THE FEELIES are reuniting for a free show with Sonic Youth in NYC's Battery Park on July 4th.  Fireworks!  Glenn Mercer talked to Gothamist about his solo album and mentions the reunion, which sounds like maybe more than one show.  In the meantime, dig the newly-unearthed clip for "Sooner or Later" along with "Away."  The latter was directed by Jonathan Demme, who gave the band a cameo playing "Fame" at the high school reuinion in Something Wild.

FEIST & THE CONSTANTINES have released a cover of "Islands in the Stream" you can stream at the link.  Plus, can someone tell Feist how to get to Sesame Street to play (what else) "1 2 3 4?"

AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand via MPR.

LOLLAPALOOZA is streaming a 2008 Playlist via nuTsie.

LAURA BARTON & COLIN MELOY are writing a song together, but they could use your help with the rest of the lyrics.  Meloy also talks a bit about his songwriting method at the first link.

GNARLS BARKLEY hit the Peacock the other night with "Run" and "Who's Gonna Save My Soul."  Don't tell the lawyers.

LIZ PHAIR talks to Billboard about the new Exile in Guyville reissue and returning to Indieville.

KATHLEEN EDWARDS dropped by Portlan's WMEA for a chat and mini-set on Day to Day, streaming now via NPR.  She also talks to DC's Express about the influences of Canada and classical training.

LAST.FM: Their free streaming radio service is leading to increased revenue for its partners, including Amazon and iTunes.

ORIGINAL PSYCH POSTER ART from Wes Wilson and Rick Griffin, who became inextricably linked with the biggest acts on the West Coast music scene, are going to be available to buy when the vast rock art collection of Peter Golding, a British fashion designer and musician, comes up for sale at Bonhams in New York next month.  Griffin's 6ft high Flying Eyeball canvas -- considered to be one of the most iconic works of the Fillmore era -- is estimated to sell for up to 350K (£178,000).

BRITNEY SPEARS drove her 2008 Mercedes into the back of a 2006 Nissan Saturday night - but cops say she was dead sober when it happened.  Meanwhile Neil Patrick Harris is "clarifying" his remarks that he would prefer that the popwreck not return to CBS's sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

JAMIE LYNN SPEARS, Britney's barely 17-year-old knocked-up sister, got elbowed in the kisser while attending a drunken teen party with fiance Casey Aldridge on April 5th, according to the ever-reliable National Enquirer.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Scary news; the remake of Prom Night tops the box office with 22.7 million, about what Disturbia did about a year ago.  Street Kings debuted a distant second at 12 million, forcing last week's top four into 3-7, though 21 dropped a mere 28 percent.  Smart People opened an anemic seventh with 4.2 million.  The Ruins, Superhero Movie and Drillbit Taylor bring up the rear.

AMY WINEHOUSE snorted cocaine at a party last week with Sir Bob Geldof's teen daughter Pixie just a few feet away, according to the uber-reliable News of the World.

LILY ALLEN admitted she was in the men's restroom at a London nightclub, but is pissed off about the claims that she was booted out of the club with Johnny Borrell for using the men's bathroom.

ALICIA KEYS is fan of the Black Panthers and a conspiracy theorist, maintaining that the bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fuelled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing."

VANILLA ICE was released from jail Friday following his arrest on a charge of simple battery for allegedly pushing his wife.  In 2004, he was booked into the Broward County Jail on a domestic battery charge. He also spent a night in jail in 2001 after being arrested following a domestic dispute.

THE McCARTNEYS:  Heather Mills was booed as a Miss USA judge when introduced Friday night in Las Vegas.  That was after going on British TV and wishing Sir Paul's three girlfriends the best of luck.

CATE BLANCHETT and husband Andrew Upton welcomed their third son, Ignatius Martin Upton, into the world yesterday.

WHAT CELEBS EARN, courtesy of Parade magazine.  Miley Cyrus (a/k/a Hannah Montana) makes twice as much as Jessica Alba, but much less than Tiger Woods.

KATE MOSS has been invited in from the cold to front a new campaign for the lingerie firm Agent Provocateur.  Pics at the link.  Call it Gratuitous Monday.

STAR TREK:  Mr. Sulu sings "On the Road Again" on a TV show cancelled after one airing.  Makes Shatner sound good.  ALSO: "Red Shirts" -- the Harsh, Statistical Truth!

GLOBAL WARMING:  One of the most influential scientists behind the theory that global warming has intensified recent hurricane activity says he will reconsider his stand.

TERROR in the UK:  British police and security agencies are currently monitoring 30 terrorism plots, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said in extracts of an interview in Sunday's News of the World.  "We task the police and the security agencies with protecting us ... There are 22000 individuals they are monitoring. There are 200 networks. There are 30 active plots," she said.

IRAN:  Three speed boats of unidentified origin approached a US patrol boat as it transited the Gulf but stopped after a warning flare was fired, a US Navy spokesman said. In January, tensions between the two countries escalated after Iranian speed boats swarmed around three US warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

IRAQ:  The battle against the Mahdi Army is finally hit its stride in Sadr City. Fighting between Shiite militiamen and security forces in Sadr City eased on Sunday after a week of intense clashes, with hospitals in the Baghdad slum saying they had received no dead or wounded overnight.  Iraq's government moved Sunday to restore discipline within the ranks of the security forces, sacking more than 1300 soldiers and policemen who deserted during recent fighting against Shiite militias in Basra.  Tribal leaders in southern Iraq are starting to push back against Iranian-supported militias in Basra, cracking their hold over the economically crucial province, Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker told reporters.

RADHA the SELF-MILKING COW:  We have not one, but three videos.

A LUCKLESS FARMER who was been married three times has decided to try his hand at marriage one last time - with a goat.  Bulgarian Stoil Panayotov, exchanged his third wife with Elena the eight-year-old goat at a livestock market in March - because she couldn't provide him with a child.  I'm not sure that is the solution.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT:  The Fall frontman Mark E. Smith is under investigation by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals after claiming he killed two endangered red squirrels in an interview with Uncut magazine.

IGUANA SMUGGLING?  A Californian man faces jail after being convicted of smuggling stolen rare iguanas into the US inside his prosthetic leg, justice officials said Friday.  However, the jury rejected charges that he stole the iguanas while visiting Fiji in September 2002.

THE LION CANNOT DRIVE, but that doesn't keep him out of the race.