LinkedIn's $1 billion valuation certainly seems low only when compared to the stratospheric $15 billion Facebook is worth on paper. One reason why is because, frankly, college kids are sexy — as the VCs in the announcement infomercial prove irrefutably, business professional who use LinkedIn are not. So if you're going to announce a new round of venture capital with a video on YouTube, why not make it a music video? The kids love music videos. Hence, Valleywag presents "The Upside" featuring Jeffrey "Sand Hizzy" Glass, David "D-Cup" Sze, David "Dollar Billz" Cowan and Mark "Make Money" Kvamme over beats from EPMD. Recognize.

Bessemer Ventures partner David Cowan picked the wrong week to vacation on Hawaii's Big Island. Yesterday the island, already preparing for the onslaught of Category 4 Hurricane Flossie, was hit with a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. [Who Has Time for This?]

If you want to meet Bessemer Ventures partner David Cowan — known around here for backing bipolar founders and being friends with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington — you can catch him at Kepler's Bookstore this Saturday at 3pm. He is scheduled to introduce controversial evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins before a book signing. [Who has time for this?]