OH-OH-OH, it's "Magic," by Pilot, lip-synching o­n TOTP. Be sure to check the comments o­n the video at YouTube.

JACK WHITE is selling his digs in Detroit. If you take the o­nline tour, you will see he stuck to the White Strripes' red, white and black color scheme.

THE HOLD STEADY: Stereogum has some nice pics of indie's pre-eminent bar band, with and advance MP3 to download or stream via the Hype Machine. Reaction at Stereogum is mixed, but I dig it.

LOST DAVID BOWIE and ROD STEWART tracks are among those in the trove of legendary UK producer Joe Meek, which may go public in the not-too-distant future.

STEREOLAB has a "best of" out o­n Rhino o­n Aug. 29th, but you can stream it now in Real or Windows format. Commenters at Stereogum note some obvious omissions.

SEEN YOUR VIDEO: Occasionally, when completely out of control, Pate would unleash a metal medley including AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie." This is the original (natch), recorded live in Chicago.

THE TOP FIVE SONGS OF THE 1960'S: Gorilla vs. Bear posted his Top Five (Six, really) before Pitchfork finished its Top 200, so as not to be influenced. G vs. B picks neither The Beatles nor Dylan for Numero Uno. Then again, neither did Pitchfork!

THE A-Z OF ROCK & ROLL SEX SCANDALS, courtesy of Blender magazine.

THE FUTURE ROCK HALL is a website estimating the odds as to whether and when various bands will make it to Cleveland.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' Get Lonely comes out tomorrow, but you can download "Wild Sage" right now.

PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: The unlikely rumors that the troubled singer and supposedly sober supermodel are to get hitched will not die, even as Doherty pleads guilty to the latest drug charges against him and will stay at The Priory rehabilitation clinic in London until he is sentenced next month, when he could get jail time.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Snakes o­n a Plane takes the weekend or is edged out by Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, depending o­n whether you count the 1.4 million in receipts from late nite shows Thursday. SoaP underperformed, though it will cetainly be profitable, based o­n its modest budget, and maybe even the 63 percent it scored o­n the Tomatometer after critics got to see it. World Trade Center came in third, followed by Accepted, which is probably in the black already, based o­n a tiny budget. The Duff sisters' Material Girls opened in ninth place, suggesting there is some small amout of justice in the world. Little Miss Sunshine did better than that, taking seventh place and making three times as much as the Duffs o­n half the screens. I saw The Illusionist, which is scoring 72-88 percent o­n the Tomatometer, but opened o­n about 50 screens. I agree with the reviewer who called it cold, but good, with another golden performance by Paul Giamatti.

KATE HUDSON-CHRIS ROBINSON BREAK-UPDATE: With Butterscoth Stallion Owen Wilson threatening to sue anyone who suggests he is responsible for his You, Me & Dupree co-star Hudson's marriage split, I guess we all have to move o­n to the story about Hudson not wanting to take part in threesomes and orgies with Robinson.

DENISE & HEATHER & RICHIE & CHARLIE & DAVID: Speaking of unlikely, Life and Style magazine claims that as Richie Sambora and Heather Locklear's divorce nears a settlement, Richie is having second thoughts.

THE McCARTNEYS: Heather Mills went o­n a Beverly Hills shopping spree to forget about her divorce, suggesting that she is indeed thinking of pursue her divorce to Sir Paul through US courts because they offer larger settlements. MEanwhile, Sir Paul's big concern seems to be that Mills is filming a video diary of the couple's increasingly acrimonious split.

BRADGELINA: Jolie and Pitt move into Pitt's fortified, "Neverland-like" compound amid tabloid reports that Jolie is angry over Pitt's admission that a part of him will always love Jennifer Aniston.

CHARLIZE THERON is denying a documentary she produced about Cuban rappers shows a pro-American bias. Because Fidel Castro is such a sweetheart, y'know? Don't get me started o­n Cuban health care. The stunning starlet is admitting a new pro-Scotch bias at the Edinburgh International Film Festival: "I like it. I think it's very, very good. I won't be able to walk off the stage but it's good!"

TINSELTOWNIES AGAINST TERRORISM: A few blogs, including Defamer reprint the full-page L.A. Times ad signed by Nicole Kidman and 85 others denouncing Helzbollah and Hamas for provoking the current mideast conflict. The regular press couldn't be bothered to notice in the way they trumpet anything signed by Susan Sarandon or Alec Baldwin.

CHRISTINA RICCI landed the role of a sex abuse victim in the controversial upcoming movie Black Snake Moan by flooding writer/director Craig Brewer with sexually explicit photos of herself. Samuel L. Jackson is in this Snake flick also.

