CRAIG FINN & TAD KUBLER (The Hold Steady)  PATRICK STICKLES (Titus Andronicus), TOMMY RAMONE and more pay tribute to The Replacements.

BLITZEN TRAPPER stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

MATES OF STATE stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

BLIND PILOT also stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

JOE HENRY played a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

LEONARD COHEN drops "Show Me The Place" in advance of Old Ideas, his first LP in seven years.

ANDREA TRUE: Dead Dead Dead. Too soon?

DARLENE LOVE talks to NPR's Linda Holmes about Christmas, Phil Spector and more...

OKKERVIL RIVER's Will Scheff talks to Spoonfed about the new LP, hip-hop and such. (Thx, LHB.)

GILLIAN WELCH talks to Scotland On Sunday about the road trip that led to a plentiful harvest of new songs. (Thx again, LHB.)

JON WURSTER (Superchunk, Mountaingoats, etc.) recommends seven rock documentaries at The A.V. Club.

27 CLASSIC SONGS You Didn't Know Were Covers (though I suspect Pate regulars knew some of them).

THE TOP TEN Replacement Lead Singers.

NOW SHOWING: The Thanksgiving weekend's wide releases include The Muppets reboot, which is currently scoring 100 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Arthur Christmas, which is scoing 93 percent; and Martin Scorsese's family film, Hugo, also scoring 94 percent.

JASON SEGEL talks to Moviefone about hosting SNL with the Muppets.

KIM KARDASHIAN'S friends claim future-ex Kris Humphries called her fat and stupid.

NATALIE WOOD:  Sources in the L.A. County District Attorney's Office are scratching their heads over the reopening of the Natalie Wood death investigation, because they say there's no way the D.A. is going to prosecute Robert Wagner or anyone else.

KATY PERRY denies pregnancy rumors.

ANGELINA JOLIE on 600 calories a day?

JEREMY RENNER is profiled at Details.

THE TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES of the Last Decade, according to Glamzzle. (So who can argue?)

TEN BEST SHOWS-WITHIN-SHOWS in TV History.

SYRIA plans to use Russia, Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon to counter economic sanctions. Attacks by army defectors are transforming the Syrian uprising into an armed insurgency that threatens to spiral into civil war.

EGYPT: The ruling generals have offered to transfer power to a civilian president by July instead of late 2012 or early 2013, protesters rejected the generals' offer.

IRAN: Canada and the European Union announced further sanctions on Iran. France called for sanctions on an "unprecedented scale," and urged a halt to purchases of Iranian oil and a freeze on its central bank assets. Russia called the sanctions "unacceptable." Iran said the sanctions "will have no impact."

IRAQ: The US has transferred all detainees, save Hezbollah leader Musa Ali Daqduq, over to Iraqi control.

LILY the TERRIER was filmed by owner Ross Downard running through Utah's Wasatch hills at super-fast speeds, and at times even seemed like she was flying.

A TWO-HEADED ALBINO SNAKE can be yours for a mere 25K.

PIG SLAUGHTER is not a good breakup prank.

SURFIN' DOGS: Everybody's heard about the dogs; now you can get the calendar.