THE FELICE BROTHERS feature their Dylan/Band/Pogues/Clash-esque vibe in the live video for "Frankie's Gun."

THE MORNING BENDERS: Chris Chu tells the San Jose Mercury News he wants to keep cranking out the tunes: "Our album came out two months ago, and now we have another album of covers for free for people. I like bands that do that."

AIMEE MANN talks to the Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot about the upside and the downside of the Internet age. "There are millions of singers and songwriters and bands, and when there is too much choice my reaction is I don't know what to listen to. So my choice is not to listen to anything."  This is like the famous "6 jam-vs.-24 jam" experiment in behavioral economics.

ZOOKEEPER does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, three previously unreleased.

LIZ PHAIR talks with the Boston Herald about the early days of her career: "All of a sudden I was the (expletive) queen across the nation. I was not prepared for that."

BON IVER, a/k/a Justin Vernon, and Jack Ladder -- playing "Blue Tulip" and "Starry Stairs" -- are the latest "stand-ins" for Okkervil River in the video series for the upcoming Stand-Ins album.

RYAN ADAMS is writing a book, Infinity Blues. I would say not to judge a book by its cover, but there isn't much else to go on at the moment.

TV on the RADIO:  "Dancing Choose" is the latest track to leak from the upcoming Dear Science album.

NORTHERN SOUL: The Times of London surveys the still-thriving scene, including DJ Liam Quinn, who got recruited to accompany Duffy on tour.

THE POLAR PRIZE: Sweden's biggest music awards went to... Pink Floyd and Renée Fleming?

WOODY ALLEN provides Excerpts from his Spanish Diary to the NYT, but it seems like a gag: "Once again I had to help Javier with the lovemaking scenes..."

MACKENZIE PHILLIPS was  busted at LAX for allegedly possessing heroin and cocaine. The former "One Day at a Time" star has had a long history of drug abuse.

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY couldn't stop laughing while shooting the love scenes in The Duchess.

JESSICA BIEL: Baby bump, or bad photos?

TOM BRADY spent 11 million on just the land for a new L.A. mansion, which will exceed 20K sq. ft.

P DIDDY has been forced to ground his private jet because of rising fuel prices.

SAMANTHA RONSON: Is Lindsay Lohan's closest companion about to pen a tell-all tome?  Li-Lo's ex-con turned preacher dad hits the ceiling.  BONUS: Mark, Samantha, and Charlotte Ronson are channeling the Tenenbaums for Harper's Bazaar.

WES ANDERSON & JASON SCHWARTZMAN recommend CDs and DVDs while shopping on video at Borders.

KATE MOSS says she was never anorexic, just busy.

CARMEN ELECTRA can understand why socialite Kim Kardashian turns men on after wrestling with her for a scene in Disaster Movie (which I presume is aptly named).

MAD MEN: Twitter and AMC have restored accounts of fans twittering as characters from the acclaimed drama. "Don Draper" responds perfectly. 

JOHN CLEESE: The Python is blogging, Twittering and headcasting.

TERROR in the UK: A white Muslim convert is being held by detectives investigating alleged threats to kill the Prime Minister and Tony Blair. He is believed to be a friend of two other men arrested by counter-terrorism officers at Manchester Airport on August 14.

GEORGIA, GEORGIA: Globe-trotting blogger Michael J. Totten is there, setting the record straight: "Virtually everyone is wrong. Georgia didn't start it on August 7, nor on any other date. The South Ossetian militia started it on August 6 when its fighters fired on Georgian peacekeepers and Georgian villages with weapons banned by the agreement hammered out between the two sides in 1994..."  Meanwhile, Russia's envoy to NATO, has a portrait of Stalin hanging in his office.

IRAQ: Four Multi-National Division - Baghdad districts began the transitioning more than 1000 Sons of Iraq into the Iraqi police. A university president and a top local official in Diyala province are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to AQI. The police chief of Diyala province has ordered a ban on all firearms, including AK-47 rifles to which every Iraqi household is entitled. Recently reinforced rules on detainees have made it difficult to prosecute suspects, according to Iraqi Army commanders in Baquba.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: Chinese cats growing wings.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: An albino Whale Shark.

SNAKES floating into homes flooded by tropical storm Fay continue to menace homeowners, including one woman who was nearly bitten during a TV news interview.

RACCOON'S courthouse crime spree ends with capture.

LEONARD the PARROT, who has learned classical and pop music, and can imitate Daleks, has been returned to his owners after going missing for four days.