Juliette Lewis -- yes, the actress -- goes all dream sequence in the video for her song "Fantasy Bar," from her forthcoming Terra Incognita album with The New Romantiques (The Licks are yesterday's news, if you're keeping score at home).

While her screen stylings are always unique (see her doe-eyed criminals in Kalifornia and Natural Born Killers) her musical persona, though still off-beat, is more recognizable. A pinch of Karen O, a teaspoon of Courtney Love, some Debbie Harry for flavor and a side order of The Dead Weather's Alison Mosshart.

"Fantasy Bar," as you might have guessed, given the song title, is a fantastical affair. Lots of wheeling around L.A. in a whip while wearing Native American headdress; some psychedelic crowd scenes; cue smoke, crawling around and random appearances from dudes dressed like cowboys.

+ Mariah Carey gave a big "F U" to the R.I.A.A. (Recording Industry Association of America) and their silly little Grammys by pushing back the release date of her new album to a day after the cut-off date for it to be considered eligible for this year's awards. Personally, we think she's pulling a bitch move in light of fellow megastar Whitney Houston releasing her new album on September 1st. Nothing like a little competition between two DIVAAAAAAAAAAAAAS, right lambies? (The Frisky)

+It's so wonderful seeing the excitement on Kanye West's face to be out and about with someone as overtly glamorous as Amber Rose (especially in a barely-there bikini, and by "barely-there" we mean linguine-draped meatballs with a leg of lamb. Seriously?? Her body was assembled by spare parts. AND WE LIKES IT.) (The Blemish)

+ New pictures have surfaced of a hotter-than-ever Ricky Martin hanging out on the beach with his angelic one-year-old twin boys. ME ENCANTO! (Socialite Life)

+ Apple now accounts for 25% of total music sales via iTunes. (CNN Money)

+ Oh, and in case you're one of like four people in the world who wasn't annoyed when songs would auto-play on MySpace Music, they've disabled that feature to save a buck or two. (TechCrunch)

+ Be on the lookout for Yeah Yeah Yeah's frontwoman Karen O and MGMT to guest on the new Flaming Lips record, Embryonic. Evidently Karen did her portion of the two songs she recorded right over the phone. (NME)

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Weren't we just talking about Karen O? We were! But we didn't even break the surface, because not only does she appear on the N.A.S.A. album, she's got a brand-new album and video with Yeah Yeah Yeahs and, predictably, they're SO good. Like breakthrough good. Yeah Yeah Yeahs have always been on our short list, but the new record, It's Blitz, officially promotes them to astronomical new territory.

This new single, "Zero," puts Yeah Yeah Yeahs' old stuff to shame with its effortless confidence and deadly melody. I can throw every adjective I know at you, but I'd just be complicating the simple fact that this song is really, really good. Crazy catchy. You're gonna listen to it 100 times before you realize you're not breathing.

And the video is just as gripping. A surreal nighttime Tokyo -- or is it NYC? Hong Kong? Any city... The world is your stage! -- adventure, it starts with kung-fu movie overdubs and escalates through grocery cart races, street dancing and car stomping to its explosive ticker tape finish. Step past the red curtain and know that you're never coming back.

Four years ago there was a Spike Jonze (duuude, have you seen that Where The Wild Things Are trailer yet?!?!?)-directed  Adidas commercial called "Hello, Tomorrow," that was so aimlessly, supernaturally dreamy, that it was sort of a shame when whatever show you were watching kicked back in. The clip came accompanied by an equally dreamy soundtrack -- a sleepwalker of a song, also called "Hello, Tomorrow," by Squeak E. Clean (Jonze's brother) and Karen O.  The collaboration was such a success that Squeak E. Clean (aka Sam Spiegel) went on to produce Show Your Bones, the second album from Karen's band, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Now Squeak E. Clean has paired up on a more permanent basis with Ze "DJ Zegon" Gonzalez, to form N.A.S.A., but the collaboration doesn't end there. N.A.S.A.'s first record is actually all collaborations. Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon provide ambient background for vocals from an incredibly wide range of performers, including David Byrne, RZA, Tom Waits, George Clinton, Kanye West, Karen O, Santigold, Spank Rock, John Frusciante and many more. Like, very many more.

As for this "Gifted" video, it's directed by Three Legged Legs, a group whose cartoony sci-fi style isn't so far off from Spike Jonze's new project. It's a mind-bending space adventure that perfectly matches the tone and rhythm laid down by super collab Kanye West, Lykke Li and Santigold. Watch "Gifted," right here, and keep an eye out for more brilliance from N.A.S.A.