THE XX got "Crystalised" on Kimmel.

THE DANDY WARHOLS stopped by OPB for an unpluggedy set in audio and video. 

EELS stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

RAY LaMONTAGNE stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

KITTY WELLS: "The Queen of Country Music" is one of NPR's 50 Great Voices.

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD covers "People Get Ready."

LOCAL NATIVES: Matt Frazier talks to OffBeat about creating Gorilla Manor, living with his band mates, and life on the road. (Thx, LHB.)

TEENAGE FANCLUB was profiled by The New York Times and performed for the site's popcast. Norman Blake was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune. (Thx, Chromewaves; I missed both!)

MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle's interview is captured on video at KXAN.

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS loses singer-keyboardist Claudia Deheza.

LINDSAY LOHAN was caught trying to escape the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, earlier this week, according to RadarOnline.

COURTNEY COX has barely split from David Arquette, but already got a million dollar offer to become the new face of a dating website for cougars. Meanwhile, the woman with whom Arquette claims to have had sex with "once ... maybe twice," is indignant, telling friends that's a lowball figure.  She also has a secret drug arrest, according to RadarOnline.

CHRISTINA AGUILERA's marriage fell apart after she went for a girls-only vacation with Nicole Richie and Samantha Ronson in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, last month, says the NYP.

GEORGE MICHAEL left his home in the early hours Tuesday - vowing he was going into rehab.

ROBERT DOWNEY, JR's comments about addiction to Playboy are excerpted by People.

MORGAN FREEMAN is on the wrong end of one of the worst divorce deals in Hollywood history, according to the ever-reliable Enquirer.

ALIEN PREQUEL may star Natalie Portman or Noomi Rapace, star of the The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Plus, deets on Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof's new draft of the screenplay.

SPIDER-MAN: The reboot's villain is reported to be The Lizard. And Dylan Baker loses out of the role.

THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Vanity Fair has photos from the coffee table tome.

IRAN's defense minister called the Stuxnet worm "Internet terrorism," but claims it did not have any impact on Iran's nuclear program. As if he would say anything else.

AFGHANISTAN: Cash from the US military and international donors destined for construction and welfare projects in restive parts of Afghanistan is ending up in the hands of insurgents, a contractor and village elders said. US and NATO forces are helping top Taliban leaders sit down for talks with the US-backed government in Afghanistan as a step toward political reconciliation with the insurgency.

KITTEH dreams of grooming.

CURIOUS CANINES consuming cannabis.

PYGMY GOATS were found staggering around their paddock after gorging themselves on 'magic' mushrooms.

BADGERS are causing havoc in an ancient English churchyard by digging up the remains of people buried there for several hundred years. Are they... zombie badgers?

SOME DOGS are natural gloom-mongers while others have sunnier dispositions. It's science!