FLAGRANT FOWL has an upcoming folk/indie remix project titled Tambourine Dream; the promo video includes tracks from Iron & Wine, Nico, Panda Bear and Bruce Springsteen.

NEW RELEASES:  Richard Hawley, PJ Harvey, The New Amsterdams, The Most Serene Republic, The Mobius Band, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Bruce Springsteen, John Fogerty and more are streaming in full from Spinner.  The Sadies' new LP -- "inspired amalgam of psychedelic country rock, surf, bluegrass and Ennio Morricone-inspired instrumentalsis" -- is streaming in full from YepRoc.  And the debut album from The Pipettes is still streaming at their site.

RADIOHEAD says you can pay as much or as little as you like for the band's new album, which will be available for download from the band's website on October 10.  RELATED:  It looks like The Charlatans (UK) are also giving it away.  But probably kicking themselves that they announced it the same day as Radiohead.

OKKERVIL RIVER played the Rock and Roll Hotel Sunday night, you can stream the whole gig on demand via NPR.

SHIVAREE is recording an album of covers from troubled artists like Gary Glitter, R. Kelly, Phil Spector, Michael Jackson, Ike Turner and Rick James.  The title: "Tainted Love: Mating Calls & Fight Songs."

CARIBOU has followed the example of John Vanderslice, purveying Snaith's Syd Barrett-meets-The Zombies pop on a tour of blog love.  You can catch a live video of "Melody Day" at the 'Gum, "She's The One" on the P-Fork, "Eli" on Daytrotter, and "After Hours" (not the VU tune) at GvsB.  And that's your Twofer Tuesday...times two.

THE FLAMING LIPS:  Wayne Coyne talks about the band's wacky live shows with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to promote the band's first live DVD: "There's probably 1,000 clips of us on YouTube, so people are already seeing elements of the show. But this is how Flaming Lips is presenting itself to the world."

STEVE EARLE:  The hard-core troubadour talks to Canada's Globe & Mail about his move to NYC.

IRON & WINE:  Sam Beam talks to Pitchfork about the recording of his new album, The Shepherd's Dog,

BETTYE LaVETTE talks to Stylus about her influences growing up, recording with the Drive-By Truckers, the current state of R&B and more.

THE TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE BETTER RECORDS, also courtesy of Stylus.

BRITNEY SPEARS lost custody of her two sons until further order of the court in her custody battle with Fed-Ex.  Then she went to the tanning salon.  It seems that that K-Fed's lawyer went to LA Superior Court Monday morning to allege that the pop tart was driving without a license over the weekend while her children were in the car.  Spears is also rejecting advice from virtually her entire management team, including her mother, doing everything she can to make sure she's photographed almost daily by the paparazzi.  And why not?  It's working for her so far...

JENNIFER ANISTON... and Orlando Bloom?  Spent the weekend together at a resort in Mexico?

KEITH URBAN had a motorcycle accident on the way to an AA meeting, and blames the paparazzi for following him too closely.

LINDSAY LOHAN will spend five days at a secluded lodge in the Utah mountains with her ex-con father Michael.

THE FRENCH HOTEL was grilled by David Letterman about her stint in the LA County jail.

EVA LONGORIA:  The sex tape rumored to be circulating the Internet is smelling kinda fishy, though some are still claiming the tape really exists.

JESSICA SIMPSON was reprotedly snubbed by Reba McEntire when it came time to line up guests for her new, No. 1 album of duets.

DENISE RICHARDS may have snubbed Volvo, though her rep says otherwise.  Sources attributed the no-show to stress over her continuing nasty divorce with Charlie Sheen.

ROSE McGOWAN is rumored to be taking on the title role in the remake of Barbarella, as directed by bf/maybe-fiancee Robert Rodriguez.

INDIANA JONES IV is rumored to be shooting on an intriguing and familiar set.  Possible spoiler at the link.

JESSICA BIEL, sadly, appears to have passed on playing Wonder Woman in a live-action adaptation of Justice League of America.

UKRAINE:  The early parliamentary election results look good for the BYUT party of Yuliya Tymoshenko, who not only advocates closer relations with the West, but also -- as I noted here almost three years ago -- bears a striking resemblance to Princess Leia.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS:  The kingdom's leading religious authority on Monday warned young men against travelling abroad to wage jihad.

IRAQ:  Civilian deaths from violence across Iraq fell by 50 percent in September from the previous month to the lowest level recorded this year, according to data provided by the Health, Interior and Defense Ministries; that's in line with the casualty count from iCasualties, and substantally lower than the casualty count from last September.  Coalition offensives in southern Baghdad, spurred by Iraqi intelligence, have reduced AQI-inspired violence there by about 60 percent.  The current mission is focused on the southeastern part of the Doura neighborhood, a remaining bastion for AQI.  Violence has dropped dramatically in towns in northern Babil Province, south of Baghdad, where the US has enlisted Shiites frustrated with extremists from such groups as the Mahdi Army, run by Moqtada al-Sadr.  If the effort continues to be successful, it could counter false perceptions that the US is arming Sunnis against the Shiite government.  US troops killed seven terrorists and detained 11 suspects Sunday and Monday during operations to disrupt Al-Qaeda in Iraq leadership in central and northern Iraq.  Blogger Michael J. Totten goes on a humanitarian mission in Anbar; such are becoming more common now that the security situation has improved.

IRAQ and the MEDIA:  The saga of The New Republic's "Baghdad Diarist" continues.  Col. Ricky Gibbs stated in a conference call that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp "did not recant," but that "he does not stand by the story."  "Laughing Wolf," a milblogger at the Blackfive blog, reports that he met Beauchamp and that he is not being held incommunicado.  And, according to Blackfive, there is more to come on the story.

ROXI & ALEX are playpals... but which is more agile?

TWO TIGER CUBS suffered injuries at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo.  Aneighboring amle tiger -- and the cubs' mother -- are suspects.  Both baby tigers are said to be recovering well from surgeries.

A BIRD CRASH caused an aircraft to turn back just after take off when it cracked the windshield and injured the co-pilot.

THINK LIKE A CAT:  A Certified Animal Behavior Consultant explains why cats always seem to end up in the lap of the  visitor who's allergic or doesn't like cats.

TROUSER SNAKE Kills Cambodian Man.  I'm not even going to try to top that headline.