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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE B-52s!  The quirky combo from Athens, GA, has had a long and storied career, but we'll stick to the early stuff this weekend.  So, from the self-titled debut, classics "Planet Claire," "Rock Lobster,"  "Lava," and "Dance This Mess Around." And from the sophomore LP, Wild Planet, "Party Out of Bounds," "Give Me Back My Man", "Private Idaho" and "Dirty Back Road."  BONUS: "Song For A Future Generation," because it's the first song I heard them play live. DOUBLE BONUS: "Deadbeat Club," because get off my lawn.

JACK WHITE does an acoustic Takeaway Show at Château de Fontainebleau.

INTERPOL stops by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

ESBEN & THE WITCH advance streams A New Nature.

TRAMPLED BY TURTLES plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS "Give Us A Kiss" ahead of the 20,000 Days On Earth documentary.

SONDRE LERCHE drops "Sentimentalist" ahead of Please.

LED ZEPPELIN teases more deluxe re-releases with an unheard version of "Black Dog."

ZEN ARCADE turns 30 (Get Off My Lawn); The Quietus re-assesses the alt-rock milestone.

WILCO tuns 20 (GOML) with a best-of collection, a box set of rarities, and a tour.

OWEN PALLETT talks to the Georgia Straight about In Conflict, Brian Wilson, Arcade Fire and more. (Thx, LHB.)

THE MUSIC THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: The Guardian kicks off a new series with one writer's experience of Springsteen's "Born To Run."

CUTOUT BIN: It's a special back-to-school edition streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: The Identical is this weeken's sole wide release, currently scoring 03 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.

JOAN RIVERS: The raunchy, gravelly voiced and self-deprecating comedian, who rose from Greenwich Village standup to occasional host of "The Tonight Show" and star of TV's "Fashion Police," died Sept 4. She was 81.
New York health officials opened an investigation Thursday into the clinic where Rivers stopped breathing during surgery. Mashable compiled a "Best Of" reel.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON and fiancé Romain Dauriac have welcomed their first child.

ALYSSA MILANO and her husband David Bugliari welcomed a baby girl, their second child.

GEORGE CLOONEY and Amal Alamuddin are not expecting.

JUSTIN THEROUX is picking up where Jon Hamm left off.

THE ISLAMIC STATE: Three senior members of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham - including an aide to its leader - were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, a senior Iraqi security official told NBC News Thursday.

JOE-JOE THE CAPYBARA, hanging out with puppies.

A VENOMOUS ALBINO COBRA that has been on the loose after reportedly biting a dog in Thousand Oaks was finally caught on Thursday.  BTW, that story says, "Initially, the snake was described as 'poisonous,' " but doesn't explain the difference.

DREADKNOUGHTS:  Eighty-five feet long, 30 feet tall, 130,000 pounds and still growing when it died, a newly described dinosaur is among the largest land animals that ever lived.

A GREAT WHITE SHARK tried to take a chomp out of two Massachusetts kayakers. What say you, Police Chief Brody?

THE MUFFS drop a video for "Weird Boy Next Door."

ROBERT PLANT advance streams lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar.

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 is advance streaming The Physical World via iTunes.

THE FELICE BROTHERS stopped by WFUV's Studio A to play some new songs, and James Felice also sat down to talk about the new record.

BENAJMIN BOOKER stopped by WFUV for a chat and mini-set.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: Fresh tracks from Smashing Pumpkins, Gemma Ray, Ex Hex and more feature in the latest episode.

STARS drops "Turn It Up" ahead of  No One Is Lost.

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: "Summerlove Sensation."

THE RENTALS: Matt Sharp talks to PopMatters about the making of the new album.

THE PSYCHO SISTERS list some of their guiltless pleasures.

IMOGEN HEAP talks to Drowned In Sound about the origins of her experimental inclinations, the influence of technology and collaboration on Sparks, and her plans for the future.

GENESIS: Ten of Their Best.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE's fight to get her hacked nude photos removed from the Internet might have hit a legal snag: She's not the photographer.

ANGELINA JOLIE stocked up on bridal mags months before wedding Brad Pitt.  Awww...she's just like us, except for the looks, fame and wealth.

JOAN RIVERS has been moved out of intensive care.

THE SIMPSONS MARATHON lifted FXX to the top ranks of the 105 cable networks measured by the Nielsen Company.

ROBERT PATTINSON is dating English singer FKA Twigs.

KATE HUDSON denies eating disorder rumors.

ROSIE PEREZ  and political commentator Nicolle Wallace are expected to take the vacant seats on The View. Insert vacant seats punchline here.

NIKKI FINKE, a pioneer in internet Hollywood reporting and founder of Deadline, is getting about 3.5 million in settlement for a 10-year non-compete with her last employer.

