THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL! Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1970.  Your setlist includes: "Born On The Bayou," "Green River," "Tombstone Shadow," "Travellin' Band," "Fortunate Son," "Commotion," "The Midnight Special," "Bad Moon Rising," "Proud Mary," "The Night Time Is The Right Time," "Good Golly, Miss Molly," and "Keep On Chooglin'."

DJANGO DJANGO played a Takeaway Show for Le Blogotheque.

FOXYGEN is advance streaming We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic.

TORO Y MOI are advance streaming Anything in Return.

AIMEE MANN stopped by Sound Opinions for a mini-set.

MARNIE STERN drops "East Side Glory" ahead of The Chronicles Of Marnia.

AC/DC: "Back In Black." Because I am.

YO LA TENGO is profiled by the National Post.

DAVID BOWIE's Not-So-Lost Decade.

THE 40 GREATEST LED ZEPPELIN SONGS, according to Rolling Stone (which didn't much care for Zep back in the day).

ROLLING STONE'S GREATEST MISSES: The Zep list led me to see if this classic 1997 piece from the Chicago Reader was online, and it is.

CUTOUT BIN: From Henry Mancini to The Clash, from Huey Lweis & the News to Wall of Voodoo, from Belle & Sebastian to the Dramatics, plus Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Christopher Owens, Galaxie 500, Tears For Fears and more -- this year's final fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include The Last Stand, which is currently scoring 59 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Broken City, currently scoring 22 percent; and Mama, scoring 63 percent.  In addition, Silver Linings Playbook finally expands wide at 91 percent (You can read my take on SLP here).

BRITNEY SPEARS:  There is a raging war among 3 Las Vegas properties to snag the pop tart as their headliner. Spears and Jason Trawick have ended their relationship, but the pop star's ex is still planning to be a part of her life.

TAYLOR SWIFT: Has she had some work done?

NICOLE KIDMAN talks sex scenes, Scientology and saying "no" to studios.

JESSICA SIMPSON's dad is the executive producer on her daughter Jessica's new TV show, but don't expect the pair to reconcile any time soon. 

ELLEN PAGE scored what might've been a lifesaving victory against an alleged stalker who threatened to kill her online.

MALI: Islamist militants fighting French forces in the Diabaly area are said to be hiding among civilians. French troops in Mali now number about 1,400. Germany provided two transport planes to assist the intervention. The European Union agreed to send a military training mission to Mali.

EGYPT: Three dissidents were charged in court with "insulting the president" and with a new charge, "tarnishing the president's image."

SYRIA: Three car bombs exploded near government facilities in Idlib, killing 24 people.

KITTEN vs FOOT: Who you got?

A HEARTBROKEN DOG  whose owner died two months ago is missing her so much he is attending services at the Italian church where her funeral was held, patiently waiting for her to return.

TWO RARE SIBERIAN TIGER CUBS are getting plenty of attention at a zoo in southern Ukraine.

A PUPPY dying after drinking anti-freeze was saved -- by vodka.