ARCTIC MONKEYS have released a video for "Crying Lightning" from the upcoming Humbug LP.

NEW RELEASES: Albums from Starflyer 59, Blur, Dodos, Howling Bells and YACHT and more are streaming this week via Spinner.

THE AVETT BROTHERS did three free songs for Daytrotter at SxSW.

ZEE AVI gets a feature + tracks at NPR.  She may remind you of Eleni Mandell, Feist, Jens Lekman and Seu George.

M WARD talks to the Nashville Scene about musical influences, the joy of cheap instruments, the Monsters of Folk, and more...

WEEZER debuted two new songs -- "The Girl Got Hot" and  "I'm Your Daddy" -- just in time for Tuesday.

IGGY POP joins JEMIMA PEARL (formerly of Be Your Own Pet) for a duet titled, "I Hate People."

THE TOP TEN SONGS the web brought back, with embedded video. (Thx, LHB.)

JENN GRANT talsk to the Singing Lamb about touring, camping, both sides of interviews, and more... (including an audio click-through). (Thx, Chromewaves.)

CHARLES MANSON seeks career advice from Phil Spector.

MADONNA looks like a Dude. Get Steven Tyler on the phone.

LINDSAY LOHAN ambushed Samantha Ronson on her doorstep at 5 a.m. Video at the link.

KATIE HOLMES narrowly escaped injury in a car fire.

JENNIFER LOPEZ had a hissy over late guests to her birthday party.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON went through a grueling fitness regimen for Iron Man 2, because dudes are merciless, even to her. Entertainment Weekly recent ran pictures of Scar-Jo as the Black Widow, which I note solely as a service to you.

JESSICA SIMPSON has been blocked from Tony Romo's gated community? Too good to check!

RUPERT EVERETT has been sacked as contributing editor of Vanity Fair after making inappropriate comments about editor Graydon Carter.

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE: The trailer you've been waiting for, with plenty of profanity.

TERROR in the USA: A North Carolina man trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan has been charged along with six of his alleged recruits with conspiring to support terrorism and traveling overseas to participate in "violent jihad," according to an indictment unsealed Monday.

IRAN: One of the defeated moderate candidates in Iran's presidential election (Keroubi) has accused security forces of using Zionist tactics. Ouch.  Meanwhile, opposition leader Mousavi said on Monday the pro-reform protests will continue.

PAKISTAN's planned invasion of South Waziristan has been delayed by the refugee crisis spawned by fighting in Swat, an overstretched military unwilling to let its guard down with India and the difficulty in isolating the Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, according to Pakistani and American officials.

AFGHANISTAN Pres. Karzai wants new rules for US-led forces and would be willing to talk with Taliban leaders who publicly renounce violence and endorse peace.

IRAQ: Authorities were on Monday set to release preliminary results from weekend elections in the autonomous Kurdish region after a new opposition party claimed a major breakthrough.  A senior Qods Force officer who led one of the three commands in Iraq assigned to attack US and Iraqi forces was one of five Iranians released by the US military on July 9.

A TOUGH CAMEL shrugs off being hit by a car.

MAN VS. ELK: Who you got?

THE MUTT is addicted to sunglasses.

ANIMAL AMNESTY DAY in Bridgeport, CT, brings in tortoises, an alligator, and an 8-foot long red-tailed boa constrictor.