LINDSAY LOHAN is staying in and trying to behave herself. We'll see how long that lasts.

JESSICA SIMPSON: The pneumatic blonde was seen in the company of a mystery man, while rumors have Vanessa Minilllo tring of Simpson's ex, Nick Lachey.

PAMELA ANDERSON and KID ROCK had a third marriage ceremony in Nashville, following o­n events near Saint-Tropez and in Beverly Hills.

HEZBOLLAH'S FUNNY MONEY? The wire services that were so loathe to mention that the rockets striking Israel were launched by Hezbollah seem to have no problem publicizing the terror group's efforts to help Lebanese rebuild the homes destroyed in the conflict Hezbollah provoked. But take a look at the two photos above of Hezbollah handing out money to the locals. Aside from the fact that the press isn't asking where Hezbollah got these huge stacks of Benjamins, note that the seal over the "100" is in a different place in each picture. And neither has it placed where it's supposed to be. OpinionJournal noted what appeared to be uncut sheets of US hundred-dollar bills in NBC video from a Hezbollah target site back in July, while noting reports that Hezbollah has been involved in counterfeiting American money.

THE UN o­n the MIDEAST CONFLICT: When Hezbollah guerrillas fired at least 10 Katyusha rockets after the ceasefire, the UN says nothing. When the the Israeli foreign minister said o­n CNN last Tuesday that there was evidence that Iran and Syria were already rearming Hezbollah, the UN says nothing. When an internal Lebanese army statement calls for troops to stand "alongside" Hezbollah, the UN says nothing. When Hezbollah is found to have sensitive night-vision equipment that Iran got from a UN program, the UN says nothing. However, when Israel claims it has conducted a raid in Lebanon to stop the rearming of Hezbollah, Kofi Annan immediately declares it a truce violation. Indeed, the UN Sec. Gen. also wants Israel to lift the blockade it imposed to stop arms resupply. He further wants to stock the peacekeeping force with troops from countries that do not recognize Israel's right to exist.

SYRIA: Meanwhile, newspapers in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan -- some of which are state-guided -- are attacking president Bashar Assad in the wake of the conflict. Jamil Nimri, a prominent Jordanian analyst, says a recent Assad speech "has set things back and Syria has lost deep Arab solidarity. It is now in a worse situation that it was at the start of the war."

IRAN: Police in Tehran have begun "dismantling" satellite dishes from the city's rooftops, as part of a campaign to prevent Iranians from watching Western television. Iran said o­n Sunday it would not suspend uranium enrichment, though it will formally respond by Tuesday to proposals made by the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany. Tuesday is August 22nd -- a date Islamic extremists may deem appropriate for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world. Let's hope it's a coincidence.

A MAN WAS TRAPPED WAIST-DEEP in chocolate for two hours at a factory in Kenosha, WI. He was recovered before getting sucked up the pipe to the Fudge Room.

ARMED CLOWNS are o­n a robbery spree in Arizona. Video at the link, but haven't I seen this before?

...AND THERE WAS CAT LITTER all over the highway...

PET HOARDING: Keeping 168 cats around the house will tend to adversely affect the local bird and squirrel populations.

SNAKES that don't need a plane.

OK GO's latest video, for "Here It Goes Again" is an internet hit for good reason. Musically, it's somewhere between Cracker and the Kinks, which is not a bad place to be.

NEW RELEASES: It's another slow week before things pick up with the "back to school" indie crowd. But The Sex Pistols' Spunk, Bonnie Raitt, a Grand Funk GH, and a Monkees' deluxe reissue are streaming in full from AOL. The Buzzcocks have a new single with live B-sides. And there's a limited edition box set of the KISS solo albums! No?

THE 200 GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960's: Remember those fabulous Sixties? All this week Indie tastemaker Pitchfork does.

YACHT ROCK: Stereogum reports o­n Michael McDonald's shout out to Paul Rudd in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. You can watch the "Yacht Rock" comedy shorts that inspired the term o­n YouTube and stream McDonald and others via the Hype Machine.

THE DECEMBERISTS' upcoming album is leaking o­nto the internet. And though the band (and its lawyers, probably) is getting tracks taken down, they don't disappear from the Hype Machine quite as quickly.

CLELL TICKLE, the indie marketing guru who threatened folks watching Tapes N/ Tapes at the Pitchfork Fest, is profiled in this short film. Dialog probably NSFW, even after bleeping.

SLEATER-KINNEY: The band's last pogo is reviewed in the L.A. Times. It's not clear what comes next for the riot grrls, though lead guitarist Carrie Brownstein recently interviewed Saddam Hussein.

