Rolling Stone Daily Newsletter Thursday September 20, 2007

TODAY'S TOP ROCK HEADLINES

HUNTER S. THOMPSON: GROWING UP GONZO Click HERE for a photo gallery and excerpts from Jann S. Wenner and Corey Seymour's new oral history of Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson, featured on the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone. And click back to RollingStone.com later today for a beginner's guide to Thompson's work.

STEVIE WONDER, ARETHA FRANKLIN HONOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Ludacris, Diddy and John Legend gathered in New York for a benefit concert to help raise money for a national memorial in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Click HERE for a full recap, and click HERE to see photos from the event.

IT'S OFFICIAL: KANYE BEATS 50 CENT IN MONSTER SALES WEEK The winner of the record sales showdown of the year was Kanye West, who sold over 950,000 of his third disc, over 200,000 more than 50 Cent's Curtis moved. Click HERE for a full numbers breakdown, and click HERE to read excerpts of 50 and Kanye's Rolling Stone cover stories.

GOOD CHARLOTTE'S BENJI AND JOEL MADDEN ON INTERPOL AND MORE Rolling Stone posed six questions to Good Charlotte twins Benji and Joel Madden, who talked about the times they smoked on airplanes and bummed cigarettes off 30 Rock stars, as well as their respect for Interpol's honesty in interviews. Click HERE to read the interview.

ROLLING STONE BREAKING ARTIST: JOSE GONZALEZ The latest Rolling Stone Breaking artist is Jose Gonzalez, a microbiologist turned rocker from Sweden with a serious Nick Drake jones. Click HERE for more on Gonzalez, and to watch the video for "Down the Line" from his forthcoming album In Our Nature.

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TODAY'S PICKS

DAILY TRACK: Nelly McKay - "Mother of Pearl" Announcing itself with an insouciantly sarcastic "Feminists don't have a sense of humor," the piano-bar "Mother of Pearl" serves as an overture to the Broadway orchestrations six horns provide thereafter. Click HERE for more.

DAILY VIDEO: Rolling Stone Breaking Artist - Jose Gonzalez

DAILY REVIEW: Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace This is an anthology of strong new songs by a great bunch of bands, all calling themselves Foo Fighters. You get the speed-of-light Foos in "The Pretender," the glam-candy Fighters in "Long Road to Ruin," the Southern-rock stompers who butt in with "Summers End" and the goth folkies on "Stranger Things Have Happened." Click HERE for more on the album.

ARTIST OF THE DAY: GOOD CHARLOTTE The complete ROLLINGSTONE.COM archive includes videos, photos, interviews, reviews, and more.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme, 41 Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden, 39 TODAY'S ROCK ON TV (ALL TIMES EST) NBC 11:35pm - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: COLD WAR KIDS CBS 11:35pm - The Late Show with David Letterman: GOGOL BORDELLO 12:35am - The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: BEN LEE 12:05am - Jimmy Kimmel Live - KT TUNSTALL