THE NEW PRONOGRAPHERS drop a video for "War on the East Coast" ahead of Brill Bruisers.

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC is streaming Mandatory Fun at Spotify.

DEAN WAREHAM stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.  

PUSS N' BOOTS: Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, and Catherine Popper played a set at the Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival Festival, including covers of Wilco and Neil Young.

NEIL FINN performed live on WNYC Soundcheck.

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS drop "Fault Lines" ahead of Hypnotic Eye.

LITERATURE drops "The English Softhearts" ahead of their sophomore album, Chorus.

EAGULLS cover the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored" for the A.V. Club Undercover.

BOB DYLAN's New Basement Tapes? Sort of, courtesy of T-Bone Burnett.

SHARON JONES talks to the Baltimore Sun about beating cancer and hitting the road. (Thx, LHB.)

THE DANDY WARHOLS'  Courtney Taylor-Taylor talks to Drowned In Sound about British audiences, home recording, and more...

JUDAS PRIEST, ranked by Stereogum.

RYAN GOSLING has taken on the job of personal chef for his pregnant girlfriend, Eva Mendes.

KIM KARDASHIAN stands to make around 85 million from the new video game iPhone app that boasts her namesake.

THE AVENGERS: Entertainment Weekly has some mild spoilers and  a look at the villain in The Age of Ultron.

ROSE McGOWAN does not like being compared to Michael Jackson.

BRITNEY SPEARS skipped out of The Cheesecake Factory without paying the bill.

DANICA McKELLAR is getting ready to head down the aisle with her boyfriend Scott Sveslosky.

MICHAEL VARTAN is headed for divorce court.

UKRAINE: Insurgents bade tearful farewells Wednesday as they loaded their families onto Russia-bound buses and began hunkering down for what could be the next phase in Ukraine's conflict: bloody urban warfare. Menawhile, the US and EU said they intended to increase sanctions on Russia.

SYRIA: Bashar al-Assad was sworn in on Wednesday as Syria's president for a new term, after an election his opponents dismiss as a sham but his supporters say proves that a rebellion to unseat him has failed after three years of war.

ISRAEL: The military said the Iron Dome defense system shot down 29 of 123 rockets fired into Israel today. The IDF agreed to a five-hour humanitarian truce starting tomorrow. Justice Minister Livni warned, however, that Israel will have no choice but to launch a ground incursion into Gaza if the rocket attacks do not stop. Over 1,000 rockets have been fired at Israel since the start of Operation Protective Edge last week; one Israeli has been killed so far by the attacks.

JORDAN: Imprisoned radical cleric Abu Qatada issued a 21-page statement calling the Islamic State's "caliphate" void and accusing IS emir Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi of heresy.

DOGS IN WHEELCHAIRS Play Fetch.

CHIMPS were taken to the opening night of the new blockbuster, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes at their local cinema.

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED WORMS Can't Get Drunk. Look out, tequila.

THERE'S A COCKROACH IN YOUR SALAD? Here, I'll eat it.

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC is not usually my bag, but with so many Friends of Patebeing editors and educators, I can't pass up the Robin Thicke parody "Word Crimes."

FREEMAN, formerly Gene Ween, is streaming his self-titled solo debut.

MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND streams the EP, None More Than You.

LIAM BETSON (fmr Titus Andronicus) streams his solo LP, The Cover of Hunter.

PS I LOVE YOU advance streams For Those Who Stay.

PERFUME GENIUS drops "Queen" ahead of Too Bright, and an explanation of sorts.

AEROSMITH: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" At least until Midnight.

BOB MOULD drove down Memory Lane at Noisey, an offshoot of his Made In Minneapolis appearance.

THE SUPREMES: How They Made "Baby Love."

INTERPOL talks to The Quietus about how they dealt with losing a band member and to talk about a record that fully encases both sides of their personality.

RICK JAMES: Highlights from the funky singer's posthumous autobiography, featuring Jim Morrison, Prince and Neil Young.And the making of "Super Freak," into which Pate would occasionally lapse.

ANNA KENDRICK is profiled by Glamour.

CAMERON DIAZ is profiled by Harper's Bazaar.

VANESSA MINNILLO & NICK LACHEY are expecting their second child.

JEFF GOLDBLUM proposed to an actress, aerialist, and contortionist 30 years his junior. He's always on the lookout for a future ex-Mrs. Goldblum.

KRISTEN WIIG talks to Elle about her dramatic aspirations.

RHIANNA immediately deleted a #FreePalestine tweet.

THOR, You'll Be a Woman Soon.

UKRAINE and Russia traded increasingly bitter accusations of cross-border hostilities on Tuesday.

ISRAEL resumed its airstrikes on Gaza, after Hamas dismissed a proposed cease-fire that would have ended eight days of fighting.

THE ARAB SPRING Proved Everyone Wrong.

AFGHANISTAN: Just days after Secretary of State John F. Kerry brokered an end to Afghanistan’s election crisis, the deal has run into trouble because of disagreements among the two rival presidential candidates. When President Obama announced his plan to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2016, U.S. intelligence said it could be done safely. Now, intelligence and military leaders are privately warning that the U.S. counterterrorism forces could be needed there for much longer.

