THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE ROLLING STONES! Given the hoopla around the deluxe reissue of Exile on Main Street, I thought we might enjoy clips from the era, starting with the Super 8 footage used to amke the album cover, set to "Rocks Off."  Follow it with the band rehearsing "Shake Your Hips", "Tumblin' Dice" and "Lovin' Cup" at the Rialto in Montreaux. And from the '72 tour, Keith taking the lead on "Happy," plus non-Exile tracks including "Brown Sugar," "Street Fighting Man" and "Uptight/Satisfaction," on which they are joined by Stevie Wonder.  BONUS: Captain's Dead has the Stones' Chess Sessions posted for streaming and downloading.

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

MINUS THE BEAR stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a chat and mini-set.

THE HOLD STEADY had a chat and mini-set at The Greene Space, WNYC's news performance venue.

JOEY RAMONE: A 1999 interview can be heard for the first time via KEXP. (Thx, LHB.)

TOM JONES drops a cover of Dylan's "What Good Am I" as a freebie from his new LP.

NAME THAT DRUM FILL, courtesy of the All Songs Considered blog.

STEAM: The one-hit wonder with a synced take on "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye."

JAMIE LIDELL talks to Drowned in Sound about working with Beck and eating scabby chorizo in Barcelona.

TRACEY THORN tells The Scotsman how the dramas of life after 40 finally prompted her return with a stunning new album.

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL: A photo gallery from the iconic punk zine.

CUTOUT BIN: From Thin Lizzy to Burt Bacharach (and the Posies), from Nilsson to the Buzzcocks, from Joy Division to KC & the Sunshine Band, plus AC/DC, the Flaming Lips, the Kinks, Broken Social Scene and more -- this weekend's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Shrek Forever After, currently scoring 46 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and MacGruber, which is scoring 91 percent on a small sample.

LINDSAY LOHAN: A bench warrant has issued for her arrest (but she made bail). Hey, it wasn't her fault... her passport was stolen, she couldn't get a private jet, there was this volcano...

MEGAN FOX: You can't fire her from Transformers 3... she quit! Potential replacements abound.

JESSE JAMES talks about Sandra Bullock and rehab on Nightline.

KENDRA WILKINSON will receive up to 50 percent of the sales generated by her sex tape, according to RadarOnline.

BRET MICHAELS was rushed back to the hospital this week after a "warning stroke" alerted docs to a hole in ths singer's heart.

COURTNEY LOVE claims she bedded Kate Moss. More at HotPress.

GEORGE LOPEZ... and a paid escort, accoring to the National Enquirer.

JENNIFER ANISTON asked to be retouched on her new movie, The Switch.

AMANDA SEYFRIED and her boyfriend are "on a break."

EIGHTIES REMAKES: How ridiculous will they be?

PAKISTAN: A court banned Facebook after a contest soliciting drawings of Muhammad. The campaign was to show solidarity with 'South Park,' which received threats after depicting the prophet in a bear suit.

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban is trying to retake Marjah, not just with hidden bombs and a campaign of intimidation against civilians suspected of collaborating with outsiders, but with more direct clashes with Marine patrols. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's intelligence service has detained the Taliban's top leader for the northern province of Samangan.

KITTEH in the HOUSE: Let's go to the video.

COW-TIPPING foiled in Glenview, IL.

A HIPPO that moved into the reservoir for a South African apartment complex has been shot dead, due to fears it could hurt a resident.

AN ALLIGATOR stops by the Millenia Mall in Orlando, FL, for the same reason most dudes hang out at malls.