Five things we learnt from David Lynch's stint as editor
Sometimes a fish will tell you how it wants to be cooked
The block-and-tackle is a mysterious and powerful device
Duran Duran ought to have scored a Hitchcock film
Precisely what will four 21-year-old men from the Ozarks make of Lynch's new album?
Or, for that matter, a blond high-school girl from Columbus, Ohio?
In the news this week
Justin Bieber turns to Twitter to deny paternity claims
What are Juggalos and should we be scared of them?
The Cure to release Bestival live album
Flaming Lips announce collaboration with Nick Cave
MoMA commissions multimedia work by Antony and the Johnsons
Our readers recommend
Iron Maiden's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which is so stupidly overblown and "epic" that it goes through ridiculous and right back through to awesome.
This week I'm enjoying Bad As Me by Tom Waits. It's really knocked me for six. It has so much energy and charm.
Duchess – Scott Walker from Scott 4. It makes me weep almost every time I hear it. It unfolds in my imagination like Jean-Gabriel Albicocco's film version of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes
Things to listen to
New music: DOOM, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood – Retarded Fren
Old music: Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y
Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica: exclusive album stream
The 2 Bears take us back to the 90s
Further reading
Pete Townshend's John Peel lecture – full text
How Jimmy Savile fixed it for one 14-year old to roadie for Iron Maiden
A first listen to Lioness, the posthumous Amy Winehouse album
