WHITE RABBITS have a mini-set to watch and download (at 320kbs, no less) via MySpace Transmissions.  Seelctions include "Percussion Gun," "Rudie Fails," "The Salesman (Tramp Life)," "They done Wrong/We Done Wrong," and "Right Where They Left."

JOE PERNICE reads from his novel and plays songs from its soundtrack at Oregon Public Broadcasting.

LOS LONELY BOYS and GORDON GANO played the World Cafe on Friday; you can stream both gigs on demand via NPR.

THE NOISETTES stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set streaming on demand via NPR.

OS MUTANTES played the World Cafe for a full gig streaming now via NPR.

CAKE gets the people-on-the-street treatment on "Short Skirt, Long Jacket," whic I heard twice by coincidence over the weekend.

THE GREAT AMERICAN ROCK BANDS, according to the A.V. Club staff.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle discusses some of the religious records that inspired his latest work at eMusic.

ONE NATION UNDER A MOOG: Simon Reynolds surveys how the synthesizer first dehumanised then re-humanised British pop, fulfilled the DIY promise of punk, and changed how bands looked forever.

TOM WAITS talks to The Guardian about playing the Devil in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Couples Retreat took the weekend with a larger than expected gross of 35.3 million; despite awful reviews, this could make 200 million worldwide.  Zombieland, facing some competition from the top film, dropped 39 percent to No.2, with 15 million -- but that's all gravy after basically breaking even in its opening weekend.  Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs dropped to No. 3, but held very well with 12 million; its domestic take has almost recuped its 100 million production budget.  The Toy Story 3-D double feature finished fourth, bringing another 7.6 million in on a rerelease, for a total 22.6 in almost free money.  Paranormal Activity rounded out the Top Five with 7 million -- playing only on 159 screens.  The top dozen made about 96 million; a year ago it was 86 million.

MICHAEL JACKSON has a new song debuting online today.

TOM-KAT UPDATE: Sex Diet. Also, Holmes has won a battle with her Scientologist husband Cruise to enrol their daughter Suri in a Catholic pre-school.

TARA REID will be displaying her plastic surgery disasters in Playboy.

MARGE SIMPSON has become the first animated character to appear in Playboy, and will probably look better than Tara Reid.

HEIDI KLUM has given birth to a baby girl, according to Radar.

OZZY OSBOURNE has passed his driving test - 30 years after his first attempt.

RHIANNA secretly called Jessica Biel to say she's not chasing Justin Timberlake, according to tne National Enquirer.

JIMMY KIMMEL is dating a longtime staffer on his show.

EMMY ROSSUM explains why chicks dig Adam Duritz.

HAWAII FIVE-O may wash back on to your TV screen.

AL QAEDA in EUROPE? A brilliant young nuclear scientist arrested in France last week over alleged links to Al Qaeda had worked for a top-secret British nuclear research center.

IRAN: Three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election have been condemned to death despite a global outcry over trials of people who claimed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election was rigged.

AfPAK: The White House has been presented intelligence estimating Taliban-led forces battling US troops in Afghanistan have nearly quadrupled since 2006 and are increasingly independent of leaders in Pakistan. Pakistani commandos rescued 42 hostages early Sunday who were held by militants inside the nation's military headquarters, after gunmen dressed in army fatigues stormed the building in a brazen attack 18 hours earlier, according to the chief army spokesman.

COLUMBUS DAY:  I get it as a holiday, so I thought a few words might be in order. Over the course of my life, I have seen the image of Columbus swing from unvarnished hero to genocidal criminal. Columbus was certainly no sweetheart, but at the end of the 15th Century, it is fair to say that Europeans often did not treat each other all that well. Moreover, before the furriners showed up, Native North and South Americans engaged in slavery, tribal massacre, infanticide, scalping, human sacrifice, and the ritual skinning of slaves for their priests to wear. It was a far less civilized time all 'round. But the West is civilized today in part because of Columbus. Some four centuries-plus later, we all are still struggling to become more civilized, but focusing criticism o­n the more-civilized while giving the less civilized a pass is not particularly useful to that struggle.

CAT NURSES A CHIHUAHUA: Let's go to the video.

DOG skydiver.

COWS stare unamazed as they are seized by Pocono Animal Rescue for malnutrition.

MAN STRANGLES RAT after cigarette dispute.

GREAT PUMPKIN: Weighs 1725 lbs.