MAYER HAWTHORNE drops a video for the bouncy "Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'."

LIARS did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

AMANDA PALMER is streaming an EP of Radiohead covers... on ukulele.

VILLAGERS play a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR. 

SUMMER PLUNGE 2010: A mix to stream or download from I Am Fuel, You Are Friends.

R.I.P., ANDY HUMMEL: Big Star's original bassist dies after a long battle with cancer, less than four months after the death of the band's frontman, Alex Chilton.  Hummel wrote "Way Out West," though he's not on this live version.

THE MERCURY PRIZE finalists are announced.

THE VASELINES talk to the Guardian about making their second LP, 20 years after their debut.

THE INDIE PROFESSOR: Why do places like Manchester and Seattle have flourishing indie scenes?

THE GO-BETWEENS: Robert Forster talks to the Guardian about the bridge named after the band, pop, tattoos - and haircare.

LINDSAY LOHAN was cuffed and went to jail, as Robert Shapiro stopped representing her. Lohan was accompanied by lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley, who quit earlier this month, because Lohan was an uncontrollable client.

MAD MEL UPDATE: The latest Gibson tape directly involes the accusation that he struck baby mama Oksana Grigorieva and their baby daughter.

SANDRA BULLOCK got a restraining order against an alleged stalker. Again.

JESSE JAMES can take his daughter Sunny to live in Texas, the court hearing his custody battle with Janine Lindemulder rules.

JENNA FISCHER's wedding was officiated by Survivor host Jeff Probst, who is a minister of the Universal Life Church.

WARRANT singer Jani Lane pleaded no contest to DUI and has been ordered to serve 120 days in jail.

BILL MURRAY sits down with GQ to discuss everything from the lameness of Ron Howard to the genius of Kung Fu Hustle.

M. NIGHT SHAMALAYAN is now a punchline.

STAR TREK 2 starts shooting in January 2011, according to Bruce Greenwood.

TERROR in NYC: A secret FBI test of a correctly made version of the Times Square bomb revealed that it "would have killed thousands of people."

IRAN: Conservative opponents of Ahmadinejad have launched a rearguard action aimed at weakening him and preventing one of his hard-line followers from succeeding him in the next presidential election. The European Union is considering stiffening sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, but is also seeking to set a new date for talks.

AFGHANISTAN: Pres. Karzai seeks to receive control of security responsibilities by 2014.

PARACHUTING DONKEY shocks Russian beachgoers.

25 RATTLERS in a BUCKET: Officials say Terry Brian Teeter had as many as 32 snakes but he gave some away and ate two others.

HEY, ARE THOSE 18 TINY ENDANGERED MONKEYS in your girdle?

KILLER BEAVERS defended by dog owners.

A DEER SHOT A BIKER? Seems unlikely.