BISHOP ALLEN is o­ne of the bands in a Wall Street Journal article about making money via the web. BA is releasing four new songs a month for a year o­n their site. "Click Click Click Click" is from July. YANP has bonus tracks from prior months.

SOME VELVET MORNING: When I blurbed Nancy Sinatra back in May, Ken King noted to me how strange her duet with Lee Hazlewood was o­n "Some Velvet Morning." Since then, I've run across the original again, along with danceable version by Primal Scream with Kate Moss and a strangely fitting, reverb-soaked cover by Slowdive.

PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: Although the supposedly sober supermodel is helping the troubled singer kick drugs, rumors of their engagement are denied.

JESSICA SIMPSON played a surprise Friday night performance at West Hollywood's gay & lesbian nightclub Factory. Egotastic has your video of bad dancing and making "You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record)" sound even worse than the original. *Shudder* Meanwhile, ex-hubby Nick Lachey was asked if he would rather be trapped o­n a desert island with the pneumatic blonde's creepy dad-manager Joe or Satan. After some hesitation, Lachey said, "I might take my chances with Satan, Prince of Darkness."

KATE HUDSON and CHRIS ROBINSON are separating after nearly six years of marriage.

DENISE & HEATHER & RICHIE & CHARLIE & DAVID: Perhaps inspired by Monday's events in the Mideast, Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards have also agreed to an interim cessation of hostilities. No word so far o­n whether an international force will be called in to keep the peace.

HUGH GRANT, meanwhile, is rumored to be getting married to Jemima Khan... in about two years.

TOM-KAT UPDATE: The couple played Good Samaritans for some auto accident victims, while civilians claim a Tom-Kitten sighting at a birthday for Jaden Smith, son of Jada Pinkett and Will Smith.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON and JOSH HARTNETT are reportedly moving into a luxury six-million-dollar NYC loft, requesting extra soundproofing in their bedroom. Hartnett's rep denies they are moving in together.

MADONNA: Kids say the darnedest things. Madge's daughter's reaction to the video for "Hung Up," which featured the 47-year-old gyrating in a leotard: "Yuck, that's disgusting. Why are you behaving like that?"

BOY GEORGE lashed out at the press as he began his court-ordered community service cleaning up the streets of NYC. VH1's Best Week Ever has video, though not of his hissy fit.

FARRAH FAWCETT gets better plastic surgery. But I don't think that cures the crazy part.

WILLIAM SHATNER was roasted for at a Comedy Central special to air Aug. 20th. I like that they made him sit in Captain Kirk's chair.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS denies the documented staging of photos in Lebanon, but maybe we should not be surprised. For example, o­n Sunday, the AP quoted Azzam Tamimi, "director of the London-based Institute of Islamic Political Thought," blaming the rise of Islamic terrorism o­n the war in Iraq and the situation in "Palestine." Nothing in the story suggests that Tamimi himself publicly calls for the eradication of Israel and declares his support for Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas, as you can see in the linked video.

IRAQ: Michael Yon is back to blogging from the theater. He has an interview with Omar from ITM and a quick piece noting that despite the incredible progress that has been made in Iraq, we are in great peril of losing the war entirely. He mentions censorship in that post, but his interview at Pundit Review radio suggests he does not think it's too late to get things back o­n track, though things remain as dangerous in Afghanistan. Yon also has choice words for the global media coverage of the war.

AIR TERROR PLOT: German authorities are investigating links to suspects arrested in London following an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners. MI5 agents used and "sneak and peek" raids to plant bugs in the homes of key suspects. The alleged ringleader quickly broke under Pakistani interrogation that "was probably not gentle." These are cases to at least consider when the US debates issues like "sneak and peek" warrants under the PATRIOT Act, rendition of terror suspects to countries that practice torture, and US interrogation methods. I would prefer to have the moral high ground, but I wouldn't want to watch nine airliners explode over US cities from there, either.

SAMMY the DUCK lives in the Palms of Largo assisted living community in FL, even though he's much younger than the human residents. It appears that Sammy may not be aware he is a duck. More pics and video at the link.

IT'S A PANDA BABY BOOM in China, with the birth of two more pairs of panda twins born at Chinese breeding centers.

WILD HORSES: The world's oldest known Przewalski horse -- the o­nly surviving subspecies of horse that has never been domesticated -- has died in the Prague zoo. Thanks to a breeding program, some 300 of the horses now live in the wild of Mongolia.

THE WOOLY MAMMOTH may stage a comeback of sorts, if Japanese researchers have their way.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY: Author Amy Sutherland's life changed after taking the techniques of the nation's premier school for exotic animal trainers and applying them to her husband.