THE KINKS, with the evergreen "Father Christmas."

ROBERT POLLARD is streaming Blazing Gentlemen.

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER visited Judson Memorial Church in NYC to perform songs from her Personal Record live on KEXP as part of CMJ 2013.

BILL CALLAHAN stopped by KUTX for a mini-set.

ROBBIE ROBERTSON (The Band) stopped by World Cafe for a chat about his book, Legends, Icons & Rebels.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND drops a 19-minute "Sister Ray" from the White Light/White Heat box.

ROY ORBISON passed away 25 years ago this week. The Guardian reprints his final interview. "It's Over," but only on this plane.

PHIL COLLINS: The Godfather of Pop Culture?

REM expresses a healthy contempt for what now passes for rock n' roll in a vintage interview.

THE BEST ALBUMS of 2013, according to Paste.

PAUL WALKER and his friend Roger Rodas were apparently going over 90 mph when their special-edition Porsche crashed, killing both of them. The two died from the combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries.

KANYE WEST was accused of anti-Semitism by the Anti-Defmanation League. He and Kim Kardashian have set their sights on France's famed Palace of Versailles for their much-anticipated nuptials.

ORLANDO BLOOM and... Lord of the Rings co-star Liv Tyler?

CHRIS BROWN is getting sued for millions by Frank Ocean's cousin over that massive brawl outside a recording studio.

GAL GODOT has been cast as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman.

EMILIA CLARKE & BRIE LARSON are in the running to play the role of Sarah Connor in a Terminator reboot.

LEBANON: A Hezbollah commander who fought in Syria and had a key role in the group's drone program, was shot dead in Beirut. The Ahrar al-Sunna Baalbek brigade claimed the attack, but Hezbollah blamed Israel and claimed it had targeted him in the past. Israeli officials denied involvement in the killing of a Hezbollah commander near Beirut.

EGYPT: The brother of the leader of Ansar Jerusalem said "it is possible" the group is tied to al Qaeda. US officials said AQAP is in regular contact with jihadist groups in the Sinai.

ISRAEL: Authorities completed the construction of the Israel-Egypt border fence.

LIBYA: A General National Congress vote made sharia law the basis for all legislation and all state institutions.

KITTEN vs BEARDED DRAGON: Who you got?

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: "This is the worst squirrel infestation I have ever seen."

A JACK RUSSELL TERRIER MIX learned a valuable lesson recently after getting his head stuck in a irrigation pipe while chasing a militant squirrel.

WOTTIES: A Westie and a Rottweiler, living together... mass hysteria!