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ADELE is back, slightly more rootsy and "Rolling in the Deep."

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

JONSI played Washington, DC's 9:30 Club last week; you can finally stream the gig on demand via NPR.

ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND played the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia; you can stream the whole gig on demand.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: Tracks from The Decemberists, John Vanderslice, Paul Simon and more are featured in the latest installment of the long-running series.

SPRINGSTEEN on FALLON: ICYMI.

GUIDED BY VOICES: The vintage lineup played "Don't Stop Now" at Matador 21.

THE BEATLES dominated the iTunes album chart on their release; individual songs, not so much.

THE NATIONAL: Scott Devendorf talks to Drowned in Sound about the band's quite successful year.

EDWYN COLLINS, solo artist and former Orange Juice leader, tlaks to Pitchfork about the music of his life, including Bowie, Dylan, and Oasis.

ELF POWER answers 20 Questions for PopMatters.

JIM MORRISSON may get a posthumous pardon for a pair of convictions on profanity and indecent exposure charges after a chaotic concert in Miami on March 1, 1969.

EVA LONGORIA & TONY PARKER have split after three years of marriage' Us Weekly claims Longoria discovered that Parker has been exchanging hundreds of personal texts with a mutual female friend for nearly a year.  Indeed, Longoria told Mario Lopez that Parker had inappropriate relations with two women, one of which is his teammate's wife.  She shot down a TMZ story that Parker filed for divorce in Texas, but Longoria filed for divorce herself on Wednesday. Why do I think that the websites who accepted Longoria's denials will take their pound of flesh? Maybe because TMZ is already mocking her request for spousal support.

RYAN REYNOLDS is People's Sexiest Man Alive...but the mag's readers voted on Facebook for... Vin Diesel?

LINDSAY LOHAN now thinks her mom is part of the reason she's in the state she's in, after Dina's appearance on the "Today" show.

DAVID ARQUETTE's mistress says it was quick and painless.

DEMI LOVATO hopes to be out of treatment by Thanksgiving.

COWBOYS & ALIENS has a trailer online.

THE WIZARD OF OZ: Warner Bros is in early talks with Robert Zemeckis to direct a live-action remake and plans to use the original script from the 1939 classic? Zemeckis' rep emphatically denies it.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. may be headed to the big screen under the direction of Steven Soderbergh.

THE SWARM may be coming again. Ever get the feeling Hollywood is low on new ideas?

TERROR in the USA: Federal prosecutors charged Nima Ali Yusuf with aiding Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia.

IRAN: BP shut down the Rhum gas field in Aberdeen because the joint venture with Iranian Oil Company violated international sanctions.

AFGHANISTAN could face "eye-watering violence" after NATO troops leave. A coalition representative in Kabul says 2014 deadline for ending combat ops might not be met.

A BULL jumped into the grandstands at the Plaza de Toros.

A KOALA walks into a bar ... no, seriously.

GAY VULTURES will be separated by a German zoo -- to set them up with a female.

HUNGOVER OWLS: Tumblr of the Day.

LYKKE LI is a witchy woman in the video for "Get Some." I am diggin' that rhythm.

ELVIS COSTELLO did a special solo set at Avatar Studios for WFUV.

JUNIP stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

FERRABY LIONHEART did a session for Morning Becomes Eclectic.

SYL JOHNSON, a classic Chicago R & B singer, gets a feature plus tracks via NPR and Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides.

PAUL SIMON is already "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" on his next LP.

ARTHUR BROWN is the god of hellfire... and he brings you "Fire!" It's a crazy world.

REGINA SPEKTOR talks to Prefix about her live LP/DVD, coming Nov. 22nd.

THE FEELIES: Glenn Mercer gives Stereogum a progress report on the band's first album in 20 years.

NEIL YOUNG: A three-alarm blaze that caused 1.1 million in damage to a warehouse filled with the rock legend's music equipment and memorabilia appears to have started in a one-of-a-kind hybrid car stored at the site.

SMASHING PUMPKINS: Billy Corgan is busting on Pavement.

PRINCE WILLIAM & KATE MIDDLETON are engaged. He gave her Diana's ring. The Daily Mail is all over it.

