THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE JAM! Mod punks who were so influential on the early Pate; let's begin with one of my faves, "In the City," and "Going Underground" the curiously Beatle-esque "Start" plus Pate fave "Little Boy Soldiers" from the same gig. Follow it with Pate staples "Happy Together" and "Ghosts," chased with their take on The Kinks' "David Watts." I have to include the non-live cover of "Heatwave" and "Strangetown" for reasons apparent if you watch. That Motown R & B strain would continue in the last leg of the band's stretch, on originals like "Town Called Malice" and their cover of Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up." BONUS: The studio clip for "That's Entertainment." Because it is.

DUM DUM GIRLS stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

REAL ESTATE stopped by KEXP for an in-studio performance.

JEFF TWEEDY, live at Harper College in 1999 (Part 1, Part 2)

THE TOP TEN GIRL GROUP SONGS, according to The Go! Team.

TWENTY 1980s MUSIC VIDEOS That Have Aged Terribly.

THE BEATLES' Christmas Singles Club, 1963-69.

BOWERBIRDS "Tuck The Darkness In" before we reach The Clearing.

WOODS bring their cover of Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here."

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)," ripped from the premiere, for extra retro goodness.

BEIRUT: Zach Condon is profiled by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

LAURA MARLING talks to The Guardian about gigging in cathedrals, the Lodon folk-rock scene, and an unexpected new direction for her music.

BOB SEGER talks to Spinner about the hits and writing new material.

THE 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS: Rolling Stone assembled a panel of top guitarists and other experts to rank their favorites and explain what separates the legends from everyone else.

THE BEST KEYTAR PLAYERS, according to 29-95.

JIMI HENDRIX, as it turns out, was not a fan of Electric Ladyland's controversial cover.

LEONARD COHEN talks to the NYT in June 1973, from Rock's Backpages.

NAPSTER, R.I.P.

CUTOUT BIN: From Roger McGuinn to the Stranglers, from John Mayall to Josie Coton, from the Black Tambourines to the Bee Gees, plus the Animals, Housemartins, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: There are no new wide releases this weekend, giving everyone a chance to catch up on The Muppets, Hugo, and Arthur Christmas.

DEMI MOORE is dating beauty mogul to the stars Scott-Vincent Borba, according to RadarOnline.

KARDASHIANS: Sources very close to Kris Humphries say heis gunning for an annulment based on fraud because he feels "he was just slotted in the plot line of Kim Kardashian's latest headline and newest business venture." Australia might become the first Kim Kardashian-free country on Earth. Sources close the Kardashian family tell Entertainment Tonight that the wedding of pregnant Kourtney Kardashian and longtime love Scott Disick is imminent.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON hates Blake Lively?

SARA GILBERT confirms she's dating musician-turned-producer Linda Perry.

BARBARA WALTERS leaks seven of her Ten Most Fascinating People for 2011.

GUY RITCHIE talks sons, ex-wives and Sherlock Holmes at Details.

JOHN WATERS talks to the Financial Times about being a ‘happy neurotic' and why he's a capitalist now.

SEQUEL WATCH: Tom Rothman, the co-chairman of Fox Entertainment, has stated that the company plans on making sequels to two of this year's biggest hits, X-Men: First Class and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

THE NUMBER OF HOMES WITH TV SETS declined for the first time in 40 years.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS fear there will be "no more virgins" and people will turn gay if the Kingdom's female driving ban is lifted.

IRAN: Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office says Iran plans to attack US Air Force bases in Germany to disrupt supplies should the country's nuclear program become the target of airstrikes. Israeli officials claim Iran is developing advanced cruise missiles capable of carrying non-conventional warheads. Iran released 11 hardline protesters detained for storming the British Embassy and diplomatic compounds in Tehran this week. A "mysterious" blast damaged parts of a uranium conversion plant near Isfahan earlier this week, despite Iranian claims that the blast occurred during a military maneuver on Monday.

AFGHANISTAN: ISAF said Pakistan has resumed some cooperation to prevent border incidents.

IRAQ: Anbar's provincial council said it would declare autonomy in the next week.

AN OCTOPUS heaves itself onto land and walks around.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: About 10 p.m. Tuesday night, a grayish-brown flying squirrel trapped itself inside the emergency department at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway, NJ.  Not the first time either.

DOG SHOOTS MAN in the butt.

CHIMPS throwing feces are the smart ones.