JAWBOX reunited for the first time in 12 years on the Fallon show, playing "Savory" on air and "FF=66" and "68" for the internet.

MASON JENNINGS stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set streaming via NPR.

THE SWELL SEASON played a set at the Triple Door in Seattle, which you can watch or hear via NPR.

THE BEST BRITISH BANDS OF 2009, with tracks from Fanfarlo, Richard Hawley, Gomez, Madness and more, courtesy of WFUV.

THE XX are profiled by Robert Christgau for NPR.

BOB DYLAN has an animated video for "Little Drummer Boy."

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION: Dev Hynes is releasing free downloadable "bootlegs," starting with House-Sitting Songs: "At the time that I did it in May, I put it online and then took it off within the hour. I put it on this morning after listening and thought, 'Wow, this is pretty cool."

THE TOP 10 CHRISTMAS ALBUMS made by Jews, courtesy of Jewcy.

THE FLAMING LIPS are selling a Silver Trembling Fetus Christmas tree ornament. Video at the link.

MYSPACE has bought iMeem.

TIGER WOODS reportedly sent some embarrassing e-mail to Rachel Uchitel. Jaimee Grubbs has been romantically linked to George Clooney.  The mistress toteboard reportedly stands at lucky 13.

GISELE BUNDCHEN and TOM BRADY: It's a boy.

JESSICA SIMPSON and BILLY CORGAN spotted leaving a NYC hotel.

NICOLAS CAGE's baby mama is suing the actor for fraud and breach of contract, alleging she's been caught in the web of his financial mismanagement.

JENNIFER GARNER talks work and family with W magazine.

YOUTH IN REVOLT, starring Michael Cera, has a red-band trailer online.

SPIDER-MAN 4: Movieline reports that Raimi's sequel is circling John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway to play Spider-Man's adversaries, and neither evildoer is quite what you might have expected.

AS THE WORLD Doesn't Turn.

THE WORST MOVIES OF THE DECADE, according to Moviefone.

IRAN claimed that a new UN station to detect nuclear explosions built near its border is used for spying by the West. Saudi Arabia denied it kidnapped an Iranian nuclear scientist during the Haj. A judiciary official said Iran will "show no mercy" toward opposition protesters.

AFGHANISTAN: Gen. Petraeus warned Congress Wednesday that the military situation likely will "get harder before it gets easier."

IRAQ: A senior Mahdi Army facilitator with direct links to leadership in Iran was captured in Baghdad.

BUTTERFLY IN SPACE: Let's go to the video.

HOLY COW: Obviously.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: A suicide squirrel cut power to 9000 people in Ohio.

A RELUCTANT COW was rescued from Darwin Harbour in Australia.