
VAMPIRE WEEKEND returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater to play "Cousins."
BOB DYLAN: Aquarium Drunkard has posted Yesterday (CBS Studios: Nashville/NYC Outtakes) from 1970, which includes Bobby Z's takes on "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Cupid", "All I Have to Do is Dream", and "Yesterday" (natch).
FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Two new tracks, "Nothing Like You" and "Learned Your Name," are streaming via the 'Gum.
BESNARD LAKES drop a new track, "Albatross."
ATLAS SOUND: Brandon Cox drops a previously unreleased track, "Christmas Synths." Better late than never!

JOE JACKSON: He's the Man.
THE STYLUS DECADE: Zombie Stylus rises from the grave to survey the top albums and singles from the naughts.
BANDS TO WATCH in 2010, according to NME and MOJO.
THE FLAMING LIPS: Wayne Coyne talks to Paste about the Dark Side of the Moon.
THE CASSETTE: Don't call it a comeback?

TIGER WOODS has been staying with his billionaire pal Jim Dolan, the controversy-prone CEO of Cablevision and owner of Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks.
MARIAH CAREY made a drunken mess out of herself while trying to give an acceptance speech at an awards show. Video at the link.
I WAS MARRIED TO MICHAEL JACKSON: Sounds like the title to B-grade horror flick, but it's a legal claim.
JANE KRAKOWSKI of 30 Rock is engaged.
SYLVESTER STALLONE broke his neck while filming a fight scene in his latest movie.
TWILIGHT: The script for Eclipse leaked on the Internet.
SPIDER-MAN 4: Production has been delayed for more work on the script. The movie is now unlikely to make its May 11, 2011, release date.
JAMES BOND: Sam Mendes is in negotiations to direct the 23rd installment of the franchise, in which Bond discovers that SPECTRE is masterminded by a homophobic veteran in the suburbs. But it looks like this movie may be delayed also, due to MGM's financial problems.
NICK NOLTE: NO EXIT is a documentary featuring the actor as interviewer and subject. Currently available on demand on several cable systems.
YEMEN: American counter-terrorism specialists and Saddam Hussein's former intelligence officers have forged an unlikely alliance in Yemen to tackle al-Qaeda.
IRAN has quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country.
AFGHANISTAN: How a Double Agent Lured Seven CIA Operatives to Their Deaths

KOALAS steal the limelight from Tennis star Andy Roddick.
A FEMALE CANE TOAD can "pump herself up to mega-size" if she wants to dissuade a male from mating with her.
CARSHER SEAL photobombs penguins.
STRAWBERRY CRABS: Forever.