THE JOY FORMIDABLE: "I Don't Want To See You Like This." That's the name of the song; my opinion is the opposite.

THE TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD finally approved the audio of his 9:30 Club gig, so you can stream it on demand.

TOM TOM CLUB did an unpluggedy Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

KAREN O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs drops her country tune, "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough," from the Jackass move soundtrack.

MOUNTAIN MAN did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

FRAN HEALY of Travis stopped by the World Cafe for a solo chat and mini-set.

THE OHIO PLAYERS are on "Fire." Over nine minutes, and just gets wackier.

OF MONTREAL: Kevin Barnes talks to The Quietus about the influence of Parliament on False Priest and more...

CHEETAH CHROME, once declared dead, talks to Blogcritics (via the Seattle P-I) about his new book, A Dead Boy's Tale, and being punk before there was a name for it.

LES SAVY FAV's Tim Harrington talks to Nerve about Cuban rum and Swedish textiles. (Thx, LHB.)

BELLE & SEBASTIAN may write a song about you.

MAD MEL UPDATE: Baby mama Oksana Grigorieva will not be doing Oprah Winfrey's show, but she did talk death threats with People magazine.

ASHTON KUTCHER & DEMI MOORE: Alleged one-night stander Brittney Jones tells the ever-reliable Star magazine that that Ashton and Demi have an open relationship filled with threesomes.

LINDSAY LOHAN: No time limit on her rehab... yet.

TIGER WOODS: Someone claims to have seen the Devon Jones sex tape, and pronounces it "dirty."

CHELSEA HANDLER and... 50 Cent?

JESSICA ALBA, JESSICA SIMPSON & EVA MENDES all claim they were bullied as kids.

COURTNEY LOVE quit Twitter (again) after publicly posting a nude pic meant as a direct message.

SPIDER-MAN TWIST: Emma Stone decided to take the role of Gwen Stacy, rather than Mary Jane Parker.

WOLVERINE 2 has been offered to Darren Aronofsky.

GHOST RIDER 2 may sport Idris Elba and Johnny Whitworth.

SAM RAIMI looks committed to Oz: The Great And Powerful as his next film.

AFGHANISTAN: Representatives of the Taliban and Pres. Karzai's government have started secret talks to negotiate an end to the war in Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing Afghan and Arab sources.  Police seized 20 tons of explosives originating from Iran.

IRAQ: The US ambassador to Iraq said that Muqtada al Sadr's participation in an Iraqi government would be problematic for ties with Iraq.

KITTEHS on a ROOMBA: The Rite of Spring.

AN 18-FT BURMESE PYTHON was rescued from a burning home in East Greenwich, RI.

CHARLIE THE SMOKING CHIMP has died at a South African zoo, aged 52 (10 years older than average).

GUNNER, a bomb-sniffing dog mustered out of the Marines for canine post-traumatic stress disorder, has found a new home with Deb and Dan Dunham, whose Marine son died in Iraq protecting the men beside him.