THE KILLERS play a new song, "Losing Touch," at the House of Blues in Vegas. Sounding a touch like the Psychedelic Furs. JENNY SCHEINMAN, who has backed up Lou Reed, Bono, Norah Jones and Lucinda Williams, played the Village Vanguard last night, so you should be able to stream the gig on demand today via NPR. ELVIS COSTELLO is interviewed by Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. Yes, really. EEF BARZELAY of Clem Snide does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, two previously unreleased. ROBERT HARRISON: The pop classicist of Cotton Mather and Future Clouds & Radar gets some love from Heather Browne. Streaming audio at the link. BEACH HOUSE play "Used To Be"... on a beach, oddly enough. DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO: Byrne talks to Greg Kot about how his songwriting and singing has changed over the 19 years since his last album with Eno, plus a bit about the self-release via the Internet. GENE SIMMONS: The KISS bassist has a new axe controller for the Guitar Hero and Rock Band videogames. THE WORLD of BLUEGRASS 2008: A survey and recommendations from... the Wall Street Journal. BTW, WHICH ONE'S PINK? 10 things you probably didn't know about Pink Floyd. BRITNEY SPEARS, LINDSAY LOHAN & THE FRENCH HOTEL in talks for an HBO sitcom? Not a chance, but too funny to not share. BRADGELINA: Six nannies, no waiting. Plus, a fresh round of wedding and pregnancy rumors. MADONNA tried to control husband Guy Ritchie with a marriage contract which urged the film director not to shout at his wife and to devote time to sex, according to the Daily Mail. ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. & DON CHEADLE sign on for The Avengers, as well as the Iron Man sequel. JON FAVREAU does a nice interview on related topics at Ain't It Cool News. KEVIN SMITH talks to The A.V. Club about Zack And Miri, star Seth Rogen, his battle with the MPAA, and why nobody ever wins on the Internet. JCVD: Jean-Claude Van Damme. I may have to see this. ELVIS PRESLEY repeats as the Top Earning Dead Celebrity, according to Forbes magazine. Heath Ledger rockets into third place. Full list at the link. THE ITALIAN JOB: Don't try this at home, kids. IRAN opened a new naval base east of the Strait of Hormuz; an admiral said Iran could "prevent the entry of any enemy naval units" into the Persian Gulf. IRAQ wants to amend a draft security pact to ban US forces from striking neighboring countries from Iraqi territory, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. Extremism is waning in Baghdad, but blast walls are staying up for now. Wasit province became the 13th of Iraq's 18 provinces transferred to Iraqi control. CAT BURGLAR goes for the peanuts. Be afraid. Be very afraid. CARLA the ANGELFISH has a life-saving hernia operation. Pic at the link. CENTIPEDE ATTACK carries a potential sentence of three years prison and a caning. LOBSTERS enjoy the global economic panic. THE POOCH PILL: 75 million dollars is apparently available to anyone who can invent a pooch pill and a cat contraceptive.
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