BOB MOULD tears through the chock-full-o-references "Keep Believing" for Conan.

A HALLOWEEN MIX, streaming courtesy of Folk Alley.

THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

LOW played a short set on the Mountain Stage.

BRIAN ENO is advance streaming LUX, a return to his ambient thing.

GUADALCANAL DIARY: From the "Where Are They Now?" file (and MTV's 120 Minutes), we have a semi-live take on "Watusi Rodeo."

TITUS ANDRONICUS: Patrick Stickles talks to The Guardian about the nature of art, beards - and what happens when you grow up and move to Brooklyn.

NOEL GALLAGHER spoke with The A.V. Club about abandoning projects, feeding his cat, working with hippies, and looking like Keith Richards.

SAINT ETIENNE: Sarah Cracknell talks to the WaPo about the band's seven-year nonhiatus.

10 FORGOTTEN SUPERGROUPS YOU SHOULD KNOW, according to NME.

DISNEY BUYS LUCASFILM for 4.05 billion in cash and stock; Star Wars Episode VII targeted for 2015 release.  What say you, Lord Vader?  One would like to think that the Mouse could do better with this franchise, but George already has story treatments.  That said, this is a relative steal for Disney, which paid more for Pixar.  Disney gets not only the residuals and merch rights, but also Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, which work on most every Hollywood blockbuster  -- including those from Marvel Studios, which Disney also bought not too long ago.  The Avengers 2 just got cheaper to make through the magic of creative accounting, wherein Disney pays itself for work it once paid Lucas.

JESSICA SIMPSON's dad's affair with an aspiring male model unraveled after his wife Tina made a mad dash to New York City to confront her husband about the alleged trysts, according to RadarOnline.

RUSSELL BRAND just got sued by a pedestrian who claims the actor drove into him earlier this year in Los Angeles.

TONI BRAXTON fraudulently transferred 53,490 to her estranged husband in order to avoid paying back creditors in her bankruptcy case - so says the trustee of Toni's bankruptcy estate.

OCTOMOM checks into rehab; the litter is with nannies.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR tops the latest Forbes list of Top-Earning Dead Celebs.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - There's no love lost between Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron on the set.

SYRIA: Warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce.

PAKISTAN: The Taliban's attack on education goes well byond the attack on Malala Yousufzai.

IRAN aims to defy sanctions through domestic production.

A GIRL cuddles a CAMEL...Mass hysteria!

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: Halloween edition.

DOGOWEEN: They will turn against us, someday.

CATOWEEN: Oh yes, they will turn against us.