PAUL WESTERBERG: "Valentine," solo circa 2004. 

THE DECEMBERISTS stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session, including a cover of R.E.M.'s "Cuyahoga," from 1986's Life's Rich Pageant.

ELEVENTH DREAM DAY, Rick Rizzo and Tara Key drop new tracks.

THE GREENHORNES provide a chat and live twofer to the World Cafe.

BITTER PILLS: Five Breakup songs from NPR.

ERIC CARMEN: "All By Myself" on TOTP.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Patterson Hood talks to the WSJ about the influence that a nearly forgotten Alabama songwriter played in creating "Go-Go Boots" and about the Truckers' bid to record a classic prom song. Also: Does indie rock discriminate against the South?

ARCADE FIRE talks to The Guardian about verging on the bigtime and more: "When I wonder if Butler's fondness for apocalyptic imagery stems from religion, he says it had more to do with early exposure to John Milius's cheesy 80s action movie Red Dawn."

TEENAGE FANCLUB: The Quietus surveys their career, with plenty of embeds.

THE SMITH WESTERNS leave the garage.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Just Go With It tops the chart with 31 million. A romantic comedy scores big for Valentine's Day weekend; who knew? It should ultimately make back its 80 million budget and then some.  Justin Bieber: Never Say Never was just behind with 30 million against a budget of only 13 million. Gnomeo and Juliet debuts in the third slot with 25.5 million, which likely isn't too bad for this rather unlikely movie.  The Eagle is in the No.4 position with 8.6 million, which says as much about the field as it does the movie. The Roommate rounds out the Top Five with 8.4 million, with a 26 million total against a 16 million budget.  Below the fold, The King's Speech and No Stirngs attached continue to show legs.

JENNIFER ANISTON celebrated her 42nd birthday on Feb. 11 by having an intimate dinner with Jake Gyllenhaal in NYC.

LINDSAY LOHAN's bad taste in jewelry could be the key to her defense, because according to TMZ's research, the necklace in question may not have enough value to constitute felony grand theft.

CHARLIE SHEEN flashed several gold teeth during a meet-and-greet with UCLA's baseball team.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR remained in a Los Angeles hospital for treatment of congestive heart failure.

THE GRAMMYS went to these folks. The televised part was live-blogged by ArtsBeat.

EGYPT: On Friday, I wrote that the big question would be what the military would do... and now we know.  As protesters were swarming into the streets Friday morning for what was expected to be the biggest and most volatile demonstrations in the three-week revolt here, the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces issued a statement over state television and radio indicating that the military, not Mr. Mubarak, was in effective control of the country.  Although protesters wildly cheered Mubarak's ouster, Egypt's new military authorities say they are dissolving parliament and suspending the constitution. And Mubarak used the 18 days it took for protesters to topple him to shift his vast wealth into untraceable accounts overseas.

IRAN jammed BBC's Persian TV service due to its coverage of the unrest in Egypt.

ALGERIA: Thousands defied a government ban on protests and a massive deployment of riot police to rally in the capital Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after similar protests toppled Egypt's authoritarian leader.

BOXER vs DALEK: Who you got?

GOING TO NEED A Bigger Boat.

AUSTRALIANS  trying to rebuild in the wake of Cyclone Yasi have been warned to stay away from cassowaries - huge flightless birds with claws that can disembowel a human - on the hunt for food after their habitat was destroyed by the storm.

MALE SQUIDS go into a frenzied rage from just a touch of a female pheromone.

A RAT that appeared in the cabin of an Alaska Airlines flight Thursday morning as the plane was pulling away from the gate delayed the flight and caused passengers to switch planes.