THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Come Back Baby," "Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)," "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" "I  Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," "Chain Of Fools," and "Respect." BONUS: All Things Considered reviews Take a Look, a new box set featuring her years with Columbia Records.

THE KILLS stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

KATE BUSH is advance streaming her Director's Cut.

JOHN VANDERSLICE did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND also did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

KEITH RICHARDS, LORD of the UNDEAD, is interviewed by Jimmy Fallon. Watch. Enjoy.

DAN DEACON collaborated on  "Hilvarenbeek", an odd, short film.

HUSKER DU: "Love Is All Around," for Mary Tyler Moore (see below). 

MAN MAN: Honus Honus talks to Paste about the band's musical progression, Life Fantastic and their experience working with producer Mike Mogis.

KURT VILE shares a few of his favorite things for a Pitchfork Guest List.

MIKE WATT talks to PopMatters about his new 30-song opera.

JASON ISBELL talks to PopMatters about the just-released Here We Rest.

BLAKE SENNETT (Rilo Kiley, The Elected) is interviewed by American Songwriter.

CUTOUT BIN: From the Marcels to Led Zeppelin, from the Dovers to Generation X, from Jan & Dean to Candy Golde, from the Beatles to the Clash, plus Love, the Ramones, Fitz & the Tantrums, the Miracles and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are now streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases are Bridesmaids, which is currently scoring 90 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Priest, scoring 20 percent on a small sample.

ASHTON KUTCHER is putting the final touches on a deal to replace Charlie Sheen as the star of <i jquery1305246499622="43">Two and a Half Men.

LEO DiCAPRIO & BAR RAFELI are dunzo, according to Page Six.

CELEBRITY HERPES LAWSUIT Triggers Sex Tape Frenzy. Now that's a headline.

JENNIFER ANISTON may be topless in the raunchy comedy Horrible Bosses.

MATTHEW PERRY is returning to rehab as a proactive measure in his battle with substance abuse.

MARY TYLER MOORE has elected to undergo surgery to remove a benign tumor of the lining tissue of the brain.

TERROR in FRANCE: Police arrested six men linked to Islamic terrorists, including an "Indian native" and several Frenchmen, during separate raids in Paris and "two of its heavily immigrant suburbs." The cell leader has "a high level of technical training."

IRAN: Russia has sent the nuclear fuel needed to start the Bushehr plant.

AFGHANISTAN: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has triggered a row with military chiefs by insisting that hundreds of British troops must be withdrawn from Afghanistan within weeks.

A BOXER stair surfs.

INVINCIBLE OPOSSUM: Shot five times and still doesn't die.

BODHI the SKATEBOARDING DOG landed his owner with an £80 fine after two women complained to Brighton council that they were tripped up by the pooch and his wheels.

BINGO, a Shi Tzu, took a 30 mile train trip before a passenger took him to a rescue center, which reuninted dog and owner.