THE SHINS drop a no-frills video for "No Way Down."

SEXTON BLAKE Plays the Hits, from Springsteen to Supertramp to Milli Vanilli.

DELTA RAE stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session. 

JOHN WESLEY HARDING, btw, is now hosting a variety show called Cabinet of Wonders.

THE MIX: The Songs Of The Summer, 1962-2012, courtesy of NPR and Spotify.

THE HEAVY drops "What Makes a Good Man?" ahead of The Glorious Dead. How do you like them now?

YEASAYER drops "Henrietta" ahead of their Fragrant World LP.

JOY DIVISION's surviving members talk about "Love Will Tear Us Apart."

WILCO frontman Jeff Tweedy discusses good and bad infliences at Boise Weekly. (Thx, LHB.)

FIONA APPLE talks to Pitchfork about the joys of feeling pain, the most consistent relationship of her life, and her bold new album.

WOMEN WHO ROCK, according to Rolling Stone. Empowering or ghettoizing?

EARWORM: More science.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Brave tops the chart with 66.8 million, solidly in line with non-Toy Story Pixar openings (a little less than Up, which had the benefit of a Memorial Day weekend debut).  Despite this formidable competition, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted placed with 20 million on a mere 40 percent drop, leaving a 200 million domestic gross a possibility. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter showed with 16.5 million, but a 69 million budget and limited overseas prospects makes this a cruel summer for producer Tim Burton and his brand of vampires.  Prometheus drops 52 percent from second to fourth, but will still turn a tidy profit worldwide.  Rock of Ages and Snow White and the Huntsman photo finish to round out the Top 5 with 8 million apiece -- but they're quite different stories.  Rock of Ages is tanking with little more than its  28 million domestic total against a 75 million budget.  Below the fold, That's My Boy is similaly tanking in the seventh slot.  Seeking a Friend for the End of the World debuts in the ten slot with 3.8 million, but cost only 10 million to make.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Kris Humphries told his ex, Myla Sinanaj he knew Kim hooked up with Kanye West because he was mysteriously absent from the big wedding.

ALEX TREBEK: What is a mild heart attack?

GWYNETH PALTROW & CHRIS MARTIN are in escrow on one of the most spectacular estates on the westside of Los Angeles.

CALEB FOLOWILL & LILY ALDRIDGE welcomed their first child, daughter Dixie Pearl Followill, on Thursday, June 21 in Nashville.

JAMES MARSDEN is expecting a baby with sultry Brazilian model Rose Costa just months after splitting with his wife of 11 years.

JOHN TRAVOLTA and his lawyer were sued Thursday for trade libel by the author of an incendiary book about the actor.

MIA WASIKOWSKA and Zoe Aggeliki are in the running for the Hunger Games sequel.

SYRIA: As evidence mounts of militant forces among the Syrian opposition, senior US and European officials are increasingly alarmed by the prospect of sophisticated weapons falling into the hands of rebel groups that may be dangerous to Western interests, including al Qaeda.

EGYPT: Election regulators named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic triumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military council.

PAKISTAN: A State Department report notes that harassment of US official entities in Pakistan has "reached new levels of intensity" since the events of 2011. The report describes the harassment as "deliberate, willful and systematic" and says it included blocking shipments for both assistance programs and construction projects.

A COCKATOO dances to AC/DC.

BABY RACCOON freed from storm drain.

SEAL PUP rescued from a bathtub.

LONESOME GEORGE, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died.