KERMIT the FROG covers LCD Soundsystem's "New York, I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down"? No, that's the actual track, and James Murphy appears to cop to the Kermit influence.

RAPHAEL SAADIQ stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand via NPR.

THE LOW ANTHEM broght their Americana sound to the World Cafe Friday; you can stream the gig in full via NPR.

THE HOLD STEADY: Craig Finn himself pens a brief account of the band's rise for The Independent. He probably regrets not mentioning Franz.

TV ON THE RADIO: Jaleel Bunton talked to The Line of Best Fit about politics, why he's the drummer, Jimi Hendrix and why the internet might not be so awful after all.

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: "Santa's Beard." Yep, that time of year again.

DAMIEN JURADO does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

70s ROCKERS in THEIR PARENTS' HOMES: Apartment Therapy links to a series of framed prints from LIFE magazine featuring Elton John, Eric Clapton, David Crosby and others with their parents and their parents' period decor. Hint: To see details, "Select Size" for a particular print; you'll go to a page with a Zoom function.

INTERNET KILLED THE RADIO STAR: We lose the element of surprise and the invisible curator.

STEVE DAHL, a Chicago radio personality for more than 30 years whose broadcast style inspired a generation of voices (including Howard Stern), told his listeners that he was being taken off the air. His "blowing up" of disco records on the air and Insane Coho Lips Anti-Disco Army rallies built to a crescendo with a 1979 "Disco Demolition" night at Chicago's Comiskey Park, which has become part of broadcasting and baseball lore.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Four Christmases repeated at No.1 with 18.1 million on what is traditionally one of the worst movie weekends annually. Twilight jumped back into second place with 13.1 million, even as receipts dropped almost 50 percent. Bolt came in third with 9.7 million, and was one of several movies to drop over 60 percent this weekend. Australia jumped over James Bond to the fourth slot with seven million.  Quantum of Solace dropped 65 percent to bring in 6.6 million.  Overall, 007 has made about 150 million in the US, close to what Casino Royale made in 2006; worldwide, the movie should break 500 million this week.  This weekend's debuts failed to crack the Top Five. Punisher: WarZone opened at No.8, while Cadillac Records opened at No. 9 (though the latter had a decent per screen average). Nobel Son came in at No. 15.

MADONNA is handing Guy Ritchie a £32 million divorce payoff, according to the uber-reliable News of the World.

LINDSAY LOHAN vents that Facebook disabled her page because they thought she was an imposter.

ANGELINA JOLIE is the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, and makes No. 24 on the Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 List of Women in Entertainment.

PAUL BENEDICT, who played the English neighbor Harry Bentley on "The Jeffersons," has died at 70. As it turns out, he was not English. Benedict began his  career in the Theatre Company of Boston, alongside Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino. Really.

JESSICA ALBA comes to the rescue on another cold Monday with behind the scenes pics from her Campari calandar.

BOY GEORGE was found guilty on Friday of falsely imprisoning a Norwegian male escort by handcuffing him to a wall.

O.J. SIMPSON, icymi, was put away Friday for at least nine years - and perhaps the rest of his life - for an armed robbery in a hotel room.

BETTIE PAGE,  one of the most notable models of the 20th century, is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack in Los Angeles.

IRAQ: Moqtada al-Sadr's loyalists are on the defensive, struggling to remain politically relevant as the US role in Iraq diminishes and Prime Minister al-Maliki gains stature. Iraq will dispatch police commandos to protect sites such as the ancient city of Babylon that were left vulnerable to looting after the US invasion in 2003. A raid on a major al-Qaeda hideout north of Baghdad has uncovered evidence of a network of child suicide bombers who have been coerced into launching terror attacks across Iraq.

MUNCHKIN CATS:  A relatively new breed created by a mutation that results in cats with abnormally short legs. Let's go to the video.

LONESOME GEORGE, the conservation icon of the Galapagos islands and last surviving tortoise of his kind, is set to stay lonely - at least for the time being.

GASSY COWS and HOGS could be taxed after the US Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gases from motor vehicles amounts to air pollution.  The EPA denies any plan to do so... at the moment.

AWWW...SOME MONKEY PHOTOS: A Gallery.

SNAKE in a PRINTER: It would explain their paper jam.  As a bonus, the reprile remains at large.