DIRTY PROJECTORS: "Stillness Is The Move." Come for the song, stay for the huskies and llamas. BOWERBIRDS did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. Remember, their new album is streaming in full this week at Spinner. LOS CAMPESINOS! did five free songs thing for Daytrotter. CHAIRLIFT played a World Cafe Live gig streaming on demand via NPR. GREAT NORTHERN stopped by Oregon Public Broadcasting for a chat and mini-set on audio and video. THE TWILIGHT SAD drops a video for "I Became a Prostitute." ELENI MANDELL answers the infamous 20 Questions for PopMatters. RHETT MILLER talks to Paste about the Old 97's upcoming covers EP, David Foster Wallace, and the possibility of reviving his feud with Ryan Adams via Twitter. BISHOP ALLEN frontman Justin Rice spoke with Under the Radar about the current LP, touring in a recession, and future plans. WYE OAK talks to You Ain't No Picasso about a variety of firsts. MICHAEL JACKSON: The Mayor of Los Angeles is asking Jacko fans for money to offset the reported 2.5 million cost (possibly as high as 4 mill) for the late singer's funeral. Plus, here's your Neverland ghost hoax video. LINDSAY LOHAN is accused of stealing a fake tanning formula in a newly-filed lawsuit in Nevada. ROBERT PATTINSON & KRISTEN STEWART having a child? Doubt it severely. BAYWATCH may return as a bigscreen comedy. Didn't Howard Stern already try this on cable TV? MEGAN FOX had to wash Michael Bay's Ferrari in a video audition for Transformers. Now why isn't that a DVD extra? CINEMASH: Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt recreate part of the 1986 film Sid and Nancy to promote their upcoming flick, (500) Days of Summer. As suggested in their movie, Zooey plays Sid. LEBOWSKI FEST is going on tour. Dude. AFGHANISTAN: Kyrgyzstan's president has signed into a law an agreement allowing US military forces to continue using a crucial airbase to ship supplies to troops in Afghanistan. PAKISTAN: The US killed 14 Taliban fighters in the latest airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-ruled tribal agency of South Waziristan. Of the 27 US strikes carried out in Pakistan this year, 19 of them took place in South Waziristan. Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is buying and selling children for suicide bombings, Pakistani and US officials said. IRAN: Reformist leaders called for the release of opposition detainees. The government said it will hold the US responsible if Israel attacks. Mousavi said he will lead the "legal opposition" to Ahmadinejad's government. CHINA: The Lede has moved from Iran to the clampdown on unrest in the PRC. I almost don't blame them, as the Communists are doing a better job at suppressing communication with the outside world. OTTO the ENGLISH BULLDOG really doesn't want to wear a raincoat. SEVEN EFFING COWS prompt a profanity-laden 911 call. 30 HUNGRY CHIMPS decide to raid the fridge at Britain's Chester Zoo. WOMAN MARRIES DOG in a ceremony attended by a traditional priest and local, curious villagers in Aburi, Ghana. A CHINESE RABBIT loves South Korean soap operas so much she attacks her owners if they change the channel.
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