DINOSAUR JR dropped their video for "Watch the Corners" with Funnie Or Die, which explains the Tim Heidecker cameo.

DIRTY PROJECTORS played DC's 9:30 Club; you can stream the gig on demand.

WYE OAK was the opening act at the 9:30 Club; you can stream their set also.

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Durham, 1976.

THE JACKSON 5: "If the Shoe Don't Fit" is a rarity that coulda been a hit.

RARE EARTH: "I Just Want to Celebrate." Yeah, yeah.

CAT POWER talks about her upcoming Sun LP over tequila and cigs with The Guardian.

LUCERO is profiled by the Ithaca Times. (Thx, LHB.)

12 ESSENTIAL BLUR SONGS, according to PopMatters.

MAXIMUM AMES: Pate's birthplace plays host to Jeff Mangum, Wanda Jackson, Mount Eerie, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and many more in September. (Thx, Susan Jasper!)

LINDSAY LOHAN was interviewed by police regarding an apparent burglary at a Hollywood Hills home Monday night. She then left town.

AMANDA BYNES was involved in yet another car accident Monday night.

TOM CRUISE & KATIE HOLMES are officially divorced. That was quick.

AMERICAN IDOL: Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey battle for a judgeship. And Carey was thought to be a done deal. Ouch. Maybe they should have callers decide.

PRINCE HARRY, RYAN LOCHTE, and a pool full of bikini-clad girls in Vegas.

MAD MEL UPDATE: Gibson has a new gal pal. Young, hot  and foreign, again.

HILARY SWANK and boyfriend John Campisi have ended their five-year relationship.

WYNONNA JUDD's husband had his left leg amputated following a horrific motorcyle crash in South Dakota.

SAUDI ARABIA: A quiet tide of reform.

LEBANON: In Tripoli, 33 people were wounded in clashes between pro- and anti-Assad supporters. The fighting erupted after a wave of kidnappings of Syrians across Lebanon.

SYRIA: Pres Obama warned Syria that if it started moving around its stocks of unconventional weapons, there was a risk of US military intervention.

ORPHAN BOAR PIGLETS, taken in by a German shelter.

SANDY the 20lb BUNNY gets a reprieve.

FLAMINGOS love Barry White and Marvin Gaye.

WIFE SWAP BEAVERS Shatter Illusions.