DRAGONETTE: This video for "Gone Too Far," cut to clips from Urban Cowboy, is not official, but it should be.

NEW RELEASES: Jay Reatard, The Woodstock box, Patrick Wolf, and more are streaming in full this week via Spinner.

DEERHOOF did three free songs thing for Daytrotter.

LOCKSLEY did the four free songs thing at Daytrotter, one previously unreleased.

VAN MORRISON has an interview plus videos at NPR about his revival of the seminal Astral Weeks LP.

BAD VEINS did an interview with Gothamist, inlcuding performances of "Gold and Warm," "Falling Tide" and "The Lie." It's like Twofer Tuesday, but one more.

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF: The unofficial soundtrack.

COWBOY JUNKIES play a Mountain Stage mini-set streaming on demand via NPR.

THE STONE ROSES: Ex-Stone Roses bassist Mani tells the BBC that he would love to see former band members Ian Brown and John Squire finally bury the hatchet.  Mani also talks about the 20th anniversary edition of the band's debut (coming out in the US this September).

THE SHINS: Jesse Sandoval, ex-sticksman for the indie darlings, claims his departure was not down to 'aesthetic' differences - he was sacked for not being able to play the parts.

EIGHT THINGS in JOHN HUGHES MOVIES You Won't See in Today's Teen Movies.

JEREMY PIVEN can't take a joke when it comes to the alleged mercury poisoning that caused him to ditch Broadway.

MICHAEL JACKSON: Longtime Michael Jackson friend Mark Lester is not the father of Jackson's daughter, nor is he claiming paternity, despite a tabloid report indicating Lester says he's Paris Jackson's biological dad, sources tell People. Meanwhile, the judge overseeing the singer's will approved several business deals, including a 60 million dollar agreement with Columbia Pictures to make a movie from video of the King of Pop's final rehearsals.

THE TEEN CHOICE AWARDS went to these folks, by which I mean vampire kids and Miley Cyrus.

E.T.: Where are they now? Aside from E.T., who is presumably home.

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS the next film from Terry Gilliam -- and the last from Heath Ledger -- has a trailer online.

THE AVENGERS: Louis Leterrier, director of "The Incredible Hulk", flots the idea of bringing the Avengers to the screen in four interlocking movies by four different directors that would be released over one summer. 

IRAN: Revolutionary Guard generals, top politicians and senior clerics have called for the arrest and punishment of opposition leaders, including defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iranian state media reported Sunday, while the national police chief acknowledged that protesters had been mistreated while in custody.

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have gained the upper hand, the top American commander there said, forcing the US to change its strategy.

CAPLIN ROUS BEGS FOR A POPSICLE: Let's go to the video.

MAYBE THE CAT downloaded that illegal material.

SHARK ATTACK: After a day of spear fishing and lobster diving, a group of Florida boaters got the scare of a lifetime when a shark jumped into their boat.

PYTHONS: The latest weapon for Alex and his droogs.

HORSES get hitched at an English pub. You hope they don't wake up with drinken regret.