THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with NEIL YOUNG! Live on the Beeb, circa '71. Your setlist includes: "Out on the Weekend," "Old Man," "Journey Thru the Past," "Heart of Gold," "Don't Let It Bring You Down," "A Man Needs A Maid," "Love in Mind," and "Dance, Dance, Dance."

FEIST played a concert at Glenn Gould Studio as part of the CBC's 75th Anniversary celebrations, with cameos from Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), and Bry Webb (Constantines).

DAWES stopped by the UBS Forum  to perform for The Current.

JOHN DOE stopped by WFUV for a chat and mini-set.

THESE GO TO 11: Songs Best Heard Extra-Loud.

BEN FOLDS discusses and performs "The Luckiest," from 2001's Rockin' The Suburbs.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN turned 40 this week, so why not end the week with The Beatnix?

R.E.M.: Michael Stipe gives an exit interview at The Quietus. Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills all talk to The Guardian.

LAURA MARLING talks to Spinner about her new LP, experiments in awkwardness, and more...

THE JAM: Paul Weller has said that he hopes he'll never "be skint enough" that he will be forced to reform his old band.

GLEN CAMPBELL got a short, respectable tribute at the CMA Awards.

LOU REED vs LESTER BANGS: A vintage 1973 interview/confrontation.

THE 15 BEST NEW ORDER SONGS, according to PopMatters.

MOVEMBER: The Greatest Living Mustaches In Rock.

CUTOUT BIN: From TMBG to the Association, from the Jam to Steel Panther, from Ike & Tina to Peter Bjorn & John, plus the Ramones, Frank Wilson, Bing Ji Ling, Crooked Fingers, the Black Keys and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  This weekend's wide releases are Jack and Jill, which is currently scoring 03 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Immortals, which is scoring 37 percent; and J. Edgar, which expands wide scoring 41 percent.

KIM KARDASHIAN: There's speculation that the engagement ring from Kris Humphries was actually a ring she already owned.

ASHTON KUTCHER attacked the Penn State Board of Trustees for firing Joe Paterno Wed. night - but there was one little problem, seems he didn't know about Joe's misdeeds.  he's now managing his tweeting.

RYAN REYNOLDS & BLAKE LIVELY are already looking at apartments together.

MAD MEL UPDATE: A pregnant reality TV star, who dated Gibson briefly during the summer, is telling friends that the actor is the father of her unborn baby, according to the ever-reliable Star magazine.

JESSICA SIMPSON already wants more kids.

THE OSCARS: Brian Grazer will substitute as producer after Brett Ratner got the boot.  They're still looking for a host.

THE MOVIE SET THAT ATE ITSELF: Five years ago, a relatively unknown (and unhinged) director began one of the wildest experiments in film history.

VETERANS' DAY: Today is the anniversary of the end of WWI; thank a vet today, and read the excellent 2009 piece by the WaPo's David Ignatius that may be more true today.

LIBYA's Islamists are forming a new party that is almost certain to dominate the country's new politics on the "moderate" lines successfully pursued first in Turkey and now in Tunisia.

EGYPT: The question shadowing the upcoming election is whether a robust enough Parliament will emerge to fulfill an elusive goal of the revolution: challenging the military's 60-year grip on power.

IRAN said it will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program. France, Britain and Germany called for tougher sanctions. Russia rejected new sanctions. China favored continued negotiations. Israel said it could carry out strikes on Iran with under 500 civilian fatalities. The US was silent.

PAKISTAN: The US believes that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are in safe hands, a State Department spokesman said, rebutting reports that Islamabad's atomic arsenal was vulnerable to theft.

CAT TANK CREW: Let's go to the video.

SHELBY the DOG is the first elected leader of the Occupy movement.

THE KITTEN COVERS: An ideal tumblr for this blog.

A GIANT BUFFALO kept as a pet and taken to bars in Canada.

A FRENCH POLICE DOG credited with sniffing out 1700 drugs suspects was decorated with a medal for bravery and dedication at a ceremony in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.