JESSICA SIMPSON may have bought her own 100K ruby engagement ring.

LEEZA GIBBONS is engaged, and has been since June.

LINDSAY LOHAN, in addition to her well-documented family and drug issues, is struggling with anxiety associated with the continued fallout from her infamous 2007 DUI arrest. Meanwhile, she may get dumped from her next film.

EVA LONGORIA & TONY PARKER, contra some reports, are not getting divorced.

BEYONCE's parents are reconciling -- for now.

CAREY MULLIGAN will play Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's take on The Great Gatsby.

JEFF BRIDGES, JAMES FRANCO, STEPHEN COLBERT & DRAKE are GQ's Men of the Year.

TINA FEY's comments about Sarah Palin are getting snipped in the PBS broadcast of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE sings Tom Lehrer's "The Elements."

GREEN LANTERN has a trailer online.

YEMEN: The US is seeking to expand counterterrorism intelligence gathering and operations in Yemen.

IRAN: New research on the Stuxnet worm demonstrated that it was designed to infect equipment used in uranium enrichment.

AFGHANISTAN urged the UN Security Council on Monday to remove additional members of the Taliban from its sanctions blacklist, a move it has sought to promote a political solution to the nine-year Afghan war.

US ARMY STAFF SGT. SAL GIUNTA received the Medal of Honor for acts of gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.  It's the first MoH since Vietnam not awarded posthumously.  60 Minutes profiled him recently; CNN can show you what Giunta and his squad faced in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan on October 25, 2007.  The Army has a multimedia showcase about the man and his uncommon valor.

HIDDEN KITTEN: Let's go to the video.

GIANT VORACIOUS CRABS may invade Antarctica, due to global warming.

A HERO DOG from Afghanistan was mistakenly killed by an Arizona animal shelter.

A PET DEER killed its owner in Harrison County, TX.

SPOON goes lo-fi in the clip for "Nobody Gets Me But You."  Add "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" from their prior LP and you have Twofer Tuesday.

NEW RELEASES from Springsteen, Mason Jennings, Orange Juice, Norah Jones and more are streaming this week from Spinner.

LANCE, the technical master of this domain, also has a new release -- a daughter! Congrats to him and his wife, who presumably did most of the labor.

GIRL TALK posted the All Day album as a free download. And given it may take that long to download, so here's a few things to do while you're waiting.

SHARON VON ETTEN played a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

RICHARD HAWLEY is streaming a new track, "The River," from an upcoming EP based around a recent visit to the Glenfiddich whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. Link through for access to a second track for those who live in the UK (or pretend to).

PAUL WESTERBERG played at Fantasy Sudios for KFOG, Sept. 12th, 1996.

THE AMERICAN BREED does some wonderfully bad lip-syncing in this wonderfully cheap clip for "Bend Me, Shape Me."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN talks to Ed Norton about Darkness on the Edge of Town.

SHEARWATER's Jonathan Meiburg talks to The Other Paper about his albums, the people of Bikini Atoll and his ornithology exploits, as well as the crazy dreams those exploits have inspired. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

HOWARD WOLFSON, New York City deputy mayor and former communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential run. talks indie music with Politico.

THE ISLAND FIVE: A staple of all High Fidelity types.

JOHN LYDON, a/k/a Johnny Rotten, is placing 100 golden tickets in his upcoming new book, entitling the bearer to a 10-minute webcam interview with the punk icon.

JESSICA SIMPSON is not getting a prenup, much to her stage dad's chagrin. And for once, I can see his point. Simpson's pals have been concerned over the romance.

MAD MEL UPDATE: Gibson admits slapping Oksana Grigorieva because he says she was so hysterical she was endangering the baby ... but he denies hitting her.

BILL CLINTON joins the cast of The Hangover 2. Yes, really.

LINDSAY LOHAN has been given the green light by Betty Ford to venture around Southern California and will petition for a trip to NYC.

HEIDI MONTAG & SPENCER PRATT Do they want to direct, rather than star, in adult entertainment?

SEBASTIAN BACH (ex. Skid Row) was arrested in Ontario, Canada after cops say he smashed a wine glass at a downtown bar ... and then bit the owner.