2 BABOONS, 1 CAR HOOD: Let's go to the video.

GANGS OF MURDEROUS DOLPHINS attack porpoises off the coast of Wales.

TREATENING PIG remains on the lam in Maine.

A NEWLY-DISCOVERED SPECIES may be the largest airborne bird ever discovered.

NEW ORDER covered "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" in the city by the bay. I'll toss in the late Scott McKenzie for Twofer Tuesday.

MOGWAI is streaming bonus material from their seminal second album, Come On Die Young.

BOB MOULD stopped by WFUV's Studio A to play a mini-set and talk about his songwriting process and his methods of maintaining longevity in the music business.

ANDREW BIRD plays a mini-set at KUTX.

AU REVOIR SIMONE performed live on WNYC Soundcheck.

FIELD REPORT spreads their "Wings" ahead of Marigolden.

WILLIS EARL BEAL drops "Until We Die" ahead of Experiments In Time.

TWOFER TUESDAY:  "The Dawn Of Correction" by The Spokesmen is an "answer song" to Barry McGuire's immortal "Eve Of Destruction."

THE SMITHS: Alt-rockers discuss their favorite songs from the quartet.

CONOR OBERST: Joanie Faircloth issued a public apology for making false rape accusations against the Bright Eyes singer.

OWEN PALLETT explains Mariah Carey and "Call Me Maybe" at The Guardian.

METALLICA: This is SportsCenter.

JESSICA SIMPSON monetizes her wedding video.

ERIN ANDREWS displaces Pam Oliver as Fox's top NFL sideline reporter.

CHERYL COLE secretly wed her French boyfriend after just three months.

ZOE SALDANA has blunt relationship advice.

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN will play Captain Hook in NBC's live staging of Peter Pan.

SAM & CAT: Nickelodeon has canceled the popular show after offscreen drama.

UKRAINE's top defense official said Monday that Russia may have shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane, an action that would represent a dramatic new step in the months-long conflict that has engulfed eastern Ukraine.

ISRAEL: Both the Israeli government and leaders of Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, said late Monday that they would consider a plan for a cease-fire put forward by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

LIBYA: At least seven people have been killed and 36 wounded, and homes were damaged by rockets, in clashes between rival militias in Tripoli; the airport has been closed. The only airport still operating is Labraq in Beida.

IRAQ: Five weeks after Islamist fighters stormed across northern and western Iraq in a surprise offensive that nearly reached the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, virtually every captured location remains firmly in rebel hands, while the central government’s meager efforts at a counteroffensive have met with failure on virtually every front. A supposedly secret but locally well-known CIA station on the outskirts of Irbil’s airport is undergoing rapid expansion as the United States considers whether to engage in a war against Islamist militants who’ve seized control of half of Iraq in the past month.

MARU: The box cat is back.

AN ENORMOUS BOA CONSTRICTOR is on the loose around Lake Hopatcong, NJ.

SELFIE WITH THE BULLS:  A runner in Pamplona's famed event faces a 4100 fine.

JUMPING THE SHARK: A Quincy, MA, man is facing trespassing and disorderly conduct charges after jumping into a tank containing a shark at the New England Aquarium.

NEW ORDER covered "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" in the city by the bay. I'll toss in the late Scott McKenzie for Twofer Tuesday.

MOGWAI is streaming bonus material from their seminal second album, Come On Die Young.

BOB MOULD stopped by WFUV's Studio A to play a mini-set and talk about his songwriting process and his methods of maintaining longevity in the music business.

ANDREW BIRD plays a mini-set at KUTX.

AU REVOIR SIMONE performed live on WNYC Soundcheck.

FIELD REPORT spreads their "Wings" ahead of Marigolden.

WILLIS EARL BEAL drops "Until We Die" ahead of Experiments In Time.

TWOFER TUESDAY:  "The Dawn Of Correction" by The Spokesmen is an "answer song" to Barry McGuire's immortal "Eve Of Destruction."

THE SMITHS: Alt-rockers discuss their favorite songs from the quartet.

CONOR OBERST: Joanie Faircloth issued a public apology for making false rape accusations against the Bright Eyes singer.

OWEN PALLETT explains Mariah Carey and "Call Me Maybe" at The Guardian.

METALLICA: This is SportsCenter.

JESSICA SIMPSON monetizes her wedding video.

ERIN ANDREWS displaces Pam Oliver as Fox's top NFL sideline reporter.

CHERYL COLE secretly wed her French boyfriend after just three months.

ZOE SALDANA has blunt relationship advice.

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN will play Captain Hook in NBC's live staging of Peter Pan.

SAM & CAT: Nickelodeon has canceled the popular show after offscreen drama.

UKRAINE's top defense official said Monday that Russia may have shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane, an action that would represent a dramatic new step in the months-long conflict that has engulfed eastern Ukraine.

ISRAEL: Both the Israeli government and leaders of Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, said late Monday that they would consider a plan for a cease-fire put forward by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

LIBYA: At least seven people have been killed and 36 wounded, and homes were damaged by rockets, in clashes between rival militias in Tripoli; the airport has been closed. The only airport still operating is Labraq in Beida.

