This post comes to you live from Washington Square Park, where the usual weekend-warrior group of old hippies is serenading an enormous crowd with songs like Night Moves and [tune written before 1977] while a quartet of ol’ black soul singers just 20 yards away can’t get an ear or a dollar. I blame Imus.

Let’s take a look back at the busy week that was around these parts…

• Following a reported 70 million-pound divorce settlement, Sir Paul’s estranged wife can finally afford to stand on her own two…er, uh
• Which one’s better: Indian Thriller or Filipino Prison Thriller
• Bob Dylan has never looked sexier…David Cross never more bearded
• Mmmmm, forbidden rock band: Half of Phish takes the stage at the Simpsons Movie premiere in Vermont
• Picture Book: The White Stripes conclude a Canadian tour in style
• Enlist yourself in our first-ever, now-regular MP3 Boot Camp
• Finally, The State comes to DVD — and I wanna dip my balls in it
• Scotty finds out how uber-heady a Dark Star Orchestra show can be
• Videos from the All Good festival hit the Tube of You
• Who the hell is Dispatch and why are they selling out MSG?

The hippies are playing Lean On Me…now I’m just sittin’ here confused.