Rolling Stone Tuesday September 11, 2007

TODAY'S TOP ROCK HEADLINES

MTV'S VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS IN PHOTOS: FALL OUT BOY, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, RIHANNA AND MORE Click HERE to see a complete roundup of photos from this year's Video Music Awards, from Fall Out Boy and Rihanna's performance of "Shut Up and Drive" to Britney Spears' opening number and Chris Brown's Michael Jackson homage.

THE SMOKING SECTION: HANGING WITH THE FOO FIGHTERS IN VEGAS The Smoking Section spent this year's Video Music Awards hanging with the Foo Fighters in their MTV suite, drinking from their custom-designed beer bongs and enjoying the band's set with special guests from Queens of the Stone Age and more. Click HERE for the rest of the details, including the lowdown on the Tommy Lee/Kid Rock showdown.

FALL MUSIC PREVIEW: THE BEST OF THE REST Click HERE to check out info on albums by Bruce Springsteen, the Foo Fighers and more, and click HERE for a quick guide to the best of the rest: new discs hitting stores this fall from the likes of Joni Mitchell, Coheed and Cambria and Chamillionaire - including music clips.

INSIDE VAN HALEN'S REUNION REHEARSALS A diehard Van Halen fan claims they were privy to a session of the band's reunion rehearsals this past weekend in Los Angeles and naturally spilled the beans on the Internet. Click HERE for the details, including David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen getting chummy and Wolfgang Van Halen demonstrating his skills as a backing singer.

ALTERNATE TAKES: BRITNEY SPEARS, RIHANNA, CHER AND MORE In the latest installment of Alternate Takes, Joe Levy delves into the magic of Auto-Tune, which adjusts a musician's vocals to pitch-perfect levels and was noticably absent from the leaked Britney Spears ballad that came out just before "Gimme More." Click HERE to read more about the science of pop music.

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TODAY'S PICKS

DAILY TRACK: Aesop Rock - "None Shall Pass" Indie rap's wordiest wordsmith unleashes another dose of dense, hyper-enunciated rhymes filled with poetic imagery. "None Shall Pass" paints a dark picture of peer pressure: "Flash that buttery gold, jittery zeitgeist/Wither by the watering hole, water patrol." Click HERE for more on Aesop Rock's album.

DAILY VIDEO: Linkin Park, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg at the Rolling Stone 40th Birthday Bash

DAILY REVIEW: The Donnas - Bitchin' Years of channeling their inner (and outer) bad girl have taught the Donnas how to juice a kiss-off like the catchy, sorta-disco shout-along "Better Off Dancing," and they're at their nastiest on the hard-riffing, bare-bones "Give Me What I Want," which seems to extort sex from an ex-boyfriend. Click HERE for more on The Donnas' album.

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

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Ludacris, 30 Moby, 42 TODAY'S ROCK ON TV (ALL TIMES EST) NBC 11:35pm - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: SPOON 12:35am - Late Night with Conan O'Brien: THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS CBS 11:35pm - The Late Show with David Letterman: SUZANNE VEGA 12:35am - The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: DWIGHT YOAKAM ABC 12:05am - Jimmy Kimmel Live: 50 CENT