jens Lekman. Lekman is a musician whose stuff I really don't much like. My roommate once commented that dude belongs on the Love Boat. Another friend described his new album this way, "his new album does indeed sound like watching late 70s escapist TV shows while laying on shag carpet."

But anyway, that's not the point. It turns out that when this "Swedish indie pop maestro" comes through customs in the U.S. and claims he's an artist (for work permit purposes) they look him up on Wikipedia:

SFBG: I read online that the latest album was inspired by a first kiss from a lesbian friend. Is that right?

JL: Uhhhh - I love it! It sounds like someone has put together all these different things...

SFBG: I think that might have been on Wikipedia.

JL: I love Wikipedia! That's so funny. Every time I come into the US and i cross customs or border control, they always check my passport and I have a work permit now for the first time - I never had it before and I always had to sneak in before - and they check me and say. "Oh, you're an artist." There's always a guy behind the guy saying, "Check him on Wikipedia."

That's so funny that the American authorities would use Wikipedia as a trustworthy source! Anyone can change anything. A friend of mine usually goes into my Wikipedia and writes all this bullshit, just changes things. I think the last thing she wrote was that I was the son of a bear trapper.