We Like it Lossless! — Hi !Life is short, but this e-mail is endless. It is therefore recommended to read it while eating a chocolate bar, comfortably seated in a fluffy sofa.My name is Olivié, from Lyon, France.Blogs such as Chainsaw Fellatio are involved too.Basically, ... more info

Perez Hilton — As soon as the lightning bolt struck Richard Branson's dream home in the Caribbean, chaos ensued just the scene of a disaster movie. That's how Kate Winslet describes it. She says she kept waiting for someone to yell, "CUT!" but it never came. Fortu... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the Flaming Lips got together with Providence noise kings Lightning Bolt to release a collaborative EP and drop the skree-bomb video for “I Wanna Get High But I Don’t Want Brain Damage.” Now they’ve posted the second video from th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Black Pus at Summerstage in July (more by David Andrako) As mentioned in What's Going on Thursday?, High Places play Glasslands tonight (8/18) with Soft Circle (featuring Hisham Bharoocha formerly of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice), Zambri, and Dripho... more info

Said the Gramophone — Hillow Hammet - "Slip Away" Flaming Lips / Lightning Bolt - "NASA's Final Acid Bath" We're adding a day to the year! And this isn't some pansy leap-year nonsense, some rotation-of-the-earth, only-when-we-feel-like-it bullshit. This is a FULL-LENGTH, ... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — This week’s show was extra long, given that I filled in for the DJ with the show after me. Four hours in a radio station is a long time! Thus this week is cut into two different blocks, as one four hour mp3 is a bit insane. I played a bit m... more info

Stereogum — Providence noise lifers Lightning Bolt have collaborated on an EP with Wayne Coyne. Here’s a video for one of the tracks, “I Want to Get High But I Don’t Want Brain Damage.” (Very different than Björk’s Lightning Bolt moment.) At the start... more info

NME — Watch mind-bending clip for 'I Wanna Get High But I Don't Want Brain Damage' on NME.COM more info

Big Apple Music Scene — You guys, I think Tyra Banks just now found out about Harry Potter and is trying to get in on the trend at the last possible second. I mean, the tie, the lightning bolt eyepatch scar sparkle thing ... it all fits. And she has been so busy being a Ser... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — A few weekends ago, my sister, boyfriend, and I were in Williamsburg checking out a clothing store. When we went to ring up (I got a cute black skirt, btw), I noticed the employee's distinctive Coke bottle glasses, which definitely reminded me of a c... more info