HOSPITALITY plays Steely Dan's "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number" upbeat for the A.V. Club Undercover.

STEPHIN MERRITT of the Magnetic Fields stopped by WFUV for a chat and miniset.

THE MYNABIRDS: Laura Burhenn gave a solo preview of the band's next LP at WNYC Soundcheck, and drop "Body Of Work" as an advance track.

HERE WE GO MAGIC stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

THE XX put live versions of five new songs on the Tube.

SIMON & GARFUNKEL tackle "Late In the Evening" in Central Park, circa 1981, iirc.

FIRST AID KIT: The Söderberg sisters are profiled at PopMatters.

PATRICK WILSON is profiled by Blurt.

LEE RENALDO talks to the Nashville Scene about his solo LP and tour. (Thx, LHB.)

SIXTEEN GUITARISTS talk to Paste about their pedal boards.

BRADGELINA: Pitt says his long-awaited engagement to Jolie was "something that made sense," but they have no set wedding date. Like he would tell anyone if they did.

MICHAEL McKEAN, who portrayed Lenny on "Laverne & Shirley" and David St. Hubbins in "This Is Spinal Tap" was hospitalized after being struck by a car on the Upper West Side of NYC on Tuesday afternoon.

WHITNEY HOUSTON's final recording, "Celebrate," a duet with her Sparkle costar, Jordin Sparks, is online.

LINDSAY LOHAN is getting nutty over the casting of the Richard Brurton to her Liz Taylor for the Lifetime biopic.

KATY PERRY has called it quits with her rebound rocker beau, Florence + the Machine guitarist Robert Ackroyd.

MELISSA ETHERIDGE has settled her two-year feud with fmr domestic partner Tammy Lynn Michaels.

BRITNEY SPEARS has taken up scaring golfers.

CHRISSY TIEGEN, a Victoria's Secret and S.I. swimsuit model, has been bombarded with violent, twisted threats from multiple Chris Brown fans.

COREY FELDMAN is being terrorized by a 300-lb woman.

TERROR in the USA: Ohio resident Hor Akl and his wife Amera, both dual US-Lebanese citizens, were sentenced to six and three years in prison, respectively, for plotting to send as much as a million dollars to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

IRAN: United Nations nuclear agency chief Yukiya Amano announced an agreement with Iran that was expected to deepen inspections and clear up remaining questions about possible weapons-related work - issues that have plagued Iran's nuclear dossier for years. We'll see.

AFGHANISTAN:  The Taliban tightens its grip on rural schools.

SO, AN EMU WALKS INTO A BAR... and leaves something besides a tip.

ALLIGATORS to appear in court for an animal abuse case? (Unlikely.)

TURTLE REMAINS the size of a Smart Car have been unearthed in a Colombian coal mine.

MEET the SARCASTIC FRINGEHEAD, a fish that looks like a Predator.