UKRAINE: President Vladimir Putin outlined plans for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday but Ukraine's prime minister dismissed the proposal, while France expressed its disapproval of Moscow's support for separatist forces by halting delivery of a warship.

FRANCE: President Hollande issued a statement raising the possibility of French military action against the Islamic State.

DENMARK: Police arrested the president of the Copenhagen-based Islamic charity Humanitarian Hearts (De Humanitære Hjerter) for supporting the Islamic State, and also arrested two women involved in the organization's work.

THE ISLAMIC STATE's complex logistics.

IRAQ: How Shiite Turkmens in Amerli held the line, waging a desperate campaign against the Islamic State.

AN ANGRY RAM takes out a drone.

A BEAR with a bucket on its head is rescued outside the Hundred Acre Wood. 

BEDBUGS have infested the NYC Subway system.

A COW ON THE LAM gores a jogger, heads for Oktoberfest.

BOB MOULD plays "The War" and "Hey Mr Grey" for Kimmel in plenty of time for Twofer Tuesday.

RYAN ADAMS advance streams a self-titled LP.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE advance streams Single Mothers.

SEAN ROWE advance streams Madman.

DEATH BLUES advance streams Ensemble.

PRINCE drops "U KNOW" and "WHITECAPS" ahead of Art Official Age and Plectrum Electrum.

EARTH, WIND and FIRE: Because it's "September."

NICK CAVE: A new book, a new film, and cameos in The Guardian from Shane MacGowan and Mark E. Smith.

ROBERT PLANT talks to The Telegraph about the demise of great frontmen, what still drives him, and the chance of his old band ever reuniting.

THE 50 GREATEST GARAGE SONGS, compiled by Paste, spans the decades.

THE 100 BEST ALT-ROCK SONGS From 1994, according to SPIN.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Guardians of the Galaxy tops the Labor Day chart with 22.2 million, becoming the biggest domestic earner of the year so far (280.5 million) on one of the traditionally slowest weekends of the year at the cinema.Releasing at the beginning of August, with less competition from other big movies, turned out just about perfect for Marvel. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shows again with 15.7 million; it still has a ways to go to profit, but next weekend is likely to feature these two films topping the chart again.  If I Stay shows with 11.6 million and nears profitability against an 11 million budget. Let's Be Cops stays in the fourth slot with 10.6 million and is probably edging into profit. The debut of So Above/So Below rounds out the Top 5with 10.3 million, though The November Man could take that spot when the receipts are finally counted.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE, KATE UPTON and other celebs had nude photos surface online in an apparently massive hack of Apple's iCloud service.

JOAN RIVERS was brought out of a medically induced coma as her family has their "fingers crossed" regarding her recovery.

BRADGELINA sold their wedding album to People and other media outlets.

JENNY McCARTHY & DONNIE WAHLBERG got married on Sunday.

ASHLEE SIMPSON also tied the knot with fiance Evan Ross on Sunday.

IAN SOMERHALDER & NIKKI REED dropped about a grand at a Toronto sex shop.

ROGER MOORE in The Guardian on the women in his life, his humanitarian work - and Daniel Craig's trunks.

THE UNITED KINGDOM: A researcher who raised the alarm over the sexual abuse of teenage girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago was sent on a 'ethnicity and diversity course' by child protection bosses who refused to act on her evidence.

UKRAINE: President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Monday of "direct and undisguised aggression" which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev's forces suffered a further reverse in their war with pro-Moscow separatists.

SOMALIA: U.S. military forces carried out an operation on Monday against al Shabaab militants in Somalia, a U.S. Department of Defense spokesman said.

LIBYA: Islamist forces including Ansar al Sharia and the February 17 Brigade renewed attacks in Benghazi. Members of a Libyan militia have taken over an abandoned annex of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli but have not broken into the main compound where the United States evacuated all of its staff last month, U.S. officials said on Sunday.

IRAQI troops and militias aided by U.S. airstrikes broke through a two-month siege of the town of Amerli on Sunday, opening up a humanitarian corridor to thousands of Shiite Turkmen who had been trapped by Sunni militants and deprived of food, water, and medicine.

A BABY ELEPHANT discovers fun with a ribbon.

A PERMANENTLY SAD DOG finds a forever home.

A FERAL CAT forces an elementary school to close.

A DOG cooks a laptop in Asbury Park.

J MASCIS and Fred Armisen join a cult in "Every Morning" from Tied To A Star.

THE ROSEBUDS perform on WNYC Soundcheck.

THE SILOS played a mini-set in KUTX's Studio 1A.

BENJAMIN BOOKER stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

THE DISTRICTS play a mini-set at World Cafe Live.

CASS McCOMBS & MEAT PUPPETS dropped a split single ahead of a co-headlining tour.

