THE KILLERS surprise with their take on "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" during a surprise appearance for charity at Union Chapel in London. Toss in the Cyndi Lauper original, and you have Twofer Tuesday.

NEW RELEASES: Au Revoir Simone and Secret Dakota Ring, along with comps and reissues from The Smiths, Cheap Trick New Order and Genesis are among the records streaming in full this week at Spinner. The Pillbugs have a new album out as well, which I hope has the same 60s vibe as the tracks at the link.

JULIANA HATFIELD has checked into an eating disorder treatment facility -- and is blogging the experience.

WIRE does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

CONOR OBERST talks to Filter about little green men, escapism and more...

DUNGEN's video for "Solen Stiger Upp" is as trippy as the song itself.

THE PITCHFORK 500: The indie Internet giant kills trees with their take on the 500 best songs of the past three decades.

SCOTT WALKER: The reclusive popster tells Sean O'Hagan, in a rare interview, why he's happy to be a loner.

MAXIMO PARK frontman Paul Smith talks to Spinner about recording the band's upcoming album in Los Angeles.

JOLIE HOLLAND stopped by Oregon Public Broadcasting for a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand.

BRITNEY SPEARS' two-year-old son was rushed to the hospital after he suffered a suspected "seizure" during a family trip to her hometown. Doctors concluded he had a reaction to something he ingested. He is expected to be discharged today.

CHEETAH GIRLS: Disney starlet Adrienne Bailon has apologized to fans and threatened legal action after someone leaked nude pictures taken for her boyfriend to the Internet.

MADONNA is said to have invited Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez to join her on her next trip to Malawi, where she's building a kabbalah-enlightened school. The NYDN also hears that A-Rod is thinking about following Madge to South America next month when she tours Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Guy Ritchie had an emotional reunion with his two sons, Rocco and David, Monday at London's Gatwick Airport.

EVAN RACHEL WOOD denies she is dating Mickey Rourke, her co-star in The Wrestler (a role which is getting Rourke serious buzz again).

CAPTAIN AMERICA CALLING: Joe Johnston has inked a deal to direct "First Avenger: Captain America," Marvel Studios' take on its classic comic book character. Kicking off with "Iron Man," Marvel Studios' slate of movies --including "Thor" and the "Iron Man" sequel -- is building toward an "Avengers" movie set for release in 2011, in which the characters from the films team for one big adventure.

UP: Pixar releases a teaser trailer for their Summer 2009 movie, which will be in 3-D in some theaters.

LINDSAY LOHAN tells Harper's Bazaar that she may be bisexual, seeing as how she's she's dating a "wonderful" woman with whom she's madly in love.

VETERANS' DAY:  Today is the 90th anniversary of the end of WWI.  Two links I posted last years still hold up today:  "Mustang" at Social Sense reviews the holiday's history and thanks vets for the present.  Army Maj. Elizabeth L. Robbins reports that the current war has inspired a remarkable level of civic involvement that goes largely unnoticed -- except by those in the field or recovering stateside.

AFGHANISTAN: Globetrotting milblogger Michael Yon reports that president-elect Obama will face escalating violence, feckless allies, and time that's quickly running out.

IRAQ: The L.A, Times notes the decline of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, noting that its efforts to reorganize into a socio-religious group may not help.

 A BABY PYGMY HIPPO: Awww...some video from Down Under at three weeks old.

WILLIE the PARROT being credited with helping save the life of a 2-year-old girl who was choking Friday at a Denver area home while her sitter was in the bathroom.  Video at the link.

THE MOUNTAIN LION was unaware that the police were armed. A fatal error.

THE MADAGASCAR HISSING COCKROACH is one of several exotic species that may be invading Florida.

DR. DOLITTLE apparently got a grant from the British government.

GUS, the one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest dog this summer, has died after a battle with cancer.  He was nine.