Karl Bade 
DECEMBER 7, 1941: A “date which will live in infamy.” I'll be watching Tora! Tora! Tora! tonight. BTW, the first nation invaded by the US after entering WWII was Morocco, then Algeria, iirc.
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Fader chats with Patterson Hood about the band's next album, A Blessing And A Curse, which was recorded in NC on the same tape deck as REM's Murmur. Mitch Easter plays on the single.
BEATLES REUNION: Missed it by thismuch.
STEVE BURNS from BLUES CLUES was inspired to go into music by the Flaming Lips, but that's just the tip of a post at Stereogum, which is killing music a little bit.
SEASON OF THE LIST: Stylus countinues its countdown of its Top 50 Singles. Filter adds Top Tens from Yoni Wolf of WHY? and Blake Sennet of Rilo Kiley.
THE MY SPACE GENERATION: Business Week looks at social networking sites like My Space and Buzz Oven… and the marketing opportunities they present.
THE SHINS are working on a new album for Summer 2006.
MAXIMO PARK has started a tour blog, with plenty of photos.
MUSIC RECOMMENDATION SERVICES: London's Independent test out Gnoosic, Musicmobs and Pandora, which try to find new music for you based on your taste.
HARRY CONNICK, JR. and BRANFORD MARSALIS are working with Habitat for Humanity to create a “village” for New Orleans musicians who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.
REMAINDERS: Stereogum has a bunch of good ones, including a link to a Ben Folds bootleg includinga cover of Lucinda Williams' “Side of the Road,” a contest where you can win Iowa goodies in an Iowa-shaped basket, and a reprise of Stereogum's Lionel Richie storyboard.
BEETHOVEN died of lead poisoning, according to a new done at the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory outside of Chicago.
PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: The troubled singer must know he's close to hitting bottom when Oasis' Liam Gallagher has to toss him to the curb.
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE and JONATHON SCHAECH are splitsville. Yeah, she spent time in Chicago prepping Sweet Charity for Broadway, but people shouldn't jump to conclusions, okay? I did not invite her to a party.
VALERIE BERTINELLI and EDDIE VAN HALEN are splitsville. Bertinelli is reportedly taking things one day at a time, but you knew that.
BRITNEY: Although some gossip has her mom trying to keep her together with Cletus, he actually blames his mother-in-law for moving in to help care for Sean Preston. However, when the pop tart sent K-Fed's Ferrari back to the dealer, she knew where to hit him. And Xtina reportedly said at her wedding that she was glad she wasn't marrying a devoted womanizer like Cletus.
HARRY POTTER: Jim Dale – the voice of the teenage wizard in the US audio books – has started a disturbing rumor about the end of the series.
RUSSELL CROWE has changed his old band's name from Thirty Odd Foot of Grunt to The Ordinary Fear of God because the titles have the same initials, thereby avoiding spending on new merch. Meanwhile, Sunday's Museum of the Moving Image tribute to Ron Howard turned into something of a roast of Crowe.
SCARLETT JOHANNSON is neat freak who cannot stand clutter.
JESSICA SIMPSON and NICK LACHEY lawyer up. Simpson's personal assistant, CaCee Cobb, is reportedly blabbing to friends about Simpson's alleged infidelities and voicing her sympathy for Nick's plight, even after getting a BMW from Jessica a few days before the separation went public. Simpson's flack issued a (non-denial) denial.
UMA THURMAN has struggled to date since splitting from husband Ethan Hawke two years ago. Of course, in the next breath, Uma says she studies men “carefully like a hunter watches its prey,” which might hint at her problem.
THE TOP 15 WEALTHIEST FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, as calculated by Forbes magazine, is topped by someone seasonal.
TOM-KAT UPDATE: Cruise and Holmes claim the top two slots on Film Threat's Frigid 50 List of the coldest people in Hollywood. Congrats, kids! ALSO: Findlaw runs a column examining Cruise could (or should) sue the makers of South Park over this episode.
NARNIA: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has its world premiere in London today. Opening Friday, it's currently rating 83 percent on the Tomatometer.
KING KONG had its NYC premiere Monday night. onTD has pics from the red carpet. The movie is currently pegging the Tomatometer.
IRAQ: The first witnesses in Saddam's trial offered gripping accounts of meat grinders for human flesh, torture with fire and electric shocks, and mass executions. on Tuesday, “Witness A” told of beatings, torture and sexual humiliation at the hands of security agents when she was a teenager. Bill Roggio blogs patrols in Haqlaniyah, where the Iraqi forces are rawer than in Husaybah. The US military is expanding efforts to defend against roadside IEDs. Al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, urged Iraqi insurgent groups to unite, underscoring the need to avoid lumping them together.
CULT OF THE iPod: The British Chiropractic Association is warning of a new affliction called “iPod finger,” that affects the finger of music-mad consumers who are constantly using the scroll-wheel or buttons on their music players to organise their song library, update playlists and adjust volume of their favourite artists.
THE TITANIC sank faster than previously thought, according to the latest research. So I'll fast-forward through Leo DiCaprio even faster from now on.
NANOTECH: The Washington Post covers the EPA's regulatory initiative, which is being readied for public comment. The agency calls for a voluntary “stewardship program,” which is already facing criticism by some as inadequate. The EPA argues that the voluntary approach can be implemented more quickly and that the agency is not sure it understands enough about the new materials to know how best to regulate them.
OPIE THE GOAT may have stepped down as Mayor of Anza, CA, but voters have elected goats, donkeys and dogs to honorary mayor positions in recent years, almost exclusively in small towns where a barnyard politician can reel in tourist dollars. (via Debbie)
A BLACK BEAR has decided to hibernate under the porch of a home where four children live — and near where 20 kids wait for the school bus — in Effort, PA.
DEER are suicidal in West Virginia.
GECKO has his head bitten off by a 19-year-old. Insert car insurance joke here. Insert Ozzy Osbourne joke here.
