HOPING MY TECH ISSUES GET RESOLVED TODAY. IN THE MEANTIME:

RAY DAVIES played "Waterloo Sunset" at the Closing Ceremonies, even if the peacock didn't show you.

NEW RELEASES from Antony & the Johnsons, Van She, Los Straitjackets and more are streaming this week via Spinner.

YEASAYER is advance streaming Fragrant World.

ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI is advance streaming Mature Themes.

DIVINE FITS is advance streaming A Thing Called Divine Fits.

TEENGIRL FANTASY is advance streaming Tracer.

AMANDA PALMER & Grand Theft Orchestra drop "The Killing Type" from the upcoming Theatre Is Evil.

BLUR: Stereogum compiles video from what may be the band's final show. It's more than Twofer Tuesday.

THE ZOMBIES: Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone talked about their reunion and Odessey and Oracle on Weekend Edition Sunday; the web version embeds video of their Tiny Desk Concert.

TAME IMPALA: Kevin Parker talks to SPIN about Lonerism and Supertramp.

BILL DOSS gets local love in remembrances at Flagpole. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

MOONFACE: Spencer Krug talks to The Quietus about alter-egos, freedom, Finland, and collaborating with Siinai for the new album, Heartbreaking Bravery.

JENNIFER ANISTON & JUSTIN THEROUX are engaged.

LINDSAY LOHAN has gone from almost broke to raking in almost two million this year.

KATY PERRY has reportedly instructed her lawyers to gag funnyman Russell Brand from making any more comments about their time together.

MILEY CYRUS has landed a recurring gig on Two And a Half Men.

IS ANDERSON COOPER'S BOYFRIEND canoodling with another man?

MOLLY RINGWALD talks to The Observer and the L.A. Times about her new novel-in-stories.

YEMEN: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has freed a Swiss teacher who was kidnapped in Hodieda four months ago.

SYRIA: The deputy police commander in Homs defected to the rebels. Government troops attacked rebel-held areas across the country. The leader of Syria's main opposition group called for a no-fly zone.

EGYPT's newly elected president suspended a constitutional decree that had given the military authority to govern.

IRAQ has surpassed Iran to become the second largest OPEC oil producer.

SIX ADORABLE KITTENS, rescued form a backpack.

A RACE HORSE was ejected from a swimming pool Down Under.

THE SWARM: For the second time in two days, bees sent a man to the hospital near Austin.