IRAQ: Five weeks after Islamist fighters stormed across northern and western Iraq in a surprise offensive that nearly reached the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, virtually every captured location remains firmly in rebel hands, while the central government’s meager efforts at a counteroffensive have met with failure on virtually every front. A supposedly secret but locally well-known CIA station on the outskirts of Irbil’s airport is undergoing rapid expansion as the United States considers whether to engage in a war against Islamist militants who’ve seized control of half of Iraq in the past month.

MARU: The box cat is back.

AN ENORMOUS BOA CONSTRICTOR is on the loose around Lake Hopatcong, NJ.

SELFIE WITH THE BULLS:  A runner in Pamplona's famed event faces a 4100 fine.

JUMPING THE SHARK: A Quincy, MA, man is facing trespassing and disorderly conduct charges after jumping into a tank containing a shark at the New England Aquarium.

TOMMY RAMONE, a/k/a Tommy Tom Erdelyi, the founding drummer and last surviving original member of the Ramones, the New York City band whose dizzying, short blasts of melody codified the sound of punk rock, died on Friday at his home in Ridgewood, Queens. He was 65. The cause was cancer of the bile duct. After Tommy left the band, he produced the Replacements’ Tim in 1985 and Redd Kross’ Neurotica in 1987. It is hard to overestimate the impact of the Ramones on modern rock, and Tommy's unique beat, as well as his understanding of the Ramones' vision were key to their lasting influence.  Here are the original Ramones, playing the equally legendary CBGBs in October 1977, two weeks before the release of Rocket to Russia, Tommy's final LP with the band. Your setlist includes:  “Blitzkrieg Bop”; “Sheena is a Punk Rocker”; “Beat on the Brat”; “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”; “Rockaway Beach”; “Cretin Hop”; “Oh,Oh, I Love Her So”; and “Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World.”

P.J. HARVEY, Live at London's Royal Albert Hall, circa October 2011.

WHITE FENCE is advance streaming For the Recently Found Innocent.

ALVVAYS is advance streaming their self-titled debut.

JOYCE MANOR is streaming Never Hungover Again.

CHRISTOPHER OWENS: The former Girls frontman talks to Pitchfork about quitting drugs, finding love, and moving forward.

HARVEY DANGER's Sean Nelson talks to PopMatters about revisiting Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?

CHARLIE HADEN, the pioneering jazz bassist who played with the likes of Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett before enjoying a decades-long solo career, died Friday at age 76 of a prolonged illness.

LAURIE ANDERSON was trapped in a hyperbaric chamber last week.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes dominates the box office with 73 million, not only well over its predecessor's 54.8 million opening, but also accounting for over half of the weekend's ticket sales.The simians took in another 30 million overseas, though it avoided countries where the World Cup final would be in conflict.  Transformers: Age of Extinction places a distant second with 16 million, and continues to lag its predecessors, but crosses the 200 million mark domestically, which is roughly what the Apes will likley make in their entire run. The 'bots have also racked up 543 million overseas, 262 of that in China alone. Welcome to the global economy.  Tammy shows with 12.9 million; the film which no one seems to have liked nevertheless is closing in on the 60 million it likely needs to profit.  22 Jump Street takes the fourth slot with 6.7 million and is well in the black with about 172 million domestic against a 50 million production budget.  How to Train Your Dragon 2 rounds out the Top 5 with 5.9 million; this equel has no recouped its production budget domestically, but 350 million worldwide is still short of 435 million it likely needs to profit.

TRACY MORGAN is suing Walmart over the New Jersey Turnpike accident that left one person dead and several people, including him, hospitalized.

JUSTIN BIEBER & SELENA GOMEZ now appear to be in a rebound dating duel.

KATE UPTON hasn't ruled out posing for Playboy.

COLIN FARRELL & TAYLOR KITSCH are leading candidates for the second season of HBO's True Detective.

PARIS HILTON hosted a bloody brawl at her 65K rental pad.

STEVEN SPIELBERG is attacked in social media for killing a Triceratops. Hoo boy.

LIBYA: Islamist militias surrounded and attacked Tripoli's airport, trying to take control from the Zintani militias that have been defending it.

IRAQ: In a possible portent of growing factional conflict, a leading Kurdish minister was removed from Iraq's government, and the Kurdish semi-autonomous government took over two oilfields in the north, officials said Friday. Fighters from the newly established Islamic State ambushed and destroyed an Iraqi armored column in the western province of Anbar. Islamic State fighters also captured several American-made armored personnel carriers.

SYRIA: While the world focuses on the military advances the Islamis State has made in western Iraq, U.S. officials and terrorism experts point across the border to Syria, where the radical Islamist militia has consolidated recent gains and maybe forming a "safe haven" from which terror attacks against Western targets could be launched.

A TINY HEDGEHOG has a tiny birthday.

INVASIVE TEGU LIZARDS steal crocodile eggs in Florida.

A PREGNANT TARANTULA has escaped from her South Slope home.

A FOX AND HOUND, living together, mass hysteria!