ROBERT PATTINSON & JASON STAHAM almost got in a bar fight over Kristen Stewart. My money would have been on Statham.

BRITNEY SPEARS's parents are reconciling eight years after their divorce.

CHRISTIAN BALE may kill someone yet.

SCARLETT JOHANSSEN is GQ's Babe of the Year.

IRAN arrested five human rights lawyers for "security-related offenses."

AFGHANISTAN: Gen. Petraeus and Secretary of State Clinton defended US military operations after criticism from Pres. Karzai. A Karzai spokesman denied any rift in US-Afghan relations from the critique.  Mullah Omar called reports of negotiation "propaganda" and urged the Taliban to continue the fight.

TURKEYS invade Staten Island.

HUNGRY HIPPO demonstrates that the new tranquilizer dart doesn't work as well as hoped.

POLAR BEAR mugs for the cameraman in Cape Churchill, Canada.

FLAMINGOS in flamingo formation.

ARCADE FIRE played "We Used to Wait" and "Sprawl II" on SNL.

BEST COAST stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic with a session. The L.A. Times profiled the band.

BEN FOLDS & NICK HORNBY stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. Ben talked to Phillyist about the record, his songwriting, and what it's like to play in Philly. (Thx, LHB.)

DAWES stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

SILVER JEWS tour doc is streaming this week at Pitchfork.

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, Live In Dublin on video.

SHARON VON ETTEN's new single is streaming via MBV Music.

TWO COW GARAGE gets a twofer on World Cafe: Next.

BIZ MARKIE and... JEFF GOLDBLUM performed "Just a Friend" on Fallon.

THE DECEMBERISTS: Colim Meloy walks SPIN through key tracks on the new album (which Meloy says is not conceptual).

HUSKER DU is the subject of a new book, reviewed at PopMatters.

ANTONY HEGARTY does a wide-ranging Q & A with The Guardian.

DAVID BOWIE: Saturday was International Bowie day, which had SPIN and Rolling Stone wondering where the Thin White Duke has gone.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Megamind held the top slot, taking in another 30 million on a decent 35 percent drop, for an 89.8 million total against a 130 million budget. Unstoppable placed with 23.5 million -- almost exactly what every Denzel Washington-Tony Scott vehicle has opened with this decade, going back to Déjà vu.  But maybe the very good reviews will make this one a bit more leggy.  Due Date drops 52.5 percent to the third slot with 15.5 million; it totals 59 million so far against a 65 million production budget.  Skyline debuted at No.4 with 11.7 million against a 10 million budget.  Morning Glory rounds out the Top Five with 9.6 million -- and a disappointing 12.2 million since Wednesday on a 40 million budget.

JESSICA SIMPSON got engaged to free agent NFL player Eric Johnson, just days after the news broke that her ex-husband, Nick Lachey, popped the question to Vanessa Minnillo. I'm sure there was no pressure.

JOHN TRAVOLTA rushed home from a promotional trip in Australia after receiving word that pregnant wife Kelly Preston has gone into labor. UPDATE: Travolta's rep denies the story.

LINDSAY LOHAN demanded security officers at her apartment building remove her father, Michael Lohan.

MAD MEL UPDATE: Gibson had a pet name for Oksana Grigorieva - his "dark eyed beautiful little communist" - according to love letters entered into court. Gibson also emphatically denied injuring their daughter.

DEMI LOVATO: The Disney Channel has come up with a way to keep hit its sitcom "Sonny with a Chance" alive while the show's starlet rides the road to recovery in treatment for what her rep called "emotional and physical issues."

KANYE WEST's media trainer quit after just three days of working with the hotheaded rapper following his disastrous interview on the "Today" show this week.

BILLY RAY CYRUS flipped out during a Friday radio interview when host asked about his headline-making split from his wife of 17 years.

HEIDI MONTAG & SPENCER PRATT are renewing their wedding vows in a continuing bid to hold someone's attention.

NATALIE PORTMAN is writing a raunchy comedy for Anne Hathaway.

ZSA ZSA GABOR was expected to return home sometime this weekend after being rushed to the emergency room at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Friday afternoon after developing a blood clot in her leg and an infection.