CHRISTOPHER OWENS dropped "Never Wanna See That Look Again" ahead of A New Testament.

SAM AMIDON fropped "Walkin' Boss" ahead of Lily-O.

ALICE COOPER topped the UK singles chart on this date in 1972 with "School's Out."

INTERPOL: Daniel Kessler talks to BrooklynVegan about the new album, Arctic Monkeys, The Jam, social media and more.

BOB MOULD talks to Marc Maron about becoming a writer for pro-wrestling, composing The Daily Show theme song and coming to terms with his true identity.

THE 50 BEST ALT ALBUMS of the 90s, according to Metro Weekly. (Thx, LHB.)

AC/DC, ranked by Stereogum.

IS TONY SOPRANO DEAD? Vox reported that The Sopranos creator David Chase said, No." Chase's rep claims the comment was misconstrued. And while Chases says the search fro an answer is fruitless, I always bought the analysis at Masters of Sopranos.

JENNIFER ANISTON says her womanhood should not be defined by motherhood. Fair enough.

KRISTEN STEWART covers Vanity Fair France and explains her acting method and her two-year break from the biz.

BRADGELINA share some “crazy sex scenes” in their upcoming movie, written and directed by Jolie.

JESSICA CHASTAIN wants a Scarlett Johansson superhero movie? Who doesn't?

SHERLOCK: Season 4 is devastating, according to creator Steven Moffat.

ENGLAND: in Rotherham, approximately 1400 cases of child rape, exploitation and violencewere dismissed for years by local leaders who feared they would be branded as racist for pursuing the perpetrators — the majority of whom were men of Pakistani origin.

UKRAINE said Russian forces had crossed the border and were supporting separatist attacks. The word they're looking for is "war."

LIBYA: In recent days, armed battles, inflamed by airstrikes and fueled by deep divisions among Libyan political factions have been “unprecedented in their gravity and very alarming,” the outgoing United Nations envoy to that country told the Security Council today.

THE UNITED STATES has begun to mobilize a broad coalition of allies behind potential American military action in Syria and is moving toward expanded airstrikes in northern Iraq, administration officials said on Tuesday. Don't call it a coalition of the willing, y'all.

A CHUBBY PRAIRIE DOG is freed from his hole.

A GIANT PANDA faked pregnancy to get better teatment.

SPIDERS force a recall of 19000 Suzukis.

A MOOSE ON THE LOOSE in the eastern German city of Dresden evaded capture before getting stuck inside an office building, tantalizingly close to the canteen.

KING KHAN & THE BBQ SHOW, n/k/a The Bad News Boys, drop a video for "We Are The Champion": "This was the first song we wrote for the album. Not the best song on the record, and not a single, but where our heads were at during the recording."

THE AFGHAN WHIGS stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH performed live in the KEXP Studio.

PHIL & DAVE ALVIN play a mini-set of Big Bill Broonzy covers at KUTX.

THE MAGIC NUMBERS share three songs off their upcoming LP, Alias.

REAL ESTATE covers the Nerves' "Paper Dolls."

THE KINKS: Esquire essays The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, dubbed "the best rock album you've never heard."

HENRY ROLLINS writes the inevitable apology for his column on depression.

SINKANE talks to Stereogum about his new album and his other endeavors.

PETE BEST talked to PopMatters about a lifetime of incredulous “What If’s.”

ZOOEY DESCHANEL was caught canoodling on camera with rumored new boyfriend Jacob Pechenik.

THE EMMYS --in a rare Monday appearance--went to these folks.

HAYDEN PANETTIERE is expecting a baby girl.

AMANDA PEET is expecting her third child with her husband David Benioff.

LENA DUNHAM excerpted her book at The New Yorker.

SHUTTER ISLAND may spawn a series on HBO.

UKRAINE: Amid reports of a surge in fighting between government forces and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Moscow will be sending a second humanitarian convoy into the war-torn region as early as this week. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has dissolved Ukraine's parliament and announced an election on October 26.

NORWAY: Some 5,000 people protested in Oslo against the Islamic State, in a demonstration organized by Norwegian Muslim groups.

LIBYA: Islamist militias said Sunday they have consolidated their hold on Tripoli and its international airport, driving out rival militias to the outskirts of the capital following a weekslong battle for control of the strategic hub.

SYRIA: The United States is preparing military options, including surveillance flights, to pressure Islamic State in Syria, U.S. officials said on Monday, but they cautioned no decision had been made to expand U.S. action beyond the limited airstrikes under way in Iraq. The White House, however, refused to commit to asking for congressional authority for airstrikes in Syria.

LIONS vs CROCODILE: Who You Got?

A HARBOR SEAL napping on a Jet Ski.

CAMBODIAN RAT MEAT: A growing export market.

WAS A DOG run over by Google Street View?