IRAN, Venezuela and Nicaragua to plan create a "Nicaragua Canal" linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that would rival the existing Panama Canal.

PAKISTAN: The WaPo ran the first part of a ProPublica piece on the man behind the Mumbai massacre and why he's still loose -- a story with serious implications for US foreign policy. The second part should run today.

IRAQ: Iyad Allawi, the leader of the Iraqiya party, said a power-sharing deal with Prime Minister al-Maliki is off the table, although some members of his party may join the government.

A HORSE RIDING IN A CAR: Let's go to the video.

A JACK RUSSELL TERRIER treed a Mountain Lion on a farm in South Dakota.

TWO TIGER CUBS got their first glimpse of the public at the Pittsbugh Zoo.

HOW CATS DRINK WATER without getting wet.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...FROM THE BYRDS TO THE EAGLES!  Via Aquarium Drunkard, a BBC documentary on the music coming out of Los Angeles, "beginning in the mid-60s with the Byrds, on through its eventual, comparatively bleak, decline."  Plenty of archival footage and new interviews, Tubed in seven parts, embedded at the Daily Swarm. (Inside joke: Somewhere during Part 4, Craig O'Neill will observe that you cannot deny the power of Tapestry.)

KT TUNSTALL stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

LISSIE did three free songs for Aquarium Drunkard.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: Guest DJ Daniel Lanois rolls out tracks from Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and more in the latest edition of the long-running series.

GIRLS dropped "Alright" as an advance from the upcoming EP. More than alright, really, with a bit of early-REM feel to it. 

GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS: Roio has their Revival demos.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: An epic take on "Because The Night," live in Houston, TX, on Dec. 8, 1978.

WILCO bassist John Stirratt and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Sansone talk to the Boston Herald about thier side project, Autumn Defense.

JOSE GONZALEZ talked to Seattlest about Junip and more.

10 ALBUMS WORTH A SECOND LISTEN, according to Crave. (Thx, LHB.)

CUTOUT BIN: From Talking Heads to Joan Jett, from Yo La Tengo to Al Green, from the Clash to Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra, plus Jimi Hendrix, Guided by Voices, Lulu, David Johansen, Gang of Four and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Unstoppable, which is currently sooring 86 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Skyline, which was not screened for ctitics (uh-oh!); and Morning Glory, which opened Wednesday scoring 58 percent.

DEMI LOVATO: The Disney starlet caught on camera snorting cocaine in a shocking booze and drugs binge, according to RadarOnline -- but they don't have the video, and haven't seen it.

ANGELINA JOLIE opens up about her home life, including Pax's culinary skills, in the December issue of Vogue magazine.  There is also a second trailer for The Tourist online.

JESSICA SIMPSON is "flipping out" after learning that her ex, Nick Lachey, is engaged, but sang a different tune on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show when asked for her reaction.

DINO DE LAURENTIS, the high-flying Italian film producer and entrepreneur behind such movies as "Barbarella," "Mandingo," "Serpico," "Death Wish," "Three Days of the Condor" and "Blue Velvet" died on Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 91.  A family friend wrote the final screenplay of "Hannibal" for De Laurentis and got an amazing gift above and beyond the ridiculous paycheck.

BUTCH PATRICK, the guy who played the original Eddie Munster, checked himself into a New Jersey rehab facility to seek treatment for a 40-year addiction to cocaine, weed and alcohol.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES allows Christopher Nolan to meet pretty much every hot young actress in town.

THE SIMPSONS were renewed for a 23rd season of animated adventures, taking it past a landmark 500th episode.

THE FAVE TV SHOWS of Democrats and Republicans.

25 CLASSIC TV TITLE SEQUENCES, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.

MARTIN SCORSESE on Ingmar Bergman.

BABY OTTERS learning to swim.

CHARLIE the TEACUP YORKIE survived a 100K effort to evict him from an NYC condo board.

WHEN RACCOONS ATTACK: It's the seventh attack since June in Alameda County, CA (Oakland).

PIGGY BANK made of real piglet has the Winnipeg Humane Society squealing.

PORPOISES saved Dick Van Dyke.